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June 19, 2003
Clean Reunion
The LA Times examines the legacy (and ongoing success) of the Clean:
The Clean managed to take all kinds of disparate sources — spy-movie riffs, garage-rock stomp, the demented organ from the Velvets' "What Goes On" — and still sound essentially minimalist, combining flat, affect-less guitars with hummable tunes. Unlike Split Enz, which turned out polished pop, the Clean was lo-fi long before Guided by Voices: The latter's leader Robert Pollard is reportedly a fan, as is Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, and Stephen Malkmus, whose early music with Pavement echoes the Clean's odd tunings.
