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Biography
They’ve been called abstract, quirky, avant-garde, irresistible and bizarre. They’ve written songs in
the voice of the psycho transsexual from Silence of the Lambs (“Lotion”) and made psychedelic-era
internet videos starring Tattoo (“Da Plane, boss, da plane!”) caught in a sexual world of tall women
(“Pilipino Phil.”) They’ve toured the globe as a four man band of brothers and an ordinance of auditory assault. But really, who are these mysterious Greenskeepers? Are they really a group of Satan
worshipping golf jesters addicted to the excesses of the flesh? Do they spend more time making
jokes and exchanging insults than taking themselves seriously? Do they really have something to
do with the Rainbow Brite cartoon legacy? Unless you’ve shared time and space with one of most
uniquely strange and original groups of the last decade, you may never know.
Greenskeepers’ founding members James Curd and Nick Maurer grew up skateboarding together
in Chicago in the early nineties. In those years, Maurer performed singing and playing guitar in
various punk bands and Curd spent his time DJ’ng, holding down residencies with Derrick Carter.
In 1998, Curd and Maurer got together and wrote the whimsical song “Should I Sing Like This”
as Greenskeepers, taking their name from their shared employment at the time, caddying. It was
Maurer and Curd’s initial vision to have a good time, record it, and see if people would dance to
it. They did! The tune became a hit amongst DJ’s throughout the city and Carter signed the group
to his Classic Recordings imprint releasing the song on 12” later that year. Gaining press support
from the likes of Rolling Stone to URB, the Greenskeepers new and fresh take of mixing classic 20’s
swing with house and spinning it all together into one big twirling whimsical whirlwind caught the
ear of multi-instrumentalist and producer Mark Share. While Maurer spent time traveling in Germany looking for love in all the right places, Share sat in with Curd to help complete the Greenskeepers first full length album “The Ziggy Franklin Radio Show” in 2001. Complete with skits a plenty,
and a few tunes thrown in for good measure, “Ziggy” as its aptly referred to, put the Greenskeepers
officially on the musical map.
Many moons later, in 2004 to be exact, Share, Curd, and Maurer joined forces with the bass playing cowboy Coban Rudish who had performed with Share in a funk band in college, to work on
the second Greenskeepers album “Pleetch,” so named after an equipment malfunction coined the
phrase. It was around this time that word of the Keepers Green crossed the ears of San Francisco
indie Om Records, who ended up licensing the album from Classic for U.S. distribution. After licensing three of the tunes from the album to the hit show Grey’s Anatomy, as well as locking down the
Greenskeepers’ remix of the Pixar/Disney classic “The Incredibles” theme song, Om decided to
pursue signing the group for worldwide distribution of their third album “Polo Club.” Recorded as a
LIVE band from beginning to end, “Polo Club” stands as the first Greenskeepers release completed
by all four members together in one place at one time. Already receiving praises for the songs “15
Minutes” and “Polo Club,” this album sets the record straight and signals only the beginning for
these four maniacal young men from Chicago.
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Check your mallets and stallions at the pitch!
Greenskeepers crash the “Polo Club”
“We want people to have fun and get nuts. We take the best aspects of live music and club
house and make people get crazy.” – Greenskeepers’ James Curd
As individuals, guitarist/keyboard maestro Mark Share, electro-percussionist James Curd, microphone banter master Nick Maurer, and bassist Coban Rudish are fine musicians, humans even, but
in the greater order, they are mere mortals. Together, they are the Greenskeepers—a band of brothers and an ordinance of auditory assault. Not to be confined by any box, the band barely balked
at the overwhelming success of their underground hit “Lotion,” from their second LP (first LP on
Om), Pleetch, and the accompanying mash-up video that continues to delightfully infest computer
screens across the globe. Instead, the collective returned to the Chicago studio to create seventeen
interstellar tracks featuring the band’s signature guitar-driven sonic hooks and unpredictable vocals.
