The Cliks

The Cliks
Lucas Silveira of The Cliks at the June 2008 Pittsburgh Pridefest.
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario
Genres	Rock, Alternative, Pop rock, Indie rock, Indie pop
Instruments	Guitar/Bass/Vocals/Drums
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Tommy Boy (US) Warner (Canada)
Website	http://www.thecliks.com/
Members	Lucas Silveira (vocals/guitar) rotating members/none permanent
Past members	Jen Benton (bass) Morgan Doctor (drums) Jordan B. Wright Ezri Kaysen Heidi Chan Nina Martinez (guitar)

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.

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. This precipitated a difficult period for lead singer and guitarist Lucas Silveira:

The first album predated Silveira's gender transition. Silveira later worked with Morgan Doctor and Jordan B. Wright to record Snakehouse. Wright left the band shortly after the album was completed and was replaced by Jen Benton on bass. Martinez was added as the second guitarist.

The breakthrough lineup of the band were all out members of the LGBT community. Silveira is a trans man, Benton and Martinez and Doctor identify as queer.