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Originally published in BPM.

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Greenskeepers: Polo Club

 

Welcome to the Greenskeepers brand of spunky rock, a sound that first infiltrated Chicago , and has since migrated through Australia and Europe . Perhaps you heard their sassy single, “ Lotion ,” based on Buffalo Bill's scene in The Silence of the Lambs , where he says, “it rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again.” Yeah, a little freaky to base a song about that, but these guys do it so well that the viral video of the track has become a hit download on both You Tube and My Space .

 

MySpace gathers the largest concentration of Greenskeeper fans, some wackier than others. DJ and percussionist James Curd relates a story of, “this Goth chick , who regularly sends us pictures of her, naked, in a bathtub, full of blood.” “And there's this guy,” says singer Nick Maurer, “who constantly sends us messages and he comes all the way from Germany to hear us when we play in London . He's a super fan”

 

The band continues to tell stories, of surfing in Australia and Hawaii , creating art, golfing, playing hoops, and having a good time. Bassist Cobin Rudish says, “Yeah, this one time at Fabric , James was wasted, and as he's walking up the stairs, he trips and falls down. He broke his glasses, but was convinced that he broke his nose. He kept asking, in this drunken slur, “Is my nose broken? Should I straighten it out? Nick and I were like, ‘Don't to it!'” “We had to be back at the airport at 7am,” adds producer Mark Share, “and it was already 6am.” But they made it. “And as soon as we got on the plane, he was out like a light.”

 

Never boring, the Greenskeepers are full of stories. And their music? If you love pure, palpable funk, dripping in dance beats and saucy lyrics, check out Polo Club .

 

Deana Aria Mayland

 

WEBLINKS:

Greenskeepers:

http://www.greenskeepersmusic.com/

 

Lotion

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2650242

 

Buffalo Bill:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Bill_%28The_Silence_of_the_Lambs%29

 

Silence of the Lambs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silence_of_the_Lambs

 

You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Lotion%2C+Greenskeepers&search=Search

 

MySpace:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=9422449

 

Goth Chick:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=goth+chick

 

Fabric:

http://www.fabriclondon.com/

 

Polo Club:

http://www.amazon.com/Polo-Club-Greenskeepers/dp/B000H5VBFG