Artist description Ottawa's Clark is fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist John Tielli. Clark combines the wit and energy of New Wave era pop with the introspectiveness of "modern art rock".

Music Style has been described as emo pop/rock

Musical Influences talking heads, radiohead, the police, bob dylan

Similar Artists Talking Heads, Neil Young, Radiohead

Artist History Formed in 1999 in Ottawa, Canada. Career highlights include national television and radio broadcasts of live performances. Clark's debut CD was listed as one of the top pop/rock CD's of 2001 in the Ottawa Citizen and the disc of the week on CBC's "Bandwidth". Clark the band was a finalist in a province wide contest called "Big Break". There were over 700 submitions for the contest.

Group Members John Tielli - lead vocals, guitars Mike Dubue - keyboards (mainly Rhodes), backing vocals Matt Gagnon - bass, backing vocals Philip Shaw Bova - drums Jeremy Gara - drums

Instruments guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, vocals

Albums Terra Incognita

Press Reviews "...exceptionally high quality pop music. John Tielli's songwriting is so strong and the playing is very, very good." Bill Stunt, CBC radio "(Terra Incognita) looks to be a darkhorse contender for Canadian debut of the year." Ryan Watson, Eye Weekly "(four and a half stars)...thoroughly mesmerizing...soars from frantic to sullen with poetic ease." Wes Smiderle, the Ottawa Citizen

Additional Info independent label: Train Records

Location ottawa, ontario - Canada

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