Wild Colonials

Wild Colonials
Wild Colonials
Origin	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; Chad Smith
Website	www.wildcolonials.net

Wild Colonials are an

Los Angeles, California in 1992 by Angela 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.

Biography

Formed in early 1992 as an impromptu jam session at an Irish coffee house in

Dave King (Flogging Molly), Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard), and several members of the Hothouse Flowers and Leonard Cohen

's touring band.

From Café Beckett the group developed a large following, performing regularly at

Café 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) and This Can’t Be Life (1996) were both released to critical acclaim, landing the group as the second stage headliner on the prestigious Lilith 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 name Life 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/composer Chick Corea, violinist Paul Cantelon is the brother in law of American singer Rickie Lee Jones, and vocalist Angela McCluskey is British singer Lily Allen's Godmother.

Music in film

Wild Colonials music has appeared in over thirty different films from Disney's Mr. Wrong, to the quirky Indie sensation Flirting with Disaster and the Sundance Film Festival hit Dead Man's Curve. Three members of the band, Shark, Paul Cantelon and Scott Roewe have all scored feature-length films.

The song "Blue" appeared in the movie "Dead Man's Curve" and the film "Anarchy TV".
The song "Victim" appeared in the movie The Last Supper (1995 film) and the short film The Yard Sale.
The song “Wake Up Sad (remix)” appeared in the movie "Dead Man's Curve".
The Wild Colonials version of
Mr. Wrong
"
The song "Evil" appeared in the movie "The Motorcycle Gang (Rebel Highway)".
The song "This Misery" appeared in the movie "Unhook The Stars".
The song "RollerCoaster" appeared in the movie "I'll Take You There".
The song "Love®" appeared in the movie "Cosa Bella".
The Wild Colonials version of Leonard Cohen's "Dance Me To The End Of Love" appeared in the movie Chromophobia
The song "Cure" appears in the television movie Cabin by the Lake and its sequel.
The songs "Rainbow" and "If By Chance" (a duet with Cyndi Lauper) appears in the movie soundtrack for "Southie".
The song "Heaven & Hell 2010" appears in the movie "Conviction".

Discography

Fruit of Life (1994)
This Can't Be Life (1996)
Reel Life vol. 1 (2000)
Life As We Know It - EP (2007)

Awards

Vocalist Angela McCluskey as co-writer/guest vocalist with French Electronica band

Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording for the International hit "Breathe". The Grammy went to Kylie Minogue

for "Come Into My World".

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Wild Colonials

Biography

Music in film

Discography

Awards

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