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Paul Baloff
- Real/full name:
- Pavel Nikolayevitch Balchishkov
- Age:
- 41 (born Apr 25th, 1960)
- R.I.P.:
- Feb 2nd, 2002
- Died of:
- Stroke
- Place of origin:
- United States (Oakland, California)
- Gender:
- Male
Exodus
Vocals (1981-1986, 1993, 1997-1998, 2001-2002)
| 1985 | Bonded by Blood | Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 1, 2, 5-7, 9) |
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Hirax
Vocals (1988)
Killparty
Vocals
Piranha
Vocals
| 1988 | Big Fucking Teeth (Demo) | Vocals |
| 1988 | Demo (Demo) | Vocals |
| 1988 | Piranha (Demo) | Vocals |
Spastik Children
Vocals
Exodus
| 1987 | Pleasures of the Flesh | Lyrics (tracks 4, 6, 8) |
| 2004 | Tempo of the Damned | Lyrics (track 9) |
| Added by: Megadeth | Modified by: Quorthallis |
| Added on: 2011-04-09 13:36:15 | Last modified on: 2020-06-12 15:59:00 |
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Biography
Baloff was left in a coma after a stroke in 2002, and died after doctors took him off life support. The Exodus album Tempo of the Damned, on which he was supposed to sing, was instead dedicated to his memory.Trivia
In 2002, an Exodus fan by the name of Juergen Kappel (a paleontologist from an area near Muenster, Germany) decided to name a trace fossil of a previously unknown form after the singer. The new species, which Kappel came across during his research, was named Laqueichnus baloffi.In the "Murder In The Front Row" documentary, Rick Hunolt mentions Baloff's real name: Pavel Nikolayevitch ...