1) Dragon formed in Auckl… Read Full Bio ↴There are multiple artists with this name:
1) Dragon formed in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1972, with a line-up that featured Todd Hunter, guitarist Ray Goodwin, drummer Neil Reynolds and singer Graeme Collins; by 1974 several personnel changes had occurred including the introduction of Todd's brother Marc Hunter on vocals and Neil Storey on drums.
The band recorded two progressive rock albums in New Zealand, Universal Radio and Scented Gardens for the Blind, the second with an added guitar element from Robert Taylor. Paul Hewson also joined the band on keyboards and from this point Dragon's music took on a pop-flavoured AOR feel.
Dragon eventually landed a contract in Australia with CBS Records and relocated to Sydney in 1975.
Always a lightning rod for controversy, the band was rocked by the heroin overdose death of drummer Neil Storey only weeks after arriving in Australia, and their original manager was also deported back to New Zealand on drugs charges. By then, founding member Ray Goodwin had left the group.
Storey was replaced by Kerry Jacobson and, between 1975 and 1979, Dragon scored a string of major hits on the Australasian pop charts with songs including "April Sun in Cuba," "Are You Old Enough" and "Still in Love With You" and with the albums Sunshine and O Zambezi, making them one of the region's most popular rock acts.
Marc Hunter left Dragon in 1979 due to health problems which were, by then, seriously affecting his performances. New singer Richard Lee was recruited and the group recorded the Powerplay LP before breaking up in 1979.
Dragon was forced to reform in 1982 to pay off outstanding debts, but they stayed together and decided to have another shot at success. The band's second comeback single "Rain" proved to be a massive hit, but Kerry Jacobson left the band for health reasons and was replaced by British drummer Terry Chambers, formerly from the band XTC. American keyboard player and producer Alan Mansfield also joined the band at this point.
The group's 1984 album Body and the Beat became one of the biggest-selling albums in Australia and New Zealand and the band was restored to something close to its late 70s glory. Their public profile was further raised at this time by the Marc Hunter solo album Communication. Its title track became a moderate hit in Australia.
Paul Hewson left Dragon and tragically died of a drug overdose in New Zealand in January 1985, with Terry Chambers and Robert Taylor leaving Dragon some time after. American drummer Doanne Perry replaced Chambers, and Taylor was eventually succeeded by local Sydney guitar ace Tommy Emmanuel.
This lineup recorded the Todd Rundgren-produced Dreams of Ordinary Men album and toured Europe under the name Hunter in 1987, where they were somewhat misrepresented as a heavy metal band in some markets.
Dragon again split up in 1988 although a year later Todd and Marc Hunter and Alan Mansfield reconvened once again with guitarist Randall Waller and drummer Barton Price (ex-Models and The Choirboys) for the 1989 Bondi Road album, which actually featured Tommy Emmanuel's guitar playing.
Dragon continued to record and tour with varying line-ups centered around the Hunter brothers and Mansfield until 1997, although Todd Hunter had largely retired from the band to do soundtrack work.
In 1998, Marc Hunter was diagnosed with severe throat cancer and died later that year. The compilation CD Forever Young, released on Raven Records, captures many of the highlight tracks of his tumultuous career.
2) Dragon is one of the oldest Polish metal bands. They played thrash/heavy metal. Nowadays Dragon doesn't exist, but will be remembered by the oldest of Polish maniacs. Songs like "Kapลani Zdrady" ("The Priest of Betrayal") are central to the history of Polish metal.
3) Dragon is a trance project with Ralph Fritsch and Detlef Hastik, they released two songs: "Pandora" and "The Dragon."
4) Dragon is a Czech rock band from Lanลกkroun. Members are: Jirka Hurych (guitar), Milan Duspiva (singer), Jindra Helekal (bassguitar) and Radim Kuka (drums). They released four albums: Chtฤl bych bejt ve tvรฝ kลฏลพi (I want to be in your skin), ...bez vobalu (...without cover), Holky nevฤrnรฝ (Faithless girls) and Zaฤnu krรกst (Iยดll start to steal).
