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SHINY TOY GUNS

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Shiny Toy Guns is a Grammy Award nominated United States|American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California that formed in 2002.

History
The band was founded in 2002 by bassist and keyboardist Jeremy Dawson and vocalist and guitarist Gregori Chad Petree|Chad Petree. Both had known each other for years growing up in Shawnee, Oklahoma and worked together on previous music projects such as Cloud2Ground and Slyder. After these projects, they went underground for a couple of years but continued making music together until enlisting both vocalist Carah Faye Charnow and drummer Mikey Martin in 2004.

Ursula Vari was the first female vocalist for the band Shiny Toy Guns. Ursula's vocals were featured in the bands early CD track releases. Ursula Vari fronted the band in 2002/2003 and early 2004, appearing at live gigs and in some early music videos. Ursula Vari's backing vocals were used in the October 2006 We Are Pilots v3 Universal/Motown Records release of 'We Are Pilots' which most likely were used in the final mix from earlier recording sessions. The band fired Vari (for reasons unknown) and hired Carah Faye Charnow in 2004 as their new female leader singer. Vari is credited with having had a major influence in developing and creating Shiny Toy Guns' song lyrics and vocal interpretations of the bands' songs during her tenure. Ursula Vari is from Romania... read all