The Clean are an influential Indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled  . .   Expand    Wikipedia

The Clean are an influential Indie rock band that formed in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1978. Led through a number of early rotating line-ups by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band settled down to the well-known line-up with bassist Robert Scott. Early incarnations of The Clean included Peter Gutteridge on bass (who wrote "Point That Thing"), Doug Hood on vocals (who later worked with Toy Love and founded the "Looney Tours" touring company). The Clean soon forged a distinctive and quirky sound that relied heavily on organ melodies and simple, Ramones-style chord progressions. The band's auspicious 1981 debut single "Tally Ho" was the second release on Roger Shepherd's Flying Nun label. It featured a chugging rhythm and an instantly memorable descending farfisa line, and reached number 19 on the New Zealand Singles Charts, giving the fledgling label its first hit. A follow-up track off one of their early EPs, "Beatnik", also achieved success, as did the second single, "Getting Older".

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