| Joey Bustos | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Joseph Babemaquer Bustos |
| Instrument: | Drums, Vocals |
| Genre: | Punk rock, Alternative Rock, Rock, Ska Punk, Garage Rock |
| Occupation: | Musician, Drummer |
| Years Active: | 1993–present |
| Label: | Asian Man Records |
| Associated Acts: | Link 80 Desa Street To Nowhere The Soft White Sixties |
Joey Bustos is an American musician.
Bustos was born in San Francisco and raised in Richmond, California.
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.
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]