{{Short description|English alternative rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2014}} '''The Clint Boon Experience''' (stylised as '''The Clint Boon Experience!''', also known as '''CBX''') are an English [[alternative rock]] band formed by ex-[[Inspiral Carpets]] keyboard player [[Clint Boon]] after [[Inspiral Carpets]] disbanded in the mid-1990s.

==Background== Boon formed The Clint Boon Experience in 1998.<ref name=billboard>{{cite news |author=Wendy Mitchell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4BMEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22The+Compact+Guide+to+Pop+Music+and+Space+Travel%22&pg=PA13 |title=Boon Wants to 'Transition' Artful Set to US |work=Billboard |pages=13,15 |date=3 March 2001 |accessdate=20 July 2014}}</ref> They supported [[Travis (band)|Travis]], performing in Belfast in December 1999, then returning as headliners in February 2000. <ref name=people>{{cite news |url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Beautiful+North%3A+Ex-Carpets+player+Clint+no+more+on+the+fringe.-a060951735 |title=The Beautiful North: Ex-Carpets player Clint no more on the fringe. |work=[[The Sunday People|The People]] |date=30 January 2000 |accessdate=27 August 2014}}</ref>

The band were one of the earliest to exploit the internet, having a website and an email list.<ref name=people />

They released two [[album]]s: ''[[The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel]]'' and ''[[Life in Transition]]'', under the [[independent record label]], Artful Records.<ref name=billboard />

==The band== * [[Clint Boon]] – keyboards (Farfisa), lead vocals * Matt Hayden – guitar * Richard Stubbs – bass guitar * Tony Thompson – drums and percussion * Kathryn Stubbs – trumpet

Also guest appearances for: * [[Alfie Boe]] – extra vocals * Sara Cluderay – extra vocals * [[Fran Healy (musician)|Fran Healy]] – guest vocalist on "Do What You Do (The Earworm Song)". Boon described this song as his "masterpiece".<ref name=billboard />

Boe performed vocals on both albums, and a number of the singles. Cluderay toured regularly with the band, and performed extra vocals on the single version of "The Biggest Horizon".

In addition he has members of his family perform on his albums, in particular his former wife Maegan, plus a few spoken words from his daughter. Maegan also wrote the group's newsletter.<ref name=billboard />

==Discography== ===Studio albums=== *1999 ''[[The Compact Guide to Pop Music and Space Travel]]'' *2000 ''[[Life in Transition]]''

===Singles=== *1999 "Only One Way I Can Go" *1999 "Comet Theme No.1" *1999 "You Can't Keep a Good Man Down" *1999 "White No Sugar" [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No.&nbsp;61 *2000 "Biggest Horizon" UK No.&nbsp;70 *2000 "Do What You Do (Earworm Song)" UK No.&nbsp;63<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 71}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Inspiral Carpets}} {{Authority control}}

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