Clinker was formed by Peter Jordan in 1999. Originally all recorded by Peter himself, its gradually turned into the current form of a full four piece band.
6 albums and 2 Eps are available for download for free.

Peter Jordan (founder of Opera Dog Productions) has been creating original tunes with unforgettable melodies and unique production for the past decade.

Previously Peter had been in several other bands, including Kent based indie band Reg Varney Trio with drummer Marcus Moir and guitarist Sean Stevens.  Marcus now drums with Clinker and even Sean had a brief stay.

Peter called himself as Clinker after a game of computer golf where he was Clive Langer (Clinker) and his friend Dave was Anders Forsbrand (Foreskin Technique).  He then decided that Clinker was what he was going to call his project.  The name, through the stream of conscious writing of the first Clinker collection "Clinker Schminker", took on many different meanings.too many to mention here.

The first album of "Clinker Schminker" was completed in 1999, followed by "Up Chunky!" in 2000.
Meanwhile, after Peter produced an album for The Nips "Cheeky" in 2001, Tomoko Matsumoto gradually got more involved in Clinker as a recording musician.
They recorded "The Truth About Nuts" in 2002 and then took a 3 year break from Clinker returning to Opera Dog.
In 2005 Clinker came back with two albums "IYAM WOT IYAM 1 & 2".
Despite recording several albums, Clinker was just recording band until 2006.
Clinker wanted to gig, but they struggled to find the right people and would rather have good friends around him than just anybody.

He decided, due to a reignited interest in his past, to reform Reg Verney Trio for a one off gig.  Re-union rehearsals started and they got back into playing together again,  but gradually he realised it was too time consuming, Clinker was being neglected and the reunited trio expanded to a five piece and become Clinker, the live band. A bass player Joe Weston, long time friend of Peter's who contributed to the "Up Chunky!" album, joined Tomoko (keyboards) as the additional members.

This was late 2006 and a new album was almost complete "When I Grow Up I Wanna Be A Space Cadet"(which was eventually released in late 2007).

2007 was beset with various problems which slowed progress with the live band.  First Sean left for the family life which led to Tomoko taking over his part, then Joe had serious personal problems which meant rehearsals were put on hold for a while.  In the meantime, influenced by the rehearsals Clinker recorded a 6th album "Clinker" which included brand new tunes and some re-recorded ones from previous albums.

Finally, Clinker played their first gig at Water Rats, Kings Cross, London on 17th November 2007, where Bob Dylan made his first UK appearance back in 1961.  More successful gigs followed.  Sadly Joe Weston had to leave the band, due to dayjob work pressures, and a replacement was found in Matt Ellis.

This is the current formation as a 4 piece band.

====== Recordings and Media ======

The recordings in the early years (1998-2002) is very rough due to the lack of technology and knowledge of how to use it.
At the time Peter was recording a song using an operator microphone and Sound Recorder which comes with Windows computer for free, that was all mono recording.
However, his great songwriting and lyrics are still clearly shown in those recording.

By the recording "The Truth About Nuts", "IYAM WOT IYAM 1&2", Clinker guradually found better technology to work with.
Their "When I Grow Up I Wanna Be A Space Cadet" album, described by one scribe as a psychedelic masterpiece, was recorded mostly in 2006. This album was more of a band creation, with strong contributions from Sean (guitar/songwriting) and Marcus (drums). Also, it it came at a time the band discovered a new future as a multi-media band.
Tomoko started directing videos for the band, including "Interferron", "7th Heaven", "Isolation", "Matilda Mother" and "Stop!" from this album and started experimenting with 5.1 surround sound culminating in a multi channel DVD of the album produced by Peter and Tomoko.

======= Influences =======

"Clinker", is deeply influenced by The Beatles, PiL, My Bloody Valentine, Massive Attack and Eno etc.
They could be seen as a Psychedelic band in the vein of Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd or  The Boo Radleys. Through the strong melodies and Peter Jordan's unique songwriting style and lyrics, they attract fans with varied tastes in music.

======= Discography ========

odp002/1999  Clinker Schminker
odp003/2000  Up Chunky!
odp005/2002  The Truth About Nuts
odp008/2005  IYAM WOT IYAM 1
odp009/2005  IYAM WOT IYAM 2
odp010/2007  When I Grow Up I Wanna Be A Space Cadet
odp011/2008  Clinker - Clinker
odp012/2008  Cake Tin Head (EP)
odp013/2008  Hairy Cornflake (EP)

Our brand new album "Clinker" is only available at gigs at the moment or get in touch and we'll work something out.

tracklisting:

1. Sunnyside Up (and Runny)
2. Am I Good (Am I Evil)
3. Blott
4. Bulletproof
5. Say Goodbye
6. What You Done
7. Slimeball
8. Overspill = Calamities
9. (High Times)
10. Star Hardcore Lady
11. The Sun Is Out Today
12. What You Done (Reflection)

We have also remixed "Smoking Ban" by The Girobabies and collaborated with Blackbox7 from Serbia on "We Chase".

