Goodshirt
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Goodshirt are an innovative Alternative
/pop
/rock
band from Auckland, New Zealand. Its members are Gareth Thomas, brothers Murray and Rodney Fisher and drummer Mike Beehre.
A few more singles were released off the album (through their own label 'Cement' - licensed to EMI
New Zealand). One of these, "Sophie", reached No.1 on the NZ singles chart in 2002. Following this success the album was released in Australia
, Canada
and Japan
.
A second album, Fiji Baby
, was released at the beginning of 2004. Its notable singles include "Fiji Baby", "Buck It Up" and "Lucy".
Goodshirt have been on hiatus since 2005, but are now actively working on new material for release in early 2012, kicking things off with a gig on 22nd of Dec 2011 at the legendary Kings Arms in Auckland, and also supporting Hall and Oates and Icehouse
in January 2012.
), Which were notably shot in a single take..
and Australia
.
Alternative
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/pop
Pop music
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/rock
Rock music
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band from Auckland, New Zealand. Its members are Gareth Thomas, brothers Murray and Rodney Fisher and drummer Mike Beehre.
History
Goodshirt first came to prominence in 2000 with the independent release "Green". After a string of further singles, the band's debut album Good was released in August 2001. All Goodshirt tracks are self-produced.A few more singles were released off the album (through their own label 'Cement' - licensed to EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
New Zealand). One of these, "Sophie", reached No.1 on the NZ singles chart in 2002. Following this success the album was released in Australia
Australia
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, Canada
Canada
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and Japan
Japan
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.
A second album, Fiji Baby
Fiji Baby
Fiji Baby is the second studio album from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt.-Release Information:New Zealand: February 2004 - Australia: September 2004 - Canada: February 2005 -...
, was released at the beginning of 2004. Its notable singles include "Fiji Baby", "Buck It Up" and "Lucy".
Goodshirt have been on hiatus since 2005, but are now actively working on new material for release in early 2012, kicking things off with a gig on 22nd of Dec 2011 at the legendary Kings Arms in Auckland, and also supporting Hall and Oates and Icehouse
Icehouse
Icehouse or ice house may refer to* Ice house , a building where ice is stored* Vivekanandar Illam, a palace at Chennai, India, also known as Ice House* National Ice Sports Centre, Melbourne, Australia...
in January 2012.
Videos
Goodshirt are known for their original music videos. Many were directed by Joe Lonie (of 1990's pop-funk band SupergrooveSupergroove
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), Which were notably shot in a single take..
- "Green" Version #1 - The band was on a beach, buried in the sand, surrounded by hula-hooping schoolgirls.
- "Green" Version #2 - The band using the bathroom with reversed gravity: All items fall or flow up to the ceiling.
- "Blowing Dirt" - A Mazda 929Mazda 929The Mazda 929 was originally a mid-size car from 1973–1987 and as a full-size car thereafter. Marketed over three decades, the 929 was originally the export name for the Mazda Luce. When equipped with a rotary engine, it was called the Mazda RX-4 in export markets...
or Austin 1300 (depending on the video's version) is seen at a car-wrecker's being "un-smashed-up". - "Sophie" - A girl in a dressing gown listening to the song out of her headphones which are so loud that she does not realize that the band is stealing everything out of the room she is in.
- "Monotone" - The band play a game of badminton, dressed in BeeKeeper suits.
- "Buck it up" - An abstract day in the life of a bullied schoolboy.
- "Fiji Baby" - Filmed entirely in a motel room of some sort, mostly of the lead singer sitting on the bed with a suitcase. Since the lyrics say "when we went to Hamilton", it's presumable that the motel is, or at least, is supposed to be in Hamilton, and that he was there on a business trip, as he wears a suit in the video, and the line preceding "when we went to HamiltonHamilton, New ZealandHamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
" is "I said, just pretend it's a holiday". The video ends with him leaving the motel room in response to a cell-phone call.
