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Shihad
NZ rock group, named Pacifier between 2002 and 2004-09-17
Formed in 1988 · Ended in 2025
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Shihad were a rock band formed in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1988. The band consisted of founders Tom Larkin (drums, backing vocals, samplers), Phil Knight (lead guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals) and Jon Toogood (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), who were joined by Karl Kippenberger (bass guitar, backing vocals) in 1991. The band were known as Pacifier between 2002 and 2004.
Six of Shihad's studio albums have peaked at number one–The General Electric (October 1999), Pacifier (September 2002), Beautiful Machine (April 2008), Ignite (September 2010), FVEY (August 2014) and Old Gods (October 2021). They hold the record for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist, with six. As of 2014, Shihad had the most Top 40 New Zealand chart singles for any local artist, with 25; three of these reached the top ten. The singles "Home Again", "Pacifier", and "Bitter" are listed at No. 30, 60 and 83, respectively, in the APRA Top 100 New Zealand Songs of All Time.
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Shihad est un groupe néo-zélandais de rock originaire de Wellington, œuvrant maintenant à Melbourne en Australie, créé en 1988 par le chanteur Jon Toogood et le batteur Tom Larkin, qui étaient encore à l'école à l'époque. Le groupe a produit sept albums studio, dont trois classés no 1 ainsi que quatre singles entrés au Top 10 de leur pays natal, la Nouvelle-Zélande.
Lors de la publication de leur septième album studio, Beautiful Machine (2008), Shihad détenait le record du groupe néo-zélandais ayant classé plus grand nombre de singles dans le top 40 néo-zélandais, rivalisant avec certaines légendes du rock néo-zélandaises/australiennes comme Split Enz.
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Discography
Albums
- 1993 Churn
- 1995 Killjoy
- 1996 Shihad
- 1999 The General Electric
- 2002 Pacifier
- 2005 Love Is the New Hate
- 2008 Beautiful Machine
- 2010 Ignite
- 2014 FVEY
- 2021 Old Gods
- The Early Demos
EPs
- 1990 Devolve
- 1996 B-Sides
- 1998 Blue Light Disco
- 2002 Suck on This
- 2005 Alive
- 2005 Shot in the Head
Singles
- 1993 I Only Said
- 1994 Stations
- 1994 Derail
- 1995 You Again
- 1995 Bitter
- 1995 Gimme Gimme
- 1996 Debs Night Out
- 1996 La La Land
- 1996 It's a Go
- 1997 A Day Away
- 1997 Home Again
- 1998 Ghost From the Past / Attack
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- 1999 My Mind’s Sedate
- 2000 The General Electric
- 2000 Pacifier
- 2002 Bullitproof
- 2002 Comfort Me
- 2002 Run
- 2003 Everything
- 2005 All the Young Facists
