The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a

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, United States. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs. To date, Mad Caddies have sold over 500,000 albums worldwide. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including

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(especially ska 3rd wave), punk rock,

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, polka, even

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("Crew Cut Chuck") and

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("Weird Beard").

History

Founding members Chuck Robertson, Sascha Lazor,

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started the group while attending

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. Robertson, Lazor, and Rosenberg are still current members, joined by Graham Palmer on bass, Eduardo Hernandez on trombone, and Mark Bush on trumpet. In the band's early beginnings in the mid-1990s, they performed as Cracked Macaroni at Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. Shortly thereafter, the band played under the name The Ivy League, but in 1996 they changed their name after signing to the

Honest Don's Records Honest Don's Records was a subsidiary label based in San Francisco, California, set up along with Pink & Black Records by Fat Wreck Chords to release material by bands that didn't fit within the roster at Fat. The label ceased trading around 2 ...

label to avoid confusion (and potential litigation) with two prior bands that went by the same moniker. The band's debut album, ''

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'', was released the following year. After the release of the album, the band was signed to Fat Mike's label

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, through which the Mad Caddies have released 6 studio albums, 2 EPs and a live album. The Caddies have toured extensively throughout their career including tours across the USA, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Their most recent full-length release, Punk Rocksteady, was released on June 15th 2018 and was produced by Fat Mike. In 2020 the Caddies released a 5 song EP titled "House on Fire" on Fat Wreck Chords. In 2022, the band toured Europe, with only Chuck Robertson being present and fill-in members completing the rest of the lineup. As of December 2022, Chuck Robertson is the only remaining permanent member of the band.

Discography

;Studio albums *''

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Rock the Plank ''Rock the Plank'' is the third full-length release from the Mad Caddies The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a ska punk band from Solvang, California, United States. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one liv ...

'' ( 2001) *'' Just One More'' ( 2003) *'' Keep It Going'' ( 2007) *''

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) *''

Punk Rocksteady ''Punk Rocksteady'' is the seventh full-length studio album as well as the first cover album by California ska punk band Mad Caddies, which was released on June 15, 2018 by Fat Wreck Chords. It was released four years after their full-length '' D ...

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) ;EPs *''

The Holiday Has Been Cancelled ''The Holiday Has Been Cancelled'' is the first EP from the Mad Caddies The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a ska punk band from Solvang, California, United States. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one liv ...

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) *'' House on Fire'' (

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) ;Live albums *'' Songs in the Key of Eh! (Live from Toronto)'' ( 2004) *''Live @ Munich Backstage Germany 2007'' (only 300 copies of this live DVD were made worldwide) ;Compilations *''

Consentual Selections ''Consentual Selections'' is the first best of album by California ska punk band Mad Caddies, released on July 20, 2010. Track listing #"Backyard" - 3:02 (from '' Keep it Going'', 2007) #"Leavin" - 2:59 (from ''Just One More'', 2003) #"No Hope" ...

'' ( 2010) ;Music Videos * Road Rash (1998) * Leavin' (2003) * State of Mind (2007) * Let it Go (2020)

Other projects

In 2008 Chuck Robertson started a side project Ellwood which featured Robertson on vocals and guitar, Graham Palmer on bass, Todd Rosenberg on drums, and Dustin Lanker on keys. The band was active from 2008-2012. Former trumpet player Keith Douglas has been a member of Mariachi El Bronx since 2012 as well as King City with members of Lagwagon and RKL. A project with former member Carter Benson (under the alias "Sharky Towers") called
Jaws
was released in 2006. Other members include

Derrick Plourde Derrick William Plourde (October 17, 1971 – March 30, 2005) was an American drummer, musician and artist. Born in Goleta, California, he was active from 1989 until his death in 2005. Although best known as a former member of Lagwagon, Plourd ...

and "Little" Joe Raposo. The release is called "Death & Taxes Volume One" and sounds significantly different than Mad Caddies. Bassist Graham Palmer has fronted his solo project Kinothek since 2008. Since 2020 Palmer has also recorded as Redacted Choir alongside

Jordan Dalrymple Antonionian (born Jordan Dalrymple) is a multi-instrumentalist based in California. History Jordan Dalrymple has been a member of Subtle and 13 & God. He released the debut album, '' Antonionian'', under the alias Antonionian on Anticon in 2011 ...

. In 1999 Chuck Robertson, Sascha and Carter started a side project with Derrek Ploude calle
Sweet Action
Today their tracks are really hard to find. The band posted them during the late 90's on Mp3.com and today somebody has put them out on Youtube. Songs like "Did I tell you that I like Bad Religion" have a strong skate punk direction. The project was a pure Pop-Punk/ Skate punk project without any horns or Ska-elements. One of their tracks made it to the HAPPY MEALS compilations series on My Records, which was owned by Joey Cape from Lagwagon. In 2021, it was announced that Chuck Robertson would be releasing a new solo album under his own name.

Members

Current

*Chuck Robertson - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1995-present)

Past

*Sascha Lazor -

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featu ...

, banjo (1995-2022) *Eduardo Hernandez -

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(1996-2022) *Graham Palmer-

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

(2009-2022) *Todd Rosenberg- drums (1995-1999, 2010-2022) *Mark Bush -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

(2018-2022) *Keith Douglas -

(1997-2016) *Carter Benson -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

(1995-2002) * Dustin Lanker -

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(2007-2015) *Mark Iverson - bass (1995-2006) *Chris Badham - bass (2006-2008) (touring member) *Brian Flenniken - drums (2001-2008) *Boz Rivera - drums (2000-2001, 2008-2009) *Derrick Plourde - drums (2001) *Bobby "Moonbird" Vesnaver -

(2014-2015) (touring member) *Jason "Wild Card" Lichau -

(2015-2017) (touring member) *Chris Butcher –

Trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(2015) (touring member)

Timeline

References

External links

Mad Caddies official siteInterview With SaschaLive at GreenSounds Festival, Bucharest 2016 (Gallery)
{{Authority control American ska punk musical groups Musical groups established in 1995 Fat Wreck Chords artists Musical groups from California Third-wave ska groups