Chicago, IL -
Barry Harris and Chris Cox, better known to most as Thunderpuss, have dominated the Billboard dance charts over the last three years. In October, the duo called it quits.
The hit making remix/production team of Harris and Cox first met back in 1990 and eight years later they formed Thunderpuss. The duo has been credited for bringing a harder club sound to many pop tracks insuring instant dance-floor success. Some of the biggest artists in the world have the Thunderpuss name in their credits. Cher, Madonna, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Anastascia and Amber are just a few. Since their inception, Thunderpuss produced an astounding 23 #1 Billboard hits.
Harris and Cox are still actively remixing and producing. Both continue touring the country and spinning at some of the biggest clubs and parties in the nation.
Hydrate Chicago has booked both Harris and Cox independently in December. Barry Harris, Saturday, December 6; Chris Cox, Saturday, December 13.
Barry Harris Biography
Barry Harris has been a club DJ for 20 years. Starting off in Toronto and college radio in the mid 1980s, his club and radio savvy eventually brought him to Los Angeles in 1998 where he teamed up with long-time DJ/producer/friend Chris Cox. Together they created Thunderpuss, who in only five (5) years scored 31 #1's on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play Chart and several more on the Maxi-Singles Sales Chart. He's done remixes and productions for Madonna, Cher, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias just to name a few. He also had an unprecedented first on any Billboard chart with the Thunderpuss & Barnes original production of "(Welcome to My) Head" topping the dance chart as an unsigned record early 2003.
Barry just recently remixed the theme song for "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" entitled "All Things" to be released November/December 2003. He also stars as the Club DJ within the Wayne Isham directed video to be released December!!
Barry also has his own Club Mix show "Massive Mix" on XM Satellite Radio each Saturday night at Midnight (with encore shows the following Wednesday and Friday nights). XM Satellite is transmitted Nation Wide across the U.S.!! Barry has DJ'ed at some of the most prestigious clubs around the world. These include Twilo, Roxy and Exit in New York City along with Arc and the "Sleaze Ball" Party in Australia to name a few.
Barry has always been a music fanatic all his life in one way or another. Outside of remixing and DJing, he plays guitar, bass and piano, and is also an artist, songwriter and producer. He's one who wears many hats. The artist/producer/songwriter career began in Spring of 1988 with his very first effort "I Beg Your Pardon" by Kon Kan. "I Beg Your Pardon" became an international smash charting Top 5 around the world (#3 in the UK and #15 on the Billboard Top 100 in the US) by the Spring of 1989. Kon Kan also won the Juno award (Canada's version of the Grammy) for "Best Dance Recording" for that year. Kon Kan lasted from 1988-1993 with two LP's on Atlantic Records and one on Hypnotic/A&M before Harris decided to "pull the plug" and move on.
He then went back to the underground to collaborate with Toronto Veteran DJ Terry Kelly to create Top Kat (1993-1995) on Hypnotic/A&M& Stickman/Moonshine Records. Top Kat was best known for their Moonshine Records' release of "Feel Cool" which charted well on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play chart.
In 1996-1997 he hooked up with Rachid Wehbi (now of the remix/songwriting/production team "WideLife") to form Outta Control. They had a few hits in the US, most notably for their dance cover version of "(What If God Was) One Of Us" and "Sinful Wishes." Outta Control also became huge in Brazil and toured that country extensively in mid-1997. Wehbi & Harris also collaborated with vocalist Simone Denny (WideLife/Love Inc.) on the Canadian Top 10 hit in early 1998 "I Can't Take The Heartbreak" under the name Killer Bunnies.
Barry also created/wrote and produced the now club classic "Dive In The Pool" by Barry Harris feat. Pepper Mashay in 2000. (Buy the Single) "Dive" stayed at the top of Billboard's Club Play chart (for five weeks) alongside Madonna's "Music." It also became the unofficial theme song for "Queer As Folk."
