With their unique musical sound, their first album "Lunatic Planet", which was released in 1996, became so famous among indie music listeners. At that time, Note had introduced Kajadphai Karnchanapar, also known as Big, to become another member as a guitarist. After Easternsky Records had closed down, Note had moved to USA after his marriage and work, Paradox eventually went on hiatus for a year. They recorded their first indie album, แมลงวันสเปน Ma Leang Wan Spain , in limited 1,000 cassettes sold in the university using Tata Records, founded by Ta, as a record label. Paradox & My Friends, another indie album which included other associated bands' works on the cassette's B-side. All the recorded works from the indie albums were recorded in Ta's bedroom.
Another Big Step
Pretty soon, they had another chance to work for the "ท่ามกลาง" Tam Glang project "Intro 2000", a various artists album from Genies Records which is a branch of GMM Grammy, the largest record label and entertainment company in Thailand. They were asked to sign with Genie Records afterwards. Since they did not have enough members to perform in the band, Ta had invited Saittaporn Kridakorn Na Ayadhaya or Joey, his relative who was also their temporary drummer, to officially become their full-time drummer. Ta had also invited Charnnarong Wangyen to be a screamer and the last one Nattha Kamolrattanakul or Keng to be a Joker, both of whom would become regular entertainers in live performances by Paradox.
Summer
During 2000, their 2nd album, titled "Summer", was released. Paradox became famous by their unique style of music, an example being their song น้องเปิ้ล Nong Ple, Their debut song, ร.ด. Dance Ror Dor Dance or ฤดูร้อน Ru Du Ron would big hits for the band. Paradox decided to break away from the indie world by releasing " แค้นผีนรก Khean Phee Na Rok in 2000, after Summer had been released. Following their success with "Summer", "On The Beach", a special album was released. This album contained acoustic versions of the songs from both Lunatic Planet and Summer and 2 new special tracks, ดาว Dao สงสัย Song Sai, which also became one of their famous hit songs, especially ดาว Dao which had been covered by many artists from time to time. Two years later, their 3rd album, "On The Rainbow", was released. This marked a change in Paradox's style as the band used a softer sound and more beautiful melodies, seen in songs such as รุ้ง Rung and เศษ Set, a power ballad, or ไฟ Fai, a fast-paced song. Unfortunately, this album did not garner as much success as the previous album "Summer".
First Concert
Paradox had become one of the leading rock bands in Thailand, hosting their own first concert in 2003 by Fat Radio named Fat Live 4 : The Paradox Circus, the official full name of the concert. This concert was held at the Indoor Stadium Huamark on March 26, 2003. They also used this concert to promote their next album named "Free Style" by performing the first promotional single from this album "Sexy". Their 4th album Free Style also included a reworked version of นักมายากล Nak Ma Ya Kol, one of the hit songs from their 1st album Lunatic Planet. In that same year, Paradox joined the Little Rock Project, a special music project with other bands from the same record label, for instance Clash, ABNormal, Kala, to cover songs from Micro, a legendary Thai rock band, in "Rock Size S Concert in Freedom Sunday" at Impact ArenaMueang Thong Thani.
