Clear

There are at least eight bands/artists named Clear: 1) A folk-rock band from minnesota; 2) A Slovak pop(-rock) band; 3) A hardcore band; 4) Another hardcore band; 5) A solo noise project started by Jesi.L in June of 2007; 6) An electropop band from Japan?- ?????; 7) An english guitar pop band, formed in london in 1997. 8) A japanese singer who covers vocaloid and anime songs. He posts his covers in nico nico douga. 9) A canadian band started in the 1990's by the late Kenny MacLean, that released an album entitled "Clear - A Project By Kenny MacLean" in 1995.

1) A folk-rock band from minnesota;
2) A Slovak pop(-rock) band;
3) A hardcore band;
4) Another hardcore band;
5) A solo noise project started by Jesi.L in June of 2007;
6) An electropop band from Japan?- ?????;
7) An english guitar pop band, formed in london in 1997.
8) A japanese singer who covers vocaloid and anime songs. He posts his covers in nico nico douga.
9) A canadian band started in the 1990's by the late Kenny MacLean, that released an album entitled "Clear - A Project By Kenny MacLean" in 1995.


1) The folk-rock band Clear from minnesota were composed of Alison Ogren (vocals), Matt Berry (guitar), Nate Larson (guitar), Dave Caton (bass), Pete Sanders (drums). Clear formed in the late 1990's and released 2 full length albums (the self-titled Clear, and Follow The Narrow on Ardent Records. They disbanded in 2001.

2) The Slovak pop(-rock) band Clear:
m?j 2000 - vznik rockov?ho dua The Clear
m?j 2001 - The Clear s kapelou - koncert v amfite?tri v Ko?iciach s IMT Smile a No Name
j?l 2001-marec 2003 - The Clear rockduo - koncertn? ?innos?
apr?l 2003 - vznik skupiny Clear
november 2003 - v??azstvo na BB Feste v Banskej Bystrici
janu?r 2005 - ocenenie objav roka 2004 MUSIC BOX AWARDS
Ako duo sme od m?ja 2000 vyst?pili vy?e 900!!! kr?t, s kapelou koncertujeme od septembra 2003 .
Po Slovensku koluj? na?e 2 demo CDs, 1CD live koncert z m?ja 2002 v KE, DVD koncerty z Th?lie a GES v KE a kone?ne na?e ofici?lne CD MEDZI VLKMI z febru?ra 2006

3) The hardcore band Clear released the album Deeper Than Blood on Stillborn Records and The Sickness Must End on Life Sentence Records.

4) A Straight Edge Hardcore band form Boston feat. members of Have Heart and The First Step.

5) The solo noise project Clear was started by Jesi.L in June of 2007.

6) The electropop band Clear are from Japan, former members of the (Japanese) band American Rock.

7) The english guitar pop band Clear formed in London, UK in 1997 and released the album Coming Round on Abstraction Records in 2003.

Clear set up Abstraction as a vehicle for their recordings by forming a limited company with themselves as directors and their fanclub as shareholders (a novel business model in 2000, which saw the band garner publicity the UK's business news as well as its music press).

Tracks from Coming Round (including the two singles Johnny Marr was a Mistake and Over and Over) appeared on radio and TV playlists as widely as the UK, Italy, France, Canada, Chile, and Japan. Tracks from the album appeared in the soundtrack for UK Channel 4's Teachers TV drama, a video for Johnny Marr... is available on YouTube, and free downloads can be found on the band's website at www.clearweb.org.

Clear went into hibernation in 2005, after a successful recidency at London's 12 Bar Club (Club Clear - the 12 Bar's night for new underground talent which bore the band's name - helped launch the careers of artists such as Paulo Nutini and Newton Faulkner), but the core lineup of Craig Wentworth, Neil Ward Dutton and Mark Stevenson are showing signs of waking up... with a likely reunion gig in late summer 2008.

8) The canadian band clear was formed in the 1990's by former platinum blonde bass player Kenny MacLean, and released the album Clear - A Project By Kenny MacLean in 1995 on the Page Publications label.
The band consisted of Kenny MacLean on lead vocals and guitar, Denis Martel on guitar and backing vocals, Joe Power on bass and backing vocals, and Sascha on drums.
Three videos of them (one official video and two live performances on French-Canadian channel musique plus ) can be found on YouTube.