Shihad – The Meanest

Coinciding with an impending main-stage performance at Splendour In The Grass 2012, SHIHAD announce:

• The arrival of a new single – ‘Right Outta Nowhere’.
• The Australian premier of the documentary Shihad: Beautiful Machine at Splendour In The Grass.
• The Australian release of The Meanest in late August on Warner Music, and…
• A September capitol city tour to do what they do best. Rock!

The new single will be added to the Australian version of The Meanest Hits released late August in the lead up to the Sep- tember tour of the same name.

The Meanest Hits tour set is 90+ minutes and presents the two dominant personalities of the SHIHAD live experience. The first half set pays homage to the close proximity, in-your- face intensity, of the rock bars and clubs where their music was informed. This part of the story recounts the unrefined fervor of the countless early career shit-hole gigs that gave potency to the bands live performance, while presenting the raw classics from their debut EP Devolve and their first three albums Churn, Killjoy and the self-titled Shihad.

The band’s work ethic and commitment was cast in this gritty reality of hauling gear up and down stairs, in and of venues on a merry go round of one night stands from Ballarat to Mackay, and from Poland to a small town in Texas.

Reflecting the band in transition, the second half embraces the big stage era where SHIHAD grew wings and a swagger and ramped up production. Incendiary live performance followed and nothing short of a legend status bestowed as they strode the many arena stages at home and abroad – The Big Day Out, Rhythm & Vines, Offshore, Meredith, Rock am Ring, Roskilde etc. Albums from The General Electric, through to Ignite comprise this era and the many live favourites and radio hits within are given a thorough belting by SHIHAD while fittingly accompanied by aforementioned ramped up production.

SHIHAD – THE MEANEST. A not to be missed, one time only opportunity to see and hear SHIHAD carve their own way through one of the great Rock n Roll catalogues.

Special guests THE SNOWDROPPERS (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane), THE UPSKIRTS (Sydney and Brisbane) and MONEY FOR ROPE (Melbourne and Adelaide).