: : shiny toy guns 2009.



the things that shape shift all of us? music. life. love. weather. all when severe are uncontrollably beautiful and dangerous.


That's not the usual album description, but it's how Shiny Toy Guns keyboardist/co-founder Jeremy Dawson defines his band's sophmore record and mission statement : Season of Poison.


"It's a sonic fusion of words and melodies that reflect things not controlled by humans," says Dawson, a Shawnee, Oklahoma native and avid tornado chaser (more on that later). "It's about things that are life-altering – something that creates permanent change. Like the atmosphere—there's some beautifully intense, severe weather in the Midwest—we stay alive by standing inspired and informed. We write music to support lives, we intercept storms and tornadoes to save them."


When Dawson and writing partner and lead singer Chad Petree are not touring the world with Shiny Toy Guns the pair comb the farm roads and county highways in pursuit of some of the worlds most violent thunderstorms, in a retrofitted van more technologically advanced with more radar and emergency equipment than most news stations, fire departments or the National Weather Service can boast of. Days and nights during the spring are spent dodging grapefruit sized hailstones while pulling vehicles out of rivers and administering first aid to storm victims as first responders for the American Red Cross and the SKYWARN storm chase team. Not the typical rock band behavior? This is not your typical rock band.

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Band Members

CHAD PETREE, JEREMY DAWSON, MIKEY MARTIN, SISELY TREASURE