The Clean - Compilation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euWHGZIBIHY

notes on the clip say: This was a private show, other bands on the bill included The Chills, Tall Dwarfs, Nocturnal Projections and This Sporting Life. The show was not only was filmed by North Television but was also recorded on a TEAC 4-Track by Chris Knox and Doug Hood; some of the audio subsequently released includes "Flamethrower" by the Chills as one of two B-sides to the Rolling Moon single (1982) and "Two Fat Sisters" and "Happy Birthday John" by The Clean, released on their posthumous 12" E.P. Live Dead Clean (1986).

quickstep live at the rumba bar in 82 followed by anything could happen would be my top votes. Why does NZ have such great music?!

Isolation lends itself to creative freedom?

Musician Hamish Kilgour missing https://t.co/m75sUQibLl

— Dr Stephen Clarke (@StephenClarkeNZ) December 1, 2022

:(

oh no

dude's been going off the rails a bit lately, hope he's ok

oh no

dude's been going off the rails a bit lately, hope he's ok

Jeez. The last time I saw the Clean, several years back, it was David who seemed under duress. Hamish always seemed to have it together, though I can imagine his politics made the last few years unbearable.

really hope he's found safe and sound

So, um, our Tyler, Tyler W., asked William Tyler for any news, and William Tyler apparently responded that Hamish had been found and was OK. But when I looked for the William Tyler tweet to post here, it had been deleted (?). So, Tyler W., any news?

It seems Alley Records responded to the two Tylers that he is still missing:

Hey, William and Tyler, We are not hearing this from our friends in NZ, unfortunately — they are still still very concerned there about Hamish, as are we. Checked in with folks a few minutes ago after reading this thread.
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/gKyuPw95E8

— Ally Records (@allyrecordsnc) December 3, 2022

Not good news:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300757350/iconic-kiwi-musician-hamish-kilgour-found-dead

ahhhh fuck

awful

That’s sad. I’m sure there are people on this board who knew him well, but I’ll just say I met him at a party in Brooklyn circa 1999 and he struck me as a very likeable and unassuming guy. Easy to talk to. I bumped into him a few more times in that general period and then one last time about 20 years later in Williamsburg when he was shopping for clothes. He may not have remembered me but I couldn’t help remember him, he had one of those looks and one of those vibes you don’t forget.

terrible news.

Ughhh god, so awful.

Awful. An FB acquaintance and someone who always struck me as following his ideals fiercely and to the fullest. A terrible loss.

https://vimeo.com/15466755

tragic. an absolute real one. RIP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZpQe7sMk0k

RIP Hamish :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0rBRxKd4T0

oh wow, this is horrible. RIP

Awful, awful news - RIP.

Agh nooooooooo RIP 💔

RIP

Very sad news. Such a tremendous band.

every time i see a live video of theirs the audience is jamming out so hard -- that's Hamish's unrelenting drumming at work & i guess we were lucky to have it for as long as we did

RIP great band, big loss :(

Here's from the last time I saw them, when a cranky David stormed off the stage and a fan begged the rest of the band to keep playing, which they did, with fans picking up the slack/guitar/vox.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLuQslUbm8Y

that's Paul Nixon! (the fan, I know him)

RIP to a real one. Hamish was a staple at weird music gigs since I moved to Brooklyn 20 years ago. Didn’t know him really, but a lot of my friends and my wife knew him well. Devastating.

every time i see a live video of theirs the audience is jamming out so hard -- that's Hamish's unrelenting drumming at work & i guess we were lucky to have it for as long as we did

yeah i feel like he's up there with moe tucker as just a supreme 4/4 drummer, taking that straight-ahead thing into a cosmic realm

totally. it's a perfect foil for the guitars. there's a video of "getting older" that i can't find where the audience is completely in a trance, everyone bobbing individually but also collectively. truly a beautiful sight

if you haven't checked out the bonus stuff from a recent reissue of Getaway, it has some of the best live Clean recordings I've ever heard — just unbelievable. https://theclean.bandcamp.com/album/getaway-deluxe-2016-remaster

Sorry to say I'd never heard them (maybe even heard of them) till today. Played "Point That Thing Somewhere Else" off YouTube and loved it, so I ordered the compilation.

You're in for a treat. One of the most (almost accidentally?) brilliant bands of all time.

https://dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/675284293355012096/listening-post-the-clean

Thx for posting that.

Amusing fact in the ABC (Aus) article that had passed me by:

At their much talked about meeting in June, New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern gifted Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with a copy of The Clean's legendary 1981 Boodle Boodle Boodle EP.

The Courtneys just released this cover in tribute

Imagine gifting someone these certified delights and they turn around and sling you a Powderfinger record. pic.twitter.com/whEGtEI7Se

— Elon Müsker Dü (@BenjaminMillar) June 9, 2022

The Clean probably via Grant Robertson (the Minister of Finance) who seems to be a legit FN fan - for better or worse. The Great Unwashed at #1:

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-mixtape/audio/2018709162/the-mixtape-grant-robertson

LOL, Benjamin Millar OTM.

if you haven't checked out the bonus stuff from a recent reissue of Getaway, it has some of the best live Clean recordings I've ever heard — just unbelievable. https://theclean.bandcamp.com/album/getaway-deluxe-2016-remaster🕸

Very sad news: Hamish Kilgour has died. Let me tell you a small story about his kindness to me-- https://t.co/lawLlkRei1

— Douglas Wolk (@douglaswolk) December 5, 2022

RIP. selfishly I'm lamenting that I never got to see them live. almost did once, they were opening for Yo La Tengo in LA, but we were waiting for my then-girlfriend's brother because he was driving, and he was out selling someone weed and turned up late and we missed their entire set. he's dead now so I probably shouldn't be mad at him any more.

Roy Montgomery opened for Dry Cleaning tonight in Auckland and started with something called "Blues For Hamish".

Glad I got to see & dance to the Clean as often as I did in Dunedin/Auckland. Didn't know enough about his life & music in New York - thought this was a lovely interview:

so incredibly heartbroken about hamish kilgour. i profiled him in 2014 when his sad sweet solo debut came out & it received the headline, "the quiet struggle of hamish kilgour." when hamish shared the article it was with the note, "it's not quiet." https://t.co/xhm7msYoJU

— jesse jarnow (parody, i think?) (@bourgwick) December 6, 2022

Has anyone ever heard that Cleaned Out! covers comp Douglas put out? Never turned up in NZ; keep hoping it'll surface on YouTube or Bandcamp one day.

Yeah, that feature ^ is really good.

listening to "all of it or nothing" on account of that article this is great. some beautiful middle ground between skip spence's "oar" and the clean