i've heard a few of their songs they sound good to me :D

i really like emancipate myself and wasting time.

New Zeleanders Shihad have a loud and rough sound IMO

great to have them back to their old name.

 

Pacifier Are Shihad Again

 

 

 

 

By Paul Cashmere

 

18 September 2004

 

Pacifier is no more. Shihad is back. Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Karl Kippenberger and Phil Knight have announced that they have reverted back to their band's original name.

 

Shihad became Pacifier after their American label refused to release their album as Shihad after 911 because they claimed it sounded too much like Jihad.

 

Although Shihad had been Shihad for more than a decade before that, they reluctantly changed the brand name that they had established over the years with the hope of cracking the American market.

 

It wasn't to be. Not only did they change their name but then the label who insisted they change it refused to release their record anyway. The album came out though a P&D deal with Arista.

 

In a statement at their website, Shihad say "The events surrounding the name change and our choice to be known as Pacifier are well documented. As much as we believed in what we were doing, and the reasons for doing it at the time - the truth is we were wrong.

We have always been lucky to have such a strong group of supporters who have stood up and stuck with the band through some very turbulent and emotional times. We are particularly grateful to those that embraced us during the Pacifier years, and we look forward to seeing you all when we return in November."

 

On Monday (September 20), Shihad head to Vancouver to start work on their sixth album. They have been rehearsing the songs for the record over the last 12 months in Melbourne, Wellington and at a remote location on the North Island of New Zealand.

 

hey any aussie out there have u heard of website faster louder

it documents bands, reviews gigs etc, upcoming gigs check it out here:

http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/cityselect.htm

yeah that's a mad website ;)

 

and i LOVE thirsty merc rai is such a hotttttie! :lol:

 

OMG KEKITA COLDPLAY ARE COMING TO AUSTRALIA (see "aussie fans - coldplay coming to aus" thread in the "coldplay" section, all details there) :D :D :D

^OMG !!!!YAHAHAHA :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

just checked it out!!!

 

* excuse me i have to go and change my knickers- got a bit excited there :blush: *

:lol: i had a feeling that would happen :cool:

^ :lol: you guys are not so gullible after all :rolleyes:

 

M.C.² i think you'll like this... its you fav aussie...enjoy

 

Aussie Rolf Harris has led a group of more than 100 artists to recreate a giant canvas of a famous portrait of King Henry VIII in London's Trafalgar Square. Most involved were keen amateurs who painted panels, which were then assembled. Rolf on Art:The Big Event was broadcast live on Britain's BBC One. the picture is based on a potrait by Bavarian painter Hans Holbein the Younger. "It's a great oppurtunity for people to try out their artistic flair," Harris said.

 

I'm familiar with that - he has his own "art" show on the BBC at the moment. I don't watch it, though! :P

^OMG !!!!YAHAHAHA :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

just checked it out!!!

 

* excuse me i have to go and change my knickers- got a bit excited there :blush: *

 

:stunned:

Wanna know something really funny - "Mysterious Girl" by Peter Andre has just been voted most annoying song ever in the U.K.!! :lol:

 

Is it a surprise????? :P

 

I suppose not!! :D

leave peter andre out of this :angry:

 

:cool:

renegading the oz thread to page 2!

 

:angry:

 

:) :cool:

*bump* shocking page 2 :angry:

 

The panics

While everyone else is crunching "new rock" or nervy "post-post-punk", two Australian bands drop anchor in mellower waters.

 

THE PANICS

Sleeps Like a Curse (LittleBigMan/MGM)

*** 1/2

 

 

While everyone else is either ploughing the crunching "new rock" or nervy "post-post-punk", these two Australian groups return with their minds on calmer pursuits that don't need inverted commas around them.

 

For the Panics from Perth, this means an album that comes with its own heat haze. Sleeps Like a Curse feels like early evening in summer when you can still feel the warmth coming off the ground as you lie on the couch on the veranda. Jae Laffer's vocals have both a hint of huskiness and shot of drawl, coming across like gentle cycle spin-off of Machine Translations' J Walker, the Go-Betweens' Grant McLennan and the Church's Steve Kilbey.

