The Vincent Black Shadow musical projects minus the Kirkham brothers. The name is derived from the motorcycle of the same name, the Vincent Black Shadow. "Fears in the Water" was first released on July 11, 2006, and their sophomore effort, "El Monstruo", on September 15, 2008. Their latest creation, an EP entitled "The Finest Crime" was released via iTunes on Valentine's Day 2011. The Vancouver quintet was formed by Cassandra Ford and Rob Kirkham. In 2000 the two met at a bar, becoming musical collaborators from then on. Kirkham then recruited his two brothers Chris (a.k.a. Nim Vind) and Anthony Kirkham. The brothers had
Black Shadow (wrestler) to ailing health, forcing him to retire after almost 40 years in the business. After his retirement Cruz withdrew from the spotlight, rarely talking about his career. In 2001 Black Shadow was inducted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame for his contributions to professional wrestling. Cruz also appeared in numerous Mexican wrestling films with Santo, mostly billed as "Black Shadow" in the credits. In two Blue Demon films, ("Blue Demon en Noche de muerte" and "Santo y Blue Demon contra los monstruos") the Black Shadow played an evil duplicate (or clone) of Blue Demon, dressed in the Blue