Shark Adelic (born David Sharkey Shaw) is a Los Angeles-based musician, film composer, radio host, and is a founding member and guitarist for American alternative band

Wild Colonials Wild Colonials are an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992 by Angela McCluskey (vocals), Shark (guitar/vocals/percussion), Paul Cantelon (violin/piano), Scott Roewe (multi-instrumentalist) and Ian Bernard (dru ...

. He also records under the name Shark and Co.. The name Sharkey is an Anglicised form of the Gaelic "O'Searcaigh", composed of the elements "O", male descendant of, with "Searcach", a byname meaning "beloved". The name originated in County Tyrone, and is now to be found located in considerable numbers in various parts of Northern Ireland.

Career

Big Bam Boo

Shark was one-half of the duo

Big Bam Boo Big Bam Boo were a British male pop duo, comprising Simon Tedd and Shark. The band released their debut LP, ''Fun Faith & Fairplay'' on MCA/Uni in 1989. Tedd later changed his name to Simon Scardanelli. The single "Shooting From My Heart", ent ...

, that released one album, ''Fun, Faith, & Fairplay'', on

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(

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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.

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An unreleased second album was released digitally in 2008 as ''The New York Tapes''.

Wild Colonials

Shark founded the alternative rock group Wild Colonials in Los Angeles in 1992, with

Angela McCluskey Angela McCluskey (born 28 February 1967) is a Scottish singer-songwriter based in California. She performs as a solo artist and as a member of the folk rock group Wild Colonials. McCluskey has also provided vocals for Curio and recorded the Eu ...

Paul Cantelon Paul Cantelon (born December 25, 1959) is an American contemporary classical music and popular music composer, a film score composer and an actor He is also a violinist, pianist, and accordionist, and a founding member of the American alternati ...

, 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.

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, ''

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'' 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

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, " Don't Give Up" was released with

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singer Cindy Wasserman.
A cover of Pink Floyd's " High Hopes" appears on the 2003 tribute album ''A Fair Forgery of Pink Floyd''. The Shark/Scardanelli penned song "Save Your Dreams" has been covered by nine different artists including gospel act David C. Clarke and The Dynaires and Canadian country singer Justine Stewart, who performed the song at the 2006 World AIDS Day Concert in Beijing, China. The Central China Television (CCTV) primetime special aired throughout Asia and Europe.

DJ Shark

Shark also appears as DJ Shark,

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film premieres and other events including

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's 2004 Super Bowl party in

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private Emmy party and the premiere party for the TV movie ''

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''. DJ Shark's remix of

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's remix of

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's "

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" appeared in the

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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

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radio station 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

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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" single — Shark and Co. with Cindy Wasserman (2008, Magnetic Memories) * " 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

* '' 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) (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

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")

with Big Bam Boo

* ''Fun, Faith, & Fairplay'' (1989)

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,

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)

Filmography

* '' I Shot a Man in Vegas'' (1995) * '' Dead Man's Curve/The Curve'' (1998) * ''Me and Will'' (1999) * ''

'' (2000) * ''The Yard Sale'' (2002) * ''Frozen Stars'' (2003) * ''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens'' (2006)

References

External links

Shark and Co. official website

DJ Shark official website

All Time is Now podcast page

All Time is Now FaceBook page
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