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Mad Caddies - Road Rash

Music Video
ArtistMad Caddies
SongRoad Rash
DirectorBrian Archer
IntroNo
OutroNo
Sound MixStereo
Technical Specificationscolour - format unknown

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Synopsis

Mad Caddies turn "Road Rash" into a fast, loose burst of late-1990s ska-punk chaos. The band performs amid the clutter of a garage while the footage captures the musicians and their friends running, clowning around, and throwing themselves into the song's restless energy. Quick cuts, cramped interiors, and the group's unpolished humor match the track's themes of driving, motion, and aggravation. Rather than building a conventional narrative, the video presents the Caddies as a scrappy live-wire crew having fun wherever there is enough room to make noise.

Factoids & Trivia

  • The video was filmed at the Goleta home of Stacey Dee, later known as the guitarist and vocalist of Bad Cop/Bad Cop. Chuck Robertson recalled that the garage sequences showing everyone running around were shot at her place.
  • "Road Rash" appears on Duck and Cover, the Mad Caddies' second full-length album, released by Fat Wreck Chords in 1998. The song opens the record and runs for just over two minutes.
  • The track is one of the clearest examples of the band's early blend of punk, ska, brass, and Dixieland-inspired arranging. Former member Sascha Lazor identified that New Orleans-influenced direction as a major part of the song's conception.
  • The clip reflects the band's early DIY spirit: instead of relying on an elaborate storyline, it uses a real domestic location, a loose ensemble atmosphere, and deliberately chaotic performance footage.
  • "Road Rash" was included in late-1998 music-video programming listings for MuchMusic, helping place the Mad Caddies within the wider third-wave ska and punk-video circuit of the period.

Lyrics

take a walk outside it's a nice day for a drive automotivation
the air is getting clear and the getting near for us to roll
gotta watch my style cause god it's almost over
got a little more room to try it hopefully
i've walked this earth for twenty years and now my mind is floating...out to sea

gonna hit the van man you just don't understand total aggravation
rolling down the highway doing ninety going my way in control
gotta watch those corners in the stretch of danger
a problem could arise eventually
i've walked this earth for twenty years and now my mind is floating....out to sea

every time I look into the north wind
i can't find meaning just a rhyme
...
© Mad Caddies - Road Rash. This is an excerpt, provided as citation under fair-use.
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