November 12, 2024 • 7 mins
It's a disappointing day for Kiwi rock fans, as Shihad are set to call it quits after their final tour.
The group, comprised of Jon Toogood, Tom Larkin, Phil Knight and Karl Kippenberger, has confirmed it will disband for good in 2025.
Jon Toogood says this announcement was two years in the making - after several discussions.
"We just thought - rather than go out with a whimper, we'll go out on a high point. That was basically the decision we came to."
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Speaker 1 (00:09):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Sad News for a lot of fans out there. Band
She Had have announced they are disbanding after nearly forty years.
The band's website crashed this morning Jude to demand following
their announcement that is the band. We'll play one final
set of shows before finishing up in Wellington in March
twenty twenty five. On the line is John too Good,
lead singer of She Had good A?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
John good A, guys, there are you going?
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Very good? Mate? So why are you guys calling it quits?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Well for a few reasons, but mainly we've been talking
about this for about a couple of years and it's
just like, for so long we've had this as the
center of our lives, and shed when you're taking it seriously,
you need to be doing it one hundred percent of
the time all the time. So circumstances have changed. We've
(01:06):
got kids, we've all got other things outside of She
Had that we love doing. And you know, when we
get together we always make sure that you know, we
bullets the stage and it's great and I think the
last two she had records are probably my favorite, but
like five years in between each other, and we used
(01:27):
to do a record every two years, you know. When
we were everything was all about she had. But we
just thought, rather than go out with a whimp, we'll
go out on a high point. And that was basically
the sort of decision we came to over a couple
of years of conversations. And yeah, we are.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You mentioned some moments there, John, but what are some
of your greatest memories looking back on that incredible Jenny.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Well, I mean there's so many. I mean it's thirty
six years, so I mean there's a lot of you know,
there's a lot of albums, you know, you know, good
and bad and average and then great and then you
know moments where it all comes into focus. I don't know.
I mean when you think about when I think about
live shows, the big day Out was always great for us.
(02:13):
I loved the Big Out. I mean, being able to
play in front of that many people, go and see
all the bands you're in love with, then hang out
with Joe Strummer from the Clash that age, and you know,
it's just like those moments are so dear to me,
you know, I mean, and then outside of that, you know,
touring with Black Sabbath, I was a Black Sabbath and
(02:34):
from when I was a kid. And then to have
you know, playing one of my songs and then look
over and see Tunny Iomi and Geezer Butler's standing site stage.
It's like those things are just unreal to me. You know,
They're just so many amazing moments and I'm feel really blessed,
nothing really fortunate been how to do that?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
You know, we're talking to Johnny too Good from She
had now speaking of you know, being a kid and
what you imagine when you look back now and think
about the little Mitler who formed a band, who went
on to write songs that everyone in the country knows
the words to Home Again Run, does it ever strike
you the impact? Do you just think and reflect on it,
the impact you've had on the country, and how does
(03:15):
that make you feel?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I mean, I'm all. I mean, I come from zeal
so I've got a real my parents are both working
class Londoners, so I've got a real workman sort of
ethic towards it, I mean, and all of us have.
It's like it's a it's a job you know, and
it's it's an amazing job. It's it's so great that
(03:38):
I wake up, you know, every day and go cool
actually get much to make music to pay the rent,
which is great. But we never really spend much time
looking back. It's always about what can we do to
improve the life show, what can we do to make
the record sound as big as we do live ya,
It's always it's going on that journey, you know. So yeah,
(04:01):
I always I'm always in the moment and I'm always
looking at what's next, you know. So that whole legacy
thing is it's sort of external from my experience of
the band. You know. I'm always really with people that
come up and say, hey, you know, I was at
the Whaling Bongo when I was at university and you
guys blew my mind. And that's great because I'm like,
(04:24):
you know, that's I really appreciate it when people do
come up and say that sort of stuff. But it's
for me. I'm just thinking about how can I articulate
my experience of the world better in a song. I'm
on that journey, you know, so I don't really think
too much about the legacy of the band or or
(04:44):
looking back. You know, and in fact to the point
where when we were when we got the call that
we were being inducted into the New Zealand And Role
Hall of Fame, I was flatted, But I was also
a little bit like, well, I'm in the middle of
right of the next record? Am I that old? You know?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
You know, have you thought, Johnny about the last show
you play, what your emotions are going to be when
you throw your hand in the air like you do
on stage and thank you and goodbye, when you say
that for the last time you Have you contemplated that
that moment.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I haven't not that far yet. I've basically basically gone, okay, right,
what is the workload? How are we going to make
these shows memorable and epic? And how much work is
that going to require. I'm just looking at making sure
that each show is amazing. So so I'm sure it's
going to be emotional, but I'm leaving that till the moment.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
You know, well, I'm looking forward to that moment myself.
