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Clinic Information
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'Clinic' are a Liverpool band whose fast-paced, eclectic sound is best described as belonging to part of the Cosmic Scouse scene, although in reality they are forerunners to the likes of The Coral and The Zutons (their debut album, Internal Wrangler, was released in 2000).
Details
According to their website, Clinic sound like "no other band". This is probably true, although they are known for unashamedly taking, e.g., a Captain Beefheart drum beat, Velvet Underground lyrics, some guitar riff, and throwing them all together in a Dadaesque fashion as a Clinic song.
Clinic's trademarks are their penchant for surgical masks (a reflection on their name) and lead singer Ade Blackburn's clenched-teeth vocals (although some of their songs are instrumentals). One paradox usually applied to Clinic by the rock press (well, the section of it that pays much attention to them) is that whilst none of the songs on Internal Wrangler sounded much like each other, all their albums since Internal Wrangler have sounded exactly like it.
Lineup
* Ade Blackburn (keyboard, melodica, vocals)
* Brian Campbell (bass, flute, vocals)
* Hartley (guitar, clarinet, keyboards)
* Carl Turney (drums, piano, backing vocals)
Discography
Albums
* Clinic (1999) (compilation of the first three EPs)
* Internal Wrangler (2000)
* Walking With Thee (2002)
* Winchester Cathedral (2004)
EPs
* IPC Subeditors Dictate Our Youth (1997)
* Monkey On Your Back (1998)
* Cement Mixer (1998)
* Operating At A Theatre Near You Vol.1 (2004)
Singles
* "The Return Of Evil Bill" (2000)
* "Distortions" (2000)
* "The Second Line" (2000)
* "Walking With Thee" (2002)
* "Come Into Our Room" (2002)
* "The Magician" (2004)
* "Circle Of Fifths" (2004)
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