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Shark
Origin	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres	Americana, country, alternative rock
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Universal
Associated acts	Wild Colonials
Website	SharkadelicMusic.com

Shark, a Los Angeles-based musician, is a founding member and guitarist for Wild Colonials. He has also composed film scores, released solo material, and DJs.

Contents 1 Career 1.1 Big Bam Boo 1.2 Wild Colonials 1.3 Film scoring 1.4 Solo work 2 Discography 2.1 Solo releases 2.2 Movie soundtracks 2.3 Compilation appearances 2.4 with Big Bam Boo 2.5 with Wild Colonials 3 Filmography 4 External links

[edit] Career

[edit] Big Bam Boo

Shark was one-half of the duo Big Bam Boo, that released one album, Fun, Faith, & Fairplay, on Uni in 1989.

[edit] Wild Colonials

Shark founded the alternative rock group Wild Colonials in Los Angeles, in 1992, with Angela McCluskey, Paul Cantelon, Scott Roewe, and Ian Bernard. The group released three albums between 1994 and 2000. Their most recent release, an EP titled Life as We Know It, was released in 2007. The band toured internationally, both as a supporting act and as a headliner.

[edit] Film scoring

Shark composed the scores for a number of films, including Frozen Stars and 2006's How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, starting with I Shot a Man in Vegas in 1995. He also has made brief appearances and performed off-screen roles in films including a disc jockey's voice in I Shot a Man in Vegas and How to Go Out on a Date in Queens.

[edit] Solo work

The Shark/Scardanelli penned song "Save Your Dreams" has been covered by nine different artists including Canadian country singer Justine Stewart,^{[citation needed]} who performed the song at the 2006 Aids Benefit TV broadcast in China to an audience of five hundred million viewers.^{[citation needed]} In November 2008, he released a single with Dead Rock West singer Cindy Wasserman under the name Shark and Co.—a cover version of Peter Gabriel's duet with Kate Bush, "Don't Give Up". Shark also appears as DJ Shark, DJing film premieres and other events including ESPN's 2004 Super Bowl party in Houston, The Sopranos private Emmy party and the premiere party for the TV movie Their Eyes Were Watching God.^{[citation needed]}

Shark's remix of Rae & Christian's remix of Dinah Washington's "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" appeared in the Michael Douglas film It Runs in the Family.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Solo releases

• Dead Man's Curve soundtrack (1999, Chromatic)
• "Don't Give Up" single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2008, Magnetic Memories)
• Don't Give Up - EP — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2009)

[edit] Movie soundtracks

These soundtracks were not released separately from the films

• I Shot a Man in Vegas (1995)
• How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)

[edit] Compilation appearances

• A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd (2003, Stanley) (as Shark 'n the Smoke) (song: "High Hopes")
• Frozen Stars soundtrack (2004, The Orchard) (song: "Love Theme from Frozen Stars")

[edit] with Big Bam Boo

• Fun, Faith, & Fairplay (1989)

[edit] with Wild Colonials

• Fruit of Life (1994, DGC/Geffen)
• This Can’t Be Life (1996, DGC/Geffen)
• Reel Life vol 1 (2000, Chromatic)
• Life As We Know It EP 1/4 (2007, Hip-O)

[edit] Filmography

• I Shot a Man in Vegas (1995)
• Dead Man's Curve (The Curve) (1998)
• Me and Will (1999)
• The Spreading Ground (2000)
• The Yard Sale (2002)
• Frozen Stars (2003)
• How to Go Out on a Date in Queens (2006)

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Shark at MySpace