Friday, December 9, 2022

Do it Clean

 

Hamish Kilgour, a founding member of New Zealand's The Clean, died this past week at age 65

Here's more about the influential (and underappreciated IMO) band via NPR:
The Clean's open, do-it-yourself approach certainly stood the test of time, crystallized in a lyric Kilgour wrote: "Anything could happen and it could be right now / And the choice is yours, so make it worthwhile." That aesthetic heavily impacted later indie rockers such as PavementYo La Tengo and Superchunk. The band's influence extended into numerous scenes around the world, from the Elephant 6 collective in America, to current bands like The Courtneys in Canada and The Beths back in New Zealand. They've all found inspiration in The Clean's impulsive creativity and lack of pretense.

The above video for "Dunes" from 1989 was filmed in NYC... and you'll spot some familiar and long-gone music venues on the Bowery and East Houston and elsewhere.

6 comments:

JAMES said...

Good tune..Sorry never heard of them..RIP!

Anonymous said...

Good headline

Anonymous said...

Maybe THE Flying Nun band

Anonymous said...

I really liked that song Big Cat.

Anonymous said...

He was a super decent person

Anonymous said...

Huge bummer, one of my favorite bands