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"Clinic are a Liverpool based band, whose fast-paced, eclectic sound is at times loosely reminiscent of Can, The Velvet Underground, Violent Femmes, Sonic Youth and Suicide. The band's official website once stated they sound 'like no other band'. Clinic was formed in 1997 by Ade Blackburn and Hartley following the split of their previous band, Pure Morning. Brian Campbell and Carl Turney joined the band and soon their first EP I.P.C. Subeditors Dictate Our Youth was released on their own Aladdin's Cave of Golf record label. The EP managed to make John Peel's Festive 50 at the end of the year and two other self-financed singles followed in 1998.
In 1999, the band signed to Domino Records and the first three singles were compiled on a single CD or LP. The following year their debut album proper, Internal Wrangler, was released. Album tracks 'The Second Line', 'The Return of Evil Bill' and 'Distortions' were released as singles - 'The Second Line' was later used in a television advert for Levi's jeans, and reissued. In the same year, the band played at All Tomorrow's Parties and Scott Walker's Meltdown and toured with Radiohead.
Two further albums, Walking With Thee and Winchester Cathedral, followed in 2002 and 2004 respectively, and the band released their fourth album, Visitations, in October 2006. 'Tusk', the first single from the album, was made available as a free download from the band's official website in February 2006, and 'Harvest' preceded the album in early October. Blackburn's high-pitched clenched-teeth vocals are a distinct trademark of the band, and they are also known for wearing surgical masks and costumes while performing and in promotional photos. Despite widespread critical acclaim, the band have not yet achieved a great deal of commercial success."
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