The Click Five

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The Click Five
at Backstage of MTV Exit Live in Bangkok.
Background information
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, Berklee School of Music
Genres	Power pop Alternative rock
Years active	Since 2003
Labels	Atlantic Records Lava Records WEA International
Website	http://www.theclickfive.com, http://www.myspace.com/theclick5
Members
Kyle Patrick Joe Guese Ethan Mentzer Ben Romans Joey Zehr
Former members
Eric Dill

The Click Five is a power pop/alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts.

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]} 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 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.

[edit] Band members

[edit] Current members

• Kyle Patrick - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2007-present)
• Joe Guese - lead guitar, backing vocals (2003-present)
• Ethan Mentzer - bass, backing vocals (2003-present)
• Ben Romans - keyboard, backing vocals (2003-present)
• Joey Zehr - drums, percussion (2003-present)

[edit] Former members

• Eric Dill - lead vocals, rhythm guitar (2003-2006)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

• Greetings from Imrie House (2005)
• Modern Minds and Pastimes (2007)

[edit] EPs

• Angel to You (Devil to Me) (2005)

[edit] Singles

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: The Click Five

• The Click Five Official Site
• The Click Five's profile at MySpace
• The Click Five at friendster
• The Click Five Fan Site
• The Click Five's profile at AtlanticRecords.com
• Ben Romans' Music/Charity Blogging Site