NaKeD RaYgUn - C or D?

Oddly, I'm listening to the late, forgotten Tar right now! I'm in a manly Touch & Go rockin' mood.

The Didjits(mentioned earlier)were later but way better.They produced some kick assRnRoll They rehearsed in a chicken shack in Mattoon , Illinois. I drove past Mattoon on the Interstate from Chicago to Memphis some years ago. I saw loads of chicken shacks.

Is there a thread for these guys?
'Hey Judester'.

Last thing I heard Rik Sims was in the Gaza Strippers. Ha Ha.

Naked Raygun and the Didjits. I could say it was better back then.
But now you kids have got the Arctic Monkeys, Keane and all that jazz you lucky sods.

Where is the Love For All These Bands from my "N" CD Shelves Who Don't Get Mentioned Nearly Enough on ILM?

Last thing I heard Rik Sims was in the Gaza Strippers.
Gaza Strippers broke up a while ago. Rick has formed Here Comes Old Vodka Tits (get your tickets now!) with..... two other guys from the Gaza Strippers.

Not Basement Screams! "Potential Rapist" is one of the all-time great punk guitar riffs.

6 songs, just over 8 minutes. And yes, it was "expanded" by Quarterstick in 1999.

But I've never heard Naked Raygun.

That whole Naked Raygun / Effigies / Big Black triad was an amazing era of music for me.

I don't doubt it, I'm jealous you got to see any of those bands. I don't care what the later Naked Raygun albums sound like (I haven't heard anything after Throb Throb, mostly because I've been told they suck) but Basement Screams & Throb Throb alone are enough to make them a classic band.

The only thing I've managed to get hold of by the Effigies is the Remains Nonviewable that T&G put out, I dunno if their later albums are as good as that though.

So I had a ticket to see Naked Raygun in London in August, just got an email saying the show is cancelled, anyone know the story?

Health problems for Jeff.

:(

bummer

saw a recent CD by jeff's current band, bomb, at the local punk rock store earlier this week. haven't heard it, but punk rock advisor says it's pretty damn good, and senior advisor (ret.) agrees. want it to be good, so will pick it up when i'm able. anybody heard it?

in the interim, i've been listening to all rise, an album that always gets overshadowed as the one that came after throb throb. tough act to follow, but taken on its own terms, all rise is really fucking good, classic 80s pop punk/power pop/rock. not as inventive or immediate as, like, zen arcade, but awful damn close, and with a seething kinda shit-job brutality that husker du never get close to.

as a side note, i find myself weirded out by allmusic's write-up for NR, which for whatever reason, insists that we see them (with husker du) as the first wave of american post punk. which seems crazy to me. first wave US post punk = mission of burma and, like, 8-eyed spy. husker du and naked raygun = fucking hardcore bands. maybe a little non-trad, leaning towards old school punk (looking backward) and indie pop (looking ahead), but still firmly in the camp.

All Rise is a great album, I agree totally. There seems to be some kind of received wisdom about NR that they sucked after Throb Throb, which just isn't the case IMO - I will even rep for Jettison & Understand, although they aren't as great as Throb Throb or All Rise there's still a load of great pop-punk songs on those albums. Certainly a lot better than some of their contemporaries were doing in the late 80s.

haven't listened to jettison in AGES, loved it way back when. amazing cover of suspect device, plus equivalent excellence in the title track, etc. in my mind, the break point was always before and after jettison - never saw throb throb as a record that rendered the rest dispensable. after spending the night w all rise (and sir luscious left foot), i find myself wanting to download/buy/steal a copy of jettison, to see if i was right after all.

Daer Naked Raygun, why were your record sleeves so ugly?

it's a question

Saw these guys live a couple of times in the Understand? era. Good fun, but not monumental. Never worked my way back to Throb Throb, but Vanilla Blue is an anthem for the ages.

All Rise is rocking my socks off right now. The only ones I ever owned were All Rise and Jettison, so gonna listen to Throb Throb next and see just how good it actually is.

i envy you. throb throb is completely badass. it really does deserve its rep, though it shouldn't overshadow all the other great stuff they did.

i did track down a copy of jettison, by the way, after that post two years back. it's even better than i remembered. "soldier's requiem", "walk in cold", "live wire", "coldbringer", so much good shit on there. and "ghetto mechanic"! one of my favorite songs ever. could listen to that one forever. "i could pick your locks..."

Throb Throb ended up being really good. Don't know if it's Raygun godhead or anything. Just now started Jettison and I immediately remember how it's FUCKING AWESOME.

^ knows

I bough Throb Throb secondhand at that massive CD warehouse thing across the street from Lee's Palace in Toronto about 10 years ago. (Is that place still there? I know it changed name or ownership a while after I was there.) Anyway, the dude at the counter knew who they were, and also said the cover was a pioneering piece of computer art. No idea if that's true, but it would fit the timeframe I guess.

I've only got the "Huge Bigness" comp, am I missing out?

huge bigness is a decent but superficial intro. if you like it, you really ought to check out throb throb, which gets three songs on the comp, and jettison, which only gets one. the former is tougher and more experimental, while the latter is packed with great tunes. all rise is pretty great, too.

never heard it said that the throb throb cover is a notable piece of computer art. doesn't look like one, but who knows...

Throb, Throb is one of my favorite records ever. Re: the cover, it's by the guy who did Shatter, the first digitally rendered comic book (circa 1984 or so). Mike something.

mike saenz.

I bough Throb Throb secondhand at that massive CD warehouse thing across the street from Lee's Palace in Toronto about 10 years ago.

I think I've been to this place during one of my Toronto visits. It's gigantic.

Last time I was there was in 2004, though, so I have no idea if it's still open or not.

RIP Pierre Kezdy

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/10/9/21438089/pierre-kezdy-naked-raygun-punk-rock-bands-chicago-bass-obituary

Rip - cranking Vanilla Blue in your honour

Same year as dave riley's passing too :(

well that sucks, RIP