Artist: Paul Q-Pek Song: Touch The Ground CD: Touch The Ground Genre: chr Label:Absolute! Records Homepage
Paul is the former guitarist of the punk-influenced Christian band One Bad Pig. He went in an entirely and unique different direction when he began his solo career, crafting prog-tinged pop songs that are heavy on the synths; touchstones (acquiring a more spiritual bent in Q-Pek's hands, of course) include Peter Gabriel, earlier Phil Collins, mid-'80s Genesis, or even Howard Jones, whose "Things Can Only Get Better" Q-Pek covered on his 1996 debut, Touch the Ground. A native of California, Q-Pek toured with the Continental Singers before co-founding the Christian punk outfit One Bad Pig in the mid-'80s. He departed in 1992 to pursue subtler forms of musical expression, signing with Absolute Records, whose first-ever release was Q-Pek's debut.
