A native of Canada, Paul Janz trained for a musical career in Switzerland and joined the German group Deliverance in the '70s. After the band split up, Janz recorded a demo tape that interested A&M enough to sign him and release High Strung in 1985, Electricity in 1987 and Renegade Romantic in 1990. After Presence: A Collection of Hit Singles appeared two years later, Janz signed with Attic and released Trust the same year.