Paralyzer

"Paralyzer" is the first single from Canadian alternative rock band Finger Eleven's fifth album, Them vs. You vs. Me. It was released in March 2007. Finger Eleven's frontman Scott Anderson has said that the single has a feel distinct from the rest of Finger Eleven's music, possessing more of a funk rock or dance-rock sound. However, the song has also been characterized as alternative rock.

The song received high airplay in both the United States and Canada, and was performed live on the March 14, 2007 episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and again ten months later on January 9, 2008, in a testament to the longevity of the single's success. The song has surpassed "One Thing" to be Finger Eleven's most successful single.

The single has three versions. One is the original CD version, while the other two are radio edit versions, in which the line containing the word "shitty" is either censored or replaced with shady. The song alludes to the band's prior hit "One Thing" with the lyric "I should just stay home, if one thing really means one"; in addition, the recurring guitar riff quotes The Cars' "Moving in Stereo."

Randall Darby

Paralyzer (Randall Darby), also known as the second Shocker, is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe.

Publication history

Shocker II's first appearance was in Captain America Annual #4 (1977) and he was created by Jack Kirby.

The character subsequently appears in Defenders vol. 1 #78-80 (December 1979-February 1980), 83 (May 1980), 87 (September 1980), 125-126 (November-December 1983), and 128-130 (February-April 1984). The character appears as Paralyzer in Captain America vol. 1 #343 (July 1988), 346 (October 1988), 368 (March 1990), 394 (November 1991), Midnight Sons Unlimited #3 (October 1993), and Captain America 426 (April 1994). The character returns to his Shocker identity, appearing in New Warriors vol. 2 #6 (March 2000), X-Men vol. 2 #132 (November 2002), Uncanny X-Men #442-443 (June 2004), Excalibur vol. 3 #2 (August 2004), and New Avengers #16-19 (April-July 2006).

Shocker II appeared as part of the "Mutant Force" entry in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition #9.

Paralysis

Paralysis is loss of muscle function for one or more muscles. Paralysis can be accompanied by a loss of feeling (sensory loss) in the affected area if there is sensory damage as well as motor. About 1 in 50 people have been diagnosed with some form of paralysis, transient or permanent. The word comes from the Greek παράλυσις, "disabling of the nerves", itself from παρά (para), "beside, by" and λύσις (lysis), "loosing" and that from λύω (luō), "to loose". A paralysis accompanied by involuntary tremors is usually called "palsy".

Causes

Paralysis is most often caused by damage in the nervous system, especially the spinal cord. Other major causes are stroke, trauma with nerve injury, poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy, peripheral neuropathy, Parkinson's disease, ALS, botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, and Guillain-Barré syndrome. Temporary paralysis occurs during REM sleep, and dysregulation of this system can lead to episodes of waking paralysis. Drugs that interfere with nerve function, such as curare, can also cause paralysis. There are many known causes for paralysis, and perhaps more yet to be discovered.