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PARAGON BIOGRAPHY
There are at least 4 artists with the name Paragon:
1) The German Heavy Metal Band PARAGON was founded in 1990 by guitar player and main songwriter Martin Christian. In 1992, long before any “True Metal Hype” PARAGON recorded their first demo tape "MAELSTROM OF DECLINE" and played first live shows. 1994 the band released the "INTO THE BLACK" Mini CD and recieved good reviews in the Metal press all over Germany. At the end of 1994 Martin had written enough songs to record the first "official" release "WORLD OF SIN". Today Paragon is one of the leading bands within German metal.
Line-Up
* Andreas Babuschkin - Lead Vocals
* Martin Christian - Guitars, Backing Vocals
* Günny "Gunman" Kruse - Guitars
* Jan Bünning - Bass, Backing Vocals
* Christian Gripp - Drums
Former members
Vocals:
* Chris Barena (1990-1994)
* Kay Carstens (1994-1996)
Guitar:
* Frank Hellweg (1990-1991)
* Marcus Cremer (and Bass) (1991-1993)
* Wolfgang "Woko" Köhler (1993-1994)
* Tommy Eichstädt (1995-1996)
* Daniel Görner (1995-1996)
* Claudius Cremer (1996-2003)
Bass:
* Dirk Sturzbecher (1990-1995)
* Uwe Wessel (1995-1996)
* Jan Bünning (1996 - 2007)
Drums:
* Kay Neuse (1990-1996)
* Markus Corby (1996-2005)
www.paragon-legions.de
2) Paragon is a Swedish rapper from Stockholm. He has recorded
these albums: Stadsbarn 2003, Ni Borde Älska Mig 2004 (Mixtape), Löftet 2005, Nästan Berömd Mixtape 2006 & Länge Leve Laget 2007 (Mixtape).
Signed to the label Hemmalaget.
3) Paragon is an alias used by Michael Kohlbecker (Eternal Basement, Fünf D, Magnat, Masun, S.M.I².L.E., Subscientists) between 1993 - 1997.
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Paragon
4) Paragon is also an alias used by a video game music remix composer.
5) Dearborn, Michigan based quartet - former school m ates at Divine Child having released a single album "Saladays".
PARAGON GENRES Power/Speed metal
PARAGON LYRICAL THEMES Fantasy, War, Metal, Death
PARAGON ORIGIN Germany (Hamburg), formed in 1990
PARAGON CURRENT RECORD LABEL Massacre Records
PARAGON STATUS Active
PARAGON CURRENT LINE-UP Andreas Babuschkin - Lead Vocals (ex-Minotaur (Ger), ex-Vice Versa)
Martin Christian - Guitars, Backing Vocals
Günny Kruse - Guitars
Dirk Seifert - Bass
Christian Gripp - Drums (Torment (Ger))
PARAGON PREVIOUS LINE-UP Chris Barena - Vocals (1990-1994)
Kay Carstens - Vocals (1994-1996)
Frank Hellweg - Guitars (1990-1991) (Fright Night (Ger), Well of Souls (Ger))
Marcus Cremer - Guitars, Bass (1991-1993)
Wolfgang ``Woko`` Köhler - Guitars (1993-1994)
Tommy Eichstädt - Guitars (1995-1996)
Daniel Görner - Guitars (1995-1996) (ex-Bäd Influence)
Claudius Cremer - Guitars (1996-2003)
Dirk Sturzbecher - Bass (1990-1995)
Uwe Wessel - Bass (Gamma Ray, Axe La Chapelle, Gothic Fate, Rad Kick) (1995-1996)
Kay - Bass (1996-1997)
Jan Bünning - Bass, Backing Vocals (ex-Erosion (Ger))
Kay Neuse - Drums (1990-1996)
Markus Corby - Drums (1996-2005)
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