James Cassidy (musician)

For other people of the same name, see James Cassidy (disambiguation).

James Cassidy performing live in 2012

James Cassidy (also known as Jim Cassidy and Jim Kazmeyer) is an American musician and educator who is one of the founding members of the band Information Society (InSoc). He played bass and keyboards with the band from its beginning in the early 1980s until 1992, when the group released its final album as a trio, Peace & Love, Inc.

After the band dissolved, Cassidy left the music business and enrolled at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, earning an Associate of Science degree in fisheries technology. He earned a bachelor's degree in fisheries science and a master's degree in crop and soil science from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.^[1]

Cassidy is an instructor and research assistant in crop science and soil science at Oregon State University, where he also runs the OSU Organic Growers Club.^[2]

In 2006, Cassidy and Paul Robb reconvened InSoc with a new lineup and released new material in 2007.

References

External links

James R. Cassidy faculty profile at Oregon State University

Information Society

Paul Robb James Cassidy Kurt Harland Amanda Kramer Mariuccia Nocera Christopher Anton

Studio albums	Information Society (1988) Hack (1990) Peace and Love, Inc. (1992) Don't Be Afraid (1997) Synthesizer (2007) Hello World (2014)

Compilations	InSoc Recombinant (1999) strange haircuts // cardboard guitars // and computer samples (2001) Pure Energy (2004) Apocryphon: Electro Roots 1982–1985 (2008) Energize! Classic Remixes, Vol. 1 (2011) Engage! Classic Remixes, Vol. 2 (2014) Encode! Classic Remixes, Vol. 3 (2015)

Extended plays	The InSoc EP (1983) Creatures of Influence (1984) Oscillator (2007) Modulator (2009) Land of the Blind (2014)

Singles	"Running" "What's on Your Mind (Pure Energy)" "Walking Away" "Repetition" "Lay All Your Love on Me" "Think" "Are 'Friends' Electric?"

Related	Discography

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