Mad Caddies

Mad Caddies
The Mad Caddies in 2006
Background information
Also known as	The Ivy League
Origin	Solvang, California, United States
Genres	Ska punk
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords
Associated acts	Ellwood
Website	http://www.madcaddies.net/
Members
Chuck Robertson Todd Rosenberg Sascha Lazor Keith Douglas Ed Hernandez Graham Palmer Dustin Lanker
Past members
Boz Rivera Derrick Plourde Carter Benson Mark Iversen Chris Badham James Malis

The Mad Caddies (or the Caddies) are a third wave ska band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released five full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including ska, punk rock, hardcore punk, swing , reggae, jazz, Spanish, polka, even cowpunk ("Crew Cut Chuck") and sea shanties ("Weird Beard").

History

Founding members Chuck Robertson, Sascha Lazor, Todd Rosenberg, Carter Benson and James Malis started the group while attending Santa Ynez Valley Union High School but the band's membership has changed frequently since its inception. Drummer Todd Rosenberg left the band in 1999, Benson left the band in 2002, bassist Mark Iversen left the band in 2006 and drummer Brian Flenniken left in 2008 to be replaced by Boz Rivera. In 2010 original drummer Todd Rosenberg returned to the band alongside childhood friend Graham Palmer on bass.

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 label to avoid confusion (and potential litigation) with two prior bands that went by the same moniker. The band's debut album, Quality Soft Core, was released the following year. After the release of the album, the band was signed to Fat Mike's label Fat Wreck Chords, through which the Mad Caddies have released 5 studio albums, 2 EPs and a live album

Discography

Studio albums

• Quality Soft Core (1997)
• Duck and Cover (1998)
• Rock the Plank (2001)
• Just One More (2003)
• Keep It Going (2007)

EPs

• The Holiday Has Been Cancelled (2000)
• 2007 Tour EP (Sold only on their 2007 tour, with 2 new tracks from Keep It Going, plus 4 older songs) (2007)

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 (2010) Greatest hits collection

Members

Current members

• Chuck Robertson - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Sascha Lazor - lead guitar, banjo
• Keith Douglas - trumpet, backing vocals
• Eduardo Hernandez - trombone
• Graham Palmer- bass guitar
• Todd Rosenberg- drums
• Dustin Lanker - keyboards (touring)

External links

• Mad Caddies official site
• Interview with Mad Caddies
• Mad Caddies Music and Concert Schedule
• Mad Caddies unofficial fansite
• Mad Caddies german fansite
• Interview with Evan Greenblo for PunkNews.org
• Interview With Sascha
• Another interview with Sascha
• Mad Caddies feature in Distorted magazine