The Mad Caddies are a ska punk band from Solvang, California. The band formed in 1995 and has released seven full-length albums, one live album, and two EPs. To date, Mad Caddies have sold over 500,000 albums worldwide.
The Mad Caddies sound has influences from broad ranging genres including ska (especially ska 3rd wave), punk rock, hardcore punk, reggae, dixieland jazz, Latin music, polka, even cowpunk (“Crew Cut Chuck”) and sea shanties (“Weird Beard”).
They have released 6 studio albums, 2 EPs and a live album. They’ve also toured extensively throughout their career including tours across the USA, Europe, Japan, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South America. Their most recent full-length release, Punk Rocksteady, was released on June 15th 2018 and was produced by Fat Mike. In 2020 the Caddies released a 5 song EP titled “House on Fire” on Fat Wreck Chords. They’ve just been through Western Canada in Feb 2023 for 9 sold-out shows and will be touring Ontario and Quebec in June 2023.