History
Four of the five original members attended the
Berklee College of Music and participated in many other rock bands before coming together to form The Click, which later became The Click Five. The band lived together in Boston in a rented house on Imrie Road, which gave name to their debut album's title. The group played their first venue at the
KISS 108 FM Hatchshell Concert on the
Charles River in July 2004. After that they received the attention of some of the major labels and flown to NY and LA by Epic Records Scout Dave Rocco. They were signed to
Lava Records that autumn by Andy Karp. The band began recording their first album at QDivision Studios in Somerville with Mike Denneen, veteran producer for artists such as
Aimee Mann,
Fountains of Wayne,
Letters to Cleo, and many other notable bands.
Following the completion of the recording, the band began touring, starting at smaller venues around the Boston area to larger ones across North America. The music video for the song, "
Catch Your Wave", a homage to "
A Hard Day's Night" by
The Beatles, was released in the summer and autumn of 2005 to
MTV,
VH1, and other outlets. Their debut album,
Greetings from Imrie House
, was released
16 August 2005. After a rigorous nine month U.S. Tour, the Click Five toured Asia in 2006, visiting Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan, and later toured the British Isles that autumn with
McFly.
In late 2006, lead singer
Eric Dill left the band to begin a solo career in
Los Angeles. In early 2007, the band brought on new lead singer
Kyle Patrick (born Kyle Patrick Dickherber), another
Berklee graduate who studied with
singer songwriter law of attraction mentor,
Lauren Passarelli. The band recorded their second album,
Modern Minds and Pastimes
, in the early months of 2007 and released it on
26 June 2007. The release was followed by a small United States tour. The band returned to Asia in autumn 2007 with a significantly larger itinerary. They were given the title "Band of the Year" by 987FM (Singapore) in the Top 100 Countdown of 2007 and 2008.IN 2007 The Click Five starred in a movie called Taking 5; in which they play members of teen band 5 Leo Rise, and the band gets kidnapped by two girls so that they can get out of "social siberia" forever.
On August 2, 2008, The Click Five won the Knockout Award at
MTV Asia Awards 2008, in
Genting Highlands,
Malaysia. On August 29, 2008, lead singer Kyle Patrick began a solo acoustic tour in the US with his friend and fellow Berklee Singer/Songwriter, Jesse Ruben. He returned to begin recording a new album with The Click Five in November.
On the 7th, 12th, and 14th of December in 2008, The Click Five took part in an event called
MTV EXIT. It is a campaign to raise awareness and increase prevention of human trafficking and exploitation in Asia and the Pacific. They performed in several places around Asia, including Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh. They also performed at the first international rock concert held at the ancient temple of
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
During March 2009, The Click Five began their March Residency tour playing at the Lizard Lounge, Boston, every Saturday night, World Cafe Live, Philadelphia, every Wednesday night, Pianos, New York, every Thursday night and had two additional shows in Virginia and Connecticut.
The Click Five has close relations to the
Brooklyn band,
Atomictom.
The Click Five is currently finishing recording new material and plan to release their highly anticipated third album by early Fall 2009. The band's new song, "I Quit! I Quit! I Quit!", can be listened to at the website: http://www.z100.com/new2/artists/theclickfive. Also, "I Quit! I Quit! I Quit!" and another one of the band's new songs, "Be In Love", are now available to order on vinyl with free mp3s at http://www.theclickfive.com.
Members
- Kyle Patrick - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Joe Guese - lead guitar, vocals
- Ben Romans - keyboards, vocals
- Ethan Mentzer - bass guitar, vocals
- Joey Zehr - drums, vocals
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
- Angel to You (Devil to Me)
[3] — 2005
Singles
| Year
| Single
| US Hot 100
| US Pop 100
| Album
|
| 2005
| "Angel to You (Devil to Me)" [4]
| —
| —
| "Good Day"
| —
| —
| Greetings from Imrie House
|
| "Just the Girl"
| 11
| 8
|
| "Catch Your Wave"
| 108
| 68
|
| 2006
| "Pop Princess"
| —
| —
|
| "Say Goodnight"
| —
| —
|
| "Voices Carry"
| —
| —
|
| 2007
| "Jenny"
| —
| —
| Modern Minds and Pastimes
|
| "Empty"
| —
| —
|
| "Happy Birthday"
| —
| —
|
| 2008
| "Flipside"
| —
| —
|
| "Summertime" [5]
| —
| —
|
| 2009
| "I Quit! I Quit! I Quit!"
| —
| —
| TBA
|
References
- The Click Five's Greetings from Imrie House
- The Click Five's Modern Minds and Pastimes
- Angel to You (Devil to Me) - EP
- Angel to You (Devil to Me)
- Animax's LaMB gets animated with Van Ness Wu & Josie Ho