Jud Strunk

He died in a plane crash at the age of forty-five while testing one of the planes he had been working on. Cox also found solo success for himself with his own 2000 single, "Phuture 2000". After leaving show business, Strunk operated a small aviation business that restored antique aircraft. Harris mashed up songs by Billy Squier and Fischerspooner to create the song "Everybody Wants You To Emerge" for the Queer Eye For The Straight Guy soundtrack, and Cox recently remixed the Michelle Branch single "Breathe". Jud Strunk became a folk hero of sorts in Maine and in 1970, he narrowly lost the election for a Senate seat in the State legislature. They split up in late 2003 and both men are pursuing DJ/remix/production work on their own. He had three more humorous songs that made it into the country music charts and toured with the Andy Williams Road Show. 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).

In 1973, he wrote and recorded the song "Daisy A Day" that made it into Billboard magazine's Top Twenty on both the country and pop music charts. 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. After he learned to play the banjo, Strunk began entertaining locals and went on to wide recognition after appearances on national television network shows such as Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In and The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Blige ("No More Drama" & "Rainy Dayz", with Ja Rule), Céline Dion ("I Want You To Need Me"), Stacie Orrico ("Stuck"), and Kim English ("Higher Things"), among others. in Jamestown, New York, he was raised in Farmington, Maine where as a small boy his showmanship became evident. They also produced hit remixes of songs by Mary J. Born Justin Strunk, Jr. Their biggest remix success was a hit remix of "It's Not Right But It's Okay" by Whitney Houston.

Jud Strunk (June 11, 1936 - October 5, 1981) was an American singer, songwriter, and comedian. Over the course of almost six years, Thunderpuss had a very successful career as remixers and producers. They also produced Engelbert Humperdinck's 1998 album The Dance Album, but did not use the name Thunderpuss. 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 didn't start working together as a production team until late 1997, though.

Harris & Cox originally met in the late '80s and remained friends for years, with Harris eventually joining Cox at Interhit. Cox, an openly straight 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, 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. Thunderpuss is the (mainly dance) remix/production team of music producers Barry Harris and Carl Cox.