User:Robbclarkeis/Robb Clarke

ROBB CLARKE is a musician, vocalist and songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Clarke is most well known for his position as lead vocalist in the Seattle "Punk n Roll" band, Zipgun. After Zipgun disbanded, Clarke went on to form THE RC5, also known as The Robb Clarke five. Ironically the band had only 4 members, but several drummers played the role as the "Fifth" member.

Both Zipgun and the RC5 were productive recording and touring bands. Each worked with famed record engineer "JACK ENDINO". Clarke's history as a frontman started in his infamous high school band, THE TRIDS. People still share stories today about legendary songs such as "Kill ET" and often tense live performances.

The RC5 signed with a Scottish record label : Twenty Stone Blatt and released two full length records. Both can be found on itunes today. RC5 saw more touring than just the USA, in 2002 they supported ZEKE on a central European tour.

Lately Clarke has been involved with a new band called THE BURNS. Having had only performed on local radio station KEXP, they broke up shortly after when Robb moved to Los Angeles to persue a career in coaching tennis.

Having moved back to Seattle, he has continued to put more energy into tennis than music. He is coming up on his third year as head coach of the varsity tennis team at Franklin High school in Seattle, washington. By doing so, currently, he says he is "living the dream".