Clean Room is a band that tends to stay in motion, both on two feet and four wheels.<\/p>\n
The Madison punk trio \u2014 who will celebrate the release of a 7-inch split with fellow locals Lurk Hards at Mickey\u2019s Tavern on Saturday night<\/a> \u2014 has experimented with psychedelia in the past, but vocalist and guitarist Jeffrey Halleran says the band is embracing its skateboarding roots.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the present-day lineup of Clean Room, songs about skating, like \u2018Thrash the Night Away<\/a>,\u2019 which never really got performed live in earlier times, get to take on a new energy based on the fact that we all skate.\u201d<\/p>\n Halleran is the sole consistent member of Clean Room, which has had a revolving door of players over the years before settling in with drummer Elyse Clouthier and bassist Matt \u201cDonut\u201d Behm in 2016. Both are heavily involved in Madison\u2019s skateboarding community through a collective called Forward Living.<\/p>\n \u201c(We) empower ourselves and community through skating,\u201d says Clouthier. \u201cWe build things and skate them.\u201d<\/span>\n