Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
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Fake Shark – Real Zombie! is a Canadian dance punk band. Formed in 2005, their musical style combines elements of IDM
and post-hardcore
. The name is a reference to Lucio Fulci's
film Zombi 2
, where a real shark and a zombie engage in combat.
) bassist Dan Hughes and The Heck's
former drummer, Malcolm Holt. Around the start of 2007, Hughes left the band and was replaced by The Heck's
former and Hot Hot Heat's
current bassist, Parker Bossley. The onslaught of MySpace
buzz garnered the interest of Vinyl Junkie Records in Japan
who released the band's debut album Zebra! Zebra!
on April 25, 2007.
While life-sized cut-outs of the band's members at HMV stores in Japan may indicate a popularity outside the arena of punk
, the band still adheres to the punk lifestyle. It has been said that bouncers have had to "manually take down microphones and disassemble gear in order for the band to stop playing." They are known to wear dresses
Henry Rollins
has stated that they are one of his favorite new bands and has played them several times on his radio show Harmony In My Head
.
Fake Shark-Real Zombie! have toured with artists such as Mindless Self Indulgence
, Klaxons
, Hot Hot Heat
, Brokencyde
, The Birthday Massacre
, Jeffree Star
and Test Icicles
. They have also completed three tours of the United Kingdom and performed four sold out dates in Japan. 2008 saw Fake Shark with a North American
release of Zebra! Zebra!
on March 11, 2008 and the release their new EP Style of Substance followed by additional tours of North America and the UK and festival appearances in Japan.
During summer 2008, the band went into in the studio with music producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
(known for his work with Skinny Puppy
, Jakalope
, Marilyn Manson
and Nine Inch Nails
) to record their second album. The result was Meeting People Is Terrible
, a sophomore attempt that seems just as eclectic as their first but with even more genres covered and mashed such as funk
and industrial
. The band had leaked two tracks ("Jewellery" and "Angel Lust
") from the album and a bonus single, a cover of Portishead's "Sour Times
", on their MySpace page. They released the album, August 26, 2009 in Japan and May 31, 2010 worldwide.
In 2009, Kevvy Mental scored the short film starring Canadian singer Sarah Slean
entitled 'Last Flowers' directed by CJ Wallis. The film was nominated for a pair of Leo Awards
.
It has been reported that the next album will be called Liar. Producers and collaborators known so far include Steve Bays, Greig Nori
, Dave Ogilvie
, members of Die Mannequin
, Japanese Voyeurs
, and The Birthday Massacre
.
Compilations
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
and post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
. The name is a reference to Lucio Fulci's
Lucio Fulci
Lucio Fulci was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on gore films, including Zombie and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western, and comedy...
film Zombi 2
Zombi 2
Zombi 2 is a 1979 zombie horror film directed by Lucio Fulci. It is the best-known of Fulci's films and made him a horror icon. Though the title suggests this is a sequel to Zombi Zombi 2 (also known as Zombie, Island of the Living Dead, Zombie Island, Zombie Flesh Eaters and Woodoo) is a 1979...
, where a real shark and a zombie engage in combat.
History
Fake Shark-Real Zombie! was conceived by Maher and Hearn in October 2005 as a way of combining the styles of the bands they liked in hopes to one day open for them. They met in high school, but didn't form the band until some time after graduation. To complete the band, they recruited (via CraigslistCraigslist
Craigslist is a centralized network of online communities featuring free online classified advertisements, with sections devoted to jobs, housing, personals, for sale, services, community, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums....
) bassist Dan Hughes and The Heck's
Her Royal Majesty's Records
Her Royal Majesty's Records is a Vancouver-based independent record label, managed by Peter Karroll and Riley Karroll.Peter Karroll was also the lead guitarist, song writer and front man for the "Karroll Brothers Band " .The band was originally from northern Alberta , with stops in Kamloops and...
former drummer, Malcolm Holt. Around the start of 2007, Hughes left the band and was replaced by The Heck's
Her Royal Majesty's Records
Her Royal Majesty's Records is a Vancouver-based independent record label, managed by Peter Karroll and Riley Karroll.Peter Karroll was also the lead guitarist, song writer and front man for the "Karroll Brothers Band " .The band was originally from northern Alberta , with stops in Kamloops and...
former and Hot Hot Heat's
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...
current bassist, Parker Bossley. The onslaught of MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
buzz garnered the interest of Vinyl Junkie Records in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
who released the band's debut album Zebra! Zebra!
Zebra! Zebra!
Zebra! Zebra! is the debut album from Vancouver dance-punk band Fake Shark - Real Zombie! released in Japan on April 25, 2007. Originally meant as an EP, they decided to add a few more songs to make it a full album...
on April 25, 2007.
While life-sized cut-outs of the band's members at HMV stores in Japan may indicate a popularity outside the arena of punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, the band still adheres to the punk lifestyle. It has been said that bouncers have had to "manually take down microphones and disassemble gear in order for the band to stop playing." They are known to wear dresses
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins
Henry Rollins is an American singer-songwriter, spoken word artist, writer, comedian, publisher, actor, and radio DJ....
has stated that they are one of his favorite new bands and has played them several times on his radio show Harmony In My Head
Harmony in My Head
"Harmony in My Head" is a song by Buzzcocks. It was released as a single in 1979, reaching number 32 in the British charts. It is one of few Buzzcocks songs written and sung by guitarist Steve Diggle, and gives its title to his autobiography....
.
Fake Shark-Real Zombie! have toured with artists such as Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence is an American musical group formed in New York in 1997. Their music has a mixed style including rap, punk rock, alternative rock, electronica, techno and industrial...
