Dirty Radio

Dirty Radio
Dirty Radio live in Vancouver in 2010
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Dance, RNB
Years active	2010-present
Labels	Trickery Records, 604 Records
Associated acts	Data Romance, Ryan Dahle, Sherry St. Germain
Website	www.dirtyradio.ca
Members	Farshad "Shadi" Edalat, Anthony "Tonez" Dolhai, Zachary "Waspy" Forbes

Dirty Radio (stylized as DiRTY RADiO) is a Dance-R&B band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2010. The band consists of members Farshad Edalat (lead vocalist, supporting percussion and song writer) known by his stage name Shadi, Anthony Dolhai (keyboardist, song writer) known by his stage name Tonez, and Zachary Forbes (drummer, producer, song writer) known by his stage name Waspy. The band have released two full length studio albums and one EP, the most recent titled LiCK 1.0, released on April 22, 2013. In 2015, the band began releasing a series of digital singles which were well-received online and garnered millions of plays on Soundcloud and Spotify

Dirty Radio released their first full-length album "Debut" in August, 2010 with the singles "My Heart ft. Sherry St. Germain" and "Wanna Ride" both charting on the Billboard Canadian Emerging Artists Chart. In 2011, follow-up single "Ground Shake" was released to radio in Canada, receiving regular rotation on stations nationwide. In March 2012, "Pressure" from Debut was sampled by Rusko and released on his album Songs, receiving acclaim from Pitchfork Media who in their review of the album highlighted the band's "commanding vocal performance."