NAKED RAYGUN

'Naked Raygun' was a very influential Chicago-based punk band of the 1980s and early 1990s. All incarnations featured Jeff Pezzati on vocals. Members over time include Bobby Strange, Jim Colao, and Eric Spicer on drums, Marco Pezzati, Pierre Kezdy, and Camilo Gonzalez on bass, Santiago Durango, John Haggerty, and Bill Stephens on guitar, and John Lundin on keyboards. Naked Raygun began as a noisy, free-form band, often trading members with Big Black but later sharpened into a hard pop outfit in a league with the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Jam.

Contents

Releases

Post Naked Raygun

Reunited For Good

References

External links

Releases

★ ''Basement Screams'' 12" ::Ruthless Records (1983), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''Flammable Solid'' 7" ::Ruthless Records (1983)

★ ''Throb Throb'' LP -with cover art by Macintosh comic book artist Mike Saenz- ::Homestead Records (1985), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''All Rise'' LP ::Homestead (1986), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''Vanilla Blue'' 7" ::Sandpounder Records (1987)

★ ''Jettison'' LP ::Caroline Records (1989), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''Treason'' 12" ::3 songs, limited to 2,500 on pink vinyl Caroline Records (1989)

★ ''Understand?'' LP ::Caroline Records (1989), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''Home'' 7" ::Caroline Records (1990)

★ ''Raygun... Naked Raygun'' LP ::Caroline Records (1990), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)

★ ''Last of the Demohicans'' CD ::(Dyslexic Records)

★ ''Free Shit!'' live LP ::(Haunted Town Records)

Post Naked Raygun

Haggerty and Kezdy would later join with Larry Damore of the Bhopal Stiffs to form Pegboy. Jeff Pezzati is the lead singer of The Bomb. (A different and later band than the San Francisco group, Bomb) A two-show reunion in 1997 produced the live album ''Free Shit!'' On August 16, 2006 it was announced that Naked Raygun would reunite for Riot Fest 2006, an annual punk rock festival held in Chicago. Other high profile reunions for Riot Fest 2006 include the Blue Meanies and The Bollweevils
Naked Raygun also played a low-key, Invite Only show on October 19, 2006 at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago.

Reunited For Good

Following their reunion at Riot Fest 2006, Naked Raygun announced that the band was "back for good."^[1] The reunited lineup consists of its "Raygun...Naked Raygun" members: Pezzati, Stephens, Kezdy, and Spicer. ^[2]

References

1. [1] Naked Raygun Official Web Site.
2. [2]Official Site - History

External links

★ Official Naked Raygun Website

★ Naked Raygun page at the Chicago Punk wiki

★ Naked Raygun

★ Riot Fest Official Website

★ Maximumrocknroll Article - Naked Raygun article from 1984

★ Flipside Interview - Naked Raygun interview from 1982

★ NR's Nov 5, 2006 show

★ Naked Raygun on JBTV