Polo Club, marks an unforeseen level of musical progression and a testament to the power of four.
Polo Club is the culmination of two years of touring the world as a cohesive unit. “We wanted to
focus on working within the band itself and making a record that showcases what we do live.” says
James Curd. “When we sat down and thought of how we wanted the new record to sound we all
agreed it would be fun to use Lotion as our starting point. We kept telling ourselves, ‘More Guitars!’” The end result is a collection of songs that perfectly captures the insane genius and singular
sound of the Greenskeepers.
The first two singles, “Polo Club” and “15 Minutes,” spotlight the new boundaries the Greenskeepers are breaking. Polo Club is a high-octane pop-punk joyride brimming with the infectious energy
the band is known for. The more thought-provoking 15 Minutes captures the ‘Keepers’ ability to
write a well crafted song. Polo Club also includes a special bonus CD featuring Greenskeepers’
remixes and original tracks mixed live at Love (NYC) by James Curd.
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Greenskeepers Highlights & Press Buzz Thus Far
Viral Music Video for “Lotion” Received Over 1,000,000 Downloads
“Lotion, “Man in the House” and “Go” Licensed to Grey’s Anatomy & CSI Miami TV Series
Featured artist on MySpace Music !
New 12” Singles “Polo Club” / “15 Minutes” featuring remixes by The Rapture, Tommie Sunshine,
Dimitri from Paris and Derrick Carter out now !
Greenskeepers have done remix work for The Incredibles (Film), Kaskade, Lawrence Welk and more!
“A really interesting band with great abstract story telling.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Best live performance at Winter Music Conference” – BILLBOARD
“Heavy rotation - what’s blasting out of our offices.” – SPIN
“DJs from London to Tokyo are spinning Greenskeepers’ silly, irresistible party tunes – at peak
hour.” – ROLLING STONE
“Featured artist - Sound and Vision.” – FLAUNT
New Album (2xCD) In Stores Now!
“If you love pure, palpable funk, dripping in dance beats and saucy lyrics,
check out Polo Club.” – BPM
“If you’re down with the Talking Heads, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah!, tight expensive jeans, black
tees and pints of Stella, you’ll really feel this.” – VAPORS
“Driving guitars, fast action B-52’s-style screaming and ‘Yeah, yeah at the Polo Club!’
Rock On!” – DJ MAG
“Still the best avant dada group around, minus the dwarf.” – URB
Also available “Polo Club” & “15 Minutes” 12 inch vinyl singles out now, featuring remixes by:
The Rapture
Tommie Sunshine
Derrick Carter
Dimitri from Paris
...and more!
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Discography
High Trajectory (12”)
Static Records 1999
Show (CD)
Classic 2003
Extra Spin (12”)
Static Records 2000
Auction Song (12”)
Mouthful 2004
And I Am (12”)
Kailash 2001
Filipino Phil (12”)
Classic 2004
Man In The House (CD, Maxi,
Promo)
OM Records 2005
Gan Overboard (12”)
Farris Wheel Recordings 2001
Go (Remixes Volume 1) (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2004
On The Line (Remixes) (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2005
What’s Your Man Got To Do With
Gan? (12”)
Classic 2001
Keep It Down (12”)
Classic
2004
On The Line / I Like Your Style /
Bustabird (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2005
Dra Gan (12”)
G-Swing 2002
Gan Slam (12”)
Moody Recordings 2002
Should I Sing Like This (12”)
Classic 2002
Gee Swing Record (12”)
G-Swing 2003
Greens Keepers Present The Ziggy
Franklen Radio Show (2xLP) Classic 2003
Mesopotamian (12”)
Classic 2003
Present The Ziggy Franklen Radio
Keep It Down (Remixes) (12”)
Classic 2004
Pleetch (2xLP)
Classic 2004
Pleetch (CD)
Classic 2004
Pleetch (4 Track Sampler) (CD,
Maxi)
Classic 2004
Right On / Go / Burning / Forget
Mine (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2004
Super Gan (12”)
Jackin’ The Box 2004
Go (Remixes Volume 2) (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2005
Man In The House (12”)
OM Records 2005
Pleetch (CD)
OM Records 2005
Toy Land EP (12”)
Vista Recordings 2005
Abracadabra (12”)
Greenskeepers Music 2006
Polo Club (CD, Album + CD,
Album)
OM Records 2006
Polo Club (Part One) (12”)
OM Records 2006
Polo Club (Part Two) (12”)
OM Records 2006
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Discography
Polo Club (CD, Album + CD,
Album)
OM Records 2006
Old Joe Ep (12”)
Old Joe (Greens Keeper...
