Robert A. Medeiros - guitars, keyboards & vocals /
Molly Blue - synthesizers & vocals /
Carlos Nieto II - basses & vocals /
Trixie X - harpsichords, tambourines & vocals /
Amanda White - glockenspiels, keyboards, tambourines & vocals
Influences
ABBA/Access program/action figures of the 60’s, 70’s & 80’s/Adam & The Ants/Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass/Alcatraz/Alcoa presents “Fantastic Finishes”/“All In The Family”(1971-1975)/Amoeba Records/analogies/"Apache" video by Tommy Seebach/Aqua Marine/arcade games(70’s-early 80’s)/archaeology/Arkwright/Atari 2600/ A.W.O.L., A.F.O.L. & A.B.O.L./Bananas(70’s-early 80’s)/Barney/Bear/Bear Recordings/Bee Gees/“Beverly Hills Cop”/Bigfoot/“Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”/Hal Blaine/body surfing/Bohannon/Boney M./“Boogie Nights”/Bradlees/buildings & houses built before World War II/Cali/“Can’t Stop The Music”/Truman Capote/Captain & Tennille/“Captain Kangaroo”/cars built before 1975/Casino Arcade in Santa Cruz, California/celebrity graves/Chace/Cheap Trick/"Chick-A-Boom" by Daddy Dewdrop/Chief St. Germaine’s “master homey international”/Child World/Circus(70's-mid 80's)/classic sport uniforms/“Coast To Coast AM with George Noory”/Cobra Commander/Cove Discount/Cuten/Russell Dabney/Dallas Cowboys(Tom Landry era)/“Dark Knight”/“Dazed & Confused”/DC Comics(up until 1991)/defunct sports leagues(AAFC, ABA, AFL, ASL, CFL, NASL, USFL, WFL, WHA, WTT)/Detroit Pistons(Bad Boys & 2000’s era)/Dex Terex/“Diary Of A Madman” album by: The original Ozzy Osbourne Band/“Dirty Dancing”/Disco(1974-1980)/Duran Duran/Dynamite(70’s-early 80’s)/EBAY/Ebyn Ozyn/Eden Community Support Center/80’s rap/Electric Football League(E.F.L.)/Electric Light Orchestra/“El Stumpo, Ins N Outs & The Other Spot”/Elton/Emily/Ethiopian, Indian, Korean, Mexican & Thai food/Exodus/famous character actors/Fantastic Comics/“Fast Times At Ridgemont High”/Fishbone/flea markets/Max & Dave Fleischer cartoons/Roosevelt Franklin/Fred/Andre Gagnon/garage, rummage & yard sales/Georgia/giant squids/“Grease”/Grey Poupon/Guillotine/Michael G. Hagerty/Hanna-Barbera/“Harold & Maude”/“Head”/Heavy Metal(70’s-mid 80’s)/Hit Parader(70's-mid 80's)/Homer’s “Odyssey”/Houston Oilers/“How Clean Is Your House?”/In-N-Out/“In Search Of…”/Jackson 5 & The Jacksons/“Jesus Christ Superstar”/Billy Joel/Elton John/Jack Johnson(early 20th century boxer)/“Jonny Quest”/KABL/“Kids Are People Too”/“King Of New York”/Kiss/Kitaro/Lenny Kravitz (1st 3 albums)/K-Tel/Kungphooey/Kungphooey Comics/“Late Night With David Letterman”(80’s era)/Liberace/limes on food/“Little Miss Sunshine”/L.L. Cool J/Loch Ness Monster(Nessie)/Lucy/Madness/major to minor chord progressions/Marketcom sport posters of the 70’s & early 80’s/Mars Bargainland/Marvel Comics(up until 1988)/Meco/Mego/mental growth and stimulation/Merritt Restaurant & Bakery/Mick/Midnight/Harvey Milk/“Mister Roger’s Neighborhood”/M I White & MCB/Mongoose bikes(early 80’s)/Morcom Rose Garden/M.P.G./Thurman Munson/Eddie Murphy/NBC's “Saturday morning fever is on the rise on NBC” late 70’s Saturday morning cartoon programming theme song/New Kids On The Block/New York Dolls/New York Yankees(70’s era)/NFL Action Team Mates action figures made by Pro Sports Marketing in the 70’s/“Night Flight”/“Night Of The