Goodnight Nurse formed in 2001 after bass player Paul Taite responded to a flyer Joel Little and Jaden Parkes put on the stairs at Shadows, the Auckland University bar.
[citation needed] Other bands that have participated in the Boost Mobile NZ Schools Tour include Steriogram (2002), Wash (2003), My Life Story (2005), Falter (2006) and Streetwise Scarlet (2007).
Goodnight Nurse have since toured New Zealand many times with bands such as Steriogram, Elemeno P and 48May, and Australian act The Living End.
In April 2007 they were the headline act on the MTV Mile High Gig, playing on an airplane flying at 35,000 feet over the Tasman Sea.
Jaden has also started a side project called "Like You Crazy", and Sam fronts the band Kids of 88.
"[1] Goodnight Nurse is frequently called New Zealand's answer to American pop-punk bands such as Green Day and Blink-182.
[citation needed] Paul Taite decided to leave Goodnight Nurse in early 2007 to pursue a career in Europe.
His last performance with Goodnight Nurse was at the Auckland Big Day Out in January 2007 - saying farewell to the band he formed with Joel & Jaden and served for almost 6 years together.
Joel stated that new bass player Rowan Crowe "is epic and he likes to jump off high places and go dumpster diving" and also that he "is a legend".
Following their indefinite hiatus, lead singer and guitarist Joel Little has gone on to forge a highly successful career as a Grammy award-winning songwriter and producer.
[9][10] Guitarist Sam McCarthy and 2004 Smokefreerockquest winning "Incursa"[11] bandmate Jordan Arts formed the New Wave musical duo Kids of 88.