Justin Fisher (musician)

Justin Fisher
Birth name Justin Fisher
Born (1970-04-11) April 11, 1970
Origin Mansfield, Connecticut, U.S
Genres Alternative
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments Bass, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Years active 1987-present
Associated acts

Justin Fisher[1][2][3] is an American born bassist most well known for being the bassist in Nerf Herder,[4] touring bassist for The Rentals and lead singer for Psoma. Fisher also co-founded Rivers Cuomo's first band Avant Garde,[5]

Fisher played guitar and was the backing vocalist for Shufflepuck who were signed to Interscope records in the 1990s.[6]

Justin joined Nerf Herder[7][8] in 1999 and played bass and keywords on the albums How To Meet Girls, My EP[9] American Cheese.[10] During this time Justin was also the touring bassist for The Rentals. 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[11] who have released two albums and one EP.

Recently Justin played bass on the 2013 AM Radio album Shine and joined the new lineup of Ridel High playing bass and has been releasing solo songs via his own Soundcloud account[12]

References

  1. ↑ "California band Nerf Herder shares bassist with tour mates". wc.arizona.edu.
  2. ↑ "Rivers Cuomo bio mentioning Justin Fisher". riverscuomo.com.
  3. ↑ "Justin Fisher credits on allmusic.com". allmusic.com.
  4. ↑ "Nerf Herder discography". discogs.com.
  5. ↑ "Avant Garde on Weezerpedia". weezerpedia.com.
  6. ↑ "Shufflepuck - s/t (1996, Interscope)". forgottentreasures.com.
  7. ↑ "Nerf Herder interview with Ink 19". ink19.com.
  8. ↑ "Nerf Herder is good mates with Bloodhound gang and Weezer". skruttmagazine.se. skruttmagazine.
  9. ↑ "Nerf Herder My EP Review". roughedge.com. Archived from the original on 2014-10-12.
  10. ↑ "American Cheese review". newburycomics. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13.
  11. ↑ "Psoma mention on UCSD website". ucsdguardian.org.
  12. ↑ "Amherst house Soundcloud". soundcloud.com.


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