Naked Raygun Wax Trax LP Pre-Order

[lewdd]

8/2/21 release date

http://waxtraxchicago.bigcartel.com/

[jaybird]

I got the red.

[lewdd]

apparently anxious and angry has a nice looking blue vinyl edition

[garth]

Limited to 250

[xxxMidgexxx]

Wax Trax?

What is this, 1985?

[JGJR]

Wax Trax?

What is this, 1985?

Dude, watch the doc on Wax Trax (different thread, I know). It's on Amazon Prime iirc. Almost made me teary at times.

I think it's very cool that they're releasing it on WT; hearkens back to their early '80s post-punk/experimental roots.

[pedro]

Let's state a few things for the record:

1. I am old.
2. I am jaded.
3. I am grumpy.
4. I love Naked Raygun (until Understand? anyway.)

With that out of the way, the idea of buying a new Naked Raygun record in the year 2021 is just weird. The fact that the seven inches, and for that matter Home, did nothing for me probably plays into it, but it just seems weird. I am not trying to say they can't put out a record, by all means go ahead, but my interest is basically zero.

I am also not saying Jeff Pezzatti should care one bit about what pedro says on some message board.

FTR, I listened to All Rise yesterday. It's still really good.

[gregpolard]

Let's state a few things for the record:

1. I am old.
2. I am jaded.
3. I am grumpy.
4. I love Naked Raygun (until Understand? anyway.)

With that out of the way, the idea of buying a new Naked Raygun record in the year 2021 is just weird. The fact that the seven inches, and for that matter Home, did nothing for me probably plays into it, but it just seems weird. I am not trying to say they can't put out a record, by all means go ahead, but my interest is basically zero.

I am also not saying Jeff Pezzatti should care one bit about what pedro says on some message board.

FTR, I listened to All Rise yesterday. It's still really good.

I will say this, apart from the song "Home" the last album from 1990 is not very memorable to me, nor were the reunion 7"s from about 10 years ago....but the single they released from this one is really good.

[pedro]

Yeah, I meant the album Raygun...Naked Raygun. "Hiome" is the single.

As I said, I'm old.

[xxxMidgexxx]

Wax Trax?

What is this, 1985?

Dude, watch the doc on Wax Trax (different thread, I know). It's on Amazon Prime iirc. Almost made me teary at times.

I think it's very cool that they're releasing it on WT; hearkens back to their early '80s post-punk/experimental roots.

I already watched it. With the Ministry live show. It was very cool.

[xxxMidgexxx]

Yeah, I meant the album Raygun...Naked Raygun. "Hiome" is the single.

As I said, I'm old.

TBH, all of their albums are good to great. Even the later stuff had excellent songs. Dammit, its Pezzati. What's not to love.

I don't think I'll buy the vinyl on this, but if they play live again, I'll go for sure.

[JGJR]

I will say this, apart from the song "Home" the last album from 1990 is not very memorable to me, nor were the reunion 7"s from about 10 years ago....but the single they released from this one is really good.

Exactly this. I hope this Lp will be as good as that single and better than the rest of the Bill Stephens era up to this point except for "Home."

[JGJR]

Yeah, I meant the album Raygun...Naked Raygun. "Hiome" is the single.

As I said, I'm old.

TBH, all of their albums are good to great. Even the later stuff had excellent songs. Dammit, its Pezzati. What's not to love.

I don't think I'll buy the vinyl on this, but if they play live again, I'll go for sure.

Fair, but I'll say it again. He saved his best tunes for The Bomb during that time (late '00s/early '10s).

[lewdd]

I was a casual fan of the band prior to their reunions 15+ years ago. I did own every CD and enjoyed quite a few songs from every one of them, but never thought that they had a release that was great from first song to last. Then, I saw them play a very small club under an alias the evening before their Riot Fest reunion show. That started to change my thoughts about them. There was so much energy in that room that night and I could feel the floor bouncing up and down and thought we were going to fall through to the first floor. I saw them about a dozen times since then. Most nights had a different setlist than other nights. They always seemed to mix it up. There was even a show where the crowd yelled out what song to play and that became their setlist. Another time, I saw them at a Busted At Oz reunion and got to hear the very early stuff with Santiago playing live. I heard the newer singles live before they were released. I saw The Bomb play as a 3 piece before Jeff Dean was playing guitar. Saw them play a handful of times after that. Own every release they put out too. Hand brief conversations at other bands shows with Pezzati on several occasions. I watched their recorded live show a month or so ago and heard a few of the new songs.

I like the new single much better than the prior singles. I like songs off of every release including the Stephens era. At the end of the day, I am just happy that the last songs recorded with Pierre are going to see the light of day. He deserved that. I would go see them play live again, but probably not more than one time. There time has passed as an energetic live act due to death and health issues.

I still think they are underrated in the history of USA punk rock of the 80s.

