Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American electronica/indie/rock band
from Los Angeles, California that formed in 2002.
History
The band was founded in 2002 by bassist and keyboardist Jeremy Dawson and
vocalist and guitarist Chad Petree. Both had known each other for years growing
up in Shawnee, Oklahoma and worked together on previous music projects such as
Cloud2Ground and Slyder. After these projects, they went underground for a
couple of years but continued making music together until enlisting both
vocalist Carah Faye Charnow and drummer Mikey Martin in 2004.
The band quickly gained popularity locally in California as well as through
their MySpace page. In early 2005, they independently released their first album
We Are Pilots. They began touring across America that summer in support of their
album. They re-recorded and independently released We Are Pilots again in
November 2005, with a revised track list. They continued to tour extensively,
and, in June 2006, they signed with Universal Records and released a finalized
copy of We Are Pilots in October 2006.
The band is currently touring the United States and Canada in support of their
newest release.
Shiny Toy Guns' 2005/2006/2007 song "You Are the One" has its roots in Jeremy
Dawson's trance song "Neo", put out under his "Slyder" moniker. The song "Neo"
also known as the Shiny Toy Guns song "You Are The One" was licensed and
approved for usage by the band in the game Grand Theft Auto III.
On October 29, 2007 Shiny Toy Guns (using the alias "The Shinys") appeared on
the children's television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
They also appeared in the November 27, 2007 episode of My Super Sweet 16.