5) Dragon is a Spanish Reggaeton y Hip-Hop artist from The United States he released his album called The New Face on October 28, 2008
6) Dragon was a Belgium progressive rock group that self-produced this album in 1976 in the UK on the Acorn label. Many fans in the genre consider it to be a lost jewel of prog with mellotron, killer guitar and excellent vocals.
Forgotten by death
Dragon Lyrics
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Sign of the fall
A dwarf, a face-a monster
Without form
You, son of void
Eyes in decay
The dust in throbbing
Forgotten by death
You've become a thing
A relic
Forgotten by death
It's horrid not to be able to die
Eternal life
Forgotten
Where is death
Tangled in darkness
Forgotten
A blind sin
Catacombs
On the Tombs
You've built your grave
You long for fire
That brings you
Salvation
Only one desolate world
Only one home uprooted
Only one shadow behind
Only the desperate moan
Forgotten by death
Tell them after thousands of years
Forgotten by death
A witness of the age of doom
The lyrics of the Dragonโs song โForgotten by deathโ describe a character who has become a relic of its former self due to the curse of eternal life. The first two lines, โShadows, fog, Sign of the fallโ allude to how the curse has turned the characterโs life into a shadow of its former self and how it has lost its way. The third line, โA dwarf, a face- a monsterโ refers to how the character may have become disfigured over the years, and how its appearance may now be compared to that of a monster.
The following lines, โYou, son of void, Eyes in decayโ reveal the characterโs despair and how it is now living in a world that feels empty and meaningless. The character is experiencing immense pain as can be seen in the phrase โThe dust in throbbing with dead lifeโ. Finally, the chorus โForgotten by death, You've become a thing, A relic, Forgotten by death, it's horrid not to be able to dieโ tells us that the curse of eternal life is a punishment worse than death โ itโs torture. It is something that has turned the character into a thing, an immortal thing that lives forever, and not being able to die is a fate worse than death.
Line by Line Meaning
Shadows, fog
A gloomy, indecipherable atmosphere that marks the beginning of the end
Sign of the fall
A clear indication of an impending decline
A dwarf, a face-a monster
An abhorrent, deformed being that is too small to be formidable
Without form
Lacking a definite shape or structure
You, son of void
A personification of emptiness and nothingness
Eyes in decay
An indication of deterioration and worsening of one's sight
The dust in throbbing
The sensation of dust particles pulsing or vibrating
With dead life
An ironic combination of stagnant death and a spark of life
Forgotten by death
Left behind in a state of immortality when death has neglected to claim them
You've become a thing
Reduced to an object or entity, stripped of humanity
A relic
An artifact or remnant of the past, perceived as archaic
It's horrid not to be able to die
Being unable to escape the cycle of life, death, and rebirth is a terrible fate
Eternal life
Endless, undying existence
Where is death
A rhetorical question pointing out the irony of being left behind by the very thing they seek
Tangled in darkness
Wrapped up and ensnared in the obscurity of one's own mind
A blind sin
An immoral act or offense committed without realizing its wickedness or consequences
Catacombs
Underground tombs or burial sites
On the Tombs
Above the graves of the dead
You've built your grave
Inadvertently constructing a place of final resting for yourself
You long for fire
An intense craving for the spark of life and passion that fire represents
That brings you
A metaphorical guide or gateway to the salvation they seek
Salvation
Redemption or deliverance from a terrible fate
Only one desolate world
A single, barren existence devoid of life
Only one home uprooted
A sole place of refuge destroyed or removed
Only one shadow behind
A lone, haunting figure lurking in their past
Only the desperate moan
The only sound left to express their anguish and sorrow
Tell them after thousands of years
A message left behind long after their time, meant for future generations to hear
A witness of the age of doom
An observer and survivor of a catastrophic, apocalyptic era in history
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