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Pacifier
Band New Zealand Active 1988–2025 NZ rock group, named Pacifier between 2002 and 2004-09-17
Pacifier formed in 1988 in New Zealand and was active until 2025. Pacifier has 3 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations on RockLists, spanning 2002–2003. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Comfort Me”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #34. The station that charted Pacifier most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 1 appearance. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Pacifier was the name New Zealand's Shihad went by from 2002 to 2004, and the band behind it was anything but new. They'd formed in Wellington in 1988, with Tom Larkin on drums and samplers, Phil Knight on lead guitar and synths and Jon Toogood singing and playing rhythm guitar, and Karl Kippenberger joined on bass in 1991.
The self-titled Pacifier album, released in September 2002, is big, polished alternative metal, the riffs tuned for maximum impact and Toogood's voice pushing through the wall of guitars with the ease of a veteran. "Comfort Me" is the sound of a band going for the throat and the heart in the same breath. The album went to number one in New Zealand, and the band later took back the Shihad name.
At home, their record is hard to touch: 6 number-one albums, more than any other New Zealand artist, and as of 2014 the most Top 40 singles by a local act, 25 of them. They also picked up the Aotearoa Music Award for Best Group.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Pacifier on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comfort Me | 1 | #34 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | Bulletproof | 2 | #87 | – | 2003 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 87 | Bulletproof | Buzz 103.1 Top 103 Buzz Cuts of 2003 |
| 2002 | 94 | Bulletproof | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 34 | Comfort Me | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2002 |
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