It'll be sad, but I mentioned it'll be awesome. Like
every she Had show I've ever seen has been Speaking
of live shows, put you on the spot here, what
is the best show you have ever played, and what
is the best show you have ever seen?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It's the best show would have played. It's got to
be the supporting a CDC spring I think sixty thousand, yes,
I mean it was like literally a town of rock fans,
so we were in our hat place. I was so
nervous walking out beforehand that my eyeballs were shaking inside
(06:14):
my skull a year. As soon as I was on
the stage, it was like I felt like I was
in the center of the universe and it was like
the best feeling of all the time. Got to have
played a great show, then you know, towed down afterwards,
got rid of the sweat, and then when watched my
favorite live band play ACDC. So that was pretty epic
night for me. Yeah. And as far as seeing bands, man,
(06:35):
I haven't seen so many great bands. I've been really lucky.
I think it would probably be though, Ghazi at the
Uni Hall, in the Union Hall at the University in Wellington.
Just the fact that they had three park hands, which
is not a light show at all, and yet it
didn't matter. It's like the passion those guys in the
(06:57):
sweat that those guys put out, It just totally changed
my life, you know, like so that's probably on my face.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Oh well, thank you so much, Johnny too good. You're
a great New Zealander. You've got so much joy the country.
Thank you. You will be missed, but you will never
be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah. Go well for the final tour, john and thanks
for having a chat with us, Thanks for having me
so just the details for the final tour for Shehad
If you go to shehead dot com you can get
all the details all throughout summer and you can find
tickets there. It's going to be a hell of the
final tour. Get amongst for.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
More from News Talks b listen live on air or online,
and keep our shows with you wherever you go with
our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
You're listening to a podcast from News talks'b Follow this
and our Wide Ranger podcast now on iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Sad News for a lot of fans out there. Band
She Had have announced they are disbanding after nearly forty years.
The band's website crashed this morning Jude to demand following
their announcement that is the band. We'll play one final
set of shows before finishing up in Wellington in March
twenty twenty five. On the line is John too Good,
lead singer of She Had good A?
Speaker 3 (00:38):
John good A, guys, there are you going?
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Very good? Mate? So why are you guys calling it quits?
Speaker 3 (00:45):
Well for a few reasons, but mainly we've been talking
about this for about a couple of years and it's
just like, for so long we've had this as the
center of our lives, and shed when you're taking it seriously,
you need to be doing it one hundred percent of
the time all the time. So circumstances have changed. We've
(01:06):
got kids, we've all got other things outside of She
Had that we love doing. And you know, when we
get together we always make sure that you know, we
bullets the stage and it's great and I think the
last two she had records are probably my favorite, but
like five years in between each other, and we used
(01:27):
to do a record every two years, you know. When
we were everything was all about she had. But we
just thought, rather than go out with a whimp, we'll
go out on a high point. And that was basically
the sort of decision we came to over a couple
of years of conversations. And yeah, we are.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
You mentioned some moments there, John, but what are some
of your greatest memories looking back on that incredible Jenny.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
Well, I mean there's so many. I mean it's thirty
six years, so I mean there's a lot of you know,
there's a lot of albums, you know, you know, good
and bad and average and then great and then you
know moments where it all comes into focus. I don't know.
I mean when you think about when I think about
live shows, the big day Out was always great for us.
(02:13):
I loved the Big Out. I mean, being able to
play in front of that many people, go and see
all the bands you're in love with, then hang out
with Joe Strummer from the Clash that age, and you know,
it's just like those moments are so dear to me,
you know, I mean, and then outside of that, you know,
touring with Black Sabbath, I was a Black Sabbath and
(02:34):
from when I was a kid. And then to have
you know, playing one of my songs and then look
over and see Tunny Iomi and Geezer Butler's standing site stage.
