Overview
Click Click is a British electro-industrial band. Click Click formed in 1982 by Adrian Smith, and Derek E. Smith, after the end of their previous rock project Those Nervous Surgeons (which formed in 1976 with bassist Tim Wilson). The direction of the group changed dramatically when Wilson bought their first synthesizer, an EDP Wasp. In 1982, the group acquired guitarist Richard Camp from Bikini Amber and thus the first experimental synth-rock incarnation of the band was born. After weeks of rehearsal the band landed a gig at a festival but still had not settled on a new name. Adrian found inspiration for a name in an antique electric light switch in a cottage in Cornwall that "made a resounding Click Click" when operated. They cut their first single later that year, but Camp departed over creative issues and formed a blues band.
Influenced by artists such as Brian Eno, Cabaret Voltaire, The Residents and Frank Zappa, and of course Blade Runner, Clive Barker and "mind-expanding" substances, Click Click continued on with other revolving members down a more electronic path. In 1985, the band had a recording session with engineer Alan Fisch (who was also working with Hula and Cabaret Voltaire) and producer Stuart Skinner at Vibrasound studio in Sheffield. This session yielded the track "Sweet Stuff" which was considered a breakthrough in the band's sound, achieving "single of the week" in Sounds magazine and ending up on the Play It Again Sam compilation, This is Electronic Body Music. Thereafter, the band had numerous releases on Play It Again Sam and a tour in 1988 in support of the Rorschach Testing album. this time via various download platforms including iTunes.
The material will come in remastered versions and will also include the early catalogue. Lung Function, a compilation of remastered singles, was released on iTunes, Amazon digital service and eMusic in 2008.
Singles
*"Run Me Down" 7" (1982) *"Sweet Stuff" (Rorschach Testing) 12" (1985) *"Skripglow" (Rorschach Testing) (1986) *"I Rage I Melt" (Planet) MCD, 12" (1987) *"Double Bill" (Play it Again Sam) MCD, 12" (1988) *"Yakutska" (Play it Again Sam) MCD, 12" (1988) *"Whiteout" (OffBeat) CD (1998) *"Relax / Pleasure & Pain / Without Sound" (Sonic Groove) (12" EP) (2004) *"Mekanakill" (Rotobabe) (Digital Single) (2015)
Albums
*Party Hate (Rorschach Testing) (1986) *Wet Skin & Curious Eye (Rorschach Testing) (1987) *Rorschach Testing (PIAS) (1988) *Bent Massive (PIAS) (1989) *Shadowblack (OffBeat) (1997) *Party Hate Revisited (Dependent) (2007) *Lung Function (Dependent) (2008) *Skin & Bones (Dependent) (2011) *Ausgraben (Rotorbabe) (2014) *Those Nervous Surgeons (Dependent) (2014) *Live At Lung Function (1988) (Rotorbabe) (2014) *Rorschach Resurrected (Rotorbabe) (2015) *ShadowBlackOps (Rotorbabe) (2015)