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| Origin | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Alternative rock,folk,jazz rock |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals,guitar,bass,violin,piano,sax, etc. |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | DGC/Geffen, Chromatic,UMe/Universal, WLPS |
| Members | Shark Paul Cantelon Scott Roewe |
| Past members | Angela McCluskey Ian Bernard Joel Virgel Vierset Thaddeus Corea Jason Payne Skip Ward |
| Website | www.wildcolonials.net |
Wild Colonials are anAmericanalternative rockband formed inLos Angeles,California in1992 byAngela McCluskey (vocals),Shark (guitar/vocals/percussion),Paul Cantelon (violin/piano), Scott Roewe (multi-instrumentalist) and Ian Bernard (drums/percussion). After 1993 members included Thaddeus Corea and Jason Payne on drums/percussion and Skip Ward on bass.
Formed in early 1992 as an impromptu jam session at an Irish coffee house inHollywood called Café Beckett. SingerAngela McCluskey had gathered together a group of fellow musicians to arrange a “musical evening” to showcase her friend/guitaristShark, who had recently relocated to Los Angeles from New York. Brought aboard werePaul Cantelon, on violin and piano; Scott Roewe, on bass, keyboards, and saxophone; and Ian Bernard (drums/percussion) and other revolving special guests. The “musical evening” evolved into a regular gig from the group soon to be known as Wild Colonials - named after the Irish song “Wild Colonial Boy.” Also joining in with the ever changing line up of guests includedDave King (Flogging Molly),Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), and several members of theHothouse Flowers andLeonard Cohen's touring band.
From Café Beckett the group developed a large following, performing regularly at Molly Malone's, an Irish pub in Los Angeles, and then moving toCafé Largo a larger venue in West Hollywood. With a Tuesday night residency that lasted several months the buzz that developed in the LA music scene procured the Wild Colonials a record deal with DGC/Geffen Records.Fruit of Life (1994) andThis Can’t Be Life (1996) were both released to critical acclaim, landing the group as the second stage headliner on the prestigiousLilith Fair lineup in 1997. Over that time, Wild Colonials–either as a group or as individual artists - have performed music for several films- a collection of unreleased tracks, soundtrack only tracks and score cues was collected to make up their third album "Reel Life vol 1" (2000) (released through indie label Chromatic Records).
The band's fourth album was intended to be released as four separate EPs under the umbrella nameLife As We Know It (UMe/Universal). To date only EP 1/4 has been released.
The band members have a number of connections to other celebrities and musicians: Thaddeus Corea is the son of pianist/composerChick Corea, violinist Paul Cantelon is the brother-in-law of American singerRickie Lee Jones, and vocalist Angela McCluskey is British singerLily Allen's Godmother.
Wild Colonials music has appeared in over thirty different films from Disney'sMr. Wrong, to the quirky Indie sensationFlirting with Disaster and the Sundance Film Festival hitDead Man's Curve. Three members of the band, Shark, Paul Cantelon and Scott Roewe have all scored feature-length films.
Vocalist Angela McCluskey as co-writer/guest vocalist with French Electronica bandTélépopmusik was nominated for the 2004Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the International hit "Breathe". The Grammy went toKylie Minogue for "Come Into My World".
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