The Big Distraction
"The Unbound sound of music is all around...."
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
Two brothers (Joe and Nate Thurber) and life long friend Brandon Hull have been jamming together since they first picked up their instruments in the mid- nineties. They parted ways for 5 years in 1998 and each had taken part in several other musical projects. In the summer of 2003, they had a jam session in the Thurber basement where they started years earlier, and The Big Distraction was born. Nice. Simple. Enough talk... now listen.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
Yes
New England area... East Coast
Your musical influences
Grand Funk Railroad, Dixy Dreggs, THE ZEP, Dream Theater, Pearl Jam, Phish, DMB!, Boston, Aerosmith, Joe Satriani, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Blind Melon, Chuck Berry, P-Funk Allstars, Victor Wooten, Animals, Turtles, Robert JOhnson, Blues Traveler, BOC, Sublime, Bob Marley, Jimmy Cliff, Steve Vai, Earth Wind and Fire, Tower of Power, Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Biggie Smalls, David Bowie, GNR, Toad the Wetsprocket, U2 :), Cranberries, Collective Soul, Eric Clapton, Cream, Stu Hamm,RedHot Chilli Peppers, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Mos Def, Talib Kwelli, Grateful Dead,Mike Patton,The Allman Bros., the 8-bit musical masterpieces of Nintendo, Jeff Beck,Gene Wilder, Talking Heads, Pat Metheney,Walt Disney, Green Day, The Muppets, John Williams(both of them), Danny Elfman (and Oingo Boingo,why not?), The Band, Slash, Prince, Faith No More, Tears for Fears, Mo-Town,Yes, Rush,Fleetwood Mac,Mr.Bungle, and Gershwin....