Discography
| Albums | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of Release | Title | Certification |
| July 2001 | Good | Platinum |
| February 2004 | Fiji Baby Fiji Baby Fiji Baby is the second studio album from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt.-Release Information:New Zealand: February 2004 - Australia: September 2004 - Canada: February 2005 -... |
Gold |
| EPs | ||
| 2002 | E.G. E.G. (EP) E.G. is an Australian only release EP from New Zealand four piece Goodshirt.-Track listing:#"Place To Be" – 3:26#"Blowing Dirt" – 4:06#"Not That Far" – 2:50#"Mixing It Up" – 2:53#"Melobeeda" – 3:34#"Fall" – 2:38... (Australia release only) |
- |
Singles
| Year | Single | Album | Charted | Certification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Place To Be Place To Be "Place To Be" is the debut single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt. The single also includes the music video for "Place To Be"."Place To Be" is track two, side one, of English folk singer Nick Drake's last album Pink Moon.-Track listing:... " |
Good | Sophie Sophie (song) "Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ... " |
1 (NZ) | - | |
| "Green Green (song) "Green" is a single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt.-Track listings:#Green #Green #Sophie ... " |
12 (NZ) | - | |||
| "Monotone" | 31 (NZ) | - | |||
| "Blowing Dirt" | 13 (NZ) | - | |||
| "Buck It Up" | Fiji Baby | 2 (NZ) | - | ||
| "Fiji Baby" | 1 (NZ) | - |
Featured appearances
Since its inception Goodshirt has appeared on many compilations and soundtracks in both New ZealandNew Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
- 2001 - Starf(Star)Ckers Cyber Garage Music from Planet Aotearoa (Antenna Recordings/EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - "Everyday" - 2001 - Channel Z The Best Of Vol. 2 (Warner Music) - "Blowing Dirt"
- 2001 - 100% Kiwi Rock (Warner Music) - "GreenGreen (song)"Green" is a single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt.-Track listings:#Green #Green #Sophie ...
" - 2002 - Top Of The Pops 2002 Vol. 2 (Universal Music) - "SophieSophie (song)"Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ...
" - 2002 - Channel Z: The Best Of Vol. 3Channel Z: The Best Of Vol. 3Channel Z: The Best Of Vol. 3 is a 2-disc New Zealand compilation album released in 2002 featuring the best songs played on New Zealand radio station, Channel Z.-Disc one:#Pts.of.athrty - Linkin Park#Boom P.O.D.#Prayer - Disturbed...
(Universal Music) - "GreenGreen (song)"Green" is a single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt.-Track listings:#Green #Green #Sophie ...
" - 2003] - The Strip Soundtrack (Loop Recordings) - "SophieSophie (song)"Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ...
" - 2003 - Coleman Sessions Recorded Live At York Street (Warner Music) - "GreenGreen (song)"Green" is a single by New Zealand group, Goodshirt.-Track listings:#Green #Green #Sophie ...
" - 2004 - Hot Wheels: Hot Hits 4 (Shock RecordsShock RecordsShock Records is Australia's largest independent record label. It helps distribute records from overseas records labels such as Epitaph Records, and also for small record labels designed specifically for that band such as Cement Records...
) - "Blowing Dirt" - 2004 - State of the Nation (EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - "Buck It Up" - 2004 - Big Day Out 04Big Day Out 04 (album)Big Day Out 04 is a New Zealand compilation album released to coincide with the Big Day Out music festival in 2004.-Disc one:#"53rd & 3rd" - Metallica#"This Apparatus Must Be Unearthed" - The Mars Volta#"Are You Gonna Be My Girl" - Jet...
(Universal Music) - "SophieSophie (song)"Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ...
" - 2004 - Now That's What I Call Music 16Now That's What I Call Music 16 (N.Z. series)Now That's What I Call Music 16 or Now 16 was released in 2004. The album is the 16th edition of the Now! series.-Track listing:#Dei Hamo : "We Gon Ride"#Nina Sky featuring Jabba : "Move Ya Body"#JoJo : "Leave "...
(EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - "Fiji Baby" - 2004 - TriumphTriumph (album)Triumph was the debut album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1976. The album was remastered and re-released with a new cover and name in 1995 called In the Beginning .-Track listing:Side oneSide two...
(Sony Music) - "SophieSophie (song)"Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ...
" - 2005 - Top Of The Pops 2005 (Universal Music) - "Buck It Up"
- 2005 - Lazy Sunday 5 (EMIEMIThe EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
) - "My Racing Head" - 2005 - Triple J - Like a Version: Vol. 1Like A VersionLike a Version is a segment on the Australian radio station Triple J. It was created by Mel Bampton as part of the Mel in the Morning program. Currently the segment pops up whenever artists are available and willing to do it, though mainly on the Breakfast show...
(ABC MusicAustralian Broadcasting CorporationThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
) - "Gouge Away" (Pixies cover) - 2006 - More NatureMore NatureMore Nature is a one-disc compilation album of twenty notable New Zealand popular music songs from 2000-2005, intended to be a supplement to the Nature's Best series of compilation albums...
(Sony BMG) - "SophieSophie (song)"Sophie" is a single by New Zealand group Goodshirt. It achieved them their only New Zealand number-one single in May 2002.-Track listing:#Sophie #Green #Melobeeda ...
" - 2007 - Outrageous Fortune Westside Rules (WM New Zealand) - "Buck It Up"