Paul Hyde

Paul Hyde
Birth name	Paul Nelson
Born	Yorkshire, England
Genres	Punk, new wave, folk, rock
Instruments	Guitar, vocals, keyboards
Years active	1978–present
Labels	A&M, Capitol/EMI, Broken Records, Bongo Beat
Associated acts	Payola$

Paul Reginald Nelson (born 21 May 1955), known by the stage name Paul Hyde, is a British-born Canadian musician and record producer (a notable client being Spirit of the West).

Born in Yorkshire, Hyde came to Canada as a teenager.

Hyde was a founding member, with Bob Rock, of the Payola$. Hyde and Rock formed the band in 1978, cheekily naming it after the U.S. radio scandal of the '50s. Rock would also start engineering and producing at Little Mountain Sound in Vancouver, where Payola$ relocated from Langford, British Columbia. The band's major label EP, Introducing Payola$, was released on A&M in 1980. The band had made a few DIY recordings in 1979 before signing to A&M. Their other A&M releases were 1981's In a Place Like This, 1982's No Stranger to Danger and 1983's Hammer on a Drum.

In 1985, Hyde was a credited co-writer of the No. 1 Canadian charity single "Tears Are Not Enough" by Northern Lights. He also sang in the song's chorus.

For 1985's Here's the World for Ya, the band changed its name to Paul Hyde and the Payolas, but disappointing sales resulted in their being dropped by the label. The team resigned with Capitol/EMI and put out one album, 1987's Under the Volcano, as Rock And Hyde.

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