Sat, Aug 24 • 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Rec Room • 79 W Chippewa St, Buffalo 14202
SPECIAL GUESTS: The Iron Roses, Skamagotchi
The Mad Caddies were formed by Chuck Robertson (lead vocals and guitar), Sascha Lazor(lead guitar), Carter Benson (guitar), and Todd Rosenberg (drums) while they were attending Santa Ynez Valley Union High School in Santa Ynez, not far from Santa Barbara. With Mark Iverson on bass, Eduardo Hernandez on trombone, and Keith Douglas on trumpet, the band began playing out, originally using the name Cracked Macaroni.
After cutting the five-song stopgap EP The Holiday Has Been Cancelled, Todd Rosenberg left the group, and Daniel Rivera, aka Boz, stepped in as their drummer for the 2001 album of twisted sea shanties Rock the Plank. (Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourdealso sat in on several cuts.) Rivera’s time in the Mad Caddies proved to be brief; several months after Rock the Plank came out, he left the band and Brian Flenniken took over behind the drum kit, while guitarist Carter Benson also moved on. The new lineup was documented on 2003’s Just One More, and they preserved their raucous live show for the ages with 2004’s Live from Toronto: Songs in the Key of Eh. The release of 2007’s Keep It Going found the Mad Caddies unveiling another new lineup, with Cris Badham taking over on bass from Mark Iverson. The group’s recording schedule began to slow down as they spent more time on the road, with their next album, Dirty Rice, not appearing until 2014. (The compilation Consentual Selections served as a stopgap in 2010.) More personnel changes had occurred during their downtime, with original drummer Todd Rosenberg returning to the band, Graham Palmer replacing Cris Badham on bass, and Dustin Lanker becoming their first full-time keyboard player.
In 2017, trumpeter Keith Douglas dropped out of the lineup, and Mark Bush, ex-Voodoo Glow Skulls, joined the horn lineup. For their next recording project, Fat Mike proposed that the Mad Caddies cut a handful of classic punk rock tunes in their trademark style. With Mike drawing up the song list and producing the sessions, the Mad Caddies delivered Punk Rocksteady in July 2018.