, Klaxons
Klaxons
Klaxons are a British indie rock band, based in London. Following the release of numerous 7-inch singles on different independent record labels, as well as the success of previous singles "Magick" and "Golden Skans", the band released their debut album, Myths of the Near Future on 29 January 2007....
, Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...
, Brokencyde
Brokencyde
Brokencyde is an American crunkcore musical group from Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 2006.-History:Brokencyde was founded by singers Se7en and Mikl. The name of the band supposedly originated from the idea that their music was "broken inside" due to personal problems. After the band began...
, The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre is a synthrock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band formed in 1999, known then as Imagica...
, Jeffree Star
Jeffree Star
Jeffree Star is an American model, fashion designer, make-up artist, DJ, and singer-songwriter residing in the Beverly Hills area...
and Test Icicles
Test Icicles
Test Icicles were a short-lived dance punk band that formed in England, primarily influenced by indie rock but containing musical elements from a variety of genres . The band was formed in 2004 by Rory Attwell and Sam Mehran, who were later joined by Devonte Hynes...
. They have also completed three tours of the United Kingdom and performed four sold out dates in Japan. 2008 saw Fake Shark with a North American
North American
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America, especially of the United States and Canada together.-Culture:*North American English, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English...
release of Zebra! Zebra!
Zebra! Zebra!
Zebra! Zebra! is the debut album from Vancouver dance-punk band Fake Shark - Real Zombie! released in Japan on April 25, 2007. Originally meant as an EP, they decided to add a few more songs to make it a full album...
on March 11, 2008 and the release their new EP Style of Substance followed by additional tours of North America and the UK and festival appearances in Japan.
During summer 2008, the band went into in the studio with music producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie
Dave Ogilvie
Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
(known for his work with Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
, Jakalope
Jakalope
Jakalope is a Canadian pop/electronica group. They are named for the fictional animal of the same name, although the animal's name is more commonly spelled jackalope. The band was formed in 2003 by noted Canadian industrial musician and producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie most famous for his studio work...
, Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
and Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
) to record their second album. The result was Meeting People Is Terrible
Meeting People Is Terrible
Meeting People Is Terrible is the second album by Vancouver dance-punk band Fake Shark - Real Zombie!. Originally, it was set to be released April 25, 2009 in Canada but has been pushed back by label to August 26, 2009 in Japan and international release May 31, 2010. The album contains the singles...
, a sophomore attempt that seems just as eclectic as their first but with even more genres covered and mashed such as funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
and industrial
Industrial rock
Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...
. The band had leaked two tracks ("Jewellery" and "Angel Lust
Angel Lust (song)
Angel Lust is the first single from Fake Shark - Real Zombie! second album "Meeting People Is Terrible". It's was released digitally January 9, 2009 on iTunes...
") from the album and a bonus single, a cover of Portishead's "Sour Times
Sour Times
"Sour Times" is a song by English trip hop group Portishead, released as their second-ever single in August 1994. Written by all three members of the band, "Sour Times" features on Portishead's debut album Dummy...
", on their MySpace page. They released the album, August 26, 2009 in Japan and May 31, 2010 worldwide.
In 2009, Kevvy Mental scored the short film starring Canadian singer Sarah Slean
Sarah Slean
Sarah Hope Slean is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet, and occasional actress from Pickering, Ontario. She has released eleven albums to date .-Major recordings:...
entitled 'Last Flowers' directed by CJ Wallis. The film was nominated for a pair of Leo Awards
Leo Awards
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry, celebrating excellence in artistic achievement. Held each May in Vancouver, Canada, the Leo Awards honour nominees and winners in 13 program categories and up to 19 craft categories...
.
It has been reported that the next album will be called Liar. Producers and collaborators known so far include Steve Bays, Greig Nori
Greig Nori
Greig Andrew Nori is a producer and musician from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada and is well known as the former frontman, lead vocalist and guitarist of the pop punk band Treble Charger...
, Dave Ogilvie
Dave Ogilvie
Dave "Rave" Ogilvie is a Canadian record producer and musician. He is a producer of industrial music and has been associated with bands such as Skinny Puppy , Doughboys, The Birthday Massacre , Marilyn Manson, Jakalope , Killing Joke, Queensrÿche, Alexz Johnson, Fake Shark...
, members of Die Mannequin
Die Mannequin
Die Mannequin is a punk rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are fronted by 23-year-old guitar player and singer Care Failure . They played the "Next Big Thing" Stage at Edgefest 1 in 2006, have toured across Eastern Canada several times on their own as well as opening for Buckcherry on...
, Japanese Voyeurs
Japanese Voyeurs
Japanese Voyeurs is a British alternative metal band from London, England, formed in 2007. The line up is: Romily Alice, Johnny Seymour, Tom Lamb, Rikki Waldron and Steve Wilson....
, and The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre is a synthrock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band formed in 1999, known then as Imagica...
.
Discography
Albums- Zebra! Zebra!Zebra! Zebra!Zebra! Zebra! is the debut album from Vancouver dance-punk band Fake Shark - Real Zombie! released in Japan on April 25, 2007. Originally meant as an EP, they decided to add a few more songs to make it a full album...
(2007) - Meeting People Is TerribleMeeting People Is TerribleMeeting People Is Terrible is the second album by Vancouver dance-punk band Fake Shark - Real Zombie!. Originally, it was set to be released April 25, 2009 in Canada but has been pushed back by label to August 26, 2009 in Japan and international release May 31, 2010. The album contains the singles...
(2009) - LiarLiarLiar or The Liar may refer to:* A person who tells a lie- Film and television :* Liar , UK name for the 1997 film Deceiver, starring Chris Penn, Tim Roth, Ellen Burstyn, and Renée Zellweger...
(2011)
Compilations
- Quadruple Dare: Vancouver Mutilation