Goodshirt

{{short description|New Zealand music band}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Goodshirt | image = Goodshirt promo.jpg | image_size = | landscape =  | alt = Four young men standing in a field at sunset | caption = Mike, Rodney, Gareth and Murray | background = group_or_band | origin = Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand | genre = {{flatlist| *Indie rock *alternative rock *pop rock *rock }} | years_active = {{start date|2000}}–{{end date|2005}}, 2012–present | label = CEMENT Records, Hark Entertainment | associated_acts = Gareth Thomas, Rodney Fisher & The Rest | current_members = | past_members = }} '''Goodshirt''' are an innovative alternative/pop/rock band from Auckland,<ref>{{Cite web |last=admin |date=2024-04-30 |title=Goodshirt's Music Video For Sophie Still The Most Engaging Content Of All Time |url=https://whakatakitimes.nz/goodshirts-music-video-for-sophie-still-the-most-engaging-content-of-all-time/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=The Whakataki Times |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Goodshirt: good - Lifestyle News |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/igoodshirti-good/N7J4QW3QFUTUO5C6F3GTH77IPU/ |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=NZ Herald |language=en-NZ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Screen |first=NZ On |title=Making Music - Goodshirt {{!}} Short Film {{!}} NZ On Screen |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/making-music-goodshirt-2005 |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=www.nzonscreen.com |language=en}}</ref> New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup with the Fisher brothers, Rodney and Murray, for safe keeping.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/goodshirt|title=Goodshirt – AudioCulture|website=www.audioculture.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>

While still a three piece, the band submitted their song "Green" to a track competition run by radio station 9inety6dot1. Subsequently, station manager Grant Hislop became their manager, and the band was rounded out with drummer Mike Beehre joining the fold.<ref name=":0" />

"Sophie" by keyboard/bassist/vocalist Gareth Thomas<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-21 |title=Why Goodshirt's 'Good' is an essential NZ album {{!}} Review by Nick Bollinger in Music |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/music/why-goodshirt-s-good-is-an-essential-nz-album |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Give It a Whirl: Goodshirt interview - Article {{!}} AudioCulture |url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/profile/goodshirt/articles/give-it-a-whirl-goodshirt-interview |access-date=2025-11-17 |website=www.audioculture.co.nz |language=en}}</ref> was the fourth single from their debut album ''Good''. It was a number one single in New Zealand.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Goodshirt&titel=Sophie&cat=s|title=charts.nz – Goodshirt – Sophie|website=charts.nz|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> ''Good'' was released in Canada, Australia, and Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/goodshirt/artist |title=NZ On Screen|last=Screen|first=NZ On|website=www.nzonscreen.com|language=en|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>

A second album, ''Fiji Baby'', was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it reached number 5 in the New Zealand charts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Goodshirt&titel=Good&cat=a|title=charts.nz – Goodshirt – Good|website=charts.nz|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>

The band went on hiatus in 2005 when Rodney Fisher moved to London to work with Breaks Co-Op,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10803038|title=Album review: Rodney Fisher, Songs From The Backyard|date=2012-05-03|access-date=2019-06-08|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> but reunited in 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/6172425/Goodshirt-end-six-year-hiatus|title=Goodshirt end six-year hiatus|website=Stuff|date=20 December 2011 |language=en|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> and in early 2012 they began playing again with support gigs for Hall & Oates and Icehouse as part of the A Day on the Green festival. In May 2012 Goodshirt released the new EP ''Skinny Mirror'' and including the singles "So Charming" and "Out of Our League".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/entertainment/music/7107230/Goodshirt-take-a-look-in-the-mirror|title=Goodshirt take a look in the mirror|date=15 June 2012 |publisher=The Press|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, the band released a cover of "Sierra Leone" originally by Coconut Rough. It was made available as a free download through their SoundCloud band page, along with the release of an official music video on YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/news/4340/goodshirt-cover-kiwi-classic-sierra-leone|title=Goodshirt cover kiwi classic 'Sierra Leone'|website=www.muzic.net.nz|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11338279|title=Video premiere: Goodshirt's Sierra Leone|date=2014-10-06|access-date=2019-06-08|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>

== Members ==

* Rodney Fisher – guitar and vocals * Murray Fisher – guitar * Gareth Thomas – keyboards/bass and vocals * Mike Beehre – drums

