Search - Artist/Band: The BusBoys

Artist Info

  • Band Name: The BusBoys
  • Originated From: Los Angeles, CA
  • Decades Active: 1980,1990
  • Genre: Rock
  • Styles: Album Rock, Bar Band, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll
  • Moods: Confident, Energetic, Rambunctious, Rowdy, Earnest, Fun, Rousing

Albums

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Title Release
  • Money Don't Make No Man
  • 1988
  • American Worker W
  • 1982
  • Minimum Wage Rock & Roll WA
  • 1980
  • Must Be Saturday Night
  • Group Bio

    The BusBoys were a Los Angeles-based rock & roll band made up of five African-Americans and a Hispanic who played satirically upon their ethnic origins in songs with titles like "There Goes the Neighborhood." They were formed in the late '70s with a lineup of brothers Brian O'Neal (keyboards, vocals) and Kevin O'Neal (bass, vocals), Gus Louderman (vocals), Mike Jones (keyboards, vocals), Victor Johnson (guitar), and Steve Felix (drums). Essentially a novelty act, they nevertheless impressed listeners with their energetic bar band rock. They reached their peak of national exposure when they appeared in the 1982 Eddie Murphy film 48 Hrs. Their two Arista albums reached the charts, as did the 1984 single "Cleanin' Up the Town," which was featured in the film Ghostbusters. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide