Homegrown Profiles: Shihad

This episode of C4's music series Homegrown Profiles looks at the long career of New Zealand heavy rock's favourite sons Shihad. Singer Jon Toogood talks frankly about the band's highs and lows, from forming at Wellington High School to the release of Love is the New Hate in 2005 (when this was made). In a sometimes brutally honest self-appraisal, Toogood talks about the band's success in Australia being tempered with too much drug-taking and ego, their ill-fated name change, and the great American dream that didn't quite work out as planned. 

I think the universe has its ways of keeping things in its balance and I think we'd needed a slap for a little while [...] Instead of giving us a slap, the universe, it basically got a hammer and just smashed us.

– Jon Toogood, on trying to break into the US, and changing the band's name to Pacfier

Key Cast & Crew

Jane Yee

Director, Interviewer

Leanda Borrett

Producer

Mikee Carpinter

Camera

Haimona Ngata

Editor