JULY 26, 1975 IS AN INFAMOUS DATE IN THE HISTORY OF CANTON, IL. ON THIS DAY, A TORNADO LEVELED HALF OF THE TOWN. THE SLEEPY MID-WESTERN TOWN HAD NO TIME TO RECOVER FROM THIS, THE SECOND GREATEST DISASTER IN ITS HISTORY BEFORE IT WAS HIT WITH ITS GREATEST CALAMITY: THE BIRTH OF UNCA_BRY!
UNCA_BRY'S MUSIC IS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM AND THE MID-WESTERN WORK ETHIC. "MY MOM WANTED ME TO BE IN BAND BECAUSE MY SISTER WAS GOOD AT IT," UNCA_BRY RECALLS, "I PRACTICED MY HEAD OFF BUT I WASN'T." BY THE AGE OF 15, UNCA_BRY'S INTEREST IN MUSIC WAS VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT WHEN HE DISCOVERED TWO THINGS THAT WOULD REVIVE HIS INTEREST IN MUSIC. "WHEN I FOUND JESUS, I FOUND SOMETHING TO PLAY FOR AND WHEN I FOUND THE GUITAR I FOUND A WAY TO EXPRESS MYSELF TO GOD" UNCA_BRY RECALLS. UNCA_BRY CANDIDLY ADMITS, "I'M NOT VERY TALENTED. I PROBABLY WON'T BLOW ANYONE AWAY (AND IF I DO, YOU NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!!!). THAT'S FINE BECAUSE EACH TIME I PLUG IN I PLAY JUST LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS ALONE IN MY ROOM WHEN I WAS 15 PLAYING TO JESUS. I JUST DON'T KNOW ANY OTHER WAY TO DO IT! IF WHAT I PLAY BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO JESUS, THAT'S ALL I ASK FOR!"
UNCA_BRY'S GUITAR PLAYING HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY GEORGE LYNCH, DAVE MUSTAINE, OZ FOX AND MICHAEL SWEET, MARK TREMONTI AND SCOTT IAN.
UNCA_BRY'S BASS PLAYING HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY EDDIE JACKSON (QUEENSRYCHE), JEFF PILSON (DOKKEN), P-NUT (311), ADAM CLAYTON (U2), TIM GAINES (STRYPER), AND CHRIS BREESE (G.L.O.W. BAND)! UNCA_BRY ALSO ADMITS "THERE'S ALSO SOME FUNK INFLUENCE, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT COMES FROM!!!!!!!!" |
