Buster Poindexter is a self-titled album released by RCA Records in 1987 by Buster Poindexter, the alter ego of New York Dolls frontman David Johansen.

Around 1982,[2] Johansen began performing under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter in a small club in his neighborhood.

The shows grew in popularity, and gradually the original three piece band with which he performed grew in size to the Banshees of Blue, accompanied by The Uptown Horns.

[4] They achieved moderate commercial success, performing jump blues, traditional pop, swing, and novelty songs.

[5] Shortly before the album's release, Buster began appearing as part of the house band on the television program Saturday Night Live.