Shihad

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 share the honour for most number-one records for any New Zealand artist with Hayley Westenra. 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.

speed-metal

Rock Rewind 00's Headbangers - 2024-02-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Old Gods - 2021-10-08T00:00:00.000000Z

True Colours, New Colours - The Songs Of Split Enz - 2021-02-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Hindsight - 2014-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

FVEY - 2014-08-08T00:00:00.000000Z

Ignite - 2010-09-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Beautiful Machine - 2008-05-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Love Is The New Hate - 2005-05-02T00:00:00.000000Z

The Pacifier Album - 2002-08-19T00:00:00.000000Z

Pacifier - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The General Electric (Remastered) - 1999-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Shihad (Remastered) - 1996-09-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Killjoy (Remastered) - 1995-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Churn - 1993-07-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Feel The Fire - 2021-08-24T00:00:00.000000Z

Little Demons - 2021-07-30T00:00:00.000000Z

Tear Down Those Names - 2021-07-08T00:00:00.000000Z

I Got You - 2020-12-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Think You're So Free - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

My Mind's Sedate - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The General Electric - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z