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.
Mutant
Dragon Lyrics
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Pendulum in my hands
A mutant
In hopeless desperation
I know that's my last day
The day when my world will be gone
Horizon blends with the sky
A mutant
Bloody veins of lightning above
Rotten earth flooded with puss
Full of lumps of dried magma
Where are you, the Almighty!
I hear a hollow rattle
Strangers all around
Their distorted faces
Their throbbing flesh
Eyes burnt out by acid
Tumor-speckled skin
Waiting
For me to become like them
God if you are there
In this great dark sea
Have mercy on me!
Stinking grease floods the ground
Absorbing monstrous mutants
The last day!
The song "Mutant" by Dragon is a powerful and intense exploration of the end of the world, told from the perspective of someone experiencing the horrors of a mutant apocalypse. The first verse sets the tone, with the singer acknowledging the inevitability of their doom, as time slips away from them like a pendulum. They describe themselves as a mutant, trapped in a world of hopelessness, where they know that their final day is coming. This sets up the bleak landscape that the rest of the song explores.
In the second verse, we see the singer's world collapsing around them. The horizon and sky have become a black and terrible mass, and the earth is covered in rotten puss and lumps of dried magma. The singer cries out for God, who seems to be absent, leaving them to face the mutants that are emerging from the earth. These mutants are grotesque and frightening, with distorted faces and throbbing flesh. The singer's desperation is palpable as they try to find a way to survive in this hellish landscape.
The final verse is particularly harrowing, as the singer describes the ground being flooded with stinking grease that absorbs the monstrous mutants. The last day has come, and there is no hope left. The singer's plea to God for mercy is heartbreaking, and the final lines of the song leave us with a sense of despair and loss.
Overall, "Mutant" is a powerful and wrenching song that explores themes of hopelessness, loss, and the end of the world. The vivid imagery and intense emotions make it a standout track in Dragon's catalog.
Line by Line Meaning
How quickly seconds fly
Time passes by swiftly
Pendulum in my hands
I feel responsible for the time and events around me
A mutant
I feel different and abnormal compared to others
In hopeless desperation
I am feeling extreme helplessness
I know that's my last day
I have a premonition of my impending death
The day when my world will be gone
The day when everything I know and love will vanish
Horizon blends with the sky
The separation between the sky and the horizon is blurred
Into a black and terrible mass
The skies have turned dark and ominous
Bloody veins of lightning above
There are lightning strikes that look like veins in the sky
Rotten earth flooded with puss
The ground is decayed and oozing with pus-like substances
Full of lumps of dried magma
The ground is covered with hardened volcanic rock
Where are you, the Almighty!
I am questioning the existence and whereabouts of a higher power
I hear a hollow rattle
There is a continuous sound that is unsettling and eerie
Strangers all around
There are unfamiliar and potentially dangerous people present
Their distorted faces
The faces of these strangers appear twisted and warped
Their throbbing flesh
There is a pulsing in their bodies, which could be a sign of a mutation
Eyes burnt out by acid
The eyes of these strangers are damaged, possibly due to chemical exposure
Tumor-speckled skin
There are growths on their skin, which could be cancerous
Waiting
These strangers are waiting for something or someone
For me to become like them
There is a pressure for me to conform and become like these strangers
God if you are there
I am questioning the existence and presence of a higher power
In this great dark sea
I feel lost and alone in a vast and dark environment
Have mercy on me!
I am pleading for compassion and understanding
Stinking grease floods the ground
There is a disgusting and overwhelming smell emanating from the ground
Absorbing monstrous mutants
The ground is consuming and assimilating the mutated individuals
The last day!
This is the end, the final day
Contributed by Hudson I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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Tony Stark
That Blaze wasn't even mutated it just had stole Blaze rods from the blazes that died from players that didn't drop them
Alyssa Gross
if a mutant zombie bites someone, do they turn into a normal zombie, or a mutant?
Holly Goldheart
The villagers are like the best. Cause the voice for them is so accurate to how I imagine them sounding