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 live album, and two EPs. To date, Mad Caddies have sold over 500,000 albums worldwide.

Mad Caddies
The Mad Caddies in 2006
Background information
Also known asThe Ivy League
the Caddies
OriginSolvang, California, United States
GenresSka punk, reggae, punk rock, pop punk
Years active1995–present
LabelsFat Wreck Chords
Associated actsEllwood, Kinothek, Mariachi El Bronx
Websitemadcaddies.com
MembersChuck Robertson
Todd Rosenberg
Sascha Lazor
Graham Palmer
Eduardo Hernandez
Mark Bush
Past membersDustin Lanker
Boz Rivera
Derrick Plourde
Keith Douglas
Carter Benson
Mark Iversen
Brian Flenniken
James William Malis

The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including ska (especially ska 3rd wave), punk rock, hardcore punk, reggae, dixieland jazz, Latin music, polka, even cowpunk ("Crew Cut Chuck") and sea shanties ("Weird Beard").[1][2][3][4]

History

Founding members Chuck Robertson, Sascha Lazor, Todd Rosenberg, and Carter Benson started the group while attending Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. Robertson, Lazor, and Rosenberg are still current members, joined by Graham Palmer on bass, Eduardo Hernandez on trombone, and Mark Bush on trumpet.[1]

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 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.[1] In 2020 the Caddies released a 5 song EP titled "House on Fire" on Fat Wreck Chords.

In 2004 Chuck Robertson, Sascha and Carter started together with Derrek Ploude a sideprojekt, called Sweet Action. Today their tracks are really hard to find. The band posted them during the 2000'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 skatepunk direction. The project was a pure Pop-Punk/ Skatepunk 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.

Discography
Studio albums
EPs
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
Music Videos
  • Road Rash (1998)
  • Leavin' (2003)
  • State of Mind (2007)
  • Let it Go (2020)

Members

Current

Past
  • Keith Douglas - trumpet, vocals (1997-2016)
  • Carter Benson - guitar, vocals (1995-2002)
  • Dustin Lanker - keyboards (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 - trumpet (2014-2015) (touring member)
  • Jason "Wild Card" Lichau - trumpet (2015-2017) (touring member)

Timeline

References
  1. "Mad Caddies | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  2. "Interview: Mad Caddies « The Pier Magazine". Thepier.org. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  3. Punknews.org. "Interviews: Mad Caddies on their new album". Punknews.org. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  4. "Mad Caddies". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
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