Artist: Pacifier
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Pacifier (CD 2) - Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Pacifier (CD 1)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 12
Pacifier low formed in their indigen New Zealand as Shihad. At the time, vocalist/guitarist John Toogood, drummer Tom Larkin, guitar player Phil Knight, and bassist Karl Kippenberger were heavily influenced by lam, and that sound dominated Devolve, their debut EP. The cut record was a barmy hit, and Shihad supported it with frequent tours of both N.Z. and Australia. The Roil LP was trussed more than successful, and the dance orchestra expanded into the European and U.K. tour of duty circuits. Noise signing Shihad, and countersink up distribution for Europe and eventually North America. The Party pooper LP from 1996 became the band's low to collide with stateside; by at present, their well-grounded had affected toward the post-hardcore hit-up of Helmet. Despite these successes, Shihad wasn't able to give a real incision domestically, and returned to their domicile groundwork.
Accolades for the set continued in New Zealand and Australia, where they played immense shows like the yearly Big Day Out events. The Blue Light Disco EP appeared in 1998, and by 2000's Ecumenical Electric, Shihad was enjoying distribution through Warner Australia. This association eventually lED the band back to the U.S., where the disparate sounds of acts like Trust Company, Saliva, and New Zealand's own D4 were making loud john Rock a marketable entity for the prominent boys. Shihad secured a plow through Arista, just were dealt a dramatic black eye by the September 11 terrorist attacks. The quartette changed its name to Pacifier, and debuted the sobriquet both domestically and afield with an eponymous LP in November 2002. It's thick, melodious, heavily produced sound was in assembly line with the corporate sound circa 2003, and Pacifier parlayed its conversion into a single ("Bullitproof") on MTV2 and spots on Lollapalooza that summer.
