For California ska stalwarts Mad Caddies, choosing the songs for their upcoming covers compilation Punk Rock Steady, was a careful process. “We went back and forth for a while via email,” says guitarist Sascha Lazor. “We would pick and band and try different songs until we found one that worked.”
But with Fat Mike behind the boards as producer for the project, he says, “We obviously knew we were going to pick a NOFX song.” Fat Mike didn’t say they select a particular one, Lazor says, “But he definitely told us what songs he didn’t want us to do.”
“In the end the band decided to put a laid back two-tone spin on NOFX’s hypermanic 1992 “She’s Gone,” with backing vocals from Interrupters front woman Aimee Interrupter (who also assists on their cover of Op Ivy’s “Sleep Long”). It’ll appear next to songs by the Misfits, Green Day, and Against Me! when Punk Rock Steady drops June 15 on Fat Wreck Chords (but you can pre-order now).
The band kicks off a summer of (mostly European) tour dates on June 1 at Bottom Lounge in Chicago, for which tickets are still available, stoney.
MAD CADDIES
Punk Rocksteady
Fat Wreck Chords
Release Date: June 15, 2018
Put down that spliff and buy the record.
Track list (Original Artist):
01. Sorrow (Bad Religion)
02. Sleep Long (Operation Ivy)
03. She (Green Day)
04. …And We Thought That Nation-States Were a Bad Idea (Propagandhi)
05. She’s Gone (NOFX)
06. AM (Tony Sly)
07. Alien 8 (Lagwagon)
08. 2RAK005 (Bracket)
09. Some Kinda Hate (the Misfits)
10. Sink, Florida, Sink (Against Me!)
11. Jean Is Dead (Descendents)
12. Take Me Home (Piss Off) (Snuff)
Mad Caddies Tour Dates:
06/01: Chicago, IL—Bottom Lounge
06/02: Thornville, OH—Camp Punk in Drublic
06/14: Nickelsdorf, AT—Nova Rock Festival
06/16: Munich, DE—Backstage
06/17: Gelsenkirchen, DE—Punk in Drublic Fest
06/19: Regensburg, DE—Alte Malzerei
06/20: Linz, AT—Gasthaus Auerhahn
06/21: Ljubljana, SI—Punk in Drublic Fest
06/22: Dessau-Rosslau, DE—This is Ska Festival
06/23: Wiesbaden, DE—Punk in Drublic Fest
06/24: Izel, BE—Fete de la Musique Izel
06/26: Zurich, CH—Dynamo
06/27: Selestat, FR—Bar le Tigre
06/28: Isle of Bute, UK—Bute Fest
06/29: Dornbirn, AT—Meese Dornbirn
06/30: Giebelstadt, DE—Mission Ready Festival
07/01: Berlin, DE—Punk in Drublic Fest
07/26: Bausendorf, DE—Riez Open Air
07/27: Megesheim, DE—Der Krater Bebt Festival
07/31: Newcastle, UK—O2 Academy Newcastle
08/01: Birmingham, UK—O2 Academy 3
08/02: Blackpool, UK—Rebellion Festival
08/03: Duffel, BE—Brakrock Ecofest
08/04: Horb Am Neckar, DE—Mini Rock Festival
08/06: Tolmin, SI—Punk Rock Holiday
08/08: Prague, CZ—Futurum
08/08-12: Eschwege, DE—Open Flair Festival
08/09: Püttlingen, DE—Rocco Del Schlacko
08/12: Bellaria-Igea Marina, IT—Bay Fest
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