Paul Hyde co-founded the rock band Payola$ with Bob Rock, serving as the band's main lyricist and vocalist.
14 Facts About Paul Hyde
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Paul Hyde later performed and recorded with Rock under the band name Rock and Hyde and has released six solo albums over his musical career.
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Paul Hyde met Bob Rock while the pair were attending Belmont High School in Langford, a Victoria suburb.
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Paul Hyde traveled multiple times between England and Canada in his youth, bringing Rock with him on one occasion.
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Paul Hyde was one of over 40 vocalists featured on the song.
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Paul Hyde was one of over 40 vocalists featured on the song and Rock served as one of the engineers.
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Rock and Paul Hyde came up with the song's title and contributed to the French lyrics along with Rachel Paiement, receiving co-writer credits on the song along with Bryan Adams, Foster, Paiement and Jim Vallance.
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That same year Paul Hyde traveled to Los Angeles to record his debut solo album, Turtle Island, with producer Davitt Sigerson.
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Paul Hyde released his next album Love and the Great Depression on the independent Canadian record label, Broken Records, in 1996.
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Paul Hyde followed this album with Living off the Radar, which was released in 2000 by EMI Music Canada.
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In 2002 Paul Hyde released The Big Book of Sad Songs, Volume 1 on the independent label, Bongo Beat.
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Rock and Paul Hyde played live in Vancouver in 2003, reformed as The Payolas.
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In 2009 Paul Hyde resumed his solo career, releasing his fifth studio album Peace Sign, followed nine years later with the 2018 release No Gods, Just Men.
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Paul Hyde exhibited 26 of his collages at Chernoff Fine Art in Vancouver in 2020.