A pop-culture enthusiast and sci-fi/fantasy addict, A.J. “The Hammer” Miller seems to have landed right into his dream life of being in a band and dominating the Tuesday Night Trivia parties at his childhood friend, Jimmy Bailey’s house. He was first in line to get the final installment of Harry Potter at Barnes & Noble in Billings, Montana and is famous for buying a plane ticket to Hollywood where he cased Universal Studios for 16 days, kidnapped writer J.J. Abrams and held him captive until he told A.J. who was in the coffin on last season’s finale of LOST. He was always a quiet, well-mannered, and innocent young fellow while growing up in downtown Billings, Montana. Not much has changed since then, other than a fresh B.A. degree from the University of Montana, a new found interest in girls (one in particular), and a payload of new bass gear.
John Mclellan hails from Casper, Wyoming, a little town just north of Denver, Colorado (225.3 miles, to be exact). The lead singer and principal songwriter of the group, John wears an inexpensive pair of rose-colored aviator sunglasses that allow him to perceive the world in musical and poetic terms and bestow him with the ability to make a catchy song out of any everyday and/or awkward situation. Personally, John embodies the archetypal 'dude in a band': he wears his hair various different forms of unkempt; never leaves home without his black, size 12 Chuck Taylor sneakers; owns several pairs of tattered, ill-fitting jeans; and always has his acoustic guitar within a 100-yard radius. While some aspiring musicians join bands to evade the dreaded 'real world' of 9-5 jobs and mortgage payments, John sees no difference between the two -- music is his real world.
If the folks at Webster’s were to ask The Clintons for a definition of “abidition,” odds are the band would merely send them a picture of Josh “THE DAWG” Keehr, sporting a trucker hat, a vague shirt with a name tag that wasn’t his, and a Minnesota-brewed beer. Ever since he was a pup growing up in Hutchinson, Minnesota, Josh has been able to make friends like rabbits make offspring. This intense, party-machine percussionist still abides by the generous Midwestern mentality; he is always willing to go out of his way to make sure his guests are comfortable, well-fed, and have a beer in their hand (warning: applies to children). On any given night, when the other band members are dragging ass after a show, you can always count on THE DAWG to be active, excited and eager to, as he puts it, “TIE ONE ON.”
Levi James Kujala, a.k.a. “Kweejis Philbin” or “Steve McKweej,” has grown greatly since the band’s conception in 2000. He went from being a scrawny, bleach-blonde city boy who played drums for the sole purpose of wooing females to being a slightly less scrawny, European Mohawk-sporting businessman and musician who plays and writes Clintons’ music not for fame or fortune, but for the sake of making music.
What brought about those changes, one might ask? For one, Levi’s voice got deeper and he started shaving two to three times a week. Secondly, he helped change The Clintons’ image from an average, immature, practice-at-our-parents’house garage band to a talented, albeit,still immature, group of eager musicians trying to make a legitimate living doing what they love—making music—for the people they love—you.
Learn to play guitar by watching John McLellan's thorough and perfectly paced guitar lesson videos featuring the very best of The Clintons.
Visit clintonsband.com for song downloads, lyrics and song information as well as an entertaining glimpse into this Bozeman Montana based band's lifestyle. You can also learn to play many more Clintons songs on guitar. It's all at clintonsband.com. Learn to play guitar with John's guitar lessons. Yup, that's what I said.
Learn to play guitar by watching John McLellan's thorough and perfectly paced guitar lesson videos featuring the very best of The Clintons.
Visit clintonsband.com for song downloads, lyrics and song information as well as an entertaining glimpse into this Bozeman Montana based band's lifestyle. You can also learn to play many more Clintons songs on guitar. It's all at clintonsband.com. Learn to play guitar with John's guitar lessons. Yup, that's what I said.
Another composition by John! After a crazy weekend playing bitchen shows, we blew two tires in a row! The second one was just a few miles after getting the first one changed.
Here are a few gems from deep down in Levi's hard drive vault of never before seen scenes. John dresses up as an ex-hooker for the "News at 6" interview.
We found an old dusty JohnCam tape of our December 1st, 2004 CD release party for "EP." As far as we know, this is the only video evidence of us ever being a "Boy Band."
Check out the new song "Time of Day". John and Levi get jousted out of the studio by noisy construction going on just several feet away from the studio.
Fan of the Bean. The new record is currently being recorded so we thought we'd celebrate our past with this acoustic series presented by Lewis & Clark Brewing.
Follow Me Home. The new record is currently being recorded so we thought we'd celebrate our past with this acoustic series presented by Lewis & Clark Brewing.
College Daze. The new record is currently being recorded so we thought we'd celebrate our past with this acoustic series presented by Lewis & Clark Brewing.
Strange Day In Mexico. The new record is currently being recorded so we thought we'd celebrate our past with this acoustic series presented by Lewis & Clark Brewing.