IRON BRÖÖD artist Paul "Haggis" Woods grew up across three continents. Born in Scotland he grew up listening Bowie, the Police, U2, Duran Duran and 80's pop. At age 12 a move to Panama added to his world experiences and music, here he discovered the world of Heavy Metal and Hard Rock, growing to love Judas Priest and other NWOBHM bands. At age 15 he moved to Philadelphia, Pa. and now included Rush and Metallica in his likes. Graduating high school in 1991, Queensrÿche Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice In Chains where added to his musical tastes. Joining the USAF in 1991 he traveled the US and the world to include; Oklahoma, South Korea, Turkey, Bahrain, Florida, Ecuador, Qatar, and Germany. While in Germany he traveled extensively in Europe from Russia to Spain and Finland to Greece and points in-between. Over these 20 years his musical lexicon added classic rock, 60's pop, 70's punk, 80's hard rock and metal, 90's grunge, 2000's rock. All the while his world view being influenced by his travels.
Haggis' uncle Alan was a guitar player and Haggis always wanted to play too. Throughout the years he had some small attempts but it wasn't until 2015, while living in Germany, when his wife bought him Rock Smith 2014 that he actually got into playing more often. He bought an Epiphone SG and played for hours. When back in the US, he started taking lessons in person and even started taking classes with the Berklee College of Music. He also learned to use DAWs. While sitting in the Manchester, NH airport, he wrote his first song, when he got home he recorded it. Soon more songs followed and Paul also started to learn the Bass.
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