Greenskeepers

Greenskeepers' founding members James Curd and Nick Maurer grew up skateboarding together in Chicago in the early nineties. In those years, Maurer performed singing and playing guitar in various punk bands and Curd spent his time DJ'ing, holding down residencies with Derrick Carter. In 1998, Curd and Maurer got together and wrote the whimsical song "Should I Sing Like This" as Greenskeepers, taking their name from their shared employment at the time, caddying. It was Maurer and Curd's initial vision to have a good time, record it, and see if people would dance to it. They did! The tune became a hit amongst DJ's throughout the city and Carter signed the group to his Classic Recordings imprint releasing the song on 12" later that year. Gaining press support from the