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Joey Bustos is an American musician.

Biography

Bustos was born in San Francisco and raised in Richmond, California.

Music

1993–2004

Joey Bustos was the drummer and a founding member of the influential punk band Link 80. The members later changed the musical direction of the band, and in 2002, changed the name of the band to Desa.[1] Bustos left Desa after the release of their 2003 album Year in a Red Room.[1]

2005–present

He played drums in Street To Nowhere[2] from 2005 to 2008 and currently plays drums in the San Francisco-based rock and roll/soul band The Soft White Sixties, who composed the 2013 album Get Right.

In 2016, Bustos participated in a Link 80 reunion for the Asian Man Records 20th anniversary. On June 17 and 18, the band played two sold-out shows at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill. The lineup also included singer Ryan Noble, guitarists Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Adam Davis, bassists Adam Pereria and Barry Krippene, and horn players Aaron Nagel, Steve Borth and Jason Lechner. Prior to the shows, a video tribute to Nick Traina was shown; the band released the video online on June 20, 2016.[3]

On May 21, 2021, a Link 80 cover of Rancid's "Junkie Man" was released from Lavasock Records' upcoming 25th anniversary tribute to Rancid's punk rock classic ...And Out Come the Wolves featuring Bustos on drums.[4]

Discography

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Mason, Stewart. "Desa". Allmusic. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  2. ^ Hopkin, Kenyon. "Street to Nowhere". Allmusic. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  3. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Nick Traina (Memorial Video). YouTube.
  4. ^ "Stream Link 80's "Junkie Man" cover from upcoming Rancid 'And Out Come the Wolves' tribute LP". brooklynvegan.com. May 21, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.


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