The Special Goodness
| The Special Goodness | |
|---|---|
| Genres | Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1996–present |
| Labels | N.O.S., Epitaph |
| Associated acts | Weezer, The Rentals, Sugar Ray Angels and Airwaves, Rocket From The Crypt, Social Distortion, The Offspring, The Hell, Danko Jones |
| Website | web |
| Members | Patrick Wilson |
| Past members |
Atom Willard Mikey Welsh Scott Shriner Pat Finn Jeb Lewis Lee Loretta Murphy Karges |
The Special Goodness is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1996 by Weezer drummer Patrick Wilson. The band's line-up has included Atom Willard (drums), Weezer bassists Mikey Welsh and Scott Shriner, Pat Finn, Jeb Lewis, Lee Loretta, and Murphy Karges. The band's name comes from a description of how Wilson apparently feels when he creates music.
In May 2012, Wilson released the project's fourth studio album, Natural.
The band has released four albums, Special Goodness (aka "The Bunny Record," recorded in 1996 for, and shelved by Geffen Records, re-packaged and re-released during tours in 1999 and 2000 and given a full Japan-only release in 1998), At Some Point, Birds and Flowers Became Interesting (2001, self-released and also known as "Pinecone"), Land Air Sea (2003) and Natural (2012). After being signed to Epitaph Records in mid-2003 the band re-released a remixed and re-ordered version of Land Air Sea. Their song "Life Goes By" was featured on Punk-O-Rama Vol. 9 and an unreleased track "Not The Way" was featured on Punk-O-Rama Vol. 10. They released music videos for both "N.F.A" and "Life Goes By" from Land Air Sea, the latter being directed by weezer.com webmaster Karl Koch.
The Special Goodness began touring together in 1999. The Special Goodness was the first side-project/spin-off from Weezer (such as Space Twins, The Rentals and Homie) to ever actually open for Weezer, which they did on the band's 2002 Enlightenment Tour as Wilson minded both the duties as frontman for The Special Goodness and as drummer for Weezer. The Relationship, Brian Bell's band, would later open for Weezer on the 2008 Troublemaker Tour.
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