About Pushing Pluto
Our Story
The band Pushing Pluto was formed by Nick Tangen (lead vocals/rhythm guitar) in late 2015. There had been a rotating door of musicians up until 2019. Austin Johnson (current drummer) joined the band as a bassist through the recommendation of a previous drummer, Donnie. Later in 2019, Connor Lafferty joined the band to play lead guitar after meeting Pushing Pluto at a house show.
Shortly after, Donnie left the band and Austin transitioned into the role of drummer. We met our current bass player Adrian D Thomas (bassist), in 2020. Adrian had responded to a Facebook ad we put out, and the rest is history. After Conor’s departure in late 2021, Jake Dieball joined the band as the new lead guitarist. Now that we have a full band, we’ve been writing new music, learning many covers and playing all over the valley.
Pushing Pluto is a band that plays original music and a wide variety of covers ranging from the 60’s, 70’s. 80.s, 90’s and early 2000’s. What sets us apart from many other local artists is our original music, and that is what we are most proud of. When Nick originally formed the band, he didn’t want to peg us into one specific genre. Music has endless possibilities, and he wanted to explore it to wherever it brought us. A person can hear that when they listen to our original music – we play what sounds good to us, and that’s pretty much it.
Members
Nick Tangen
Vocals / Rhythm Guitar
Kevin Nugent
Bass Guitar
Austin Johnson
Drums
Jake Dieball
Lead Guitar
Songs We Cover
Alice In Chains
Down In A Hole
Nutshell
Bill Withers
Ain't No Sunshine
Chris Stapleton
Tennessee Whiskey
Foo Fighters
Big Me
Kings Of Leon
Molly's Chambers
Marcy Playground
Sex and Candy
Nirvana
About A Girl
In Bloom
Polly
All Apologies
Radiohead
Karma Police
Creep
National Anthem
Rolling Stones
You Can't Always Get What You Want
Social Distortion
Ball and Chain
Sublime
Smoke Two Joints
Temple of the Dog
Hunger Strike
Weezer
Say It Ain't So
Undone (Sweater Song)
Beatles
Come Together
We Can Work It Out
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Cake
I Will Survive
The Eagles
Hotel California
Garth Brooks
Friends In Low Places
Franz Ferdinand
Take Me Out
James Gang
Funk 49
Marshall Tucker Band
Can't You See
Pearl Jam
Last Kiss
The Pixies
Where Is My Mind
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Can't Stop
Dani California
Soul to Squeeze
Under The Bridge
Ryan Adams
Gimme Something Good
Two
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
The Cure
Just Like Heaven
Boys Don't Cry
Talking Heads
Psycho Killer
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
War Pigs
Cream
Sunshine Of Your Love
Gorillaz
Kids With Guns
Jimi Hendrix
All Along The Watchtower
Little Wing
Purple Haze
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Free Bird
Simple Man
Tuesday's Gone
Mac Demarco
Freaking Out The Neighborhood
Modest Mouse
Float On
Pink Floyd
Breathe
Time
Rage Against The Machine
Killing in the Name
REM
Driver 8
Losing My Religion
Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song
Plush
The Strokes
Last Nite
Reptilia
Tyler Childers
Feathered Indians
Tom Petty
Won't Back Down
Mary Jane's Last Dance