About the Band

Buffalo Music Hall of Fame Band Only Humen is an upbeat trio, danceable party band playing classic, modern and original rock with a sprinkle of blues from the 50’s thru 2000’s and beyond!

SEE SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. 8p Friday August 11th Only Frank with Only Humen celebrates his birthday at KETTLES KORNER ABBOTT Rd Orchard Park, NY -ALSO- 7p August 18th Only Humen & Grand Illusion (Styx Tribute) @ Banchetti’s in the Grove/Amherst. Pre-sale $12. $15 at the door. ALSO- Sunday August 27th (doors open at noon.) BMHOF HEALS 5 BAND CHARITY CONCERT with Inductees: DAVE CONSTANTINO, TERRIE GEORGE, MICHAEL HUND, JIM CREAN, & ONLY FRANK PUSATERI. 50/50, Raffles, Door Prizes & more. $20 donation @ the doors of THE COVE-Transit Rd Depew,NY..

Thank you everyone for supporting the Annual Miss Buffalo Boat Cruise! IT WAS SOLD OUT! Only Humen “Spring Into Summer” Miss Buffalo 2 Boat Cruise resumed after the worldwide pandemic halted the engines a few years ago. Monday June 26th, 2023 7p-10p Tickets $40 each included admission, Live music by your hosts ONLY HUMEN AND MICHAEL BLY., CASH BAR, Rain or Shine; Raffles, 50/50 & door prizes, 3 hour cruise on Lake Erie, the infamous ‘Party After’ @ D-Tour Martini Bar 49 W.Chippewa.St. with a free light buffet and more live music by TWO HILLS ACOUSTIC. Wot a deal! Call Only Frank 716.683.1671 for Tix. You must be 21 with picture ID This is an adult, smoke, vaping & drug free cruise. Stadium bag policy. No Carry-ons-No Refunds-No Exceptions Sponsored by Schuster Construction LLC; Bull-Shirts Printing and Embroidery; Michael SantaMaria-Atty at Law; D-Tour Martini Bar; Two Hills Acoustic; Chuck Eckert Channel One Video Photography; LionsHeart Recording Studio. An Only Frank Production.

"Only” Frank Pusateri - Bass/Vocals. EMMY AWARD GROUP RECIPIENT 2012, BMHOF 1991 and Nominated Top Bassist 2005 in Peoples Choice Awards.

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Co-founder, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, guitar, bass, piano, drum & vocal teacher, engineer, producer, studio owner, bookings, blah, blah, blah. Only Frank has been an Inductee of the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame since 1991 when he won top pop bassist honors for a solid three years in a row and is a recipient of over 25 BMA awards. The band was inducted in 1995. His former bands include Jambo, Sky, and Lions before forming Only Humen in late 1986 with co-founder Ray Wood. He also worked with an acoustic original music act called ‘The Dooleys’ which in 2022 also went into the BMHOF. His musical influences vary widely, citing The Beatles, Todd Rundgren, and Mozart as the most influential. He is a group recipient of a coveted, revered EMMY Award, 2012 for the eight musical pieces he wrote for a PBS Documentary -”UNIFORM BETRAYAL:RAPE IN THE MILITARY”

Jeffrey Young - Lead Guitar/Vocals Jeff is a guitar shredder and vocalist from Cheektowaga NY, and is also a former student of Only Frank Pusateri on both guitar and vocals. His tenor range makes him an easy candidate for singing a variety of songs, widening the song choices. While his personal song preferences lends to heavy metal and hard rock, he is also the frontman of his original hard rock band ‘The Impurity’ of 10 years, and performs a variety of different music, Including classic rock with yours truly ‘Only Humen’. Jeff has directly supported notable national acts such as Quiet Riot, Survivor, Megadeth and more, They headlined the Heart-Support Stage at the sold out ‘2021 Blue Ridge Rock Festival’ along with actively touring the states. Jeff is a family man above all else. He is one to make the most of every moment in life. “Music keeps us forever Young”

Johnny Panic- Drums/Good Time Drumming career started with the Hutch Tech Jazz band, leading to ‘Pirate Dreams’ a Jimmy Buffett tribute band; ‘Toby Live’ a country tribute to Toby Keith and others; ‘Strictly Hip’, a tribute to The Tragically Hip for 15 years and a plethora of fill in gigs in various bands over 35 years before hooking up with Only Humen. Johnny is the proud recipient of several awards most notably Best Rock Drummer in The Buffalo Music Awards 2014 and 2016 . Played various gigs all over the country. Night Life Magazine Achievement Award 2013. All this before succumbing the lure of Only Humen in 2022.

ONLY FRANK & FRIENDS ACOUSTIC MADNESS SHOW- Only Frank with an acoustic guitar and vocals is already worth the price of admission. Add in a “Friend” or two and things really start to heat up. Every show is a different experience as OF brings with him some of the best Buffalo talent there is! It’s a wild time! Bookings- same as the band- call, text, e-mail, website, Facebook, send up smoke signals! 716-683-1671 OF appears solo also.

ONLY FRANK WROTE A MUSICAL~ “IRELAND: EMERALD TO GOLD-The Musical” AND IS IN NEED OF FUNDING. WON’T YOU HELP? YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE A MUSICIAN BUT YOU CAN STILL BE A PART OF SOMETHING BIG. VERY BIG! PLEASE MAKE A DONATION TODAY. 716-683-1671 Venmo/ OnlyFrank@aol.com Much capital is needed to make a project of this magnitude see fruition. While supporting an Irish theme, it's music is a cross of Rock, Celtic, Contemporary Anthems with strong hooks and moving lyrics. It tells the tale of Ireland in the 1920's through the eyes of countrymen turned immigrants departing for America and their involved families religious and political beliefs. It's like "Jesus Christ Superstar” meets “Tommy” meets “The Phantom Of The Opera” meets “Hamilton” meets a “Celtic TranSiberian Orchestra”. Whew! Vocal and instrumentalist parts are currently being auditioned for recording and stage actors, dancers, singers. Please send a donation and forward this link to everyone you know. THANK YOU! NOTE: A new Crowd-Funding platform will be set up soon.

ARE YOU LOOKING TO TAKE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT LESSONS FROM A SEASONED PRO? I offer lessons on Bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars as well as piano, drums, vocals and ‘how to form and be in a band’ as well as songwriting, lyrics and music. All ages, all styles. Learn from a teacher with years of experience, who was once in your shoes! Call now, limited slots available.

LIONSHEART RECORDING STUDIO- Full recording capabilities, offering many services. Jingles, specialized phone answering messages, themes, personalized wedding songs and much more. Do you write lyrics, but need music/backing trax? Do you write songs but have no backup band to record with? Call now to discuss your musical future. The future starts NOW! 716-683.1671

While Jeffrey Young is Only Humen’s guitarist/singer, from time to time Only Humen employs several ‘fill-in’ guitar players, those being Dave Elder, Michael Hund, Chris Kozlowski, Mark Slimko, to name a few.

Johnny Panic handles the drumming chores with ease but in a pinch, various “fill-in’ drummers are used periodically, those being Marty Raymondo, Al Hury, John Anderson and others.

Only Frank was invited to do an hour long podcast by Greg Hennessey on his “The Flamingo Lounge” which aired July 16, ’22 A number of musical topics were discussed from day one to the present. Click on the link to hear the interview: http://rockabillygreg.com/only-frank-pusateri/