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John Haggerty
John Haggerty (born October 17, 1960, Chicago) is an influential Chicago guitarist. Haggerty was a member of Naked Raygun from 1983 to 1989. Upon leaving Naked Raygun, He formed the band Pegboy with brother Joe Haggerty, Steve Saylors, and Larry Damore. Background The eldest son of a plumber father and a librarian mother, Haggerty first picked up the guitar at age 16. His early influences included Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker and Brian Robertson. Upon discovering the Chicago punk scene at O'Banions, Haggerty quickly began searching for his place in punk rock. His biggest influences were the Buzzcocks, the Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers and the Jam. John also plays in a band called the Nefarious Fat Cats which features an all star line up including himself and brother Joe, Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers, Herb Rosen of Beer Nuts and Rights of the Accused, Mark DeRosa of the band Dummy and Scott Lucas of Local H. John toured with Stiff Little Fingers in m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punk Rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced short, fast-paced songs with hard-edged melodies and singing styles with stripped-down instrumentation. Punk rock lyrics often explore anti-establishment and Anti-authoritarianism, anti-authoritarian themes. Punk embraces a DIY ethic; many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through independent record label, independent labels. The term "punk rock" was previously used by American Music criticism, rock critics in the early 1970s to describe the mid-1960s garage bands. Certain late 1960s and early 1970s Detroit acts, such as MC5 and Iggy and the Stooges, and other bands from elsewhere created out-of-the-mainstream music that became highly influential on what was to come. Glam rock in the UK and the New York Dolls from New York ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strong Reaction
''Strong Reaction'' is the debut album of Pegboy. It was released in 1991 through Quarterstick Records. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' wrote that "quibbles about the occasionally melodramatic lyrics, in which the passage into adulthood dissolves into tragedy, are obliterated by the ferocious attack." In a retrospective review, ''The A.V. Club'' wrote: "Skirting grunge, pop-punk, post-hardcore, and emo—all of which were erupting at the time—''Strong Reaction'' has aged with a rugged grace that puts most of its contemporaries to shame." Track listing Personnel ;Pegboy *Larry Damore – lead vocals, guitar *Joe Haggerty – drums *John Haggerty – guitar *Steve Saylors – bass guitar, backing vocals ;Production and additional personnel *Iain Burgess – production, Audio engineering, engineering *Michael Roberts – photography *Chuck Uchida – engineering References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Strong React ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Understand?
''Understand?'' is the fourth studio album by Chicago post-hardcore band Naked Raygun, released in 1989 through Caroline Records. "Hip Swingin'" is about the United States involving itself in the affairs of South American countries. Critical reception The ''Chicago Tribune'' wrote that "slam-dance rhythms and shout-from-the-rooftops choruses again predominate." ''Trouser Press'' called the album "a compelling array of martial chants and supercharged rockers." Track listing Personnel ;Naked Raygun *John Haggerty – guitar * Pierre Kezdy – bass guitar *Jeff Pezzati – vocals *Eric Spicer – drums ;Production and additional personnel * Phil Hale – illustrations *Marc Harris – photography *Ellie Hughes – design *Tom Hughes – design *Naked Raygun 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 Raygu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jettison (album)
''Jettison'' is the third studio album by Chicago punk band Naked Raygun, released on Caroline Records in 1988. Track listing All songs written by Naked Raygun, except for "Suspect Device" by Stiff Little Fingers. Personnel ;Naked Raygun *John Haggerty – guitar, saxophone * Pierre Kezdy – bass guitar *Jeff Pezzati – vocals *Eric Spicer – drums ;Additional musicians and production *Grant Austin – engineering *Karen Bemis – photography *John Bergin – illustrations *Iain Burgess – production, recording *Cosaro Productions – Art director, art direction *Naked Raygun 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, ... – production *Timothy R. Powell – recording *Larry Sturm – production *Bryan Wille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All Rise (Naked Raygun Album)
''All Rise'' is the second studio album recorded by Chicago punk rock band Naked Raygun in 1985 and released on LP by Homestead Records in 1986. When Quarterstick Records re-released all of Naked Raygun's early albums in the late 90s, two bonus tracks were added to the CD album. ''All Rise'' is the first Naked Raygun album to feature Pierre Kezdy on bass and Eric Spicer on drums, though all of the album's songs had been written by vocalist Jeff Pezzati and guitarist John Haggerty before Kezdy and Spicer joined the band. At least one song, "New Dreams", was written during earlier incarnations of the band and a live version appears as a bonus track to the band's ''Basement Screams EP'' from 1983. Track listing Personnel ;Naked Raygun *Jeff Pezzati – vocals *John Haggerty – guitar *Pierre Kezdy – bass guitar *Eric Spicer – drums ;Production and additional personnel *Steve Albini – design *Iain Burgess – production *Rick A. Cosaro&n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throb Throb
