# Goodshirt > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Goodshirt > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Goodshirt.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodshirt > Source revision: 1340830920 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/Grey_Lynn), [Auckland](/source/Auckland), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) | genre = {{flatlist| *[Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) *[alternative rock](/source/alternative_rock) *[pop rock](/source/pop_rock) *[rock](/source/Rock_music) }} | 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](/source/Alternative_rock)/[pop](/source/Pop_music)/[rock](/source/Rock_music) band from Auckland,{{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}}{{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}}{{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}} New Zealand. The band formed when keyboardist Gareth Thomas left his computer recording setup with the Fisher brothers, Rodney and Murray, for safe keeping.{{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}} 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. "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" by keyboard/bassist/vocalist Gareth Thomas{{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}}{{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}} was the fourth single from their debut album ''Good''. It was a number one single in New Zealand.{{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}} ''Good'' was released in Canada, Australia, and Japan.{{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}} A second album, ''[Fiji Baby](/source/Fiji_Baby)'', was released in 2004. Like its predecessor, it reached number 5 in the New Zealand charts.{{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}} The band went on hiatus in 2005 when Rodney Fisher moved to London to work with [Breaks Co-Op](/source/Breaks_Co-Op),{{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}} but reunited in 2011,{{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}} and in early 2012 they began playing again with support gigs for [Hall & Oates](/source/Hall_%26_Oates) and [Icehouse](/source/Icehouse_(band)) 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".{{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}} In 2014, the band released a cover of "Sierra Leone" originally by [Coconut Rough](/source/Coconut_Rough). It was made available as a free download through their [SoundCloud](/source/SoundCloud) band page, along with the release of an official music video on YouTube.{{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}}{{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}} == Members == * Rodney Fisher – guitar and vocals * Murray Fisher – guitar * [Gareth Thomas](/source/Gareth_Thomas_(musician)) – 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.{{cite web|title=Goodshirt|url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/goodshirt/artist|publisher=NZ On Screen|access-date=23 January 2013}} Lonie notes that at the height of their close creative relationship, "they even talked about me being an unofficial fifth member of the band."{{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}} {| 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.{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Green|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-green/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}} |- | "[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](/source/Mazda_929) is "un-smashed-up" in the background. |- | "Blowing Dirt" (version 2) | Set at a car wrecker and filmed backwards and in one continuous take, Rodney sings while an [Austin 1300](/source/Austin_1300) is "un-smashed-up" in the background.{{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}} |- | "[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.{{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}} |- | 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.{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Sophie|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-sophie/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}} "Sophie" won Best Music Video at the 2003 [New Zealand Music Awards](/source/New_Zealand_Music_Awards).{{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}} |- | "[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.{{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}} |- | 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](/source/Juice_TV_Awards).{{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}} |- | 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.{{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}} |- | "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.{{cite web|title=Goodshirt – Fiji Baby|url=http://www.fishnclips.com/goodshirt-fiji-baby/|publisher=Fish 'n' Clips|access-date=23 January 2013}} |- | "Lucy" | A current affairs show host (played by former ''[60 Minutes](/source/60_Minutes_(New_Zealand))'' host Amanda Millar) profiles three men who are smitten with Lucy, a famous model.{{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}} |- | 2011 | "So Charming" | Helena Brooks | Dressed in sharp suits, the band members commit a number of anti-social acts and misdemeanours.{{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}} |- | 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.{{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}} |- |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](/source/Coconut_Rough). |} ==Discography== ===Albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! Peak chart
positions ! rowspan="2"| [Certifications](/source/List_of_music_recording_certifications) |- ! [NZ](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart){{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 }} |- | 2001 | ''Good'' | * Released: July 2001 * Label: Cement Records, EMI * Catalogue: 5350602 | align="center" | 5 | * NZ: Platinum |- | 2004 | ''[Fiji Baby](/source/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](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart) |- | 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](/source/Official_New_Zealand_Music_Chart) |- | 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](/source/Sophie_(song))" |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](/source/Starf(Star)Ckers_Cyber_Garage_Music_from_Planet_Aotearoa)'' ([Antenna Recordings](/source/Antenna_Recordings)/[EMI](/source/EMI)) – "Everyday" * 2001 – ''Channel Z The Best of Vol. 2'' ([Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music)) – "[Blowing Dirt](/source/Blowing_Dirt)" * 2001 – ''[100% Kiwi Rock](/source/100%25_Kiwi_Rock)'' ([Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music)) "Green" * 2002 – ''[Top of the Pops 2002 Vol. 2](/source/Top_of_the_Pops_2002_Vol._2)'' ([Universal Music](/source/Universal_Music)) – "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" * 2002 – ''Channel Z: The Best of Vol. 3'' ([Universal Music](/source/Universal_Music)) – "Green" * 2003 – ''[The Strip Soundtrack](/source/The_Strip_Soundtrack)'' ([Loop Recordings](/source/Loop_Recordings)) – "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" * 2003 – ''[Coleman Sessions Recorded Live at York Street](/source/Coleman_Sessions_Recorded_Live_at_York_Street)'' ([Warner Music](/source/Warner_Music)) – "Green" * 2004 – ''[Hot Wheels: Hot Hits 4](/source/Hot_Wheels%3A_Hot_Hits_4)'' ([Shock Records](/source/Shock_Records)) – "Blowing Dirt" * 2004 – ''[State of the Nation](/source/State_of_the_Nation_(album))'' ([EMI](/source/EMI)) – "Buck It Up" * 2004 – ''[Big Day Out 04](/source/Big_Day_Out_04_(album))'' ([Universal Music](/source/Universal_Music)) – "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" * 2004 – ''[Now That's What I Call Music 16](/source/Now_That's_What_I_Call_Music_16_(N.Z._series))'' ([EMI](/source/EMI)) – "Fiji Baby" * 2004 – ''[Triumph](/source/Triumph_(compilation_album))'' ([Sony Music](/source/Sony_Music)) – "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" * 2005 – ''[Top of the Pops 2005](/source/Top_of_the_Pops_2005)'' ([Universal Music](/source/Universal_Music)) – "Buck It Up" * 2005 – ''Lazy Sunday 5'' ([EMI](/source/EMI)) – "My Racing Head" * 2005 – ''[Triple J – Like a Version: Vol. 1](/source/Like_a_Version)'' ([ABC Music](/source/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation)) – "Gouge Away" ([Pixies](/source/Pixies_(band)) cover) * 2006 – ''[More Nature](/source/More_Nature)'' ([Sony BMG](/source/Sony_BMG)) – "[Sophie](/source/Sophie_(song))" * 2007 – ''[Outrageous Fortune Westside Rules](/source/Outrageous_Fortune_Soundtracks)'' ([WM New Zealand](/source/WM_New_Zealand)) – "Buck It Up" ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/goodshirt AudioCulture profile] {{Authority control}} Category:New Zealand indie rock groups Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:Musical groups from Auckland Category:New Zealand pop rock groups --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Goodshirt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodshirt) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodshirt?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.