The Cliks

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The Cliks
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The Cliks
Background information
Origin Toronto
Genre(s) Rock
Instrument(s) Guitar/Bass/Vocals/Drums
Years active 2004–present
Label(s) Tommy Boy (US)
Warner (Canada)
Website http://www.thecliks.com/
Members
Lucas Silveira (vocals/guitars)
Nina Martinez (guitar)
Jen Benton (bass)
Morgan Doctor (drums)
Former members
Jordan B. Wright
Ezri Kaysen
Heidi Chan

The Cliks are a Canadian rock band, consisting of Lucas Silveira (vocalist/guitarist), Jen Benton (bass), Morgan Doctor (drums), and Nina Martinez (guitar). Their major label debut album, Snakehouse was released on April 24, 2007 by Warner Music in Canada and Tommy Boy Records in the United States.

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[edit] History

A different Cliks lineup, consisting of Silveira, bassist Ezri Kaysen and drummer Heidi Chan, released an eponymous debut album in 2004. In Toronto's NOW, reviewer Sarah Liss described the band's music as "what might happen if Chrissie Hynde and the Murmurs' Leisha Hailey fell in love, got Bowie to help out with insemination and gave birth to an indie rock love child." [1]

However, the original lineup broke up in 2005. This precipitated a difficult period for lead singer and guitarist Lucas Silveira:

"I was in a six-and-a-half year relationship that came to a really, really messy end. After the breakup, both of my band members quit. It was hard to take, because I was falling back on the music to take me to a place where I could keep myself going. My father had a stroke. My grandmother died. A friend of mine got rediagnosed with cancer after being cancer-free for four months. It was just one thing after another."
"I also started coming to terms with a lot of identity issues, being transgendered and all this stuff. I had a huge breakdown and decided I was either going to get through it or I wasn't. And look at that: I came out of it with an amazing album and an amazing band. Sometimes you have to go down to get back up again."

The first album predated Silveira's gender transition; he was known at the time as Lilia. Silveira later worked with Morgan Doctor and Jordan B. Wright to record Snakehouse. Wright left the band shortly after the album was completed, but was replaced by Benton and Martinez.

The entire band are out members of the LGBT community. Silveira is a transman, Benton and Martinez are lesbians, and Doctor identifies as queer.[2]

[edit] True Colors

During the summer of 2007 The Cliks were a part of the multi-artist True Colors Tour [3], which traveled through 15 cities in the United States and Canada. The tour, sponsored by the Logo channel, began on June 8, 2007. Hosted by comedian Margaret Cho and headlined by Cyndi Lauper, the tour also included Debbie Harry, The Gossip, Rufus Wainwright, The Dresden Dolls, The MisShapes, Erasure and other special guests. Profits from the tour benefited the Human Rights Campaign.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] Singles

  • "Oh Yeah" (2007)
  • "Eyes In the Back of My Head" (2007)
  • "Complicated" (2007)

[edit] References

  1. ^ "No-Shtick Cliks: Garage Popsters Avoid Gay Clichés", NOW, June 24, 2004.
  2. ^ The Advocate magazine, April 24, 2007 issue
  3. ^ True Colors Tour

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