Biography

A successful pop group, relatively speaking, in their home country and a beloved cult band throughout the rest of the world, particularly in the United States and the U.K., the Clean were one of the first New Zealand-based bands to catch the punk wave in the late 1970s. The band's joyfully simple, keyboard-driven anthems ignited the kiwi-rock scene based around the Flying Nun label that flourished in the subsequent decades. The Clean went on a lengthy hiatus during the '80s, with members (including founding brothers David and Hamish Kilgour) setting off for new locales and becoming involved in various other projects; however as their legend grew overseas, the Clean reunited and began recording and touring again in earnest in the early 1990s, continuing to do so into the 2000s.

Top Tracks

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• 2 Reasons

• Are You Really On Drugs?

• At The Bottom

• Big Soft Punch

• Chumpy

• Clutch

• Diamond Shine

• End Of My Dream

• Fish

• Franz Kafka At The Zoo

• Getting Older

• In The Dreamlife You Need A Rubber Soul

• Indigo Blue

• Odditty

• Platypus

• Sad Eyed Lady

• Starting Point

• Tally Ho

• Tensile

• Thumbs Off

• Trapped In Amber

• Twist Top

• Wake Up In The Morning

• Wipe Me, I'm Lucky

Discography

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• Mister Pop

  Merge

  2009

• Getaway

  Merge

  2001

• Unknown Country

  Flying Nun

  1996

• Modern Rock

  Summershine

  1995

• Vehicle

  Rough Trade

  1990