[gregpolard]

I was a casual fan of the band prior to their reunions 15+ years ago. I did own every CD and enjoyed quite a few songs from every one of them, but never thought that they had a release that was great from first song to last. Then, I saw them play a very small club under an alias the evening before their Riot Fest reunion show. That started to change my thoughts about them. There was so much energy in that room that night and I could feel the floor bouncing up and down and thought we were going to fall through to the first floor. I saw them about a dozen times since then. Most nights had a different setlist than other nights. They always seemed to mix it up. There was even a show where the crowd yelled out what song to play and that became their setlist. Another time, I saw them at a Busted At Oz reunion and got to hear the very early stuff with Santiago playing live. I heard the newer singles live before they were released. I saw The Bomb play as a 3 piece before Jeff Dean was playing guitar. Saw them play a handful of times after that. Own every release they put out too. Hand brief conversations at other bands shows with Pezzati on several occasions. I watched their recorded live show a month or so ago and heard a few of the new songs.

I like the new single much better than the prior singles. I like songs off of every release including the Stephens era. At the end of the day, I am just happy that the last songs recorded with Pierre are going to see the light of day. He deserved that. I would go see them play live again, but probably not more than one time. There time has passed as an energetic live act due to death and health issues.

I still think they are underrated in the history of USA punk rock of the 80s.

Well said. I too, was a casual fan until the reunion era. Seeing them in 2009 in Philly was one of the most fun sets ever.

[drew]

Ordered cause I'm a sucker. But I love Naked Raygun.

[JGJR]

My experience was a bit different. I didn't think I'd ever be able to see them until the 2009 show in Philly (that was my 1st time), but I'd been wanting to ever since I found Jettison in the cassette sale/discount bin when I was in high school. Understand? is my favorite and I think that record and them in general are underrated, so I agree with lewdd; they should be mentioned in the same breath as Huskers, Replacements, et al.

[gregpolard]

My experience was a bit different. I didn't think I'd ever be able to see them until the 2009 show in Philly (that was my 1st time), but I'd been wanting to ever since I found Jettison in the cassette sale/discount bin when I was in high school. Understand? is my favorite and I think that record and them in general are underrated, so I agree with lewdd; they should be mentioned in the same breath as Huskers, Replacements, et al.

Agreed. I think especially the Haggerty era is excellent.

[JGJR]

My experience was a bit different. I didn't think I'd ever be able to see them until the 2009 show in Philly (that was my 1st time), but I'd been wanting to ever since I found Jettison in the cassette sale/discount bin when I was in high school. Understand? is my favorite and I think that record and them in general are underrated, so I agree with lewdd; they should be mentioned in the same breath as Huskers, Replacements, et al.

Agreed. I think especially the Haggerty era is excellent.

Absolutely; Throb Throb up to and including Understand? is a great run.

[captain2man]

So - maybe I missed a thread - but has anyone checked out the full album yet?

I've listened a bunch of times and am NOT disappointed. About half of it is classic Raygun (Go the Spoils, Living in the Good Times, Amishes) - big hooks & melodic anthems. A few songs sound like Irish drinking songs, one sounds almost like a tribute to The Jam, and a few are going for something a little different and experimental (Suicide Bomb comes to mind) - but no duds that I hear.

[xxxHunterxxx]

I liked “Last of the Demo Hicans” a lot. That’s the most recent NR I’ve heard.

[creature]

So - maybe I missed a thread - but has anyone checked out the full album yet?

I've listened a bunch of times and am NOT disappointed. About half of it is classic Raygun (Go the Spoils, Living in the Good Times, Amishes) - big hooks & melodic anthems. A few songs sound like Irish drinking songs, one sounds almost like a tribute to The Jam, and a few are going for something a little different and experimental (Suicide Bomb comes to mind) - but no duds that I hear.

It's a "grower" for me. I dug a few songs right away, and now I"m up to about a 95% enjoyment rate. It's classic in some spots and adventurous in others ... but that's what makes a great album in my mind. It was good to get the lowdown on some songs beforehand during my chat with Pezzati on our blog. Cheers!

[lewdd]

I liked “Last of the Demo Hicans” a lot. That’s the most recent NR I’ve heard.

If you never listened to their first few records, you are missing some good USA punk rock and maybe even hardcore in some people's minds.

[lewdd]

I've listened to the new album on Spotify the day it came out. I am not overly excited about it and I am still waiting on my LP, CD, and t-shirt to arrive. I like the Descendents new release better than the NR new release. The NR release has some really good songs on it, and others that I could do without. Would be a very good EP.

[xxxHunterxxx]

I liked “Last of the Demo Hicans” a lot. That’s the most recent NR I’ve heard.

If you never listened to their first few records, you are missing some good USA punk rock and maybe even hardcore in some people's minds.

Yeah, I love those records.

[captain2man]

It was good to get the lowdown on some songs beforehand during my chat with Pezzati on our blog. Cheers!

Just read the interview you did with Jeff and really enjoyed it!

[creature]

It was good to get the lowdown on some songs beforehand during my chat with Pezzati on our blog. Cheers!

Just read the interview you did with Jeff and really enjoyed it!

Thanks!