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 "Kapłani 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 Lanškroun. Members are: Jirka Hurych (guitar), Milan Duspiva (singer), Jindra Helekal (bassguitar) and Radim Kuka (drums). They released four albums: Chtěl bych bejt ve tvý kůži (I want to be in your skin), ...bez vobalu (...without cover), Holky nevěrný (Faithless girls) and Začnu krást (I´ll 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.
Gallery of Void
Dragon Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
You're suffering
Heavy rattle
Asphalt is burning
Your feet sinking
In the dark
Blood
You're dying
And you know it well
'Black spots are whirling
The painis gone
The clock is ticking back
Faster and faster'
The void - engulfs
The light - is fading
The clouds - fall down
The cold - is freezing
The kingdom of ice
Suffering
You must watch
The doom
The fall
Into whiteness
Ice
Ice in your eyes
In your dead mouth
In every part
Of your body
The lyrics of Dragon's song Gallery of Void describe the excruciating pain and impending death of an individual. The first stanza sets the scene of the suffering, with the person trembling in pain, their feet sinking into the burning asphalt. They are bleeding heavily, and although the pain is overwhelming, it eventually fades, and the clock seems to turn back faster and faster.
The second stanza uses symbolism to represent the person's transition into death. The void engulfs them, representing the end of their life, and the light fades away, showing the extinguishing of their consciousness. The clouds falling down and the cold freezing illustrates the person's final moments as they slip away into the kingdom of ice. Finally, in the last stanza, the lyrics describe the aftermath of the person's passing, with the ice freezing every part of their body, including their eyes and mouth.
Line by Line Meaning
Trembling in pain
Experiencing physical or emotional discomfort accompanied by quivering movements
You're suffering
Enduring anguish or hardship
Heavy rattle
Loud noise or commotion accompanied by a feeling of heaviness or oppression
Asphalt is burning
The pavement is scorching hot, causing discomfort and burns
Your feet sinking
Your feet are slowly and heavily lowering into the ground, possibly due to exhaustion, pain, or gravity
In the dark
The surroundings are unlit, with no visibility or light source
Blood
Red liquid that flows through the veins and arteries of the body
Streaming blood
Blood is flowing out of the body in a continuous manner
You're dying
Life is leaving the body, coming to an end
And you know it well
You are aware of the fact that you are dying
'Black spots are whirling
Visual disturbances in the form of black spots are rotating or moving around
The pain is gone
The sensation of physical discomfort has ceased
The clock is ticking back
Time is reversing or moving in the opposite direction than usual
Faster and faster'
The reversal of time is increasing in speed, becoming increasingly fast
The void - engulfs
An emptiness or absence of something is completely surrounding and consuming everything else
The light - is fading
Brightness or illumination is gradually diminishing in intensity or disappearing entirely
The clouds - fall down
Masses of water droplets in the sky are descending towards the ground
The cold - is freezing
The temperature is extremely low, causing objects or people to become rigid and immobile
The kingdom of ice
A world or realm made entirely of frozen water
Suffering
Experiencing physical or emotional pain or distress
You must watch
You are forced to observe or witness something, without the ability to intervene or act upon it
The doom
A sense of impending disaster or catastrophe
The fall
A sudden and rapid descent towards the ground or a lower level
Into whiteness
Descending into a completely white, blank or empty space, devoid of colour or detail
Ice
Frozen water, often with a hard and slippery surface
Ice in your eyes
Frozen water particles are forming on or near the eyes
In your dead mouth
Frozen water is present in the mouth of a deceased individual
In every part
Frozen water is covering or filling every area of the body
Of your body
The frozen water is present in the entirety of the physical form
Contributed by Charlotte Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Tricia Gillard
on Magic
This site is rootefd!!