Jon Toogood

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Jon Toogood
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Toogood in 2020
Background information
Birth nameJonathan Charles Toogood
Born (1971-08-09) 9 August 1971 (age 52)
Wellington, New Zealand
Genres Alternative rock, hard rock, industrial rock, pop, worldbeat, acoustic rock
Occupation(s)Singer, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Member of Shihad

Jonathan Charles Toogood (born 9 August 1971) is a New Zealand musician who is the frontman (lead vocals and guitar) of the rock band Shihad. [1] He formed the band in 1988 with fellow Wellingtonian Tom Larkin. Toogood and Larkin met as teenage fans of AC/DC and Metallica. [2]

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Solo work

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Toogood performing in Auckland, October 2015

In 2009, Toogood revealed he had been travelling around New Zealand to collaborate with other New Zealand artists for a project that is "extra-curricular" to Shihad's music. Confirmed collaborators included Tiki Taane, Ruban and Kody Neilson from the Mint Chicks, Julia Deans from Fur Patrol, Anika Moa, Shayne Carter of Dimmer/Straitjacket Fits fame and Ladi 6. [1] "The Adults" was released as a full-length album in New Zealand in June 2011. Toogood subsequently toured New Zealand and Australia under this banner, joined onstage by Deans and Carter. [3]

In 2018, Toogood completed a master of fine arts degree at Massey University, with a thesis on Aghani Al-Banat music. [4] In 2020 Toogood was inducted into Massey University's College of Creative Arts' hall of fame. [5]

Personal life

Toogood is not related to the broadcasting icon Selwyn Toogood, as his parents migrated from England to New Zealand in the 1950s. [6] Toogood was a keen cricket player in high school, and at one stage captained the Wellington secondary schools' representative cricket team. [7]

As of April 2005, Toogood was married to Ronise Paul, with whom he had a stepdaughter. [8] Toogood married Dana Salih, who is a Sudanese Muslim, in Sudan in 2014. [9] Toogood had converted to Islam prior to the wedding. [10]

Awards

Aotearoa Music Awards

The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
1992Jon Toogood – ShihadMost Promising MaleNominated [11]
1994Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearNominated
1996Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearWon
1997Karl Kippenberger & Jon Toogood for ShihadAlbum Cover of the YearNominated
Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearNominated
1998Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearWon
2000Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearWon
2001Jon Toogood – ShihadMale Vocalist of the YearNominated
2010Jon Toogood (as part of Shihad) New Zealand Music Hall of Fame inductee [12]

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