Real name: Michael Formberg

Michael Formberg, born April 10, 1971, was a German EBM artist, known for co-founding Paranoid in 1987 with Stephan Tesch. Together, they achieved success with the 1991 album Strain, featuring enduring club hits. Paranoid disbanded in 1993 and definitively in 2000. Formberg later resurfaced with the solo project Paralyzzer in 2018, releasing two albums, and was actively working on a third album before passing away on November 29, 2023, at the age of just over 50.