Bio

[b]Does it get more Americana than when 3 Irish Catholic brothers from New Jersey...team up with a Latino frontman from Brazil...and form a Hard Rock band in Fantasyland...er, I mean Orlando, Florida?!? I think not!! In 2004, brothers PJ, Patrick, and Andrew Murray began writing the music that would eventually become the signature VISION QUEST sound. Later that same year, the band would hook up with Brazilian born vocalist Diego Quiroz and the lineup was complete. What followed was a year-long relentless schedule of writing, rehearsing, and recording. Since then, VISION QUEST has had quite an impact on the Florida music scene playing at such notable clubs as The Social, BackBooth, and AKA Lounge in their hometown of Orlando, The French Quarter in Jacksonville, Backstage Lounge in Gainesville, as well as the Ford Amphitheater and Crowbar in Tampa. Wowing audiences each night with their unique brand of dynamic, HIGH-ENERGY, passionately driven hard rock, the band has already earned a reputation as being one of the loudest, most intense, and most entertaining live acts on the scene. The origins of VISION QUEST actually date back to the year 1994, when guitarist Patrick (still in high school at the time!) and drummer PJ formed their first band PAYMESS DUKE. Influenced by the sounds of VAN HALEN, RUSH, METALLICA, and DREAM THEATER, that band made a name for themselves on the Jersey/Philly/New York circuit playing shows at such clubs as The Trocadero, The Middle East, The Barbary, and the now legendary CBGB's. Tired of a flooded market and the long cold winters, the Murray brothers (now with brother Andrew (bass) in the band) decided it was time to head South...to sunny Orlando, Florida in the summer of 2002. Two years later, ironically enough through a myspace ad, the band met up with singer extraordianairre Diego Quiroz. Quiroz had been singing in and out of bands since age 13, and after one impromptu jam session, the brothers all realized they had found their frontman. With influences ranging from metal to jazz, alternative to reggae, and even opera, VISION QUEST is proving that they are far above what is considered to be the norm in hard rock music these days[b][color="blue"][/color][color="yellow"][/color][color="darkblue"][/color][/b]