• Genre: Rock
• Active: '90s, 2000s
• Major Members: Carl Turney, Campbell, Brian, Hartley, Ade Blackburn

Biography

Liverpool's art punk four-piece Clinic formed in 1997 out of the ashes of Ade Blackburn and Hartley's previous band, Pure Morning. The duo added Brian Campbell and Carl Turney to the fold and released the thrashy debut single IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth on the group's own Aladdin's Cave of Golf label; it reached number nine in John Peel's Festive 50 singles roundup that year. 1998 saw the release of equally well-received singles like "Cement Mixer" and "Monkey on My Back," which also showcased Clinic's blend of chugging, Velvet Underground-style guitars, icy, Suicide-esque keyboards and drum machines, and Blackburn's acidic, Lennon-esque vocals. In 1999, the band signed to Domino Records and released "The Second Line," which was subsequently used in ads for Levi's Jeans in the U.K. Clinic began a flurry of activity in 2000, releasing their first album, Internal Wrangler, and the singles "The Return of Evil Bill" and "Distortions." That summer, they appeared at Scott Walker's Meltdown and All Tomorrow's Parties festivals and toured with Radiohead. The following year, the group returned to the studio and Internal Wrangler was released domestically in the U.S. In early 2002, Clinic resurfaced with their second full-length, Walking With Thee, which provided a more spacious, atmospheric take on the group's sound. That spring, the band launched a full-fledged tour of the States. Two years later, Clinic embarked on a tour of the U.S. before the release of their third album, Winchester Cathedral, and another tour after its arrival. The band reunited with Gareth Jones, who mixed Internal Wrangler, for Visitations, a rawer effort that harked back to Clinic's early days. Visitations was released in late 2006 in the U.K. and early in 2007 in the U.S. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"The Second Line," "Distortions," "Porno"

Representative Albums:

Internal Wrangler, Visitations, Walking With Thee

Similar Artists:

Cut City, Arcade Fire, Art Brut, The Magnificents, The Movies, The Post, The Walkmen, Sound Team, Electrelane, The Strokes, Lupine Howl, The French Kicks, Radiohead, Pavement

Influences:

Phil Spector, Wire, The Velvet Underground, Suicide, The Psychedelic Furs, Pixies, The Fall, Can, The Beatles

Followers:

The PoPo, Miracle Chosuke, KaitO

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