Barry continues to tour extensively across the U.S. each weekend from NYC to LA to Miami to Seattle and various cities in between!
www.barryharrisnyc.com
Related Article: Profile: Chris Cox
The hit making remix/production team of Harris and Cox first met back in 1990 and eight years later they formed Thunderpuss. The duo has been credited for bringing a harder club sound to many pop tracks insuring instant dance-floor success. Some of the biggest artists in the world have the Thunderpuss name in their credits. Cher, Madonna, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Britney Spears, Enrique Iglesias, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Shakira, Anastascia and Amber are just a few. Since their inception, Thunderpuss produced an astounding 23 #1 Billboard hits.
Harris and Cox are still actively remixing and producing. Both continue touring the country and spinning at some of the biggest clubs and parties in the nation.
Hydrate Chicago has booked both Harris and Cox independently in December. Barry Harris, Saturday, December 6; Chris Cox, Saturday, December 13.
Barry Harris Biography
Barry Harris has been a club DJ for 20 years. Starting off in Toronto and college radio in the mid 1980s, his club and radio savvy eventually brought him to Los Angeles in 1998 where he teamed up with long-time DJ/producer/friend Chris Cox. Together they created Thunderpuss, who in only five (5) years scored 31 #1's on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play Chart and several more on the Maxi-Singles Sales Chart. He's done remixes and productions for Madonna, Cher, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Enrique Iglesias just to name a few. He also had an unprecedented first on any Billboard chart with the Thunderpuss & Barnes original production of "(Welcome to My) Head" topping the dance chart as an unsigned record early 2003.
Barry just recently remixed the theme song for "Queer Eye For The Straight Guy" entitled "All Things" to be released November/December 2003. He also stars as the Club DJ within the Wayne Isham directed video to be released December!!
Barry also has his own Club Mix show "Massive Mix" on XM Satellite Radio each Saturday night at Midnight (with encore shows the following Wednesday and Friday nights). XM Satellite is transmitted Nation Wide across the U.S.!! Barry has DJ'ed at some of the most prestigious clubs around the world. These include Twilo, Roxy and Exit in New York City along with Arc and the "Sleaze Ball" Party in Australia to name a few.
Barry has always been a music fanatic all his life in one way or another. Outside of remixing and DJing, he plays guitar, bass and piano, and is also an artist, songwriter and producer. He's one who wears many hats. The artist/producer/songwriter career began in Spring of 1988 with his very first effort "I Beg Your Pardon" by Kon Kan. "I Beg Your Pardon" became an international smash charting Top 5 around the world (#3 in the UK and #15 on the Billboard Top 100 in the US) by the Spring of 1989. Kon Kan also won the Juno award (Canada's version of the Grammy) for "Best Dance Recording" for that year. Kon Kan lasted from 1988-1993 with two LP's on Atlantic Records and one on Hypnotic/A&M before Harris decided to "pull the plug" and move on.
He then went back to the underground to collaborate with Toronto Veteran DJ Terry Kelly to create Top Kat (1993-1995) on Hypnotic/A&M& Stickman/Moonshine Records. Top Kat was best known for their Moonshine Records' release of "Feel Cool" which charted well on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play chart.
In 1996-1997 he hooked up with Rachid Wehbi (now of the remix/songwriting/production team "WideLife") to form Outta Control. They had a few hits in the US, most notably for their dance cover version of "(What If God Was) One Of Us" and "Sinful Wishes." Outta Control also became huge in Brazil and toured that country extensively in mid-1997. Wehbi & Harris also collaborated with vocalist Simone Denny (WideLife/Love Inc.) on the Canadian Top 10 hit in early 1998 "I Can't Take The Heartbreak" under the name Killer Bunnies.
Barry also created/wrote and produced the now club classic "Dive In The Pool" by Barry Harris feat. Pepper Mashay in 2000. (Buy the Single) "Dive" stayed at the top of Billboard's Club Play chart (for five weeks) alongside Madonna's "Music." It also became the unofficial theme song for "Queer As Folk."
Barry continues to tour extensively across the U.S. each weekend from NYC to LA to Miami to Seattle and various cities in between!
www.barryharrisnyc.com
Related Article: Profile: Chris Cox
