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Andrew Cushen

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Musician of Dance, Hip-Hop/Rap, Electronic and Rock

Andrew "Andy Trash" Cushen has been playing music since his debut at CBGBs at 13 years old on drums with The Cravens. He went on to play drums with Redex before switching to bass in such acts as Scarecrow (3 tracks are available on 2012 release "Dark New York (Gotham City's Post Punk, Goth, & Deathrock Bands 1983-1988) Vol. 1", infamous NYC trashrock band Chop Shop with Joe Truck, and a short stint in the briefly-reformed HiSheriffs of Blue. That led him to more of an emphasis on Delta Blues and slide guitar, fronting shortlived Punk/Delta hybrid Love In Vein with Eddie Stern (Chop Shop), Jerry Williams (Th' Cigaretz, 171-A Studio) and Scott Jarvis (Cigz, Workdogs, etc.). Next was blues/punk/rock hybrid The Hellhounds, and occasional gigs with the Workdogs (one captured here: https://workdogs.bandcamp.com/track/the-theme-2), plus an appearance on their 1993 release "Roberta" on lap steel (available on Spotify). After a hiatus of a dozen years, he recently resurfaced for a few Hellhounds reunion gigs, then spent just under a year in Brooklyn-based HonkyTonk/Alt-Country outfit Aron Blue and The Bootleggers, whose eponymous record he appears on, playing lead and slide on all tracks, though uncredited. Currently he can be heard gigging with Rockabilly band The Skelekasters, and The Robert Kennedy Assassination, and on guest lead and rhythm guitar on the Jam Messengers song "Contact High"..

Instruments

• Drums
• Bass

Genres

• Dance
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Electronic
• Rock

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