Jerry Busher

Jerry Busher is an American drummer and multi-instrumentalist. He is known for his work with Fidelity Jones and Fugazi.

Career

Jerry Busher is a musician, audio engineer and artist from the Washington DC area.

He played drums in Fidelity Jones from spring 1988 to spring 1990, touring the US and Canada. Fidelity Jones released Piltdown Lad E.P in 1989 and Venus On Lovely single in 1990 and are featured on the 20 Years Of Dischord and State Of The Union compilations.

Busher played drums with the Washington, DC rock group Elevator in 1992, which also featured John Hammill (Pussy Galore, Velvet Monkeys) and Malcolm Riviera (Gumball, Velvet Monkeys).

He formed Allscars in 1996 an "experimental" band that played improvised as well as structured music. Allscars released 3 full-length recordings ( early/ambient, Introduction to Humanity and Lunar Magus) toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. Busher played drums, trumpet samples/effects and painted the cover art.

In 1997 Busher began playing in The Spinanes with Rebecca Gates playing on the record Arches and Aisles, released on September 23, 1998. The album features guest spots and co-production by John McEntire and vocals by Sam Prekop.
Busher served as roadie for Fugazi in the 1990s, and began providing drums, percussion and trumpet to their live performances. His drums and percussion work is featured on the Fugazi releases The Argument and Furniture.

Busher can also be heard on multiple live recordings on the Fugazi Live Archive.

In 2001 Busher met guitarist John Frusciante when Frusciante attended several west coast Fugazi shows. He asked Busher to play drums for his DC EP, a four-song record tracked at Inner Ear Studios in Washington, DC and produced by Ian MacKaye.

In 2001, Busher formed French Toast with James Canty, another multi-instrumentalist and veteran of the Washington, DC music scene. The two (along with Ben Gilligan, since 2005) switch instruments and roles depending on the needs of each song. French Toast released 2 full-length albums In A Cave and Ingleside Terrace on Dischord Records. French Toast toured the US, Canada, and Europe as a headliner as well as opening for bands such as Sleater Kinney, Modest Mouse, Wilco and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In 2008, Busher played dates with Funk Ark, a DC funk band with a horn section as well as singers Federico Aubele and Alfonso Velez.

In October 2013, Busher joined the Washington, DC-based glam/progressive-rock band Deathfix, replacing Devin Ocampo as drummer.
In 2016 Busher released a solo EP Bowl In A China Shop on Bandcamp.

CREDITS

Fidelity Jones - Drums.
State Of The Union Compilation - Dischord Records
Piltdown Lad - Dischord Records
Venus On Lovely - Dischord Records

Chris Bald 96 -  Drums.
The Pre-Moon Syndrome Post Summer (Of Noise) Celebration Week!
Recorded live at D.C. Space In Washington, D.C. during September 11-16, 1989
Sun Dog Propaganda Label

Las Mordidas -  Drums, Artwork.
Surrounded b/w K.I.T.A - Compulsiv
Mukilteo Fairies/Las Mordidas - Split single - Honey Bear Records
WGNS Gots No Station Compilation
Echoes Of The Nation’s Capitol Compilation

Allscars - Drums, Electronics, Trumpet, Artwork, Audio Engineer.
Self titled single - 1996 - Ace Fu Records
early/ambient - 1997 - Slowdime Records
Introduction To Humanity - 1999 - Slowdime Records
Troubleman Mix - Tape Compilation - 2001 - Troubleman Unlimited
Stretching Jupiter single - 2001 - DotLineCircle (Japanese release)

Holy Rollers -  Drums.
Vehicle compilation single - 1995 - Shute Records

The Spinanes -  Drums.
Arches And Aisles - 1998 - Sub Pop
All Sold Out - single - 1999 - Sub Pop

Brendan Canty and Jerry Busher - Drums, Guitar, Trumpet.
Mebranaphonics compilation - 2001 - Monitor Records

French Toast - Drums, Vocals, Bass, Guitar, Artwork, Audio engineer.
Bugman EP - 2002 - Arrest Records
Hatred Mace/For Sylvia single - 2003 - Arrest Records
Radio CPR:Begin Live Transmission Compilation - 2003 - Dischord Records
One Bright sunny Morning Compilation - 2005 - Iseler Communication Recordings
In A Cave - 2005 - Dischord Records
SPEX CD #50 Compilation - 2005 - SPEX
Ingleside Terrace - 2006 - Dischord Records


Blonde Redhead - Trumpet.
Symphony Of Treble/Kasuality single -1997 - Touch And Go

Fugazi - Drums, Percussion, Trumpet, Photographer (End Hits).
The Argument - 2001 - Dischord Records
Furniture single - 2001 - Dischord Records
Fugazi Live Series - Dischord Records - Misc. live concert recordings

Beauty Pill - Trumpet.
The Cigarette Girl From The Future - 2001 - DeSoto Records

Orthrelm - Audio Engineer.
Orthrelm/Touchdown Split release - 2002 - Troubleman Unlimited

Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Audio Engineer.
Bridges, Squares single - 2002 - Tiger Style Records

Dead Meadow - Audio Engineer.
Shivering King And Others - 2003 - Matador Records

Lida Husik - Drums, Audio Engineer.
Mad Flavor - 1999 - Alias
Nuclear Soul - 2006 - Digital single

Mascott - Drums, Percussion.
Electric poems - 1998 - Le Grand Magistery
Follow The Sound - 2000 - Le Grand Magistery

The Evens - Trumpet
The Odds - 2012 - Dischord Records.

Alfonso Velez - Drums, Percussion.
The Weather - 2011 - DJ Boy Records
Alfonso Velez - 2012 Orbital Records


John Frusciante - Drums, percussion.
DC EP - 2004 - Record Collection

Joe Lally - Drums.
There To Here - 2006 - Dischord Records

Natalia Clavier - Drums.
Live At The Triple Door - 2009 - ESL

Federico Aubele - Drums.
Berlin 13 - 2011 - ESL

Sunwolf - Drums, Percussion, Producer, Audio Engineer.
Angel Eyes - 2014 - El Rey Records
Follow The Dreamers -2017 -  El Rey Records


Jerry Busher (solo release) - Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Electronics, Uke, Trumpet.
Bowl In A China Shop - Bandcamp

Struck Original Cast Recording featuring Alan Cumming - Drums
Struck - 2019 - Broadway records

References

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Living people
Road crew
Year of birth missing (living people)
American drummers
American multi-instrumentalists
Place of birth missing (living people)