Talk:Paul Baloff

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Latest comment: 19 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

The article says Paul Baloff was asked to join Exodus in 1983, BUT I'd heard he sang on Exodus's 1982 demo. I'm confused. Gringo300 02:13, 2 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

He may have done it as a guest person, and tried out to see how things go. LuciferMorgan 04:38, 8 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Not Paul's real name

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

According to Gary Holt's Autobiography, Fabulous Disaster, Paul's birth name was Paul Nicholas Baloff, not Pavel Nikolayevich Balakirshicoff. See page 151. Paul's sister Dorothy gave a copy of Pau's birth certificate to Gary Holt. Moreover, Baloff was born in Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA. His father was Russian, and his mother was Dutch. Paul Baloff never went to Russia nor did he speak Russian. 2600:1701:41C:5640:3494:B8E9:C2D0:2F8D (talk) 00:10, 19 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

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