Shihad
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Shihad live in concert
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Pacifier (2001-2004) |
| Origin | Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Years active | 1988–present |
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| Website | www |
| Members |
Jon Toogood Phil Knight Karl Kippenberger Tom Larkin |
| Past members | Hamish Laing Geoff Duncan Geoff Daniels |
Shihad are a rock band from New Zealand, formed in 1988. The band consists of Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals), Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers). During their recording career, Shihad have produced five number-one studio albums, holding the title for most number one records for any New Zealand artist, alongside Hayley Westenra, and three top-ten singles in New Zealand.
At the release time of their ninth studio album FVEY, Shihad had the most Top 40 New Zealand chart singles for any New Zealand artist, with 25. Of these singles, "Home Again", "Pacifier" and "Bitter" are listed at numbers 30, 60 and 83, respectively, in the Nature's Best compilation, an official collection of New Zealand's top 100 songs. The band was known as Pacifier between 2001 and 2004.
Shihad was formed by Jon Toogood and Tom Larkin in 1988. The band's musical style was originally indebted to San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal bands, such as Metallica and Megadeth; although, the band found wider popularity over the following decade playing a mixture of modern rock, post-grunge and pop rock that gained the band opening slots with professional United States rock acts, as well as favourable reviews.
In 1990, Gerald Dwyer, former frontman of local punk band Flesh-D-Vice and manager of local band Head Like a Hole, became Shihad's manager. However, Dwyer died of a drug overdose before Shihad's performance at the 1996 Big Day Out in Auckland.
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