La Paz is a Scottish

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band that was originally formed in 1984 by

Doogie White Douglas "Doogie" White (born 7 March 1960) is a Scottish rock vocalist who currently sings for La Paz and Alcatrazz. He has also notably sung for Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Praying Mantis and Tank. Early li ...

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and Alex Carmichael. The group toured around in

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in the early 80's and released two albums. The band broke up in 1988 when Doogie White quit the band to join Midnight Blue and later

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. La Paz played live regularly, sometimes playing over a hundred gigs in a year throughout Scotland. They also played the

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in London as well as some festivals. They were featured regularly in the rock magazine ''

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'' (Derek Oliver becoming a fan of the band) and attracted interest from a number of UK and US record companies, finally agreeing terms with one of them for a three album deal. However, the deal fell through at the very last minute and Doogie White moved to London to pursue his career alone. The band was reunited again in 2009 and released three new albums: ''Granite'' in 2012;''The Dark And The Light'' 2013; and ''Shut Up And Rawk'' 2016 all on the Polish record label, Metal Mind Productions. 2014 marked the 30th anniversary of the band and to celebrate they headlined the opening night of the Hard Rock Hell AOR Festival in Wales.

Members

(Vocals, 1984-1988, 2009-present) *

(Guitars, 1984-1988, 2009-present) * Alex Carmichael (Bass, 1984-1988, 2009-present) * Andy Mason (Keyboards, 1984-1988, 2009-present) * Paul McManus (Drums, 1984-1988, 2009-present)

Discography

* ''Old Habits Die Hard'' (1985) (Cassette only) * ''The Amy Tapes'' (1988) (Cassette only) * ''Granite'' (2012) * ''The Dark and the Light'' (2013) * ''Shut Up And Rawk'' (2016) * ''For One Night Only'' (2022)

References

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