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The Clean Prophets

New album in the works..

About Me


From THE ONION:A refugee camp for garage rockers, L.A.’s The Clean Prophets is a second chance for talented members of Sunstorm, The Superbees, and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to make good on the promise of those (mostly) defunct groups. As an original act, they more or less deliver, making laconic, shambling psych-pop grounded in both Lou Reed’s effortless cool and pristine British schoolboy rock, mixed with the edgy emotiveness of 80’s gloom bands like Echo And The Bunnymen. It’s an interesting stew of influences-one that makes sense in these all-inclusive times where one man’s mod is another man’s new wave is another man’s space-rock—that reveals the short historical line between the Doors and Interpol. –THE ONION- February ‘07
from LOSTATSEA.NET: Like Scandinavian counterparts Mando Diao, The Clean Prophets are more than just throwbacks with a love of Ray Davies and his ilk. They've got chops, they know their hooks, and more importantly they know themselves. As with other revivalists, Clean Prophets are unabashed about their influences, and when they're the cream of the crop, why not? Whether the trio will have the mass appeal of a Strokes or Franz Ferdinand, only time will tell. But I will praise their debut, poison be damned, and many will find it a welcome addition to their 21st century retro rock collections.
from LOSING TODAY: ..a garaged-up concoction of lessons learned from listening to indie-icons The La's, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Echo and The Bunnymen..
XM Radio - Radar Report FEATURED ARTIST OF THE WEEK-
"The first song is wonderful. 6 songs are stand outs on this cd. Can't wait to see this band live".
XM Satellite Radio
-Radar Report ///// VOL 4 ///// October 26, 2006 //// ISSUE #43
Clean Prophets live at Amoeba Records in Hollywood (thanks Angie):

My Interests

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Member Since: 7/27/2004
Band Website: cleanprophets.com
Band Members: Jerrold Balcom, Johnny Sleeper, Giorgio Karambelas
Record Label: TUFF PENGUIN
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

JUNE 2007 West Coast Tour Journal- Welcome "Meat Locker"

Back in town after a mini tour of the West Coast. We have a new bass player as our old one Dave decided to pursue other stuff in April so we have now welcomed Giorgio "Meat Locker" Karambelas into the...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:54:00 PST

LA Record cover shot and interview

THURSDAY, APRIL 26: THE CLEAN PROPHETS and KLAXONSThe Clean Prophets are named after a La's song and use former members of the Stitches, Sunstorm, the Superbees and the Brian Jonestown Massacre to sou...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:50:00 PST

Tons of reviews here..

**************************************************Who doesnt like a little glam now and then? Drug addled, sticky, squinty-eyed, fitted-shirt glam of course - not likeshiny pants glam.Born out of a 20...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:21:00 PST

Tour Journal Vol 3

So wow what a week. first off the show on Saturday Feb 10th in Provo was real crowded and a good time. it was all ages and no booze. Provo is a college town and apparently BYU the Mormon school there ...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 12:25:00 PST

Tour Journal Vol 2

OK. Leave the big city attitude at home. Portland was a blast. Two shows, one at tiger bar, thrown by MATTRESS, local legend. another at the friggin arcade! played some Pacman and boy do i suck at Don...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:45:00 PST

Tour Journal Vol. 1

In Sacramento. Played last night here, had a good one. 4th time playing here and people are starting to come out for us. Good vibe in a old pub with good beers on tap. So far we've eaten a lot of burr...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:55:00 PST

Clean Prophets featured band of the week XM Satellite Radio- "Radar Report"

http://www.radiounsigned.com/index02.html"Check this out,, this ROCKS...The first song is wonderful. 6 songs are stand-outs on this cd. I can't wait to see this band live". - Radar Report XM Satellite...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:20:00 PST

to pick up our CD..

...to pick up our new CD, Praise Is Poison gohere . or if you're in LA, you can get it at Amoeba in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. ...
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:47:00 PST

Blog about a blog

We got our first big Blog love here at Music For Robots out of NYC. check it out:http://music.for-robots.com/archives/001308.html spreadin the gospel!
Posted by The Clean Prophets on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 03:59:00 PST