Payolas
Payolas were a New Wave band active in the Canadian music scene for a decad… Read Full Bio ↴Payolas were a New Wave band active in the Canadian music scene for a decade from the late 1970s.
The band's name was a reference to the payola scandal in the United States in the early 1960s. The group was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia and recorded mostly at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound. Through several lineup changes and name changes (the band also played as The Payola$, Paul Hyde and the Payolas and Rock and Hyde), the Payolas core members remained Paul Hyde and Bob Rock, who together wrote virtually all of the band's songs. As well, Rock engineered and mixed virtually every Payola$ recording.
Although the band always seemed poised for a big international breakthrough, The Payola$ never quite broke out despite their artistic growth and popular success. They were, however, one of the most prominent and successful platinum-selling Canadian bands of the early 1980s.
After a long hiatus that saw Bob Rock producing Metallica and a host of other bands and Paul Hyde recording four solo albums, they got back together in 2007 and released 'Langford Part One', a seven song mini C.D., distributed by EMI records. Plans for 2008 include a full C.D. to be released in the summer and a tour of Canada.
The band's name was a reference to the payola scandal in the United States in the early 1960s. The group was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia and recorded mostly at Vancouver's Little Mountain Sound. Through several lineup changes and name changes (the band also played as The Payola$, Paul Hyde and the Payolas and Rock and Hyde), the Payolas core members remained Paul Hyde and Bob Rock, who together wrote virtually all of the band's songs. As well, Rock engineered and mixed virtually every Payola$ recording.
Although the band always seemed poised for a big international breakthrough, The Payola$ never quite broke out despite their artistic growth and popular success. They were, however, one of the most prominent and successful platinum-selling Canadian bands of the early 1980s.
After a long hiatus that saw Bob Rock producing Metallica and a host of other bands and Paul Hyde recording four solo albums, they got back together in 2007 and released 'Langford Part One', a seven song mini C.D., distributed by EMI records. Plans for 2008 include a full C.D. to be released in the summer and a tour of Canada.
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Payolas Lyrics
China Boys Ten billion people living in one room I hear them singing…
Christmas is Coming Christmas is coming It's been a long year I'm still in the…
Dirty Water I swear I've seen your face before it's been inside my…
Eyes of a Stranger Can I touch you to see if you're real? 'Cause in…
Here's the World Here's the world, I can only help you go so…
I'll Find Another Left, right, in the middle of the night We stay out…
Never Said I Love You Never said I loved you 'Cause I didn't want to lower…
Never Said I Loved You Never said I loved you Cause I didn't want to lower…
No Prisoners There won't be any prisoners There won't be any prisoners …
Perhaps Some Day Perhaps some day Without the threat of violence Left and rig…
Soldier Crawled through fields of rusted wire Machine gun rattle, ro…
Where Is This Love He could run like a tiger anywhere when he felt…
Wild West As a randy mandy bigot rocker with a four on…
You're the Only Love You're the Only Love - Paul Hyde and the Payolas Won't…