{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1968)}}
{{about||the American football and basketball coach|Paul Durham (American football)}} {{Infobox musical artist | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Paul Durham | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Paul Durham | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|09|09}} | birth_place = | origin = Twin Falls, Idaho, United States | genre = {{flat list| * Alternative rock * rock }} | instrument = {{flat list| * Vocals * guitar }} | occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician | years_active = 1995–present | associated_acts = {{flat list| * Black Lab * Cake or Death * Stray Palace }} | label = {{flat list| * Geffen * Epic * Independent }} | website = [http://www.pauldurham.com pauldurham.com]<br />[http://www.blacklabworld.com blacklabworld.com] | background = solo_singer }}
'''Paul Durham''' (born September 9, 1968) is an American musician and producer, a solo singer-songwriter and the lead singer of rock bands Black Lab, Stray Palace, and Cake or Death.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bigskysongwritersfestival.com/songwriters/paul-durham/ |title=Paul Durham: Big Sky Songwriters' Festival |publisher=bigskysongwritersfestival.com |date= |accessdate=2013-12-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116184509/http://www.bigskysongwritersfestival.com/songwriters/paul-durham/ |archive-date=2017-11-16 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He is the writer of two ''Billboard'' charting songs,<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/alternative-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507030316/https://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/alternative-songs|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 7, 2018|title=Black Lab Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508144747/https://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2018|title=Black Lab Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/pop-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180508144800/https://www.billboard.com/music/black-lab/chart-history/pop-songs|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2018|title=Black Lab Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2017-11-16}}</ref> "Wash it Away" and "Time Ago" from Black Lab's Geffen Records debut, ''Your Body Above Me'',<ref>Jenkins, Mark (January 2, 1998). "Black Lab, ''Your Body Above Me''". ''The Washington Post''. pp. N14.</ref> and is represented by EMI Music Publishing<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/black-lab_profile.html|title=Artist Profile - Black Lab|date=2007-09-27|access-date=2017-11-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927025318/http://www.emimusicpub.com/worldwide/artist_profile/black-lab_profile.html|archivedate=2007-09-27}}</ref> and Secret Road Music.
==Discography== ===Albums=== *1997: ''Your Body Above Me'' *2003: ''I Feel Fine'' *2004: ''Ten Million Years - Songs from the Nineteen Nineties'' *2005: ''See the Sun'' *2006: ''Cake or Death'' *2006: ''Your Body Above Me - The Directors Cut'' *2007: ''Passion Leaves a Trace'' *2007: ''Technologie'' *2008: ''Mirror Ball Associates: Covers, Vol. 1'' *2009: ''Stray Palace EP'' *2010: ''Two Strangers'' *2011: Stray Palace - The Diamond EP *2012: ''Best of the MP3 of the Month Club'' *2014: ''A Raven has my Heart'' *2015: Live Acoustic from the Mercury Lounge *2016: A New World *2023: This Sweet Life *2024: Dark Star (Black Lab B-Sides)
=== Soundtracks and licenses === *''Spider-Man'': "Learn to Crawl" *''House'' (Season 07 Episode 16): "This Night" *''Pretty Little Liars'': "Say Goodbye" *''Blade: Trinity'': "This Blood" *''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'': "Keep Myself Awake" *''Can't Hardly Wait'': "Tell Me What to Say" *''The Covenant'': "River of Joy" (trailer) *''Lovewrecked'': "Broken Heart", "Weightless", "Perfect Girl" and "Lonely Boy" *''Permanent Midnight'': "Horses" *''The Shield'': "This Night" (Season 6 promo) *''Varsity Blues'': "Black Eye" *''The Benchwarmers'': "Good" *''Waiting for Forever'': "Mine Again" (trailer) *''Numb3rs'': "Good" *''Six Degrees'': "Rise" *''Flashpoint'': "Weightless"
=== Compilation appearances === * "Your Ghost" on ''Hot Hands: A Tribute to Throwing Muses & Kristin Hersh'' (Kuma-chan Records, 2003)
==See also== *Black Lab
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [http://www.blacklabworld.com/ Black Lab's Official website] * [http://www.pauldurham.com/ Official Website of Paul Durham]
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