Living Dead”/1970’s/19th century literature/“North Dallas Forty”(book & movie)/Oak Island Money Pit/Ocean Pacific clothing(early 80’s)/Pancho/Park Street Bobcats/Parkway Speakeasy Theater in Oakland, Ca/PBS's morning and early afternoon “Agency for Instructional Television” programs(“Think About” & others)from the 70's & 80's/“Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure”/photography & photoshop/Plasmatics/“Pleasure Beach” by Hall & Oates/pop culture bed sheets, board games, clothing, lunchboxes, pillowcases, towels, toys & trading cards/Princess Ardella/promotional copy l.p.’s/Providence Steamroller/“Pulp Fiction”/Quarter Football League(Q.F.L.)/Queen/Quiet Riot/Rainbow Bar & Grill/Ralph/“Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares”/Randy Rhoads/secret scenes at the end of the movie credits/Seth Riggs/“Rocky”/Rodman/roller skating/Ronco/Ruff-Ruff/Salt/Saltmarsh’s/Samantha Jane/Samuel S./“Saturday Night Fever”/secret scenes at the end of the movie credits/Sega Genesis/Señor Wences/Serious Seagull/ShaNaNa/Shields & Yarnell/Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” & “Where The Sidewalk Ends”/60’s dance styles/“Sky High” by Jigsaw/“Slacker”(1991)/slate gravestones made before 1800/Samantha Smith/snow globes/Sol/Sparks(70's era)/Sam Spence's NFL Films music from the 60's, 70's & early 80's with John Facenda's voice/Spice Girls/“Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends”/Frank Stallone/Star Store/“Star Wars”/“Staying Alive”/Stony Curtis/“Suburbia”(1984)/Donna Summer/“Super Friends”(Wendy, Marvin & Wonderdog era)/Super Shark/Alan Swartzberg/“Taxi”/television theme songs from the 60's & 70's/The Beach Boys/The Beatles/The Bleu Canadians/“The Blues Brothers”/“The Brady Bunch”/The Carpenters/The Clarences/“The Colbert Report”/“The Decline Of The Western Civilization”/“The Endless Summer”/“The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh”/“The Great Space Coaster”/“The Human Comedy” by William Saroyan/The Monkees/“The New Zoo Review”/The Osmonds/The Phantoms/“The Planet Of The Apes”/“The Play” (Cal/Stanford 1982)/"The Price is Right" (Bob Barker era)/The Ramones/“The Simpsons”(1989-1995)/The Steinharts/“The Streets Of San Francisco”/The Tavares/“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”/The Turkeyheads/The Turtlenecks/“The Warriors”/“The White Shadow”/The Who/“The Young Ones”/Thor/“This Week In Baseball” music in the opening & ending credits/“3-2-1 Contact”/thrift stores/Thrift Town/Tim Gunn/Topps Sports Bubblegum Cards(50's-80's)/Toxic Shock/John Travolta/“20,000 Leagues Under The Sea” by Jules Verne/used bookstores/Village People/Walla Walla Walruses/Andy Warhol/Washington State Basketball League(W.S.B.L.)/water slides/“Wayne’s World”/WBOB/“Welcome Back Kotter”(Travolta era)/Lawrence Welk/White Gunn/Mason Williams/“WKRP In Cincinnati”/Will C. Wood School/Woolco/Woolworth's/World Wrestling Federation(late 70's - late 90's)/writing, recording & performing music/“Xanadu”/Yeast Infection/Zayre's/Z.Z./Zodiac Killer unsolved case/Zoltar
Meet THE CLARENCES, a melody driven, power pop rock band hailing from Oakland, California. THE CLARENCES offer a fresh perspective on the often formulaic pop band routine. Their music AND their concerts are lively, sometimes silly and always rocking.
