About Patrick Pulver

The voice of Sony/Relativity artist Barracuda, singer/songwriter PATRICK PULVER has a serious addiction to creating music. It runs through his vains and it is made quite clear looking back on his long prestigious career. PATRICK first started singing and playing guitar at age 9 as a 4th generation professional musician. He made his recording debut at age 16 signing to an independent label in Chicago “Those early years of recording were a huge education for me. We recorded on this old Otari 1 inch 8 track tape machine. It was a very exciting time in my life, and I remember thinking to myself, damnI this is how the Beatles did it.”

Fate follows function and he soon became the voice and bass guitarist of Sony/Relativity recording artist BARRACUDA in 1988. His first big break came at the age of 23 when he met Jim Scully of CBS records. Scully hooked PULVER up with famed producer and manager Bob Monaco who had produced Rufus and Chaka Kahn as well as Three Dog Night. This series of meetings and friendships ultimately lead to the success of BARRACUDA and ultimately his solo career, touring, and gaining accolades from both fans and critics alike.

With the release of their first album in 1989 "Open Fire", BARRACUDA began touring as both domestic and overseas radio began spinning BARRACUDA'S first 2 hits - Memory, and Superhero. MTV gave them a huge push forward with a string of videos running on the infamous "Headbangers Ball". Europe fell for BARRACUDA in a big way during the early 1990's. Sony included BARRACUDA on numerous soundtracks and compilation releases through the years, as BARRACUDA maintained a concrete foundation of fans all over the world. In 2006, "Unacceptable Practices" continued BARRACUDA'S legacy with that signature heavy melodic sound they had always been known for. Recorded with producers Chris Steinmetz (Kiss, Smashing Pumpkins, Kanye West), and guest appearances by members of Snuff Snuff and others, the final work from BARRACUDA featured commercial hits a-plenty and was dubbed by Billboard Magazine as “a rock monster with heavy guitar and amazing vocals”. Eleven tracks total, the disk contained 2 live tracks, and the hit anthem "Brothers".

Today PULVER continues to record with various artists that he has become friends with over the years. Encouraged by the warm reception he has received over his latest release in 2026 titled "Wasted Time" on Steel Heart Records, PULVER is again performing and doing what he loves the most, creating and performing music.