To include bands such as Saliva and Klear in the Thursday at the Square lineup is what makes it a concert series. Everyone at some point this summer has a chance to come downtown, grab a front-row spot and sing along to a band that appeals to them. Thursday night it was the headbangers’ turn.

REVIEW

WHO: Saliva with Klear

WHEN: Thursday night

WHERE: Lafayette Square

Memphis hard-rockers Saliva hit it big in the early 2000s by combining mid-90s alternative rock with a metal edge. Singer Josey Scott contends the band was burned by the record industry, and its second song (with a title unsuitable for print) said as much.

Saliva went on too late (8:35 p. m.) to meet a tight deadline and write an accurate review of its spectacle. But the profanity-laced singalongs and songs that would sound good layered over top of wrestling highlight videos was probably indicative of the whole set. If Saliva didn’t meet all musical tastes, they were at least entertaining to look at and watch — lots of hair, black clothing and alcohol-spewing.

The real story of the evening was the reunion of Niagara Falls-based rockers Klear for its first show with original frontman Fred Shafer since December 2004.

Shafer left Klear to embark on what’s turned out to be a less than successful solo venture. Meanwhile, his bandmates carried on by adding Joe Cafarella, whose primary duties are as guitarist and lead singer for popular Buffalo hardcore band Stemm.

In early May, Stemm agreed to play the Rockstar Mayhem Festival at Darien Lake and, unknowingly to Cafarella, Klear agreed to open for Saliva at the Square — two major shows in the same week that Cafarella said was impossible for him to pull off. It was just the catalyst Klear needed to reunite.

Klear lead guita 

"10 Seconds To Burn" is now available at FYE located
at 3701 McKinley Pkwy. in Hamburg, NY.
Go out and get yours today!! The CD is in it's own kiosk, in the
"Localeyez" artist section.

If you came out to see klear on 4/18/2008 you might of noticed a camera crew catching all the action. Well now is your chance to relive the entire experience or see it for the first time if you could not make it out to the show. The show will be airing in the Western New York area on Time Warner's "Music In The Night" On LCTV 20.

Here is the list of dates and times you can catch klear:

Sat. 5/17 @ 11pm 

Sun. 5/18 @ 3am & 11pm 

Sat. 5/24 @ 11pm 

Sun. 5/25 @ 3am & 9pm 

Sun. 6/1 @ 1am & 9pm 

Bruce wins Best Original Guitarist at 2007 Buffalo Music Awards

Congratulations goes out to Bruce Wojick who recently won the Best
 Original Guitarist at the 2007 Buffalo Music Awards. The 2007 Buffalo Music
 Awards were held at Coyote's & Rock N Roll Heaven in Buffalo, NY
 sponsored by Night-Life Magazine. 

Klear was 1 of the top 10 finalist in the L.A. Rock Off contest
 sponsored through Zoomoozik. 500 bands had entered.
http://zoomoozik.com/larockoff.jsp

Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From everyone at ZM.

Klear has been chosen for the MIDEM 2008 project. This is a
 compilation CD that Zoomoozik shops to overseas record labels. They picked 1
 song ("Who’s To Blame") from Klear to put on their CD. MIDEM will
 take place in France from January 27th - January 31st. With industry
 professionals from over 90 different countries. This January, delegates from
 the recording, publishing, live, digital, mobile and branding sectors
 will gather in Cannes France. "The World's Music Market".

We wanted to inform you of some exciting news in the Klear camp. 
Klear is now part of Zoomoozik! Looking for Klear ringtones and other 
Klear digital music from "10 Seconds To Burn", check out Klear at 
Zoomoozik.com!!  http://zoomoozik.com/klear/

We need your votes again!! Klear is part of the Spin Magazine
Contest - Spin "Hot Pursuit" Contest. Tell your friends and vote often
and daily!! http://klear.musicnation.com/

For all you in the Rochester, NY area, please call 94.1 The Zone at
(585) 222-1941 and request Klear! The ZONE GROWN show has the material.
 DJ Danni is the host. We will be i 

Congratulations to Bruce for being Named Glam Metal.com's Guitar Star of the month of July!!!

Check it out:

http://www.glam-metal.com/brucewojickklear.html

klear hits #2 on Buzzworthy Singles on 88.3FM (St. Bonaventure College, NY) radio station, the #2 College Station in the Nation.

Note: This show is closed to the general public

All Western New York Record Theatre Locations and also at Borders Books & Music 2015 Walden Ave Cheektowaga, NY

CONGRATULATIONS to the members of Klear for each being nominated for a Buffalo Music Award 2006 under the category of  "Original Music". It would be awesome if you could pop over to that site and vote for the band members under their individual categories - Joe Cafarella (Best Orginal Singer), Bruce Wojick (Best Original Guitarist), Leo McDonald (Best Original Bassist), and Denny Pelczynski (Best Original Drummer). Go to the website listed below & register to cast your vote!
www.bestofwny.com

Spring has long been associated as a time for new beginnings and that is exactly what it will be this year for Buffalo’s Rock-n-Roll favorites KLEAR. The band will be making a re entrance onto the Buffalo music scene with a twist of old and new…

Familiar to KLEAR fans will be the soulful, comfort of rock and roll riffs and melodic choruses that keep fans singing along. Tracks such as "It’s All On Me" and "Picture" have been and will remain a staple for the band’s live performances. New to KLEAR is the addition of guitarist/front man Joe Cafarella (also current guitarist/front man of the metal band STEMM) who has decided to take on the double duty of fronting both bands.

"Being a part of Klear has given me the opportunity to bring ideas to the table that just can’t be used in a metal band. At some point as a songwriter, you want to get the music out of you and my involvement with Klear has given me that chance" says Cafarella.

KLEAR’S efforts with Good Charamel Records and Budweiser's True Music program have gained them national recognition in the recent past and they plan to pull from this as well as build new interest amongst fans.

"It is a pleasure to have Joe on board with us" says Bruce Wojick. "A lot of history and mutual respect have developed between KLEAR and Joe over the years and we feel confident his involvement with the band is a step in the right direction and one that fans will embrace".

Using their downtime wisely, the band has been diligently working in the studio tracking new material for a four track EP to be released early July 2006. They will present their latest efforts with Cafarella on lead at their first live performance Friday June 2nd at Club Infinity (Williamsville, NY). For more updates & information about KLEAR visit My Space at www.myspace.com/klearband.