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Biography
Use dmy dates|date=April 2011Infobox musical artist| name = Goodshirt| image = Goodshirt promo.jpg| caption =| background = group_or_band| origin = Grey Lynn , Auckland , New Zealand | genre = Rock music|Rock Pop music|Pop | label = CEMENT Records| website = http://www.facebook.com/goodshirt| members = Rodney Fisher Murray Fisher Mike Beehre Gareth Thomas Goodshirt are an innovative Alternative rock|Alternative / Pop music|pop / Rock music|rock 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 (Goodshirt 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 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 (band)|Icehouse in January 2012.
Videos
Goodshirt are known for their original music videos. Many were directed by Joe Lonie (of 1990's pop-funk band Supergroove ), 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 929 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 primarily in a single hotel room.
