Date of Birth 08/09/67
Full Name Jeff Curenton - aka - The Great Pumpkin
Favorite Things
Films Toy Story (all), Finding Nemo, Cars, Shrek (all), Ice Age (all), Monsters Inc., A Bug’s Life, Over The Hedge, The Incredibles, Independence Day, Slapshot, Animal House, Real Genius, Seven, Saw, Tommy Boy, Grease, Die Hard Trilogy, Forrest Gump, Hostel, Silence of the Lambs, Contact, Oceans 11, The Thing, Terminator, This is Spinal Tap, Apollo 13, The Shawshank Redemption, Unforgiven, The Sixth Sense, Spiderman (all), Willy Wonka (1971), Jaws, The Game, The Exorcist, Liar Liar, Dinosaur, Chicken Little, The Flintstones – Viva Rock Vegas, Smokey and the Bandit, Big, Ace Ventura (all), Porky’s, 2010
Actors/Actresses Anyone in the above mentioned movies.
Sports Bowling, Football, Baseball, Basketball
Books Horror, Technology
Food Wings, Seafood, Pizza
Drinks Milk, Iced Tea, I’ve been known to have a Miller Lite now and again.
Dislikes Dislikes
Other hobbies Motorcycle riding (if you call that a hobby). I just like to ride.
EQUIPMENT Pearl Masters(Birch), Paiste cymbals, Iron Cobra double pedal, Iron Cobra 905 hi-hat, Vic Firth sticks, Evans EC2 Clear heads, Gibraltar Rack System, Roc-n-Soc
When did you decide to play in a band? I don’t really have an exact date or age when I said, "… ok, I’m going to be in a band…" I guess it was a natural progression from formal training to eventually, as most do, getting into a band and wanting to be a rock star(ugh).
What music background/Influences do you have? I'm not sure what I started, but I do remember beating on cigar boxes at 3. It was all downhill from there. I was the stereotypical drummer kid, playing on pots, pans, coffee cans, etc... Growing up, I played in the concert, jazz, and marching bands while in school, along with a drum corp. I am influenced by every drummer I hear and see. Even the crappy ones. Where do you think I get my crappy chops. :-)
Do you play any other instruments? No
From where do you draw your inspiration? I’m not very inspired… I just play.
How do you warm-up before a show? Stretch a little.
What, when and where was the most memorable concert you've ever played? There have been many shows that were great. I can’t really say that there is one that was the best. They all have had there high and low points.
What was the worst concert you've played? See 'memorable concert' answer, invert.
What was the first album you bought? Kiss Alive II
All-time favorite albums? Dream Theater (all, I can’t choose just one), Painkiller (Judas Priest), Fair Warning (VH), Cross of Changes (Enigma), Vulgar Display of Power (Pantera), Even Now (Barry Manilow), The Gathering (Testament), Operation Mindcrime (QR), Rage For Order (QR), Sound of White Noise (Anthrax), Parallels (Fates Warning), PSOG (Fates Warning), War of Words (Fight), Trial By Fire (Journey), V (Symphony X), Master of Puppets (Metallica), Figure Number Five (Soilwork), Lily (Wendy Matthews), Melissa Etheridge (Melissa Etheridge), So Far… So Good… So What… (Megadeth), Creatures of the Night (Kiss), Somewhere In Time (Iron Maiden), For Those About To Rock (AC/DC), the list could go on forever...