 In the early 1980’s, Marco Paganini was the lead vocalist in the Hannover based rock group Viva. At the time he was singing in the pioneering English metal band “Tygers of pan tang”, when he was discovered by Barbara Schenker at a double bill with The Scorpions. Rudolph Schenker invited him to join them on their return to Germany and taking them up on the offer Marco and Barbara formed Viva together. Being one of the top European acts at the time, Marco recorded 2 LP’s with Viva, before embarking on a solo career.
Along with Viva guitarist Ralph Murphy, Marco returned to Switzerland to form the group Paganini. Their first release“Weapon of love”, spawned the hit “Berlin by night”, which reached the charts in germany thru polygram, and as well landed on the movie soundtrack for “Alpha city”. The follow up album “It’s a long way to the top” saw chart action again and earned them the offer of support act for “Motley Crue” on their “Theater of pain” tour.
Several releases followed thru the years |
including the album “detox” which Marco recorded together with “Angie Schilliro” one time guitarist with “Kingdom Come” which as well features the track “Time” which was written by “Prince” for Marco while at paisley park thru his association with polygram. 2 singles entitled “My life” and “Follow the sun” saw Marco reunited with his old producer “Vic Vergat” of the rock group “Toad” In 2003 Marco teamed up with New York producer “ZouZou Mamoux” to record the CD “Esoterrorism”, their cryptic reflections of the modern times we live in and a call to arms for society as a whole. Currently, Marco and ZouZou are at it again at work on the new production entitled “The Resurrection”, which is a celebration of Paganini’s distigushed repetoire re-recorded in a modern context, inspired by countless requests for the classic tracks from Marco’s large fan base. |