Members include: Robert A. Medeiros (guitars, keyboards & vocals), Molly Blue (synthesizers & vocals), Carlos Nieto II (basses & vocals), Trixie X (harpsichords, tambourines & vocals) and Amanda White (glockenspiels, keyboards, tambourines & vocals).
THE CLARENCES believe there is one thing that will never let you down, and that's 'Rock 'N Roll'!!!!
*****"Love Will Keep Us Together" video*****
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BUTTONS:1 inch buttons that read "THE CLARENCES". Available in fluorescent yellow, electric blue, fuchsia and fluorescent green. Please see the slideshow for a picture. Price: $1.00 or 4 for $3.00. FREE SHIPPING!
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STICKERS: 4.25" x 2.75" White ink on black vinyl that reads "THE CLARENCES" and in smaller print reads www.theclarences.com www.myspace.com/theclarences. Please see the slideshow for a picture. Price: $1.00 or 4 for $3.00. FREE SHIPPING!
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LUNCHBOXES: Plastic or Metal lunchboxes (very few metal lunchboxes left!) with THE CLARENCES toy box ad on the front, small boxes on the side & the tape logo on the back!
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T-SHIRTS: Pre-Order Today! Will arrive in 2-4 weeks... Black tee's with White logo. Please see the slideshow for a picture of the logo. Available in sizes: s, m, l, xl, xxl and xxxl. Price: $10.00 (xxl and xxxl $2.00 more). Shipping & Handling $4.00 OR FREE shipping on orders over $14.00!!!!
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HOW TO ORDER: Send us a message with your contact information, along with the item, color, quantity or size. Please allow 1-2 weeks for shipping. Thank You!!!!
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When you get a minute make sure you shoot us an email at contactavenue52@gmail.com and get your free download of our cover of taylor swifts 'love story' :]
Listen to Batching It's debut album "Homage" in it's entirety before it is released! CD out in January 2010! Featuring songs by NOFX, Skankin' Pickle, Swingin' Utters, Pearl Jam, Rancid, Lagwagon, Metallica, Sublime, No Use For a Name, Smashing Pumpkins, Weezer, No Doubt, The Descendents, Less Than Jake and Operation Ivy!
On November 13th, PinUp Productions will be hosting the Battle of the Bands Finals at The Avalon, THE premiere live music venue in the San Jose area. The final 6 bands (started with 54) will compete for the $10,000 grand prize in what will surely be a night to remember. All ages with a full bar. Come out and support your favorite band. This event WILL sellout, so get your presales now at www.letswoosh.com or by clicking on the flier below. This will be a show talked about for years to come, hope to see you out. BTW If you have just a couple of minutes, we encourage everyone to default the Battle flier as their myspace pic. If you care about your local music scene, or any of the bands playing please show your love. If you do default the flier, please send us a message letting us know so that we can add you to our top friends! Thanks so much guys.
ALSO HELP SAVE YOUR LOCAL MUSIC SCENE AND SUPPORT THESE SHOWS:
HEY FAM THANK YOU FOR THE LOVE AND DJHESS AND THE BOOGIE DOWN LOVES AND SUPPORTS THE CLARENCES AS WELL PEACE, AND BLESSINGS, AND THE N.Y. YANKEES!!!!!!!!!
Hey thanks for the kind words and comments. I just wanted to let you know that we have new music on the way, and that we are in a battle of the bands next week. So if you are in Utah, come check us out (details on our page), and we will be giving away free cd's from our upcoming FIRST ALBUM, "Dissapointment is control." Thanks for all the support, and the new music will be up soon, so stay posted.
try to be the first,
try to be the best,
try to be the one
for the future and for the past;
try to be best,
never be the last
and thank God if He will wants
give you another chance.