Ellwood (band)

Ellwood
Origin	Santa Ynez Valley, California, United States
Genres	Reggae, ska, reggae rock
Years active	2009-present
Labels	Fat Wreck Chords
Associated acts	Mad Caddies, Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Website	www.ellwoodmusic.com
Members	Chuck Robertson Dustin Lanker Graham Palmer Todd Rosenberg

Ellwood is an American reggae and ska band formed in the Santa Ynez Valley in 2009. The group consists of Mad Caddies frontman Chuck Robertson, Caddies members Graham Palmer and Todd Rosenberg, and touring Caddies member and former Cherry Poppin' Daddies keyboardist Dustin Lanker.

Ellwood formed when Robertson relocated back to his hometown of Solvang, California in the late 2000s. After reconnecting with original Caddies members Palmer and Rosenberg, and finding the Santa Ynez Valley music scene lacking, the trio decided to form a new band just for fun, eventually recruiting longtime Caddies touring keyboardist Dustin Lanker. In contrast to the more punk rock and ska punk sound of the Mad Caddies, Ellwood focused more on sunny, mellow and mid-tempo ska and reggae.

In 2010, after a period of playing local shows, Ellwood chose to move forward and record an album. Spending six months putting together material, the group demoed an album in Palmer's garage, then recorded it in a Santa Barbara studio in only two days. After putting Ellwood on hold for almost a year to focus on the Mad Caddies, Robertson eventually passed a copy of the album onto Fat Mike at a party, who called Robertson several days later and agreed to put it out on Fat Wreck Chords.

Lost in Transition was released on June 21, 2011, meeting with positive critical reviews from the likes of Alternative Press,PopMatters and Punknews.org. In promotion of the album, Ellwood carried out a headlining tour of Europe in November and December 2011, followed in January 2012 by a West coast United States tour supporting NOFX and Old Man Markley.

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