Shakir Pichler

Shakir Pichler (born August, 1967 in Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian drummer, singer, writer and actor.

Shakir joined his first performing rock band The Kryptonics in Perth, Western Australia in 1984 at the age of 17. They quickly attracted a record deal with Cherry Top and released their first single, Plastic Imitation / Baby (1985) and due to popular demand, soon after pressed a second batch which included the bonus track "As Long As You're Mine".

Just after filming their first music video for "Baby," Shakir was poached by local hard rock band The Bamboos, with whom he recorded and released the single "Snuff", the flexi-disk "Dead Girl", the EP "Born Killer" and the album "Rarer Than Rockinghorse Shit".

After two national tours he finally left to form his own rockabilly band The Howlin MoonDoggies who have recorded three albums "Doggie Style", "Chasin Pussy" & "The Last Leg" and have also been included on several international rockabilly compilations.

Having recorded two more music videos with The Howlin MoonDoggies in addition to managing the band, he decided to start his own record label in order to help other artists, SexBeat Records, which released a 28-band all Australian punk rock and ska compilation entitled Skunk & Disorderly (2000).Moving from Perth to Sydney, New South Wales to be with his partner at the time Rebekah Elmaloglou he then formed a hard rock band called "Fink".

During the next few years he also worked in the film industry on many features such as "Mission Impossible 2" and "On Our Selection" and appeared in the feature film "Fat Pizza" (the movie) as well as various international commercials including work for Kahlua and Claretine (USA).

In 2002 he moved from Sydney to Melbourne to work on the Stephen King series "Nightmares and Dreamscapes" and also formed a new band, Brutal Pancho, who in only one year made quite an impression on the international rock scene.

Briefly in 2007 he toured Australia with the Melbourne punk band Amphetish and with the American band The Wish You Weres until he met his current partner Christine Gneuss, whom he now lives with in Barcelona, Spain.

Discography

The Kryptonics

*"Plastic Imitation / Baby" (1985)
*"Plastic Imitation / Baby / Bonus - As Long As You're Mine" (1985)
*"Rejectionville" (2007)

The Bamboos

*"Snuff / Virginia" (1986)
*"Rarer Than Rockinghorse Shit" (1986)
*"Dead Girl - Flexidisk" (1986)
*"Born Killer" (1986)

The Howlin MoonDoggies

*"Doggie Style" (1999)
*"Chasin Pussy" (2003)
*"The Last Leg" (2004)

External links

* [http://www.sexbeatrecords.com Official Shakir Pichler web site]
* [http://myspace.com/brutalpancho Official Shakir Pichler MySpace page]