==Music videos==

Five videos were directed by Joe Lonie, including some that were shot in a single take.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/goodshirt/artist|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> Lonie notes that at the height of their close creative relationship, "they even talked about me being an unofficial fifth member of the band."<ref name=radionz>{{cite web|title=The Secret Life of Music Video Directors|url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/secretlife/20090919|publisher=Radio New Zealand|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=98% |- !scope="col" width=3%| Year !scope="col" width=23%| Music video !scope="col" width=19%| Director !scope="col" width=55%| Notes |- | 2000 | "[https://vimeo.com/61078643 Green]" (version 1) | Florian Habicht | Set at a beach, the band are buried up to their necks in sand, surrounded by hula-hooping schoolgirls. Filmed in black and white. |- | rowspan=4 | 2001 | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh0lxU4tOxU&list=PLa8nsC8JqzqwtH1sR4CSRnYihOKoujVKA&index=4 Green]" (version 2) | rowspan=6 | Joe Lonie | Filmed in one continuous take and upside down and sped-up. The band take turns using the sink in a bathroom, with all objects and liquids falling up.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Green|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-green/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |- | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2bg0YTGzU Blowing Dirt]" (version 1) | Set at a car wrecker and filmed backwards and in one continuous take, Rodney sings while a Mazda 929 is "un-smashed-up" in the background.<ref name=radionz /> |- | "Blowing Dirt" (version 2) | Set at a car wrecker and filmed backwards and in one continuous take, Rodney sings while an Austin 1300 is "un-smashed-up" in the background.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Blowing Dirt|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzLBfBtknxk|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP4-E5saQ-o Place to Be]" | Shot in a continuous take and slowed down, the camera follows Rodney through an old building as he eats fruit while singing, coming across a series of unusual situations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Place To Be|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIQDk0vpKGk|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- | rowspan=2 | 2002 | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC5FQOmyVoI&list=PLa8nsC8JqzqwtH1sR4CSRnYihOKoujVKA Sophie]" | Filmed in a continuous take, a young woman listens to music on headphones, unaware that burglars (played by Goodshirt) are behind her, stealing everything in her flat.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Sophie|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-sophie/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> "Sophie" won Best Music Video at the 2003 New Zealand Music Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Winners |url=http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2003-winners/ |publisher=NZMA |access-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023135149/http://www.nzmusicawards.co.nz/2009/10/29/2003-winners/ |archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref> |- | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6HQR2266To&list=PLa8nsC8JqzqwtH1sR4CSRnYihOKoujVKA&index=8 Monotone]" | Shot in a continuous take, with the camera circling a badminton court. The band are dressed as "Good" and "Evil" teams of badminton-playing beekeepers who seem unable to score a point.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Monotone|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEPpkxj_hRw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/jEPpkxj_hRw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|publisher=Joe Lonie|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |- | 2003 | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cxBfoZEk9E&list=PLa8nsC8JqzqwtH1sR4CSRnYihOKoujVKA&index=2 Buck it Up]" | rowspan=2 | Kezia Barnett | A bullied schoolboy experiences strange visions one day at school. "Buck It Up" won Best Group Video at the 2004 Juice TV Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=Buck It Up|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/buck-it-up-2003|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |- | rowspan=3 | 2004 | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FruVp44QR0Q Cement]" | After pursuing his Rapunzel-like dream woman, Gareth finds himself trapped in a domestic gothic nightmare.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Cement|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLqgzNzIZE|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- | "Fiji Baby" | rowspan=2 | Wade Shotter | Filmed primarily in a single hotel room set. Rodney checks into a fleabag hotel and messes around for a few hours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Fiji Baby|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-fiji-baby/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}}</ref> |- | "Lucy" | A current affairs show host (played by former ''60 Minutes'' host Amanda Millar) profiles three men who are smitten with Lucy, a famous model.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Lucy|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHwDXDETS_A|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- | 2011 | "So Charming" | Helena Brooks | Dressed in sharp suits, the band members commit a number of anti-social acts and misdemeanours.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – So Charming|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yhQbru93Qc|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- | 2012 | "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXDaVkNjZVY Out of our League]" | Rodney Fisher | Rodney plays a man whose two young children build a giant kite around him and fly him in the sky, with Goodshirt playing the "pro kite champions" team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Out of Our League (Official)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UxkB8e73ec|publisher=Hark Music NZ|access-date=23 January 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead Youtube links|date=February 2022}}</ref> |- |2014 |"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJADuVh2iuo Sierra Leone]" |Tim Brown |Depicts a man struggling through a nightmarish, psychedelic desert environment. Heavily stylised and a departure from their previous video styles, combining film and animation techniques, with a nod to the original music video by Coconut Rough. |}

