Paige is best known for singing the
first theme song for the English version of the
Pokémon anime. He also sings "Viridian City" and sings as a background vocalist for the
Pokémon 2.B.A. Master soundtrack. In an interview with the
New York Post in 2016, Paige said he did not expect the song to become popular. In fact, he said that he "didn't really know much about Pokémon when I did the demo, other than [that] a scene in the cartoon caused a giant bout of
epileptic seizures in Japan", referring to the infamous episode "
Dennō Senshi Porygon." As a vocalist Paige toured for a year as the lead singer for the band Blood Sweat & Tears. He has sung and beat-boxed with Aerosmith on tour and on the Howard Stern re-mix of the hit single "Pink". Paige sang backgrounds for Michael Jackson and was the rap soloist for the song "
Black or White" when it was performed at
Michael Jackson's
30th Anniversary concert at
Madison Square Garden. His one-man show is filled with socio-political sexual musical parody, confessions and impersonations. Paige has also lent his voice to video game soundtracks, such as
Elite Beat Agents soundtrack, where he sings "
Canned Heat" and "
Walkie Talkie Man", and
The Pink Panther: Passport to Peril, where he sings "Taj Mahal". He can also be heard on hundreds of various jingles, including
Mountain Dew's "Bohemian Rhapsody" and
Pepto-Bismol's "Nausea Heartburn Indigestion Diarrhea". He has written a number of songs for the TV series
Rob & Big. His voice can also be heard in the Disney TV movie,
The Color of Friendship, "The Jersey Boys", "Annie", and a couple characters in "
Sausage Party". He can be heard singing backgrounds on
The Art of McCartney tribute CD behind
Billy Joel,
Roger Daltrey,
Kiss,
Smokey Robinson and others. He has also performed with famous artists such as
Foreigner,
The Scorpions,
Meat Loaf,
Frankie Valli,
Liza Minnelli and
Enrique Iglesias, Oleta Adams, among many others. He has written and produced for
Shoshana Bean,
Becky Baeling, Mike Weaver and
Suzie McNeil. As an actor, he can be seen as Peter in
An Argentinian in New York, as a choir singer in
A Walk to Remember, as the voice-over for Buttmeister in
Meet the Spartans, as a medic in
Make Yourself at Home, as a student in
Election and as a parent in
The Hustler. From 1995 to 2000, he produced and starred in his own musical comedy sketch show, ''The What's Up Show'', which showed on Manhattan cable TV. On the stage, he appeared in the 2010 production of
Rent at the
Hollywood Bowl, as Joe in
Frank Zappa's ''
Joe's Garage'' at the
Open Fist Theatre Company, and as Travis in
Ty Taylor's The Existents at the
Open Fist Theatre Company. He has also done productions of ''
The Who's Tommy, Godspell, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Hair''. He has performed at Scott Nevins and Ryan O'Connor's
Musical Mondays in Los Angeles, as well as Rockwell's
For The Record series in the
Coen Brothers,
Baz Luhrmann,
John Hughes, The Marshalls,
Quentin Tarantino,
Robert Zemeckis,
Paul Thomas Anderson and Scorsese shows. He won a Broadwayworld.com award and an Ovation nomination for his portrayal of Frankie in Fortherecordlive's production of "Scoresese an American Crime Drama" produced at The Wallis Annenberg in October 2016. He has co-written two musicals, "BOX" and "Writing Pictures" produced at Hartford's Bushnell Theatre for
Black History Month, based on
Harriet Beecher Stowe's ''
Uncle Tom's Cabin'' and "A Tribute To Irwin Price" Performed at Open Fist Theater. During the
2012 primary election, Paige himself sang a parody of the Pokémon Theme in support of the
Republican candidate
Ron Paul. In an interview with
Spin Magazine in 2016, Paige said he was inspired by Paul's message of liberty. He is a long time member of Broadway Inspirational Voices and has appeared at Mandalay Bay's LIGHT in
For The Record Baz named after the director
Baz Luhrmann. Paige is also opposed to infant
circumcision, having undergone a botched one during his own infancy for
religious reasons that resulted in a
skin bridge. His mother, Charlie Paige, stated that she regretted having him circumcised. Paige performed and released a song called "Circumcision", a parody of
Stevie Wonder's song "
Superstition". He has endorsed
brit shalom, an alternative religious ceremony, and produced music for it. In response to the massive popularity of the
Pokémon Go mobile game, Paige re-recorded the theme during the height of the game's popularity in July 2016. Later that month, Paige sang another parody of the theme song featuring
Dwayne Johnson as a Pokémon. He performed the song in Los Angeles as well. In October 2016 he released his anthem "a tribute to Pokémon Go" as a sister theme to the original. In February 2018 he recorded a metal cover of the original Pokémon theme with Jonathan Young. In December of the same year, he released a long-requested extended version of his interpretation of
Silent Night for
Hellbenders, stylizing it as a
power ballad. In December 2025, he provided vocals for the soundtrack of the 203rd episode of
Death Battle;
Ash vs Yugi, alongside Death Battle musicians Brandon Yates and Therewolf Media. ==References==