Clap Clap Riot

Clap Clap Riot is a five-piece indie rock band based in Auckland, New Zealand.

The band originated in Canterbury and was originally named Band Theft Auto.[1] The name Clap Clap Riot comes from the applause machine designed by John Lydon for the show Top Of The Pops in the early 1980s.

Their energetic live shows have seen them sell out shows across New Zealand and tour Australia a number of times. The band have also played alongside The 1975, The Naked and Famous, Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra and appeared at festivals Rhythm and Vines, Big Day Out, Homegrown and Splore. MTV Australia televised a live performance from Clap Clap Riot when they performed at The Lair alongside Evermore in Sydney, in April 2009.

The band released their debut EP TV Knows Better through RhythMethod in February 2009, which produced two singles - "Thief" and "Don't Want Your Baby". TV Knows Better was produced by Jimmy Christmas of The D4.

Their debut album Counting Spins was made available on 15 June 2012 through Universal Music New Zealand. The album features the singles "Everyone's Asleep", "Yoko Ono", "Moss-Haired Girl" and "So You Say". The Album was named 'Best NZ Rock album of 2012' by iTunes sand was nominated for 'Best Rock Album Of The Year' at the 2012 Vodafone NZ Music Awards. It charted at #11 on the week of release in the NZ Top 40 Album charts.

On 14 February 2014, the band released their second record Nobody / Everybody, produced and mixed by Kody Nielson (The Mint Chicks / Opossum), engineered and mastered by Olly Harmer (The Naked and Famous).