Sick Puppies are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1997. After releasing their debut album Welcome to the Real World in 2001, the band rose to prominence in 2006 when their song "All the Same" was uploaded, along with a video, to YouTube. The video supported the Free Hugs Campaign, which was launched in Sydney by Juan Mann, and has since received over 78 million views on the website.
This success was followed up with their second studio album, Dressed Up as Life, in 2007, which entered the Billboard 200 at number 181. Their third studio album, Tri-Polar, came out in 2009. The band's fourth studio album, Connect, was released in 2013. They released their fifth studio album, Fury, in 2016 with new vocalist Bryan Scott after Shimon Moore was fired from the band in October 2014.
Sick Puppies released the song "There Goes The Neighborhood" on July 26, 2024 as the first single from their upcoming album, Wave The Bull. This will be their first album in over eight years and is expected to be released in early 2025.
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Members:
Emma Anzai - bass, backing and occasional lead vocals (1997-present)
Mark Goodwin - drums, backing vocals (2003-present)
Bryan Scott - guitars, lead vocals (2016-present)
Former members:
Chris Mileski - drums, backing vocals (1997-2003)
Shimon Moore - guitars, lead vocals (1997-2014)
Name Origin:
There are two stories as to how the band name originated. The official version is that Shimon Moore thought of the name himself when the band members were brainstorming, and then came home a few days later to find his father Phil reading the book Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen. The alternate version is that a neighbour's dog entered the garage during a rehearsal and vomited on their equipment. An early fan made the comment, "That's one sick puppy", and the name stuck.
From: Sydney, Australia
Genre(s):
Alternative rock,
alternative metal,
hard rock,
post-grunge,
nu metal
Active From: 1997-present
Quotes:
"I was lost at the edge of dying in a world so cold
Now I'm alive I can see I'm ready to be on my own"
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Sick Puppies