====== Band Member =======

Peter Jordan - Vocal, Guitar & Other instruments
Tomoko Matsumoto - Backing Vocal, Guitar, Keyboard & Other instruments
Matt Ellis - Backing Vocal & Bass
Marcus Moir - Drums

====== Reviews =======
A little review of our gig (Bullet Bar 27th February) by Paul Giovanni 3rd "So, Clinker were great...Yes boss, I like Clinker. The current sound of the band is quite shoe gaze and even a little baggy - the kind of thing you might have expected to hear in the early 90's on Creation - but I like a band with an inbuilt stubborness about how they go about things and I also like a band who play without any sense of time - who create their own (though I felt Say Goodbye was perhaps played a little too quickly)."
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hairy Cornflake EP by www.bluesbunny.com "Well it's free and you should not turn away from stuff that is free. It's that whole not looking a gift horse in the mouth thing. Vets probably do that kind of thing all the time (or maybe they do look a gift horse in the mouth as part of their job description.) but Bluesbunnies just take what is available. In this case, it was a download only EP called "Hairy Cornflake" from a London band called Clinker. The cover made a good impression even if it did remind this Bluesbunny of his Uncle Eddie (now resting at one of Her Majesty's hotels after an abortive attempt to rob a post office whilst disguised as a french maid). You also get four songs for no money (which can't be bad) - one original and three inspired covers. Let's take the original first. "You Just Are" is a quirky little number. Oddly enough, it also seemed reminiscent of George Harrison's hippy type music from the seventies with the chorus being more of a chant. No complaints so far then. Moving on to the covers, we get a Kinks like version of Syd Barrett's "No Good Trying" with some added cheesy synths and a vaguely camp showtune take on Tom Waits' "I'll Shoot the Moon". Drama abounds on the cover of "Story of an Artist" and the song comes across like it should be on a stage as part of some musical extravaganza or other. Bluesbunny has never been on an ocean cruise mainly due to spending too much cash on beer. However, Bluesbunny can imagine stopping off in a Caribbean paradise and going into a quayside bar. There's a piano player there who for a dollar will play any song you like. You request a few of your favourite songs and they sound like the songs on this EP. Sort of off key, sort of camp but memorable nonetheless. Perhaps not essential but worth having. Available from the band's website."
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cake Tin Head by www.bluesbunny.com "More free music? So it would seem as the Bluesbunny downloaded another EP from London band Clinker. This time there are three tracks up for grabs to go with the rather fine cover art that Bluesbunny has come to expect from them. "Relapse" is all riffs and robotic drumming just like a heavy metal band that have gotten a bit addicted to American period Depeche Mode. The guitars trip out on power chords whilst the vocals rattle about in reverb land. "Tyred" by contrast sound more like the Kinks would have sounded if they had lasted a bit longer. Certainly on the pop side of things, it reeks of life in the Big Smoke with some properly effective tub thumping drums and laconic vocals. "Sunday Morning" takes the Velvet Underground song and gives it the Slade treatment. Seventies pub rock goes all glam in this one. Respectful and different at the same time, it brings a smile to your face. You know something? I'm getting to like this band. They always have a new trick up their sleeve. Wonder what they will do next?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Porno by Paul Giovanni 3rd A beautiful thing just happenned... I was listening to Porno by Opera Dog AKA Clinker and i went onto the Clinker website to get some more details to facilitate this review. I remembered that when I'd downloaded this LP for free from the site, there was some blurb about how Porno was a general stab at political correctness, and I wanted to quote it exact... So, I got onto the site and navigated my way to the page and the built in audio player kicked in and beat matched the version of Porno I was already playing off the hard drive It was flawless, absolutely flawless... So enough metaphysical mystical magical bullshit - How is this LP? Well one thing i like in life is a positive response. I therefire like bands and acts that have responded to the mp3 death of royalties thing by giving away their music for free. Yes boss, despite all that's said, I can't but help but think that Myspace, Napster et all has done nothing but further denigrate the cash flow to proper musical cleverness... Sure, Myspazz allows any half cut cunt to have 100,00 friends and 200,000 plays but what's so damn good about that??? Myspace is a hustlers charter. If you hustle and bustle attention, you get attention no matter the size of your talent. If you're the reclusive genius type, you're position remains the same as before at best, and most likely worse because such folk don't hustle that well as a general rule and their genuine talent is greater submerged by all the crap.. So, like i was saying, the good guys can get sad and down about this or they can think "FUCK THE WORLD AND THE MYSPACE REVOLUTION!!! I'M STILL GOING TO PRODUCE MY DAMN MUSIC AND NOW I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE IT AWAY!!!' This is genius, and this is what Clinker have done. They've uploaded their old material in full onto their website from where you can download the whole diversity of their LPs for free... It's the kind of attitude that solicits immediate love, and when the LPs are wonderful as well, I get more excited.. Yes boss, Porno is a very decent piece of work. It's a proper mix up. There's plenty of chugging along in a kind of rhythmic shuffle. There's dub and groove and samples. Then there's the changes of direction and pace. It drifts off into thought musation land, then returns to punchy along - and yes, it offers the odd porno sample in order to shuft the feeling.. So, I like this a great deal and am now moving on to download further LPs. Meanwhile, Viva Opera Dog Viva Clinker and Viva music for love not money!! (Oh, and here's the quote...) It's more about this PC shit, than 'Porno' In my heart anyway. I didn't like being told to think. I have my own mind thank you! Porno is a product of that... CLINKER