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Simon Fraser University. University of Cambridge.
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Paul Janz
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He is known for such hits as "Every Little Tear", "Go To Pieces", "Rocket to My Heart", "Close My Eyes", "Stand" and "I Won"t Cry". Gospel music and rock, combined with a broad interest in music made him record with the band three albums within 10 years, successful in Germany and moving to Number. 56 on Billboard with 1979"s "Leaving Los Angeles".
In 1984, he launched his solo career, which culminated in four projects with a string of chart-topping hits from each album.
The success of his projects led to his nomination for the Juno Awards, Canada"s most prominent music award. Janz"s final project, Trust, which was recorded under the Attic Records label, continued the same ground-breaking tradition with Janz"s trademark lyrical compositions and driving melodic rhythms.
Since that time, Janz hasn"t released any new material. In 1981 he took part in the German selection for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Steine (Stones)".
He finished tenth behind musicians like Taco and Peter Cornelius.
Instead, Lena Valaitis was selected to represent Germany at the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with the song "Johnny Blue". Presently the Professor of Philosophical Theology and Head of the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at King"s College London, he formerly taught philosophy at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia and has written a book entitled God, the Mind"s Desire: Reference, Reason and Christian Thinking published by Cambridge University Press. In 2004, Janz"s first album High Strung was re-released on Civil Defense for the first time by Escape Music in the United Kingdom. More recently, he has launched a new brand, Transformation Theology, a re-make of Bonhoeffer"s grass-root theology.
