The Clean
New Zealand indie rock band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Clean was a New Zealand indie rock band formed in Dunedin in 1978. They have been described as the most influential band to come from the Flying Nun label, which recorded many artists associated with the "Dunedin sound", and one of the first bands to be described as "indie rock".[2][3]
For other uses, see Clean (disambiguation).
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Led by brothers Hamish and David Kilgour, the band rotated through a number of musicians before settling on their well-known and longest running line-up with Robert Scott.[2] Their name comes from a character from the movie Free Ride called Mr. Clean.[4]