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The Cliks (album)
The Cliks are a Canadian rock band consisting of Lucas Silveira (vocalist/guitarist), with rotating members. The Cliks' major label debut album, ''Snakehouse'' was released on April 24, 2007 by Warner Music in Canada and by Tommy Boy Records in the United States. History In an '' In The Life'' interview, Silveira shared that the band's name derived from two ideas; using ''The'' like iconic bands The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and ''Cliks'' as a portmanteau of the slang terms '' clit'' and '' dicks''. A different Cliks lineup, consisting of Silveira, bassist Ezri Kaysen and drummer Heidi Chan, released an eponymous debut album in 2004. In Toronto's '' NOW'', reviewer Sarah Liss described the band's music as "what might happen if Chrissie Hynde and the Murmurs' Leisha Hailey fell in love, got Bowie to help out with insemination and gave birth to an indie rock love child." However, the original lineup broke up in 2005. Rayner, Ben"A band that Cliks" ''Toronto Star'', M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucas Silveira
Lucas Silveira is a Canadian vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario. He has composed and performed folk music and rock music, and formed and played in the band The Cliks. Silveira is credited as the first openly transgender man to have signed with a major record label. He also writes about LGBTQ issues. Biography Silveira was born in Mississauga, Canada. He considers himself Portuguese-Canadian because of his Portuguese ethnicity; he also lived in Portugal for 6 years in his youth and speaks fluent Portuguese. As a child, he knew that he was a boy, and asked his mother to buy him a penis like his brothers. Growing up, he identified as a lesbian. In 2004, he came out to himself, family, and friends as a transgender man. In an interview published in The Advocate, Silveira states that he feels "transgender by definition, but not by identity", because being transgender has become a political identity rather than a personal one. In 2010 he began hormone replacem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |