Thunderpuss

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Thunderpuss

Years active 1997-2003
Genres Tribal house
Labels Tommy Boy Records (1997 - 2003)

Thunderpuss is the (mainly dance) remix/production team of music producers Barry Harris and Chris Cox. Harris, an openly gay musician and DJ, had worked previously as part of several music groups, including Kon Kan, Top Kat, Killer Bunnies and Outta Control, and had also released several singles himself. Cox, musician and DJ, had also worked for years as a DJ and producer, producing a megamix of Paula Abdul songs, among other things, and started his own record label, Interhit Records, with Jeff Johnson.

Harris & Cox originally met in the late 1980s and remained friends for years, with Harris eventually joining Cox at Interhit. They didn't start working together as a production team until late 1997, though. Their first project as Thunderpuss was a cover of the song "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything", with Thea Austin, formerly of Snap! performing vocals. They also produced Engelbert Humperdinck's 1998 album The Dance Album, but did not use the name Thunderpuss. They also produced original songs for various artists, including Abigail ("Let The Joy Rise And If It Don't Fit"), Amber ("Taste The Tears"), and Soluna.

Over the course of almost six years, Thunderpuss were highly in demand as remixers, their first work together being a remix of Billie Myers' "Kiss The Rain" in 1998. Their biggest remix success was a hit re-working of It's Not Right But It's Okay by Whitney Houston. Other artists who received the remix treatment included Madonna, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera.

Thunderpuss also put out several singles themselves as artists, including "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag", a fully electronic dance cover of the "Pigbag" song, "Stand Up" (with Latanza Waters), and "FMH" (under the artist name Harris & Cox). Barry quit the group in late 2003 and both men are currently pursuing DJ/remix/production work on their own.

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[edit] Selected Remixes

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