Clap Clap Riot
Clap Clap Riot is a New Zealand four-piece indie rock band, based in Auckland, New Zealand.
The band originated in Canterbury and was originally named Band Theft Auto.[1] The name Clap Clap Riot comes from the applause machine designed by John Lydon for the show Top Of The Pops in the early 1980s.
The band released their debut EP TV Knows Better through RhythMethod in February 2009, which produced two singles - "Thief" and "Don't Want Your Baby". TV Knows Better was produced by Jimmy Christmas of The D4. Clap Clap Riot have completed numerous headline tours throughout New Zealand, toured Australia numerous times and performed at the Big Day Out, Rhythm and Vines and Splore festivals. MTV Australia televised a live performance from Clap Clap Riot when they performed at The Lair alongside Evermore in Sydney, in April 2009.
Their debut album Counting Spins was made available on 15 June 2012 through Universal Music New Zealand. The album features the singles "Everyone's Asleep", "Yoko Ono", "Moss-Haired Girl" and "So You Say". The Album was named 'Best NZ Rock album of 2012' by iTunes sand was nominated for 'Best Rock Album Of The Year' at the 2012 Vodafone NZ Music Awards. It charted at #11 on the week of release in the NZ Top 40 Album charts.
On 14 February 2014, the band released their sophomore record Nobody / Everybody produced and mixed by Kody Nielson (The Mint Chicks / Opossom), engineered and mastered by Olly Harmer (The Naked and Famous).
Discography
Albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ | ||||
| Counting Spins |
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11 | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ | ||||
| TV Knows Better |
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— | ||
| Yoko Ono |
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— | ||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZ | ||||||
| "Don't Want Your Baby" | 2008 | — | TV Knows Better | |||
| "Thief" | — | |||||
| "Everyone's Asleep" | 2011 | — | Counting Spins | |||
| "Yoko Ono" | — | |||||
| "Moss-Haired Girl" | — | |||||
| "So You Say" | 2012 | — | ||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||
Members
- Stephen Heard - Vocals and Guitar
- Dave Rowlands - Guitar
- Tristan Colenso - Bass Guitar
- Alex Freer - Drums
- Jonathan Pearce - Keyboards and Guitar
Past members
References
- ↑ Vicki Anderson (3 May 2010). "Baby-faced band of blokes". The Press. Retrieved 16 July 2010.