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Los Angeles, California, United States (2002 – present)

Shiny Toy Guns is an / band which formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The band consists of Carah Faye Charnow (vocals), Chad Petree (vocals, guitar), Jeremy Dawson (synth, bass) and Mikey Martin (drums).

Chad Petree and Jeremy Dawson grew up in Oklahoma and were involved in previous music projects together, including the soundtrack for the videogame Grand Theft Auto III in 2000 and Cloud2ground. After relocating to Los Angeles, California in 2004, the two recruited vocalist Carah Faye Charnow and drummer Mikey Martin.

Their debut album, We Are Pilots was originally released in January 2005, though versions of the album featuring different cover art and tracklisting would be released later the following year. Three singles were issued: “Le Disko”, “You Are The One” and “Rainy Monday”. We Are Pilots received a Grammy Award nomination on 6 December 2007 in the category of Best Electronic/Dance Album, but lost to The Chemical Brothers.

The band’s second studio album, Season Of Poison, was released on 4th November 2008, with Sisely Treasure as vocalist. They have released two singles from their second album: “Ghost Town” and “Ricochet!”.

In 2009, Shiny Toy Guns released “Major Tom”, a Peter Schilling cover.

In 2011, Carah Faye Charnow returned to Shiny Toy Guns. In addition, Charnow’s husband, Daniel Johansson also joined the band on guitar, synth and bass. In March 2011, the band released a new single “The Sun”, available to download for free.
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  • makushka1

    <3

    yesterday afternoon

  • debb0r

    Im glad its back to original 4 :D

    14 days ago

  • damonxxx777

    Shiny toy guns cover of Depeche mode's`Stripped' isbrilliant!

    14 days ago

  • primula

    Continuation from alin1 post: "We love and care for Daniel as a brother and as a friend and will always support him in his future musical endeavors. Daniel's involvement in the band during the making of our new album is something we were very fortunate to have had. Now we look forward as a band…and we know you'll look forward with us. As for Carah and Daniels' other project Versant, a decision has not yet been made. This is the year of our return :) Not only with an entire new album of original Shiny Toy Guns songs, but now we return as the original four members of Shiny Toy Guns: Carah Faye Chad Petree Jeremy Dawson & Mikey Martin. love:always Shiny Toy Guns"

    15 days ago

  • CHBtash

    WTF ???? and where is the new album ? :/

    16 days ago

  • alin1

    Shiny Toy Guns announced on their FB page that Daniel Johansson left the band: "We want to clarify and explain for you exactly what's going on. Daniel and Carah are separating. There's no bad blood, only a deep friendship, left between two people who were together a long time. Because of this decision, as a group, we've decided it's best if Daniel and Shiny Toy Guns part ways".

    18 days ago

  • kristinax-

    wow, I haven't listened to these guys in years...so much nostalgia! You Are The One <3

    19 days ago

  • NESkimoFan12

    Found this from my recommended list, supposedly very similar to The Bravery. I can't stand Le Disko.

    20 days ago
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JEREMY DAWSON & SHINY TOY GUNS FIGHT FOR A CURE

7 Jul 2011 | from blog.myspace.com/shinytoyguns

Jeremy, Daniel, Mikey and Carah showed up at the House of Blues on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood around 4:45am a few days ago to support the Los Angeles Firefighters "Party for a Cure," an …

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