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Joe Purrenhage was born on June 21, 1966 and grew up outside the Detroit, Michigan area where he picked up an interest in classic rock, jazz and blues. His formal training was minimal with only a couple of years of piano lessons at a young age and percussion in the high school band. However, he started to teach himself the bass, guitar, keyboards and synthesizer programming.

Enlisting in the Air Force he met many musicians with different infuences and styles. After the Air Force, Joe focused on starting an all original band with some friends and had some limited success with a pop/rock band called Earthbound. In the early 1990s Joe met drummer Marcus McGlown and a musical friendship was started that continues today.

Marcus and Joe started something that had a little more of the ’70s fusion flavor to it. Calling guitarist Craig Wisper they sowed the seeds to the modern fusion group Fuze. Their improvisational approach to music was heard at the Saturday Night Jam where all boundries were dropped for a unique blend of rock and jazz.

By 2000, Doug Nolls joined the band and after building a studio released their debut project across social media garnering 100,00 plus  plays over three years.

Joe Purrenhage and Fuze continue to create new music and self-produces their works to keep the fusion spirit alive.

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