Clearlake
Origin	Brighton, UK
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Years active	1999–present
Genre(s)	Rock, Indie
Label(s)	Domino
Members	Jason Pegg Sam Hewitt David Woodward Toby May
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Clearlake are a indie-rock band, based in Brighton, UK. The members of the band are: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2533x2616, 278 KB) Licensing File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ... Genres of Cuban music and other popular music A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by (real or perceived) independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Domino Records is an independent record label based in London, United Kingdom. ... Brighton on the southern Sussex coast is one of the largest and most famous seaside resorts in England. ...

• Jason Pegg (vocals, guitar, keyboards)
• Sam Hewitt (keyboards, guitar, vocals)
• David 'Woody' Woodward (bass, guitar, vocals)
• Toby May (drums)

History

The band formed in 1999, and released their debut single, Winterlight, in January 2000. The limited edition release was awarded Single of the Week in a number of music publications, gained airplay on Radio 1, sold out within a fortnight and made the UK Top 100. A number of other singles followed, and the band went on to support Pulp and The Delgados and played at Scott Walker's Meltdown with Elliott Smith. Pulp are a British Britpop band, formed in Sheffield, England, in 1978 by then 15-year-old school-boy Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar). ... The Delgados were a Scottish indie rock band who formed in Glasgow in 1994 after friends Alun Woodward (vocals/guitar), Stewart Henderson (bass) and Paul Savage (drums) were forcibly ejected from the band Bubblegum. ... Scott Walker (born 9 January 1943) is an American singer, born Noel Scott Engel to a Jewish family in Hamilton, Ohio. ... Meltdown is an annual music festival held at the Royal Festival Hall, part of Londons South Bank Centre. ... Promotional photo of Elliott Smith from the XO album Elliott Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician who dwelled in Portland, Oregon. ...

By April 2001 they had recorded and released their debut album, Lido. After a slot on Later with Jools Holland and the release of a fourth single, Let Go, the band started work on their second album. Lido is the debut album by Clearlake. ... Later with Jools Holland is a contemporary music show hosted by Jools Holland. ...

Cedars was the second album, released in February 2003. The band released their third album, Amber, in January 2006. Cedars was the second album released by Clearlake, two years subsequent to debut release Lido. ...

Discography

Albums

• Lido (26th March 2001)
• Cedars (3rd February 2003)
• Amber (23rd January 2006)

Lido is the debut album by Clearlake. ... Cedars was the second album released by Clearlake, two years subsequent to debut release Lido. ...

Singles & EPs

• "Winterlight" (7th February 2000)
• "Don't Let the Cold In" (22nd May 2000)
• "Something to Look Forward To" (12th March 2001)
• "Let Go" (28th May 2001)
• "Almost the Same" (24th February 2003)
• "The Mind is Evil" (23rd June 2003)
• "Can't Feel a Thing" (10th November 2003)
• "Wonder if the Snow will Settle EP" (7th March 2005)
• "Good Clean Fun" (5th December 2005)

Trivia

• Jason is the half-brother of comedian, writer and actor Simon Pegg.

Simon Pegg as the title role in Shaun of the Dead Simon John Pegg (born February 14, 1970) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor. ...

External links

• Official Website