Jeff Pezzati
Appearance
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Background information | |
Born | February 6, 1960 |
Origin | Chicago, Illinois |
Genres | |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument(s) | Vocals, bass guitar |
Years active | 1980–present |
Labels | Ruthless, Homestead, Quarterstick, Caroline, No Idea, Thick, Riot Fest, Jettison |
Jeffrey Neal "Jeff" Pezzati (born February 6, 1960) is the lead singer of the Chicago punk band Naked Raygun.[1] From 1983 to 1985, he also played bass for the band Big Black.[2] In 1980 Pezzati was asked to audition for Naked Raygun (then known as Negro Commando). Pezzati passed the audition and became the band's longest-running member. The band has been credited by Dave Grohl of Nirvana/Foo Fighters fame for inspiring the then 13 year old Grohl to get into punk music.
In 1999 Pezzati founded the band The Bomb.[3][4][5][6][7]
Partial discography
[edit]Big Black
[edit]- Bulldozer (1983)
- Racer-X (EP) (1984)
- The Hammer Party LP (1986)
Naked Raygun
[edit]- Basement Screams EP (1983)
- Throb Throb LP (1985)
- All Rise LP (1986)
- Jettison LP (1988)
- Understand? LP (1989)
- Vanilla Blue / Slim Single (1989)
- Home Single (1990)
- Raygun...Naked Raygun LP (1990)
- Last of the Demohicans DVD (1997)
- Free Shit! live LP/CD (2001)
- What Poor Gods We Do Make CD (2007)
- Iron Maiden / Single (2012)
- Burning Red / Out of Your Mind Single (2013)
- Can't Let Go / Just For Me Single (2014)
- Over the Overlords LP (2021)
The Bomb
[edit]- Arming EP (1999)
- Torch Songs LP (2000)
- Indecision LP (2005)
- Speed Is Everything LP (2009)
- The Challenger LP (2011)
- Axis of Awesome EP (2014)
References
[edit]- ^ Prato, Greg. Biography: Naked Raygun at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ Deming, Mark. Biography: Big Black at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ Kellman, Andy. Biography: The Bomb at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ^ Turner, Ben (May 2, 2003). "Chicago punk-rock icon to make return to town with The Bomb". Daily Eastern News. Archived from the original on July 31, 2012. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Baran, Curt (October 13, 2000). "RAYGUN'S PEZATTI FRONTS THE BOMB". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Buhrmester, Jason (August 13, 1999). "JEFF PEZZATI". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
- ^ Ryan, Kyle (September 8, 2005). "Jeff Pezzati, from Naked Raygun to The Bomb". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 15, 2013.