History

Clear Static's members were friends from high school, and began playing together in punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 bands. Eventually, the group coalesced around a shared interest in New Wave

New Wave music

New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...

 bands of the 1980s like Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

 and The Fixx

The Fixx

The Fixx is an English rock band formed in London in 1979. Their hits include "One Thing Leads to Another," "Red Skies," "Stand or Fall," "Saved by Zero," "Sign of Fire," "Are We Ourselves?," "Secret Separation," "Driven Out," "How Much Is Enough?," and "Deeper and Deeper," which was featured on...

. After playing local shows, Tommy Henriksen

Tommy Henriksen

Tommy Henriksen is an American singer-songwriter from Port Jefferson, New York.Henriksen first moved to Los Angeles to start his music career in 1991. He did tech work for Alice Cooper before beginning performance work with Keith Forsey on a full-length solo album...

 and Jeff Pilson

Jeff Pilson

Jeff Pilson is an American bass guitarist, best known for his stint in the heavy metal band Dokken...

 recorded a 5 song demo that had the band in a bidding war,where they signed with Island Records.After the band left Island records the group was chosen in 2005 by Duran Duran to open dates on their tours in the US and UK. They also signed to Maverick Records

Maverick Records

Maverick Recording Company is an American record label owned and operated by Warner Music Group, and distributed through Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:...

 subsidiary Lizard King

Lizard King Records

Lizard King Records is a New York and London-based independent label. Lizard King's distribution goes through ADA in America and Pinnacle in the UK.-Artists:Current*Surefire*Greater Good*Me*OxzanaFormer*Clear Static*Drive-by Argument*Santogold...

 (who had previously signed The Killers) that year, with a self-titled full-length issued by Maverick in 2006. The album featured the single "Make Up Sex", which was remix

Remix

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ed and issued as a dance single. These remixes reached #13 on the U.S. Billboard Dance Singles chart and #16 on the Club Play chart.

Members

• Tom Pederson - vocals
• Michael David - guitar, synthesizers
• Danny Kincaid - guitar
• Rich Pederson - bass
• Jacob Shearer - drums