ArtistInfo

The Clique

Band,
Rock and R&B/Soul

The Clique was an English rock band, formed in the late 1980s by Jon Paul Harper, Paul Newman, Phillip Otto and Gilles B. Mery. This line-up played many gigs centred on the revived UK mod scene. After sporadic experiments with keyboard players, including James Taylor (see below), Dom Strickland became full-time Hammond player in late 1991, and also their main songwriter, and Trevor French became lead singer. Up to that point the Clique had been a covers band, making up for their lack of original material by covering rare and obscure freakbeat material. Shortly thereafter, in an unrelated move, Mery departed to his native France, and he was replaced by Matthew Braim, who played his first gig in April 1993. This particular line-up is now generally regarded as the Clique at the height of thei

Members

	James Taylor org GB
	Bruce Brand dr GB
	Phillip Otto b, eb
	Matthew Braim dr
	Dom Strickland org
	Jon-Paul Harper g, voc
	Trevor French voc
	Gilles B. Mery dr
	Paul Newman h, voc
	Third D3gree