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Shihad are a four-piece band from New Zealand, comprising Jon Toogood (guitar/vocals), Tom Larkin (drums), Karl Kippenberger (bass) and Phil Knight (guitar). Their style is best described as “hard rock”, although they were described as “metal” in their formative years.
Shihad were formed in 1988 in Wellington, New Zealand. They were briefly known between 2002-2004 as “Pacifier”. During this time the band was attempting to break into the US market and it was decided that Shihad sounded too much like the arabic word ‘jihad’, thus the name change. Their major albums and EPs include:
Devolve (EP) - 1991
Churn - 1993
Killjoy - 1995
Shihad - 1996
Blue Light Disco (EP) - 1998
The General Electric - 1999
Pacifier - 2002 (as “Pacifier”)
Live - 2003 (as “Pacifier”)
Alive (EP) - 2004
Love is the New Hate - 2005
Beautiful Machine - 2008
Ignite - 2010
In the course of their career, Shihad have toured with and supported rock acts such as Faith No More, Filter, Motorhead, Metallica, AC/DC, Ash, Silverchair and Fu Manchu, and have a reputation for their energetic and powerful live performances. Despite a huge following in New Zealand and Australia, they have never attained significant mainstream success outside of Australasia.
http://www.shihad.com/ - Shihad’s official site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shihad - Shihad’s info on Wikipedia
http://shihadwiki.com/ - A Shihad Knowledge Base Wiki
Shihad were formed in 1988 in Wellington, New Zealand. They were briefly known between 2002-2004 as “Pacifier”. During this time the band was attempting to break into the US market and it was decided that Shihad sounded too much like the arabic word ‘jihad’, thus the name change. Their major albums and EPs include:
Devolve (EP) - 1991
Churn - 1993
Killjoy - 1995
Shihad - 1996
Blue Light Disco (EP) - 1998
The General Electric - 1999
Pacifier - 2002 (as “Pacifier”)
Live - 2003 (as “Pacifier”)
Alive (EP) - 2004
Love is the New Hate - 2005
Beautiful Machine - 2008
Ignite - 2010
In the course of their career, Shihad have toured with and supported rock acts such as Faith No More, Filter, Motorhead, Metallica, AC/DC, Ash, Silverchair and Fu Manchu, and have a reputation for their energetic and powerful live performances. Despite a huge following in New Zealand and Australia, they have never attained significant mainstream success outside of Australasia.
http://www.shihad.com/ - Shihad’s official site.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shihad - Shihad’s info on Wikipedia
http://shihadwiki.com/ - A Shihad Knowledge Base Wiki
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TheCreatedVoid1 wrote:
I AM THE FINAL YEAR OF THIS UNIVAAAAAAAAAAARSE.
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Kapper_Rocks wrote:
musically, Shihad is the best thing to come out of NZ.
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bodysnatcher4 wrote:
For What You Burn is a very under rated song
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KasiumNZ wrote:
Shihad shaped NZ rock for 2 decades. Nothing to beat them. And if you like them, you'll probably like Kasium. There are some definite similarities. Go check us out
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Pat_picturesque wrote:
New album's not bad. Ignite and Engage are pretty awesome.
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conditionals wrote:
Shihad are pretty good. Not top 50 charts material. Not top 100 charts material. But... pretty good. New album is... pretty good.
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Casper4444 wrote:
really love the new album! :)
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DiSTANToblivion wrote:
New album is good... better than Beautiful Machine
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onthebeatpete wrote:
new pics up to vote for everybody :) Sleepeater is the best!!!
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HMSTerror wrote:
The new album is a bit of a disappointment.
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LightFights wrote:
Just an awesome band. Cant wait to get my hands on 'Ignite'
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RocknrollHendo wrote:
New album is alright but they've definitely done better.
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Bloopy wrote:
Shihad, 6 times... I put up with the first 5.
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bill_lives_here wrote:
@Bloopy - who shat in your weet-bix?
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Bloopy wrote:
Worst band in my overall top 50 artists. $50 a night just to see them perform 2 of their albums in full, neither of which is Churn... fuck. Of course they'll do some of the other songs, but there's not really any way to know which ones in advance.
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enzyme04 wrote:
SHIHAD
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Casper4444 wrote:
they really deserve more recognition here in the uk.
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Tokage15 wrote:
is your taste in music obscure enough? join not another pointless game to find out! It's not pointless - you score for surviving by playing new tracks.
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Please vote for your favorite artists to get them promoted in The Australian and N.Z. Rock Artists League!
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Events
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Feb
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Bar Medusa, Wellington, New Zealand
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Jim Beam Homegrown 2012
Wellington Waterfront, Wellington, New Zealand
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News
IGNITE TOUR
9 Aug 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/shihad
We’re back.
Hot on the heels of the SOLD OUT run of
Killjoy and General Electric album shows comes our national
tour
in support of IGNITE – the new album slated for a September
24th
release...
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IGNITE TOUR
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16 Jun 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/shihad
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Recent Activity
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kittin808, PeteLX, Cscottle7 and 2 other people added Shihad to their libraries. Friday morning
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karit added Shihad to the lineup of Shihad at Bar Medusa. last week
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Andres_Sudaca, RavenSkye, SickDeathCity and 10 other people added Shihad to their libraries. last week
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richard5866 tagged Shihad with electronic rock and nu metal. last month
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razerm tagged Shihad with alternative rock, hard rock and rock. December 2011
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amberdotjpeg, dildillingerate and frootyl00ps added Shihad to their libraries. December 2011
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Alex-Paulsen tagged Shihad with ‘thrash metal’. December 2011
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