Sick Puppies

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Sick Puppies
Origin	Sydney, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Years active	2000–present
Genres	Hard Rock Indie Rock Alternative Metal
Labels	Five Crowns Music
Members	Shimon Moore Emma Anzai Mark Goodwin

Sick Puppies is an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band was formed by singer/lead guitarist Shimon Moore and bassist Emma Anzai in the music room of Mosman High School in 1997, where the two connected because of their shared love for Silverchair. Initially with Shimon on drums and Emma on guitars, the duo would frequently meet up to play Green Day and Rage Against The Machine songs and eventually felt compelled to write their own songs. Soon Chris Mileski was added to the band to fill in on drums.

Sick Puppies started attracting national attention when their song Nothing Really Matters won Triple J's Unearthed in 2001. Later that year they released their debut album called Welcome To The Real World and were voted for "Best Live Performance" at a rock festival in Sydney. This album was initially supposed to feature a humorous cover version of Destiny's Child's hit single Say My Name, performed in a post-grunge/nu metal style, the song was not included due to the threat of a law suit by Destiny's Child's record label. It was leaked however, and therefore it is readily available and easy to find on the internet; on website's and p2p network's.

The band are currently based in Los Angeles. Their current EP, Headphone Injuries, was digitally released in June 2006. They have also released a single/video from this album called My World. On 26 September 2006, Sick Puppies digitally released a new single called All The Same, a song which is featured in the video of Juan Mann, a man in Sydney famous for initiating the Free Hugs Campaign. The Sick Puppies' second album is due out in 2007.

1 Lineup
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 Sources

[edit] Lineup

Current Members

Shimon Moore: lead vocals, guitar
Emma Anzai: bass, backing vocals
Mark Goodwin: drums

Former Members

Chris Mileski : drums

[edit] Discography

Albums

Welcome To The Real World - 2001

EPs

Dog's Breakfast - 1999
Fly - 2003
Headphone Injuries - 2006

Singles

Nothing Really Matters - 2001
Rock Kids - 2002
Every Day - 2002
Fly - 2003
My World (Digital Release) - 2006
All The Same (Digital Release) - 2006

[edit] Trivia

Shimon Moore and Emma Anzai are also occasional actors. Both have been featured on Australian TV Series All Saints. Moore also played the lead role of Jamie Duncan on 2000 Australian movie Selkie.
Anzai is an official endorser of Warwick bass guitars.
In the band's photographs, videos, and performances, Shim is always positioned on the left of Emma (audience's eye view)
The Sick Puppies song "All The Same" is the theme for the famous Juan Mann's Free Hugs Campaign video on YouTube.