Clint Boon (born 27 June 1959, Oldham, Lancashire, England) is a musician. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Oldham. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ...

Career

He rose to fame with the band Inspiral Carpets, which he joined in 1986 - the distinctive sound of his Farfisa organ becoming one of the band's trademarks. After the Inspiral Carpets split in 1995, Boon went on to form The Clint Boon Experience releasing two albums under this name - The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel (1999), and Life in Transition (2000). In this year the band released the single "Do What You Do (Earworm Song)", which featured Fran Healey, the lead singer of the band Travis. In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... The Inspiral Carpets is an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert in 1986. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Farfisa is a brand name for a series of electronic organs and later multitimbral keyboards, made in Ancona in the Marche region of Italy. ... The Clint Boon Experience also known as CBX are an alternative rock band formed by Clint Boon after Inspiral Carpets disbanded in the mid 1990s. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ... The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel is the debut album by The Clint Boon Experience, which is the band formed by Inspiral Carpets organist Clint Boon in the late nineties. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Life in Transition is the second album by The Clint Boon Experience, which is the band formed by Clint Boon in the late nineties. ... 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... Travis are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow, comprising Fran Healy (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Dougie Payne (bass, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, keyboards, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). ...

Boon made a cameo appearance on the 2002 film, 24 Hour Party People as a train conductor, and has recently worked with Cosgrove Hall providing voice-overs and music for the Engie Benjy cartoon series. Boon has his own record label, Booney Tunes, signing artists like Elaine Palmer, and has also been a regular DJ at a number of nightclubs around England, and in Wrexham in North Wales. He once again joined the Inspiral Carpets for two sell-out tours in 2002/2003. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... 24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchesters popular music community from 1977 to 1997, and specifically about Factory Records. ... Cosgrove Hall Films is an animation studio based in Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester that is a major producer of childrens television programmes. ... Engie Benjy is a pre-school childrens television show. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... “Instrumentalist” redirects here. ... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ... A nightclub (often dance club or club, particularly in the UK) is an entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is an industrial town, conurbation and county borough in north-east Wales,nestled in the lower Dee Valley, close to the English border with Cheshire. ... Approximate extent of North Wales North Wales (known in some archaic texts as Northgalis) is the northernmost unofficial region of Wales, bordered to the south by Mid Wales. ...

In 2005 Boon became head of music for the Oldham based radio station, The Revolution, where he presents the 1000-1400 weekday show, and is resident DJ on Saturday nights at the club "South" in Manchester, amongst other nights around the UK. A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... For the former newspaper of the same name see, The Revolution (newspaper). ...

Boon is also a presenter on Xfm Manchester. He hosts Music:Response from Monday to Thursday between 7pm and 10pm, introducing live sessions and a listener-led chart countdown, as well as a Saturday evening show called Boon Army. At club gigs he encourages the crowd to shout "Boon Army". Xfm Manchester is a commercial radio station broadcasting alternative music to Manchester in North West England. ...

He also use to sport the popular mushroom haircut when he was in the Inspirals.

External links

• Clint Boon official site
• Inspiral Carpets official site
• Website for South Nightclub, Manchester. Clint's Saturday night "Disco Rescue" is his longest running DJ residency