Good Neighbor Policy

Good Neighbor Policy (GNP) is a homegrown Santa Cruz Punk band consisting of Chris Jonsson (guitar), Cory Van Antwerp (drums), Pat Malo (vox), and Eric Cornelius (bass). They are included on the Bombs Over Santa Cruz compilation. Chris, Cory, and Pat (all from Harbor High) formed GNP in 2003 as a three-piece with no bassist. After playing with a few different bassists (Kalen Dodd, Alan Trybolm, Danny (?)), they met (in late 2003) Eric, who was using the same Aptos pratice space. Eric showed up to his first GNP practice with a broken arm from skating, a Misfits shirt, and pink shoelaces. Eric had attended Santa Cruz High. There have been no permanent personnel changes since then. A few shows, however, Eric was not present, one time because he was a victim of a road rage incident which left him with a concussion and many stitches. They played their first show at the Aptos Club on April 20, 2004. They have since played countless local shows with local and national touring acts including such notable namedrops as Youth Brigade, MDC, Battalion of Saints, Time Again, Love=Death, The Cliftons, Angry Samoans, Los Dryheavers, Instant Asshole, Circle One, Decry, Set Your Goals, The Wrath, Arsonists Get All the Girls, At Risk, Creep Division, Municipal Waste and more. GNP has played all over the West Coast and in March/April of 2008, GNP did a 7 date sold out tour in Japan (seriously) with U.K.L. and Ellegarden (the reason for the sell outs) and was very well received. GNP will most likely release a record and tour in Japan more often in the near future. Before selecting the name Good Neighbor Policy, the band went through many name changes, such as Pity the Fool, Fuck You We're Drunk!, Triumph (a name already taken by a metal band), and Machine Gun Punk. At a party one night, Eric and friend Aaron Cress suggested the band be named called The Good Neighbor Association (some sort of real estate orginization). Pat then suggested the band be named The Good Neighbor Policy, like the FDR plan for relations with South America in the 1930s. They all agreed to drop the "The" and the name stuck. With the abbreviation GNP, the band sometimes plays under other aliases, such as Guaranteed Naked Party.

Good Neighbor Policy (2004)

01 - Don't Get Big, Then People Know

02 - Hippycrites

03 - Don't Feel Bad

04 - Power Is Life, Death Is A Weapon

05 - That Is, That I Have

06 - Nothing On Me

07 - Strictly Business

08 - Come And Take Me Now

09 - Watch The Ones I Keep Most Near Me

10 - And I Was In, And You're Not Breathing

11 - Make Money, Take Money, Buy Guns, Own Your Life

12 - Like Jesus Can

13 - Either Way You Don't Work For You

14 - Put You Beneath Me

15 - Culture Is You

16 - Bullshit Song

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