Paul Baloff
b. 1960 in Oakland — d. 2002
Paul Nicholas Baloff (April 25, 1960 – February 2, 2002) was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the band's 1985 debut album Bonded by Blood, which is considered one of the most influential thrash metal albums of all time. He sang with various other bands before rejoining Exodus in 1997. Baloff died of a stroke in 2002.
Early life
Baloff was born in Highland Hospital in Oakland, California. His mother was Dutch, and he was of partial Russian descent. In life, he would spread rumors that he was a Russian immigrant under the birth name Pavel Nikolayevitch Balchishkov, and that his parents were "rocket scientists" who fled the country, creating what Sonic Perspectives called his "unofficial folklore."
Every band they have passed through, with what they played and when — and whether they were there at the start.
Songs Paul Baloff is credited on, oldest first — music, words, or both.
Where they came from, where they are, and who they are to other people.
- Born
- 1960-04-25 · Oakland
- Also works as
- singer
- Plays
- voice
- Died
- 2002-02-02
- How
- natural causes — stroke
- Where
- Oakland
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- Blabbermouth →metal press
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