Naked Raygun

Naked Raygun
Naked Raygun
	Naked Raygun performing in Gainesville, Florida, 2007
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Punk rock, post-hardcore, post-punk
Years active	1980–1992, 2006–present
Labels	Ruthless Records, Homestead, Quarterstick Records, Caroline, Riot Fest Records, Wax Trax! Records
Members	Jeff Pezzati; Bill Stephens; Eric Spicer; Fritz Doreza
Past members	Santiago Durango; John Haggerty; Pierre Kezdy; Bobby Strange; Jim Colao; Marko Pezzati; Camilo Gonzalez; John Lundin; Sensitive Pete
Website	www.nakedraygun.org

Naked Raygun is an American punk rock band that formed in Chicago in 1980. The band was active from 1980 to 1992, along with reunion shows in 1997, and since 2006.

Naked Raygun have cited various bands as influences, including Buzzcocks, Wire, the Stranglers, the Damned, the Ruts, Killing Joke,^[1] Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Jam, and the Clash.^[2]

^ "Interview with Bill Stephens (Naked Raygun)". alt77.com. January 5, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
^ Murphy, Tom (September 18, 2013). "Naked Raygun's Jeff Pezzati on Wax Trax, and why and how the band got back together". Westword. Archived from the original on April 7, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024. It was just that these bands sounded different. Siouxsie & The Banshees didn't sound like the Sex Pistols, and they didn't sound like the Buzzcocks, the Jam or the Clash. But you knew they were all of the same school. So we wanted to be influenced by those bands and sound unique but not emulate those bands, so no one could really say we were doing what those guys were doing.

[1] "Interview with Bill Stephens (Naked Raygun)". alt77.com. January 5, 2022. Archived from the original on September 27, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2024.

[2] Murphy, Tom (September 18, 2013). "Naked Raygun's Jeff Pezzati on Wax Trax, and why and how the band got back together". Westword. Archived from the original on April 7, 2024. Retrieved April 18, 2024. It was just that these bands sounded different. Siouxsie & The Banshees didn't sound like the Sex Pistols, and they didn't sound like the Buzzcocks, the Jam or the Clash. But you knew they were all of the same school. So we wanted to be influenced by those bands and sound unique but not emulate those bands, so no one could really say we were doing what those guys were doing.

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