The University News

Issue date: 10/3/05 Section: Culture

Media Credit: Courtesy F. Scott Shafer Click Five blends genres on debut album "Greetings from Imrie House."

Remember bands like New Found Glory, Simple Plan and Bowling for Soup? Bands like these earned (to some) the classification of the rock genre. Though in reality, bands like these really should have earned dual genre credits. With a mixed blend of pop and rock, these bands have won over the hearts of many pre-teens, the majority girls.

Click Five, a quintet who falls under the same music category, has gained numerous adolescent fanatics.

Making their debut on MTV's TRL with the single "Just the Girl," Click Five has become the "highest charting debut by a new rock band in 2005," according to their press release. Their debut album, "Greetings from Imrie House," is No. 15 on the Billboard Top 200. The album sold 51,541 copies and continues to sell progressively.

The album gives regard to the bands' home in Boston, where they attended Berklee School of Music.

The quintet is composed of members Eric Dill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Joe Guese (lead guitar/vocals), Ethan Mentzer (bass/vocals), Ben Romans (keyboards/vocals) and Joey Zehr (drums/vocals).

The sound of the album can be easily compared to the tunes of band Fountains of Wayne. Click Five's producer, Mike Denneen, has worked with both bands.

Click Five's current single, "Just the Girl," appears to rip solely from the accompaniment of Fountains of Wayne's "Stacy's Mom."

Though not a true fanatic of the pop genre, this music reviewer will have to admit Click Five does have some potential music to offer the 57 varieties of pop-rock.

The band's members have even played in a diverse array of high school gigs, which landed them where they are now.

Unlike their counterparts, the band attempts to endear audiences with their 11 power-pop masterpieces.

The premiere album's 11 tracks offer a co-written song by Paul Stanley of KISS, "Angel to You (Devil to Me)." Also offered is Elliott Easton of The Cars tearing up the guitar solo on "I'll Take My Chances." The band includes a striking ballad and guitar solo on the same track.

"Pop Princess" delivers a contagious post-'80s melody that will get teeny boppers starry-eyed.

Click Five presents listeners with choruses and melodies that will have them humming as soon as they wake up. It is the band's creation of pleasurable pop music this reviewer would have to give credit.

More power to the pop-rockers...and their goo-goo teens.

jdaguinod@unews.com

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