 

Musically, that's pretty much where the Panics fit in, too: country and whispers of psychedelia laid over the kind of melodies you could pour from a jug.

 

Twin Sisters and One Too Many Itches are simply gorgeous. Sleeps Like a Curse and Speak It should accompany classic surf footage. Minor A shades the day with sadness

 

 

 

oh and Motor Ace appear to have called it quits :( just started to like their older stuff

there's a triple M radio competition to win coldplay tickets im gona try *fingers crossed*

I WANT TICKETS! :stunned

 

:( *fingers crossed for you kekita* :)

thank you :kiss: i'll need it cause im broke :(

awwwwww *hug* hope it goes well ;)

Hey couple of good NZ bands

Gramsci

The Feelers

The D4

Shapeshifter

Shihad

Greg Johnson

Dave Dobbyn

Crowded House

crowded house :heart:

Oooo! The panics!! :)

i keep hearing new songs on the radio:

 

The Panics - My Best Mistake >>

http://abc.net.au/triplej/listen/the_panics/my_best_mistake.mp3

 

What sort of bands would, what do you call it? Open for Coldplay?

 

As soon as i saw the words 'Cat empire' on this site.. Best saturday morning music you will ever find.

" the wa wa wa weekend is the weekend and its sunnyyyyy in the park. i'll stay here with my beer 'n fish 'n chips 'till it gets dark!"

:lol:

 

They just make you want to dance a dance thats like.. im gonna jump around like a complete fool 'n i dont care who's watchin' hehe.

 

heres my list of fav aus bands:

 

*Architecture in Helsinki

*End Of Fashion. luv it.

* Epicure

* Youth Group

*The Beautiful Girls

*Ben Lee (yes yes he's great, but i dont like that catch my disease song too much. i think im weird coz everyone i know luvs it. everything else tho is :D )

*Bertie Blackman

* Little Birdy

* Machine Translations

*Clare Bowditch

* Sarah Blasko

* The pictures!

* Xavier Rudd

* Pete Murray

 

And that.. that is all i can think of right now :P

 

Oh yes and wolfmother. Woman and ... some song about an apple tree. funny stuff.

i've never heard of the panics! thanks for the link ellie :)

 

the cat empire rawwwk! i'm seeing them in 47 days! :lol:

 

end of fashion are fab i lurve :heart: them lots

 

i also loveee john butler trio i think they are AMAZING musicians

 

and pete murray is gorgeous i love his music, i was listening to him last night :)

 

youth group are also good, my friend loves them to pieces cos the bassist from the vines is in youth group and she's obsessed with the vines, and she's got me hooked on them too.

 

i :heart: the vines. :)

47 days! :o aw lucky u!

i was gonna go see 'em at homebake, but it sold out!

 

im waiting for presale ticket email. i dont think im gonna get one...............

 

http://www.amo.org.au = good oz music site.

 

Oh.Here's some Gelbison.

I just nicked this off their site (okaaay quality. actually its pretty shit. but have a listen anyway! :P)

 

"Keep It Clean" ( i think this ones on a movie)

http://gelbison.com.au/index.php?page=Music#music

 

Yeah! John Butler! 'Betterman' will always be my fav though.

 

Architecture in Helsinki. You have to have a listen

*Scoots off to find some listen sample thingymebobs*

 

http://www.architectureinhelsinki.com/

(its only samples, clostest i could find)

They have a player on their site. "Do the whirlwind" it great. I warn you. Bit weird.They're a undescribable type of music. Belle and Sebastian is my closest similarity.But then, theyre nothing like them :P

thanks Ellie i really like your list of fav aus bands ;)

 

there are a few i've never heard of before like Bertie Blackman and Machine Translations.

 

Ben Lee: i like the something borrowed something blue song-

oh and i saw him once at Nova cinemans in Melbourne!!! my friend invitited some uni friends to see the movie Lake Placid and the director and him were there to answer questions i didn't really know him back then so i didn't kick up a fuss he was cool though down to earth.

Is it true that you call AC/DC sometimes something like Aka/Daka?

yeah its to do with battery stuff :confused:

 

however im no expert on them so anyone have a better explination...