Pusherman

Pusherman is a London alternative rock band active from 1994 to 1997. The line-up includes Andy Frank on vocals, Yank on vocals and harmonica, Bo Ellery on bass, Martin Hoyland on guitar, Tony Antoniou on guitar and Harry Harrison on drums.

Releases and label

The band is signed to Ignition Records, the label run by Oasis manager Marcus Russell. Its first single, “First Time”, is released in 1995. A second single, “Whole”, appears as a 12-inch vinyl release and is voted NME single of the week; although it is not issued commercially, it later appears on the NME cassette compilation Here Comes The Summer... and on Volume magazine’s Volume Sixteen - Copulation Explosion.

Pusherman’s debut album, Floored, is produced by Owen Morris and released in 1996. That year, the track “Sold” appears on the CMJ New Music Monthly compilation, while “The Aim Indeed” appears on the UK indie compilation Indie Top 20 Volume 23.

Breakup and later activity

The band disbands in 1997, partly because of heroin use among its members. At the time of the split, British filmmaker and music video director Mark Szaszy and photographer Corinne Day are filming the group for a planned rockumentary. Afterward, Andy Frank moves to Los Angeles and forms Jact with Ted Hutt. Yank dies in 2000, and Bo Ellery later plays on It’s Jo and Danny’s 2005 album Lank Haired Girl to Bearded Boy.