Mad Caddies

Infobox musical artist
Name = Mad Caddies

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Alias = The Ivy League
Origin = Solvang, California, United States
Genre = Ska punk
Years_active = 1995–present
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
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URL = http://www.madcaddies.com/
Current_members = Chuck Robertson
Brian Flenniken
Sascha Lazor
Keith Douglas
Ed Hernandez
Cris Badham
Past_members = Todd Rosenberg
Derrick Plourde
Carter Benson
Mark IversenThe 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 EP's. The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including ska, punk, hardcore, swing, pop punk, reggae, jazz, Spanish, polka, even rockabilly ("Crew Cut Chuck") and pirate shanties ("Weird Beard").

History

Founding members Chuck Robertson, Sascha Lazor, Todd Rosenberg, Carter Benson and James Malis started the group in 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, and bassist Mark Iversen left the band in 2006. The current lineup consists of:
*Chuck Robertson (lead vocals/rhythm guitar/primary lyricist)
*Sascha Lazor (lead guitar/banjo/primary composer),
*Keith Douglas (trumpet/backing vocals)
*Ed Hernandez (trombone)
*Brian Flenniken (drums/percussion),
*Cris Badham (bass guitar).

The band used to play 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 4 studio albums, an EP and a live album.

The band's fifth studio album was released on the 1st of May 2007.

Discography

*"Quality Soft Core" (1997)
*"Duck and Cover" (1998)
*"The Holiday Has Been Cancelled - EP" (2000)
*"Rock the Plank" (2001)
*"Just One More" (2003)
*"Songs in the Key of Eh! (Live From Toronto)" (2004)
*"2007 Tour EP - EP"- (Sold only on their 2007 tour, with 2 new tracks from "Keep It Going", plus 4 older songs) (2007)
*"Keep It Going" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.madcaddies.com/ Mad Caddies official site]
* [http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/mad_caddies_2/ Interview with Mad Caddies]
* [http://www.epitunes.com/Artists/Mad-Caddies Mad Caddies Music and Concert Schedule]
* [http://www.madcaddies.net/ Mad Caddies unofficial fansite]
* [http://www.mad-caddies.de/ Mad Caddies german fansite]
* [http://www.punknews.org/article/23525 Interview with Evan Greenblo for PunkNews.org]
* [http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=madcaddies Interview With Sascha]
* [http://www.thepunksite.com/interviews.php?page=madcaddies2 Another interview with Sascha]
* [http://www.distortedmagazine.com/June2007/ Mad Caddies feature in Distorted magazine]