Naked Raygun

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The band in concert in 2007
The band in concert in 2007

Naked Raygun was a highly influential Chicago-based hardcore/post-hardcore 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, but later sharpened into a hard pop outfit in a league with the Buzzcocks, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Jam.

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[edit] Releases

Albums

  • Basement Screams 12" ::Ruthless Records (1983), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)
  • 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)
  • Jettison LP ::Caroline Records (1989), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)
  • Understand? LP ::Caroline Records (1989), Quarterstick Records (1999 - CD only)
  • 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)
  • What Poor Gods We Do Make CD ::Riot Fest Records (2007)

EPs

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

Singles

  • Flammable Solid 7" ::Ruthless Records (1983)
  • Vanilla Blue 7" ::Sandpounder Records (1987)
  • Home 7" ::Caroline Records (1990)

Video

  • What Poor Gods We Do Make DVD ::Riot Fest Records (2007)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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]

[edit] References

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

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