''Throb Throb'' is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Naked Raygun, released on Homestead Records in 1985. It was the first of the band's releases to feature the musicianship of John Haggerty whose guitar playing distinguished the band's sound during the 1980s. Quarterstick Records reissued the album in 1999, and added an early version of "Libido" as bonus material, which originally appeared on the ''Flammable Solid'' 7". Release Naked Raygun had combined resources with other local bands, such as Big Black and The Effigies, to release records themselves under the name Ruthless Records. In 1983 they put out the ''Basement Screams'' EP and then, after a change of personnel, recorded the LP ''Throb Throb''. Three songs from the album ""Surf Combat", "Gear" and a shorter version of "Libido") saw release on Naked Raygun's first single, ''Flammable Solid'' (a tribute to Stiff Little Fingers' first album ''Inflammable Material'') With their signing to Homestead Records, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Joy Thieves
The Joy Thieves is a musical supergroup, consisting of current, former, and touring members of bands such as Ministry, Stabbing Westward, The Rollins Band, Killing Joke, Pigface, Revolting Cocks, , David Bowie, Machines of Loving Grace, Marilyn Manson, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, KMFDM, Naked Raygun, Foetus, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Blue October, Pegboy, Nitzer Ebb, Die Krupps, White Zombie, and many more. The band incorporates elements of industrial, industrial rock, hard rock, alternative, and punk into their music. Along with their original releases, The Joy Thieves have also done official remixes for many other artists, including Chris Connelly, , Consolidated, Drownd, I Ya Toyah, Blue Eyed Christ, Machines With Human Skin, DogTablet, A Covenant of Thorns, Death Pop Radio, Sapphira Vee, Stoneburner, and more. "Joy Thieves Productions” refers to the audio production team of Dan Milligan and James Scott. History Formation and This Will Kill That (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian McCallum (Guitarist)
Ian McCallum (born September 1965) is an English guitarist and songwriter. Early life He was born in Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, England and supports Scottish football club Rangers He's also a lifelong fan of Newcastle United football club. Career McCallum started writing and touring in the early 1980s. He plays guitar for Stiff Little Fingers, and is also a recording artist in his own right. He is a fan of the English folk-rock band Lindisfarne, and played guitar for them on one occasion when Simon Cowe was unavailable. He also co-wrote, with Lindisfarne member Alan Hull, the band's single "We Can Make It". Additionally, McCallum's album '' Take Me as I Am'' (1997) features a cover of the Lindisfarne song "Heroes" (from their album '' Dance Your Life Away'' (1986)) and a tribute to Hull "Song for Alan". Discography As McCallum * ''Left Handed In human biology, handedness is an individual's preferential use of one hand, known as the dominant hand, due to and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Local H
Local H is an American rock band co-founded in 1990 in Zion, Illinois by guitarist and vocalist Scott Lucas, who has remained the band's sole consistent member. Following the departures of the early line-up's bassist and lead guitarist, Lucas and co-founding drummer Joe Daniels continued as an unorthodox two-piece setup. Local H signed a record contract with Island Records in 1994, where they would go on to release three albums. The band's debut album, '' Ham Fisted'' (1995), was not a success and the band was nearly dropped, but the band remained on the label long enough to release their second album '' As Good as Dead'' (1996). The album was a success, selling over 320,000 copies and spawned a radio hit with " Bound for the Floor", which peaked at No. 5 on the US Alternative ''Billboard'' Chart and became the band's best known song. Local H's third album, '' Pack Up the Cats'' (1998), was a critical success and appeared on several best-of end of year lists, but did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Lucas (musician)
David Scott Lucas (born May 10, 1970) is an American musician, who is best known for being the guitarist, bassist, and lead vocalist for Local H, as well as the lead vocalist and guitarist of Scott Lucas and the Married Men. Lucas co-founded Local H in Zion, Illinois Illinois ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. It borders on Lake Michigan to its northeast, the Mississippi River to its west, and the Wabash River, Wabash and Ohio River, Ohio rivers to its ..., in 1987 with high school friends, bassist Matthew "Matt" Garcia and drummer Joe Daniels, along with lead guitarist John Sparkman. Sparkman left the band in 1991, and Garcia left in 1993, and Lucas added bass pickups to his guitar to compensate; Daniels left the band in July 1999 and was replaced by Brian St. Clair, leaving Lucas as the only remaining original band member. Local H has released several albums, including a covers record in 2010. Lucas is also a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Burns
John "Jake" Burns (born 21 February 1958) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers, although he has also recorded with Jake Burns and the Big Wheel, 3 Men + Black, and as a solo artist. Early life Burns was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and grew up in Joanmount in Ballysillan. Burns's mother was a seamstress, and his father was a machinist in a textile machinery factory/steel foundry, where he was a shop steward, and his socialist views were an influence on Burns. Prior to punk, Burns's musical influences included Rory Gallagher, Dr. Feelgood, Graham Parker, and Bob Marley. Career Stiff Little Fingers Burns started off his career at Belfast Boys' Model School with a rock covers band, Highway Star, which consisted of Burns, Gordon Blair, Henry Cluney, and Brian Faloon. Gordon Blair subsequently left the group to join Rudi, and Ali McMordie joined, about the time the band discovered punk. They were briefly named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
