Clinic is an English art rock band out of Liverpool, England. While performing, each member wears a combination of surgical masks, hospital scrubs, top hats and old military jackets. The four members of the band are Ade Blackburn, Hartley, Brian Campbell and Carl Turney. The original line-up has remained consistent throughout the band's career.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clinic-p16549/biography

The sound of Clinic has changed over the years, but primarily consists of driving rhythms set to haunting melodies. They often use keyboard instruments such as melodicas and organs, as well as wind instruments like flutes and clarinets. The band achieved acclaim upon the release of their 2002 album Walking with Thee, which climbed to 29 on Billboard's Top Independent Albums charts.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clinic-p16549/charts-awards

• Ade Blackburn - Vocals, Keyboard
• Johnathan Hartley - Guitar, Keyboard
• Brian Campbell - Bass, Vocals
• Carl Turney - Drums

Clinic formed in 1997 after the disbanding of Ade Blackburn and Hartley's previous band, Pure Morning.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clinic-p16549/biography Enlisting the aid of bassist Brian Campbell and drummer Carly Turney, the band released their first single, "IPC Sub-Editors Dictate Our Youth," on their Aladdin's Cave of Golf record label. The single reached the top ten on John Peel's Festive Fifty, NME and Melody Maker. The band signed with Domino records in 1999.http://www.myspace.com/clinicvoot

2000 saw the release of the bands debut album, Internal Wrangler. The chosen singles from the album were "The Return of Evil Bill" and "Distortions". In 2002 the band released their breakthrough album, Walking with Thee; the album would be nominated for a Grammy. Two years later, Clinic released Winchester Cathedral.http://www.allmusic.com/artist/clinic-p16549/biography

Their 2006 album, Visitations, would be released with a B-side compilation immediately following they next year. The compilation, titled Funf, gathered previously unreleased songs from the past ten years and brought them together. In 2008, the band released their fifth album, Do It!. Clinic released an album on October 4, 2010, titled Bubblegum.http://www.myspace.com/clinicvoot

• 2000: Internal Wrangler
• 2002: Walking with Thee
• 2004: Winchester Cathedral
• 2006: Visitations
• 2008: Do It!
• 2010: Bubblegum

"I’ve never liked the idea that you’ve got the lead singer out front, and it’s a standard rock band. I don’t think the image is an essential element, it’s more of an addition to it – it’s just something else visually there. It wouldn’t really make too much difference whether you played in costume or not, the main thing is still the music." — Ade Blackburn, interview with L.A. Recordhttp://larecord.com/interviews/2008/05/20/clinic-more-of-a-nunny-state

"We’ve always collected creaky old instruments...there’s always knackered dulcimers and mandolins and stuff like that lying about. Writing on those helps you still approach it like kids. If you get another instrument you can’t play, you have to work it out, and you end up coming up with something simple, little melodies." — Ade Blackburn, interview with Domino Recordshttp://www.dominorecordco.com/artists/clinic/