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Years Active: 1988–present
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Shihad is a four-piece band from New Zealand, comprised of Jon Toogood (guitar/vocals), Tom Larkin (drums), Karl Kippenberger (bass) and Phil Knight (guitar). Its style is best described as "hard rock", although it were described as "metal" in its formative years.

Shihad was formed in 1988 in Wellington, New Zealand. It was 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.

Its major albums and EPs include:Devolve (EP) - 1991Churn - 1993Killjoy - 1995Shihad - 1996Blue Light Disco (EP) - 1998The General Electric - 1999Pacifier - 2002 (as "Pacifier")Live - 2003 (as "Pacifier")Alive (EP) - 2004Love is the New Hate - 2005Beautiful Machine - 2008Ignite - 2010In the course of Its 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 it 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 Wikipediahttp://shihadwiki.com/ - A Shihad Knowledge Base Wiki

Shihad performs alternative rock, rock, hard rock music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Shihad for your event, Please Contact. Shihad has more than 39.1K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are   . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Shihad for an upcoming event.

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