Shihad

Shihad is a four-piece band from Wellington, New Zealand, comprised of Jon Toogood (guitar/vocals), Tom Larkin (drums), Karl Kippenberger (bass) and Phil Knight (guitar). They were briefly known as "Pacifier" when they were trying to break into the US market between 2002 to 2004, because their label felt that Shihad sounded too much like the Arabic word 'jihad'. Their major albums and EPs include: Devolve (EP) - 1991 Churn - 1993 Killjoy - 1995 Shihad - 1996 Blue Light Disco (EP) - 1998 The General Electric - 1999 Alive (EP) - 2004 Love is the New Hate - 2005 Beautiful Machine - 2008 Ignite - 2010 FVEY - 2014 Old Gods - 2021 Pacifier - 2002 (as "Pacifier") Live - 2003 (as "Pacifier") In the course of their career, Shihad has toured with and supported rock acts such as Faith No More, Filter, Motörhead, Metallica, AC/DC, Ash, Silverchair and Fu Manchu, and has a reputation for energetic and powerful live performances. Despite a huge following in New Zealand and Australia, Shihad has 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 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.