The Cheks

{{Short description|Australian power pop band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}} {{Refimprove|date=May 2007}} '''The Cheks''' were a power pop band active in 1980–1982 and based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.<ref name="Whos">{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=37515|chapter=CHEKS|url=http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Paul McHenry|author3=Zbig Nowara|isbn=1-86503-891-1|orig-year=1989|date=2007|access-date=11 December 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm|archive-date=29 February 2012|df=dmy-all}} Note: [on-line] version was expanded from the 2002 edition.</ref> They are notable for having Paul Hester on drums.<ref name="Whos"/><ref name="Oz Rock Db">{{cite web |title= Australian Rock Database |publisher= Magnus Holmgren |url= http://hem.passagen.se/honga/aussie.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000303201443/http://hem.passagen.se/honga/aussie.html |url-status= usurped |archive-date= 2000-03-03 |access-date= 2007-08-27 }}</ref> The Cheks were formed with John Clifforth (guitar), Ken Campbell (guitar) and Steve White (bass guitar).<ref name="Whos"/><ref name="Oz Rock Db"/> The lineup changed quickly with the departure of Steve White and the addition of Steve Carter. In 1982, Clifforth, Campbell and Hester moved to Sydney to form Deckchairs Overboard with Cathy McQuade (bass). Hester was later drummer for Split Enz and then Crowded House.<ref name="Oz Rock Db"/> Other Cheks members went on to form Don't Panic and Ambivilent Hoojahs.<ref name="Oz Rock Db"/> Cheks were moderately popular within the Melbourne and Sydney alternative music scenes.

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