Patrick Klein is a songwrter and performer who lives in New York City. His sound could be described as classic pop-rock.

The story so far....

I think my music career began at the age of four when my aunt made me sing Three Dog Night’s One Is The Loneliest Number for a group of her friends. But my big break came 10 years later when, on my fourteenth birthday, I received an electric guitar. At that point my best friend and I formed the world’s worst KISS cover band. As I learned to actually play my instrument things improved, however.

My high school years were spent impersonating a rock star, fronting a band called Shadowfax. Graduation sent me off to Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana where I fronted The Lynx Band. A chance meeting while playing a show in Ohio brought me together with the group I would travel to New York City with at the age of 20. French Lick recorded a self produced demo tape and set off for the Big Apple where we were “discovered” by the owner of the world famous Power Station recording studios.


A four year production contract landed us a penthouse suite at the top of the studio where we ate, breathed and slept music while rubbing elbows with the biggest stars in the world. While at the Power Station we placed songs in several movies including Ron Howard’s Gung Ho and A Nightmare on Elm Street - Part IV. After a botched record contract with Atlantic’s ATCO label the group disbanded.

I wandered the streets of New York until forming the legendary Fuzz Box. We released one CD (our second was never finished) and played several memorable shows at New York’s famed Continental. A brief stint as bass player for the insane theatrical/music tribe Psycho The Clown followed.

In 1997 I began working as a recording engineer for Electric Randyland Studios and Hyperspace Records. This is where I met Randy Pratt. After working in Randy’s studio for three years we finally decided to jam one day. Magic was born! An already successful partnership in the studio was taken to the next level. The Lizards is the New Classic Rock band we formed (www.thelizardswebsite.com).

I would list my influences as AC/DC, KISS (up to Rock and Roll Over), FREE, Def Leppard (first two records), Cartoon Violence and many others! In addition to great bands I am a fan of great songs of all types, from Brenda Lee to Harry Nilsson. All time favorite: AC/DC.