Goodshirt are an
alternative
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/
pop/
rock
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band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup with the Fisher brothers, Rodney and Murray, for safe keeping.
While still a three piece, the band submitted their song "
Green
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" to a track competition run by radio station 9inety6dot1. Subsequently, station manager Grant Hislop became their manager, and the band was rounded out with drummer Mike Beehre joining the fold.
"Sophie", the fourth single from their debut album ''Good'', was a number one single in New Zealand. ''Good'' was released in Canada, Australia, and Japan.
A second album, ''
Fiji Baby
''Fiji Baby'' (2004) is the second studio album from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt
Goodshirt are an alternative/ pop/rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup wi ...
'', was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it reached number 5 in the New Zealand charts.
The band went on hiatus in 2005 when Rodney Fisher moved to London to work with
Breaks Co-Op, but reunited in 2011, and in early 2012 they began playing again with support gigs for
Hall & Oates
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and
Icehouse
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as part of the A Day on the Green festival. In May 2012 Goodshirt released the new EP ''Skinny Mirror'' and including the singles "So Charming" and "Out of Our League".
In 2014, the band released a cover of "Sierra Leone" originally by
Coconut Rough
Coconut Rough were a short-lived New Zealand pop/ new wave band formed in 1982.
Despite their 1983 first single, "Sierra Leone", hitting the top five, and the band being named ''Most Promising Group of the Year'' at that year's RIANZ Awards th ...
. It was made available as a free download through their
SoundCloud
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band page, along with the release of an official music video on YouTube.
Members
* Rodney Fisher – guitar and vocals
* Murray Fisher – guitar
* Gareth Thomas – keyboards/bass and vocals
* Mike Beehre – drums
Music videos
Five videos were directed by Joe Lonie, including some that were shot in a single take.
Lonie notes that at the height of their close creative relationship, "they even talked about me being an unofficial fifth member of the band."
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
Featured appearances
Goodshirt has appeared on many compilations and soundtracks in both New Zealand and Australia.
* 2001 – ''
Starf(Star)Ckers Cyber Garage Music from Planet Aotearoa''
(Antenna Recordings
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/EMI
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) – "Everyday"
* 2001 – ''Channel Z The Best of Vol. 2''
(Warner Music
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) – "
Blowing Dirt
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"
* 2001 – ''
100% Kiwi Rock''
(Warner Music
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) – "
Green
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"
* 2002 – ''
Top of the Pops 2002 Vol. 2''
(Universal Music
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) – "
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
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"
* 2002 – ''Channel Z: The Best of Vol. 3''
(Universal Music
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) – "
Green
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"
* 2003 – ''
The Strip Soundtrack''
(Loop Recordings
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) – "
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
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"
* 2003 – ''
Coleman Sessions Recorded Live at York Street''
(Warner Music
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) – "
Green
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"
* 2004 – ''
Hot Wheels: Hot Hits 4''
(Shock Records
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History
The three founding members had all previously worked in music retail or distribution: Williams for a Melbourne distribution company called "Musi ...
) – "
Blowing Dirt
Blowing may refer to:
*Air
*Breath
*Blowing by a whale, from blowhole (anatomy) Industrial processes
*Blowing (glassmaking)
*Blowing (textile finishing)
*Dry blowing
Dry blowing is a method to extract gold particles from dry soil without the us ...
"
* 2004 – ''
State of the Nation''
(EMI
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) – "Buck It Up"
* 2004 – ''
Big Day Out 04
''Big Day Out 04'' is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2004.
Track listing
Disc one
#" 53rd & 3rd" - Metallica
#"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" - The Mars Volta
#"Are You Gonna Be M ...
''
(Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's cor ...
) – "
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
"
* 2004 – ''
Now That's What I Call Music 16''
(EMI
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) – "
Fiji Baby
''Fiji Baby'' (2004) is the second studio album from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt
Goodshirt are an alternative/ pop/rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup wi ...
"
* 2004 – ''
Triumph
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''
(Sony Music
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) – "
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
"
* 2005 – ''
Top of the Pops 2005''
(Universal Music
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, Dutch law. UMG's cor ...
) – "Buck It Up"
* 2005 – ''Lazy Sunday 5''
(EMI
EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 201 ...
) – "My Racing Head"
* 2005 – ''
Triple J – Like a Version: Vol. 1''
(ABC Music
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) – "Gouge Away" (
Pixies
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cover)
* 2006 – ''
More Nature
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''
(Sony BMG
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) – "
Sophie
Sophie is a version of the female given name Sophia, meaning "wise".
People with the name Born in the Middle Ages
* Sophie, Countess of Bar (c. 1004 or 1018–1093), sovereign Countess of Bar and lady of Mousson
* Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess o ...
"
* 2007 – ''
Outrageous Fortune Westside Rules''
( WM New Zealand) – "Buck It Up"
References
External links
AudioCulture profile
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New Zealand indie rock groups
Musical groups established in 2000
Musical groups from Auckland
New Zealand pop rock groups