Jerry Busher is an American

United States

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 drummer and multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

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. Jerry played drums in Fidelity Jones from spring 1988 to spring 1990. Jerry played drums with the Washington, DC rock group Elevator in 1992, which also featured John Hammill (Pussy Galore

Pussy Galore (band)

Pussy Galore was an American garage rock band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1985. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990. Like many garage rock outfits, they were dogged by substance abuse problems...

, Velvet Monkeys

Velvet Monkeys

Velvet Monkeys is an American rock band currently based in New York City, formed in 1980. The name "Velvet Monkeys" was a combination of The Velvet Underground and The Monkees.-Background:...

) and Malcolm Riviera (Gumball

Gumball (band)

Gumball was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1990. The original lineup consisted of Don Fleming , Eric Vermillion , and Jay Spiegel . In 1992, a fourth member was added, Malcolm Riviera who had previously played with Fleming and Spiegel in the Velvet Monkeys.-History:After Fleming...

, Velvet Monkeys

Velvet Monkeys

Velvet Monkeys is an American rock band currently based in New York City, formed in 1980. The name "Velvet Monkeys" was a combination of The Velvet Underground and The Monkees.-Background:...

). 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) and toured the US, Canada, Europe and Japan. Jerry played trumpet as well as samples/effects in allscars. In 1997 Jerry 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.[1]He served as roadie

Road crew

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 for Fugazi in the '90s, as well as providing additional percussion and trumpet to their live performances. His percussion work is featured on the Fugazi releases The Argument

The Argument

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and Furniture + 2

Furniture + 2

Furniture + 2 is the most recent EP released by American post-hardcore band Fugazi. It was recorded in January and February 2001, the same time that the band was recording their last album, The Argument, and released in October 2001 on 7" and on CD....

, and John Frusciante

John Frusciante

John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...

's DC EP

DC EP

DC EP is an EP by John Frusciante, released on September 14, 2004 on Record Collection. Produced by Ian Mackaye, of Fugazi, the EP is the third recording in a series of six, released from June 2004 to February 2005, by Frusciante....

. Frusciante met Busher while doing a series of shows in Los Angeles along with musician/collaborator Josh Klingshoffer at the Knitting Factory. Frusciante asked Busher to play drums for his "DC EP", a four-song record tracked at Inner Ear Studios

Inner Ear Studios

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 in Washington, DC and produced by Ian MacKaye

Ian MacKaye

Ian Thomas Garner MacKaye is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, musician, label owner, and producer. Active since 1979, MacKaye is best known for being the frontman of the influential hardcore punk bands Minor Threat and The Teen Idles, the post-hardcore bands Embrace and Fugazi, as well...

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In 2001, Busher formed French Toast

French Toast (band)

French Toast is a band from Washington, D.C., formed in 2001 as a duo consisting of James Canty and Jerry Busher. They added a third member, Ben Gilligan, in 2005. Dischord's website has James Canty credited with guitar, vocals, keyboards and drums, and Jerry Busher is credited with bass, drums,...

 with James Canty

James Canty

James Canty is a Brooklyn, New York-based multi-instrumentalist musician from Washington, D.C. Canty is the younger brother of Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and writer Kevin 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 and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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