It's like those things are just unreal to me. You know,
They're just so many amazing moments and I'm feel really blessed,
nothing really fortunate been how to do that?
Speaker 4 (02:54):
You know, we're talking to Johnny too Good from She
had now speaking of you know, being a kid and
what you imagine when you look back now and think
about the little Mitler who formed a band, who went
on to write songs that everyone in the country knows
the words to Home Again Run, does it ever strike
you the impact? Do you just think and reflect on it,
the impact you've had on the country, and how does
(03:15):
that make you feel?
Speaker 3 (03:16):
I mean, I'm all. I mean, I come from zeal
so I've got a real my parents are both working
class Londoners, so I've got a real workman sort of
ethic towards it, I mean, and all of us have.
It's like it's a it's a job you know, and
it's it's an amazing job. It's it's so great that
(03:38):
I wake up, you know, every day and go cool
actually get much to make music to pay the rent,
which is great. But we never really spend much time
looking back. It's always about what can we do to
improve the life show, what can we do to make
the record sound as big as we do live ya,
It's always it's going on that journey, you know. So yeah,
(04:01):
I always I'm always in the moment and I'm always
looking at what's next, you know. So that whole legacy
thing is it's sort of external from my experience of
the band. You know. I'm always really with people that
come up and say, hey, you know, I was at
the Whaling Bongo when I was at university and you
guys blew my mind. And that's great because I'm like,
(04:24):
you know, that's I really appreciate it when people do
come up and say that sort of stuff. But it's
for me. I'm just thinking about how can I articulate
my experience of the world better in a song. I'm
on that journey, you know, so I don't really think
too much about the legacy of the band or or
(04:44):
looking back. You know, and in fact to the point
where when we were when we got the call that
we were being inducted into the New Zealand And Role
Hall of Fame, I was flatted, But I was also
a little bit like, well, I'm in the middle of
right of the next record? Am I that old? You know?
Speaker 4 (05:01):
You know, have you thought, Johnny about the last show
you play, what your emotions are going to be when
you throw your hand in the air like you do
on stage and thank you and goodbye, when you say
that for the last time you Have you contemplated that
that moment.
Speaker 3 (05:14):
I haven't not that far yet. I've basically basically gone, okay, right,
what is the workload? How are we going to make
these shows memorable and epic? And how much work is
that going to require. I'm just looking at making sure
that each show is amazing. So so I'm sure it's
going to be emotional, but I'm leaving that till the moment.
Speaker 4 (05:37):
You know, well, I'm looking forward to that moment myself.
It'll be sad, but I mentioned it'll be awesome. Like
every she Had show I've ever seen has been Speaking
of live shows, put you on the spot here, what
is the best show you have ever played, and what
is the best show you have ever seen?
Speaker 3 (05:53):
It's the best show would have played. It's got to
be the supporting a CDC spring I think sixty thousand, yes,
I mean it was like literally a town of rock fans,
so we were in our hat place. I was so
nervous walking out beforehand that my eyeballs were shaking inside
(06:14):
my skull a year. As soon as I was on
the stage, it was like I felt like I was
in the center of the universe and it was like
the best feeling of all the time. Got to have
played a great show, then you know, towed down afterwards,
got rid of the sweat, and then when watched my
favorite live band play ACDC. So that was pretty epic
night for me. Yeah. And as far as seeing bands, man,
(06:35):
I haven't seen so many great bands. I've been really lucky.
I think it would probably be though, Ghazi at the
Uni Hall, in the Union Hall at the University in Wellington.
Just the fact that they had three park hands, which
is not a light show at all, and yet it
didn't matter. It's like the passion those guys in the
(06:57):
sweat that those guys put out, It just totally changed
my life, you know, like so that's probably on my face.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
Oh well, thank you so much, Johnny too good. You're
a great New Zealander. You've got so much joy the country.
Thank you. You will be missed, but you will never
be forgotten.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Yeah. Go well for the final tour, john and thanks
for having a chat with us, Thanks for having me
so just the details for the final tour for Shehad
If you go to shehead dot com you can get
all the details all throughout summer and you can find
tickets there. It's going to be a hell of the
final tour. Get amongst for.
Speaker 1 (07:30):
More from News Talks b listen live on air or online,
and keep our shows with you wherever you go with
our podcasts on iHeartRadio.
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