G-Swing 2003
Full Moon Remixed (12”)
Full Moon (Greenskeepe...
Plastic City 2005
Polo Club (Part One) (12”)
OM Records 2006
In My Life (12”)
In My Life (Greenskeep...
Lovemonk 2004
Full Moon Remixed (File, MP3)
Full Moon (Greenskeepe...
Plastic City 2005
Not For Hire (12”)
Not For Hire (Greenske...
Liquid Architecture 2004
ReMojo! Project (CD)
In My Life (Greenkeepe...
Lovemonk 2005
Our Day / Smile For Me (7”)
Our Day (Greenskeeper...
Area DJ 2004
Renegades Of Funk EP (12”)
Fugs Back (Greens Keep...
Smash Hit Music Co 2005
Steppin’ Out (Remixes) (12”)
Steppin’ Out (Greenske...
OM Records 2004
Carillon Jamz EP (12”)
Turnin’ Round (Greensk...
Lost My Dog 2006
Telefunken / 80’s Throwback
(Remixes) (12”)
80’s Throwback (Greens...
Wash House 2004
City Slummin (12”)
City Slummin (Greenske...
Greenskeepers Music 2006
The Incredibles - The Remix E.P.
(File, MP3)
Is That Incredible (Gr...
Walt Disney Records 2004
Gotta Let Loose EP (12”)
Are You Hip (Greens Ke...
Greenhouse Recordings 2006
Polo Club (Part Two) (12”)
OM Records 2006
Polo Club / 15 Minutes (7”)
OM Records 2006
Very Warm EP (12”)
Jamayka Recordings 2006
Remixes:
Do You Like Robots EP (12”)
Do You Like Robots (Gr...
Farris Wheel Recordings 2001
Mouth (Remixes) (12”)
Mouth (Tongue Twister ...
Classic 2002
Open House (CD)
Taxi Cab Confession (G...
Wagram 2002
Back In The Wild EP (12”)
Back In The Wild (Gree...
Pôle Nord Productions 2003
Chromatix (12”)
Chromatix (Greens Keep...
Grab Recordings 2003
The Incredibles Remixes (2xVinyl,
Promo)
Is That Incredible (Fu...
Walt Disney Records 2004
Enuffs Enuff (12”)
Enuffs Enuff (Greens K...
Greenskeepers Music 2005
Inner Mexican (12”)
Inner Mexican (Innerga...
Public Access 2006
On The Dancefloor (12”)
On The Dancefloor (Gre...
Amfibius Recordings 2006
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Re-Build Your Own EP (12”)
Straight Hustlin (Gree...
.dotbleep 2006
Sessions - Mixed By Mark Farina
(2xCD)
Are You Hip? (Greenske...
Ministry Of Sound 2006
Three Easy Pieces (12”)
Lovely Daye (Greenskee...
Dae Recordings 2006
Walkin’ (Remixes 1) (12”)
Walkin’ (Greenskeepers...
Odds & Ends 2006
London Is The Place For Me (12”)
London Is The Place Fo...
Honest Jon’s Records 2002
Crimes (12”)
Gallery 2006
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