Andy Sturmer

Marvin Andrew Sturmer (born March 11, 1965) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and composer who co-founded the rock band Jellyfish in 1989.

Following their break-up in 1994, Sturmer became involved with Tamio Okuda, as writer and producer for the Japanese pop duo Puffy AmiYumi.

[5] He had the rare distinction of not only being a drummer who regularly sang lead in a rock group, but also one who played a stand-up drum set at the front of the stage instead of sitting on a throne at the rear of the band.

[7][3] In a May 1994 article published in the San Francisco Chronicle, it was reported that Sturmer and Manning would form new bands in the aftermath of Jellyfish.

"[3] Elsewhere, Manning attributed the break-up partly to Sturmer's discomfort as frontman: "Andy never wanted to be in the spotlight, but he was never honest with himself.

[11] He was already a friend of main Puffy composer and producer Tamio Okuda[12] and was credited as "godfather" of the band[13] for giving the group their name.

[15] Puffy were approached by Cartoon Network to sing the theme song for the 2003 animated series Teen Titans.

[3] In the liner notes for the 2002 Jellyfish box set Fan Club, it is stated that Sturmer had been planning "an imminent solo record to be released over the Internet.