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Mad Trucker Gone Mad (band)
Mad Trucker Gone Mad is a Madison, WI psychobilly/countrypunkrock band formed in 1996 by lead singer and guitarist Del Monte Carlo and his brother, drummer Buddy Swan. MTGM's first release was a three song 7" yellow "beer colored" vinyl record that included the songs "Mad Trucker Gone Mad", "Ain't Life a Bitch" and "Psycho Bully".

Shortly after forming as a two-piece outfit, Del and his brother Buddy moved to Tacoma, Washington. The original plan was to move to Seattle, but things didn't work out for the songwriter, so after three months Del Monte Carlo moved back to Madison, Wisconsin. There he hooked up with long time friend and bass player, Martini Van Lane. Shortly after that, drummer Two-Can Shinbones joined and they recorded the self-titled debut album on Crustacean Records.

MTGM quickly became a local favorite. The CD was getting a lot of play on college and independent radio in the USA and abroad and the band started touring regularly. Two-Can was having problems balancing his personal life and the band, so after a year of so he quit and was replaced by drummer Three-Ball Joe. After about a year, having had enough of the band, he quit and was replaced by drummer Four-Play Jones.

In 1999, Mad Trucker won the Onion Newspapers readers poll for "Best Band in Madison" and was flown to Las Vegas by the Onion and J&B Scotch where they enjoyed a week of hard-core partying. Not realizing they were actually in a desert, the band was extremely dehydrated and fatigued by the day of their gig at the end of the week.

The band recorded another self-titled CD released in an extremely drab black cardboard case. The band won "Best Alternative Band" by the Wisconsin Area Musicians Institute in 2000. That year they embarked on an unsuccessful west coast tour and later an east coast tour when their van was stolen in New York City with all their gear. MTGM was forced to cancel the rest of the tour and rented a car to get back to Madison.

Continual money problems plagued the band. A front page article in the local newspaper the Isthmus chronicled the mishaps of the struggling band. Shortly after in 2001, front man Del Monte Carlo quit, essentially disbanding the outfit.

Ten years from the initial forming of the band in 1996, encouraged by his friend and bassist The Legendary Billy Gas and drummer 5-Card Jack Shiite, Del Monte Carlo reformed the band and embarked on a three year recording odyssey that resulted in a subpar demo quality recording. In December of 2008, MTGM went back into the studio with Mark Whitcomb of DNA Studios and finally released its first quality work in almost 10 years; a two song EP entitled "Land of the Fee". The band is currently working on finishing up its CD slated for release the summer of 2009.

Mad Trucker Gone Mad continues to play locally around Wisconsin and the Midwest.