The Clean were a band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band (usually a trio), forged a distinctive and quirky sound that relied heavily on organ melodies and simple chord progressions.
They carved out a distinctive, noisy but melodic sound, distinguished by David's screeching, distorted guitar.
In 1981, a fan of the Clean founded the Flying Nun label to release their first single, "Tally Ho." A follow-up track off one of their early EPs, "Beatnik", also achieved success, as did the second single, "Getting Older". In the ealry 80s the band released 2 eps and two singles. Tally ho, Boodle Boodle Boode and Great Sounds all charted in the top 20 in NZ.
Since the late 80s the band has occasionally reformed and recorded new material releasing 3 more Lps on Flying Nun in NZ and Merge Records in the USA. The Vehicle Lp was also released in Europe & the USA by Rough Trade.
In April 2007 the band toured NZ and are now considering ways of writing and recording new material over the next 6 months. Touring the world is also a vague idea! Hamish lives in NYC. Robert and David live in Dunedin, NZ. All are active as solo artists (or in Hamish's case , active as a Mad Scene).
This page was created by a fan. But is now fiddled with by the Clean themselves! Thanks to Sam for stting this site up!
Record Companys- Merge Records (USA)- www.mergerecords.com
Flying Nun Records(NZ)- www.flyingnun.co.nz
Alternative contact- winkle@es.co.nz
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Hi there Cleanos. Ever stayed up too late? Then you will understand. Check out our new song "Morning Man". You can download and listen at your leisure! Cheers, Sandpit.
This Clean site has been hacked and we cant login anymore. So for the time being Ive given up trying to sort it out. Anyway, The Clean hope to complete a new lp over the next 2 months and in the very near future (tentative release date June 08) we are releasing a live LP called Mashed. But for now it will only see a NZ release. Thanks! dk.
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Hi Clean you changed our lives man! (Wiltshire UK 2008) would be awesome if you came to England, youve got a hardcore fanbase here, so much love for the Clean!
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