The Clarks
Origin Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres Alternative rock
Years active 1986–present
Labels Clarkhouse Entertainment
King Mouse Records
MCA Records
Razor & Tie
Website https://www.clarksonline.com/
Members
Scott Blasey
Rob James
Greg Joseph
Dave Minarik

The Clarks are an American rock band from the Pittsburgh region, originating at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Over the course of twenty years, they have produced a total of 12 studio, live and solo releases, selling near a quarter of a million copies.

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History [link]

Scott Blasey, Rob James, and Dave Minarik Jr. began playing together in the early 1980s as "New Boots And Panties". Then later as "The Administration." After Greg Joseph joined in 1986, the band renamed itself "The Clarks", performing mainly at fraternity parties, the Soccer House", and The Coney Island bar, covering artists such as U2, Joe Jackson, The Del Fuegos, English Beat, and The Long Ryders. Shortly after Joseph joined, the group wrote their first original songs and took second place in a competition in Pittsburgh.[1]

The band gained popularity throughout the Western Pennsylvania region after moving to Pittsburgh and playing at colleges and bars, especially the long defunct "Graffiti". They eventually toured along the East Coast, then the Southwest and Pacific states. Performances have drawn thousands of fans across the country, and tens of thousands in Pennsylvania. The group headlined Rolling Rock Town Fair in 2005, performed at Milwaukee's Summerfest, shared performance with John Mayer, Marc Broussard, OAR, and Steely Dan, and co-headlined with Three Doors Down.[2]

The members have been recognized as distinguished alumni at IUP, where a recording studio has been named in their honor.

Music [link]

Their first release, 1988's I'll Tell You What Man..., saw a great deal of success via the local hit "Help Me Out." The three following releases introduced "Penny on the Floor," "Cigarette" and "Mercury" sequentially—songs that were immortalized throughout the area and still receive frequent radio play today. With the release of 1996's Someday Maybe on King Mouse Records (BMI), the band furthered their fame. In 2000, The Clarks saw perhaps their greatest success, with Let It Go outselling many major national releases in the Pittsburgh area and generating three huge radio hits popularized by WDVE and WXDX (as well as rock radio stations in Johnstown, Wheeling and Youngstown, among other areas in the region): "Born Too Late," "Better Off Without You" and "Snowman." "Born Too Late" is a conversation piece, containing references to important figures of the past and present, such as Vincent van Gogh, Elvis, Mother Theresa, John Lennon, Jerry Garcia, Muhammad Ali, Thomas Edison, Jimi Hendrix, Jesus, Buddha, and William Shakespeare. The title track, "Let It Go," found its way into the 2001 Warner Bros. film Summer Catch and "Better Off Without You" was regularly featured during the closing credits of The Anna Nicole Show.[3] Since then the band has continued to increase their catalog via 2002's Another Happy Ending, 2004's Fast Moving Cars, and 2009's Restless Days.

Appearances [link]

A major highlight for the band and their fans was a musical appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman on August 31, 2004, and also an appearance on ESPN's Cold Pizza on June 23, 2006. On June 21, 2005, they released their first "Best Of" compilation, Between Now and Then (Retrospective). With an average of 150 live shows every year, many of which remain local, and over 250,000 local album sales, the band is still primarily a Pittsburgh regional band. They have had much success with their live act and can fill larger venues to capacity for their bigger concerts in the Pittsburgh area. On June 4, 2009, they performed their newest album, "Restless Days", on Pittsburgh's 102.5 WDVE to promote the new CD which went on sale June 9, 2009. On June 9, 2009, they performed at the Robinson Mall in Pittsburgh to promote their album courtesy of FYE and then had a signing session after their set.

On December 21, 2010, the NHL announced that The Clarks were selected to perform during the first intermission of the 2011 NHL Winter Classic to be held in Pittsburgh at Heinz Field on New Year's Day 2011.[4]

Members [link]

  • Scott Blasey: lead and background vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
  • Rob James: electric & acoustic guitars, background vocals
  • Greg Joseph: bass guitar, background vocals
  • Dave Minarik: drums, background vocals

Discography [link]

Main article: The Clarks discography

References [link]

  1. ^ "The Clarks". IUP Magazine. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. 2002. https://www.iup.edu/upper.aspx?id=39451. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  2. ^ "Biography". Archived from the original on 2008-08-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20080822075352/https://www.clarksonline.com/bio/. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  3. ^ "Soundtracks for the Anna Nichole Show". Internet Movie Database. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328732/soundtrack. Retrieved 2008-10-20. 
  4. ^ "National Hockey League announces musical performers for 2011 NHL Winter Classic". https://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=546973. Retrieved 21 December 2010. 

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Live albums
Compilations
Outtake albums
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The Clarks (album)

The Clarks is a 1991 eponymous second album by Pittsburgh band The Clarks. Like their debut album, it was an independent release, but the album quickly gained a cult following in Western Pennsylvania and became a popular album in Pittsburgh. When WDVE, Pittsburgh's largest rock station, began playing "Penny on the Floor," the band achieved instant local fame. It was actually surprising at the time that radio stations would pick up "Penny On the Floor," a mandolin-driven song, as opposed to one of the band's more up tempo rock songs.

