Justin Fisher (musician)
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Justin Fisher is an American born bassist most well known for being the bassist in
Nerf Herder Nerf Herder is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp (vocals, guitar), Charlie Dennis (bass) and Steve Sherlock (drums). They describe themselves as a "geek rock" band, and are known for simplistic ...
, touring bassist for
The Rentals The Rentals are an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P" (1995). The Rentals released two albums, ''Return of t ...
and lead singer for Psoma. Fisher also co-founded Rivers Cuomo's first band
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. Fisher played guitar and was the backing vocalist for Shufflepuck who were signed to Interscope records in the 1990s. Justin joined
Nerf Herder Nerf Herder is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp (vocals, guitar), Charlie Dennis (bass) and Steve Sherlock (drums). They describe themselves as a "geek rock" band, and are known for simplistic ...
in 1999 and played bass and keywords on the albums '' How To Meet Girls'', ''My EP'', ''
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''. During this time Justin was also the touring bassist for
The Rentals The Rentals are an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P" (1995). The Rentals released two albums, ''Return of t ...
. In 2003 and 2004 Justin also contributed vocals on Matt Sharp's solo album and EP. Fisher is also the primary songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist in the band Psoma who have released two albums and one EP. Recently Justin played bass on the 2013
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album ''Shine'' and joined the new lineup of
Ridel High Ridel High are a mid 1990s American power pop band formed in Los Angeles by lead singer and songwriter Kevin Ridel. Kevin Ridel was the lead singer for Avant Garde which featured Rivers Cuomo of Weezer. Ridel High was named in tribute to both sin ...
playing bass and has been releasing solo songs via his own Soundcloud account.


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American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Nerf Herder members Ridel High members 1970 births 21st-century American bass guitarists 21st-century American male musicians {{US-bass-guitarist-stub