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.