Born just outside of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Paul moved to Atlanta in 1996. He has been in hard rock/metal bands and original bands for quite some time. Paul is known as the X-Factor in Iron Mullet as the ultimate utility musician who plays keys, sings, harmonizes, and plays percussion. Paul cites his influences as Deep Purple and other British Metal/Hard Rock icons as well as Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold, Savatage, Ghost and Devin Townshend.