Track listing

  • "If I Fall Through" – 3:08
  • "Thought It Was Free" – 4:01
  • "She Revolves" – 2:56
  • "What a Way to Go" – 5:30
  • "Daylights" – 3:20
  • "Dear Prudence" (The Beatles cover) – 4:05
  • "Spy" – 2:12
  • "King of the Asylum" – 3:15
  • "Goodbye" – 2:38
  • "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" – 3:04
  • "Penny on the Floor" – 3:55
  • "Train of Love" – 4:02
  • "Caroline" (hidden track) – 3:24

    • Personnel

  • Scott Blasey - lead vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
  • Rob James - electric guitar, vocals
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    Tell me

    Tell me is the title of an advertisement calling for universal suffrage in Hong Kong. It ran once as a full page ad on the front page of most Hong Kong newspapers on 28 October 2005, and inspired many other people and groups in Hong Kong to run advertisements supporting democracy, in response to the government's reform proposal which ruled out universal suffrage in 2007 and 2008 elections.

    It was written in white text on a dark background. It also included a picture of an hourglass. About HK$200,000 ($25,600) was spent in placing the ads. In 2007, two more ads were placed costing about HK$100,000. The old man quoted in the ad worked in the property industry and is now retired. Legislator James To assisted him in designing and placing the advertisements.

    See also

  • 2005 Hong Kong electoral reform

    • References

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    Tell Me!

    "Tell Me!" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000, performed in English by August & Telma. An Icelandic version was recorded but not released.

    The song is an up-tempo duet, with the singers confessing their love for one another and planning to leave where they are in order to "be together all the time". The title comes from the chorus, where both singers ask each other to "tell me" how much they love each other.

    It was performed twelfth on the night, following Cyprus' Voice with "Nomiza" and preceding Spain's Serafín Zubiri with "Colgado de un sueño". At the close of voting, it had received 45 points, placing 12th in a field of 24.

    The song was succeeded as Icelandic representative at the 2001 contest by Two Tricky with "Angel".


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    Tell Me

    Tell Me may refer to:

  • Tell me, an ad calling for universal suffrage in Hong Kong
  • Tellme Networks, a company owned by Microsoft
  • Tell Me, a 2005 short film by Shandi Mitchell
  • Tell Me, a 2008 short film starring Sean Paul Lockhart

    • Songs

  • "Tell Me!", by August & Telma
  • "Tell Me" (Billie Myers song)
  • "Tell Me" (Bobby Valentino song)
  • "Tell Me" (Diddy song), with Christina Aguilera
  • "Tell Me" (Dru Hill song)
  • "Tell Me" (hide song)
  • "Tell Me" (Jake Owen song)
  • "Tell Me" (Melanie Brown song)
  • "Tell Me" (Smilez and Southstar song)
  • "Tell Me" (White Lion song)
  • "Tell Me" (Wonder Girls song)
  • "Tell Me", by Aerosmith from the album Music from Another Dimension!
  • "Tell Me", by Belinda Carlisle from the album Real
  • "Tell Me", by Big Tymers from the album How You Luv That Vol. 2
  • "Tell Me", by Bing Crosby from the album Bing with a Beat
  • "Tell Me", by Bob Dylan from the album The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3 (Rare & Unreleased) 1961–1991
  • "Tell Me", by Boston from the album Greatest Hits
  • "Tell Me", by Carly Rae Jepsen from the album Tug Of War
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    Podcasts:

    The Clarks

    ALBUMS

    Restless Days

    Released 2009

    Between Now and Then

    Released 2005

    Strikes & Gutters 2: Doublewide

    Released 2004

    Fast Moving Cars

    Released 2004

    Another Happy Ending

    Released 2002

    Strikes & Gutters

    Released 2001

    Live

    Released 2001

    Let It Go

    Released 2000

    The Clarks

    Released 1999

    Live

    Released 1998

    Someday Maybe

    Released 1997

    Love Gone Sour Suspicion and Bad Debt

    Released 1994

    I'll Tell You What Man...

    Released 1988
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    What A Way To Go

    by: The Clarks

    I met a man out on a bridge pier
    He said he's gonna jump to save his soul
    I said what's the world done to make you mad man
    He said sit down son now here's the dope
    I can't find work 'cause i'm a blind man
    I can't see but sometimes i can see the light
    Now is my life a labor of love or is my life a love of labor
    I still got a hollow feeling in my life
    What a way to go
    What a way to go
    What a way to go
    What a way to go
    I met this girl her name escapes me
    Said son i'd love you to be my man
    She wrote her name out on a dollar
    I spent that dollar on a shot of jim
    Spent it on a shot of jim
    I talked him down and then i walked off
    I turned around and he was gone himself
    A mile down the road it came upon me
    It was me i talked off that ledge
    It was me i talked off that ledge
    It was me i talked off that ledge
    What a way to go
    What a way to go
    What a way to go




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