Through his music The Cliks’ lead singer, Lucas Silveira “wears his heart on his tattoo sleeve.” In addition to the winged guns, pouncing dragons and carefully etched word “Survivor,” the electrifying frontman will add a new tattoo to his collection when he appears on the March 25th episode of TLC’s hit cable television show, LA Ink.
The new tattoo, a stylized Mexican Day of The Dead skull, holds special meaning for Silveira, “Traditionally, Mexican Day Of The Dead celebrations represent rebirth and moving into the second phase of life and to me,” he explains. “It represents the rebirth I had when I transitioned from Lilia to Lucas and my true identity as a transgendered male.”The Cliks introduced their brand of gritty garage rock and punk in 2007 with their debut album ‘Snakehouse’ (Silver/Tommy Boy) and have since earned a deeply loyal following throughout the US and Europe. The band is again touring the US as of March 12 and on March 13 will return to Austin’s SXSW Music Festival, where the Toronto foursome made their stateside debut in 2007. Later this month The Cliks will re-join mutual fans, The Cult, who’ve asked The Cliks to return as their opening band after hitting it off and successfully touring together last year. Find out more at The Cliks.