==Discography==

===Albums===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2"| Certifications |- ! NZ<ref name=nzcharts>{{cite web|title=GOODSHIRT IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS |url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Goodshirt |website=charts.nz |publisher=Hung Medien |access-date=7 October 2014 }}</ref> |- | 2001 | ''Good'' | * Released: July 2001 * Label: Cement Records, EMI * Catalogue: 5350602 | align="center" | 5 | * NZ: Platinum |- | 2004 | ''Fiji Baby'' | * Released: February 2004 * Label: Cement Records, Capitol Records * Catalogue: 5770902 | align="center" | 5 | * NZ: Gold |- |colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}

=== EPs ===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! Peak chart positions |- ! NZ<ref name="nzcharts"/> |- | 2002 | ''E.G.'' | * Australia release only | align="center" | — |- | 2012 | ''Skinny Mirror'' | * Released: 30 April 2012 * Label: Cement Records, Hark Music * Catalogue: skinny2012 | align="center" | — |- |colspan="4" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}

===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Single !Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Album |- ! NZ<ref name=nzcharts/> |- | rowspan=2 | 2000 |"Green" |align="center"| 12 |rowspan="5"| ''Good'' |- |"Blowing Dirt" |align="center"| 13 |- | rowspan=2 | 2001 |"Place To Be" |align="center"| 50 |- | "Sophie" |align="center"| 1 |- | 2003 | "Monotone" |align="center"| 31 |- | rowspan=4 | 2004 | "Buck It Up" |align="center"| 14 |rowspan="4"| ''Fiji Baby'' |- |"Cement" |align="center"| — |- |"Fiji Baby" |align="center"| 25 |- |"Lucy" |align="center"| — |- | rowspan=2 | 2012 | "So Charming" |align="center"| — |rowspan="2"| ''Skinny Mirror'' |- | "Out of Our League" |align="center"| — |- |2014 |"Sierra Leone" (Cover) |— |— |}

===Featured appearances=== {{Unreferenced section|date= January 2018}} Goodshirt has appeared on many compilations and soundtracks in both New Zealand and Australia.

* 2001 – ''Starf(Star)Ckers Cyber Garage Music from Planet Aotearoa'' (Antenna Recordings/EMI) – "Everyday" * 2001 – ''Channel Z The Best of Vol. 2'' (Warner Music) – "Blowing Dirt" * 2001 – ''100% Kiwi Rock'' (Warner Music) "Green" * 2002 – ''Top of the Pops 2002 Vol. 2'' (Universal Music) – "Sophie" * 2002 – ''Channel Z: The Best of Vol. 3'' (Universal Music) – "Green" * 2003 – ''The Strip Soundtrack'' (Loop Recordings) – "Sophie" * 2003 – ''Coleman Sessions Recorded Live at York Street'' (Warner Music) – "Green" * 2004 – ''Hot Wheels: Hot Hits 4'' (Shock Records) – "Blowing Dirt" * 2004 – ''State of the Nation'' (EMI) – "Buck It Up" * 2004 – ''Big Day Out 04'' (Universal Music) – "Sophie" * 2004 – ''Now That's What I Call Music 16'' (EMI) – "Fiji Baby" * 2004 – ''Triumph'' (Sony Music) – "Sophie" * 2005 – ''Top of the Pops 2005'' (Universal Music) – "Buck It Up" * 2005 – ''Lazy Sunday 5'' (EMI) – "My Racing Head" * 2005 – ''Triple J – Like a Version: Vol. 1'' (ABC Music) – "Gouge Away" (Pixies cover) * 2006 – ''More Nature'' (Sony BMG) – "Sophie" * 2007 – ''Outrageous Fortune Westside Rules'' (WM New Zealand) – "Buck It Up"

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/goodshirt AudioCulture profile]

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