Career
Big Bam Boo
Shark was one-half of the duo Big Bam Boo, that released one album, ''Fun, Faith, & Fairplay'', on MCA Records (Uni Records in US) in 1989. Three singles were released from the album. One single, "Shooting From My Heart", was a Top 40 hit in Canada and entered the UK singles chart on 28 January 1989 and reached number 61; it was in the chart for 2 weeks.Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & AlbumsWild 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 EP 1/4, Life as We Know It'', was released in 2007. The band toured internationally, both as a supporting act and as a headliner.Film scoring
Shark composed the scores for a number of films, starting with ''I Shot a Man in Vegas'' in 1995 and then for ''Me & Will'' in 1999, ''The Spreading Ground'' in 2000, ''Frozen Stars'' in 2003, and 2006's ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens''. He has also made brief appearances and performed off-screen roles in films including a radio disc jockey's voice in ''I Shot a Man in Vegas'' and ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens''.Solo work
In November 2008, a cover version of Peter Gabriel's duet with Kate Bush, "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song), Don't Give Up" was released with Dead Rock West singer Cindy Wasserman.DJ Shark
Shark also appears as DJ Shark, Disc jockey, 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 (film), Their Eyes Were Watching God''. DJ 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 (2003 film), It Runs in the Family''.All Time is Now
DJ Shark hosts a weekly two-hour radio show, "All Time is Now" which premiered on July 15, 2011 on the Los Angeles radio station KDLD, Indie 103.1. The multi-format music featured on the show is connected to events, record release dates, #1 chart placings, birthdays, classic gigs etc. that occurred that week but in different years. The debut show kicked off with The Rolling Stones song, "Happy (The Rolling Stones song), Happy" which came out that week, July 15 in 1972. The show airs live every Sunday from 5:00pm till 7:00pm Pacific Standard Time and rebroadcast every Wednesday at midnight till 2am to an international audience online.Discography
Solo releases
* "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song), Don't Give Up" single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2008, Magnetic Memories) * "Don't Give Up (Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush song), Don't Give Up" (Special Mix) single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2010, Magnetic Memories) Europe only release * "Secret Santa" single — Shark and Co. (2014, Magnetic Memories Recording Co.) * "Dog Park (from The Bandit Hound)" single — Shark and Co. (2016, Magnetic Memories Recording Co.)Movie soundtracks
* ''The Curve (1998 film), Dead Man's Curve/The Curve'' soundtrack (1999, Chromatic) * ''Dead Man's Curve/The Curve'' - song based soundtrack (1999, Toho) (song: "Theme from Dead Man's Curve" (Edit)) Japan only * ''Frozen Stars'' soundtrack (2004, The Orchard (music label), The Orchard) (song: "Love Theme from Frozen Stars") These soundtracks were not released separately from the films. * ''I Shot a Man in Vegas'' (1995) The main theme from the film, "Route 15 4:30AM" appeared on the Wild Colonials album ''Reel Life Vol. 1''. * ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens'' (2006) At the opening night of the film in Los Angeles, a 14 track soundtrack album was given out to the audience as they left. Album included songs from various artists and three score pieces from composer Shark. The album has never been formally released.Compilation appearances
* ''A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd'' (2003, Stanley) (as Shark 'n the Smoke) (song: "High Hopes (Pink Floyd song), High Hopes")with Big Bam Boo
* ''Fun, Faith, & Fairplay'' (1989)with Wild Colonials
* ''Fruit of Life'' (1994, DGC Records, DGC/Geffen Records, 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 Records, Hip-O)Filmography
* ''I Shot a Man in Vegas'' (1995) * ''The Curve (1998 film), 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)References
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