The Clean
The Clean were the first South Island-based post-punk group to gain a national following, on the back of a brace of instantly memorable songs including ‘Tally Ho’, ‘Anything Could Happen’, ‘Beatnik’ and ‘Getting Older’.
The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle, side 2 label (Flying Nun, 1981)
Robert Scott, David Kilgour, Hamish Kilgour
Hamish Kilgour at Chicks, Dunedin, 1 February 2014
Photo credit:
Photo by Bob Sutton
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
A very early Clean at Logan Park High School, Dunedin 1979 - Peter Gutteridge, Hamish Kilgour, Lindsay Hooke and David Kilgour
Photo credit:
Photo by Jeff Batts
Tally Ho (Union Hall at Otago University, Dunedin, 22 March 1996 part of the Flying Nun 15th Anniversary concerts) Bob Sutton Collection
Yesterday Was (Live from the Gladstone in Christchurch, 4 July 1981) Bob Sutton Collection
Interview with Hamish Kilgour, David Kilgour and Bob Scott of The Clean, after the release of their album Modern Rock. Directed by Ross Cunningham.
Robert Scott and Hamish Kilgour at Chicks, Dunedin, 1 February 2014
Photo credit:
Photo by Bob Sutton
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Interview with David Kilgour, 7 July 1994. Directed by Ross Cunningham.
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Chris Knox filming Hamish Kilgour and Robert Scott during the 1981 Boodle Boodle Boodle cover photo shoot
Photo credit:
Photo by Carol Tippet
The Clean, a Flying Nun promo shot from the late 1980s
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Oddity (live at the Rumba Bar, Auckland, 15 May 1982)
The Clean in June 1990: Hamish Kilgour, David Kilgour and Robert Scott
Tally Ho
Getting Older, the 1982 single touted as their last release and thus the Flying Nun catalogue number LAST 1
Diamond Shine, live at Chicks Hotel, Port Chalmers, Dunedin 31 Jan 2014 - filmed and edited by Andy Ellis
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Peter Gutteridge guests with The Clean at Chicks, Dunedin, 1 February 2014.
Photo credit:
Photo by Bob Sutton
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Dunes - featuring Super 8 footage from The Clean's first trip to New York City, 1989
Beatnik
Letter to Rip It Up 1981
Photo credit:
Murray Cammick Collection
The Clean in Dunedin, circa Septmber 1981: Robert Scott, David and Hamish Kilgour
Photo credit:
Photo by Craig McNab
Quickstep (live at the Rumba Bar, Auckland, 15 May 1982)
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
The Clean, 1981: Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott and David Kilgour. This was one of the very first Flying Nun publicity shots.
Photo credit:
Photo by Carol Tippet
The Clean at the Rumba Bar, Auckland, May 1982
Photo credit:
Courtesy of Flying Nun
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Robert Scott interview, Give It A Whirl, 2003 (NZ On Screen, 2023)
Chris Knox filming The Clean during the 1981 Boodle Boodle Boodle shoot as Doug Hood watches
Photo credit:
Photo by Carol Tippet
The Clean - Getting Older music video (1982). Filmed in Christchurch and directed by Ronnie Van Hout.
The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle (Flying Nun, 1981)
Diamond Shine
The Clean's Bangers and Mash Tour, 2007
The Clean - Boodle Boodle Boodle, side 1 label (Flying Nun, 1981)
Letter to Rip It Up 1981
Photo credit:
Murray Cammick Collection
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Anything Could Happen
The Clean in Auckland Star, 20 Sept 1979.
Interview 1989 - Bob Sutton Collection
The Clean - Odditties full album (1983)
Boodle Boodle Boodle on 95bFM's Extended Play
Drawing To A Whole
Hamish Kilgour, David Kilgour and Robert Scott, 1982
Photo credit:
Photo by Craig McNab
The Clean - live at Vera, Groningen, Netherlands, 1989
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
Shivering (Live at The Gluepot, Auckland, 12 October 1990) Bob Sutton Collection
The Clean at Chicks, 1 February 2014. L to r: Hamish Kilgour, Robert Scott, David Kilgour
Photo credit:
Photo by Bob Sutton
The Clean and The Furys at Auckland's Windsor Castle, September 1979
Photo credit:
Simon Grigg collection
May 1982
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
The 1981 publicity shot used by Chris Knox when he drew the Boodle Boodle Boodle cover
Photo credit:
Photo by Carol Tippet
Filming an unreleased Clean promo video for Happy Birthday John in Chris Knox and Doug Hood's backyard in Jessel Street, Grey Lynn, 1982.
Filling A Hole (live at the Fulham Greyhound in London on 13 July 1988) Bob Sutton Collection
Robert Scott, Hamish Kilgour, David Kilgour
Photo credit:
Photo by Tim Soter
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
A Rough Trade publicity shot from June 1990. L to r: David Kilgour, Robert Scott and Hamish Kilgour.
From the Boodle Boodle Boodle booklet - came with first copies, 1981
A still from the 1981 Boodle Boodle Boodle shoot
Photo credit:
Photo by Carol Tippet
The third release from The Clean, and their second 12-inch EP from June 1982. Great Sounds Great, Good Sounds Good, So-So Sounds So-So, Bad Sounds Bad, Rotten Sounds Rotten!! was not only an extended play release but its title was made to match.
The Clean was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame | Te Whare Taonga Puoro o Aotearoa in 2017. The Hall of Fame is an initiative of Recorded Music NZ and the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), whose support of AudioCulture enables the site to stream music content.
Members:
Peter Gutteridge - bass
Lyndsay Hooke - drums
Debbie Shadbolt
Jessica Walker
Martin Phillipps
Robert Scott - bass
Trivia:
Hamish Kilgour has a group called The Mad Scene with his wife Lisa Seigel in New York. They have released several albums.
Robert Scott is a key member and songwriter for the long-lived South Island folk rock group The Bats.