# NAKED RAYGUN’s ‘Over The Overlords’ Out Now

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/naked-rayguns-over-the-overlords-out-now/
- Published: 2021-11-04T10:01:52-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

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**Naked Raygun’s ‘Over The Overlords’ 
Legendary Chicago Band’s Sixth Album and 
First in 31 Years, Out Now on Wax Trax! Records

**Vinyl LP Now Available For Pre-Order; Shipping In November Final Record To Feature
Longtime Bassist, Pierre Kezdy, Who Passed Away From Cancer in Late 2020 Following
The Completion of Recording The New Album**

**CD and Deluxe Vinyl Feature Bonus Tracks: A Remix of “Living In The Good Times”
by Paul Barker + Live Songs**

[**“Living In The Good Times” Official Music Video**](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=1536899.3565.1.1ed84606ec3212208eb25ae4ef13536b)

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_“This is an album built around solid, long-standing foundations yet one which is
not afraid to try something new in places.”- _**_Razorcake_**

_“The band has developed a cult following since their formation in the early Eighties,
and they’ve been cited as a favorite of Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, Steve Albini (
who played with Naked Raygun’s Santiago Durango and Jeff Pezzati in Big Black), 
Fall Out Boy, and Blink-182/Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba.”- _**_Rolling Stone_**

**Stream the video for “Living In The Good Times” HERE:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6D30TXwXkVk](https://email.cloud.secureclick.net/c/6813?id=1536899.3567.1.6661222c2cecdbc60391f3cab3ea0f32)

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**The viny release of ‘Over The Overlords’ is available in two variants.**

**Standard LP with all 11 songs (+ Outro)** 
In Black & Red (Black/Grey version 
has sold out)

**Deluxe 2 x LP (includes the full album + Paul Barker remix + 4 live songs)**

**CD format includes full album + Paul Barker remix + 1 live song**

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**‘Over The Overloards’ Track Listing:** 
Go the Spoils Living In the Good Times
Soul Hole Baby (Robert Mitchum) Superheroes Treat Me Unkind Suicide Bomb Broken 
Things Amishes Black and Grey Ode to Sean McKeough Farewell to Arms Outro Outre

**Bonus Songs:** 
Living In The Good Times (Paul Barker Remix) Knock Me Down (Live
2015) Treason – Live Peacemaker – Live Vanilla Blue – Live _(Live tracks – Previously
unreleased)_

Four decades running, **Naked Raygun** is one of the most important bands in the
history of Chicago punk rock. The band has also been credited with creating “the
Chicago sound.”

Naked Raygun was formed in 1980 by Santiago Durango (guitar), Marko Pezzati (bass)
and, soon thereafter, Jeff Pezatti (vocals). Jeff Pezzati has been the sole constant
member through multiple personnel changes.

The band was initially active, and prolifically so, from 1980-1992, releasing five
studio albums: Throb Throb (1985), All Rise (1986), Jettison (1988), Understand?(
1989), and Raygun… Naked Raygun (1990).

Following disbandment in 1991, Naked Raygun played a reunion show in 1997, and then
reunited “for good” in 2006, starting with a performance at Chicago’s Riot Fest.

And now, 15 years into their resurrection, **_Over The Overlords_** has been released
on Wax Trax! Records. The album is the band’s sixth, and their first in 31 years.
Sadly, it is also the final record to feature longtime bassist, Pierre Kezdy, who
passed away from cancer late 2020 following the completion of recording the new 
album.

_Over The Overlords_ LP consists of 11 new songs with the CD format containing two
bonus tracks: A remix of “Living In The Good Times” by Paul Barker and an unreleased
live version of “Knock Me Down”.

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The current lineup consists of members Jeff Pezzati, Eric Spicer, and Bill Stephens,
with Fritz Doreza stepping in to take Pierre’s place.

_“We are so happy to be bringing you the first full length album_ _from Naked Raygun
in over 30 years,”_ the band writes. _“The band_ _has so much history with Wax Trax!”_

_“Besides being an amazing record, the thing that makes us so_ _happy about this
album is the fact that Pierre’s first release_ _was on Wax Trax! in 1981, and the
last album he recorded before_ _his passing is this current Naked Raygun release,”_
says Wax Trax! owner Julia Nash. _“We are honored to be a part of Pierre’s_ _first
and last release on the label._

_“We’ve had a very special history with Naked Raygun for decades_ _and this felt
right on so many levels.”_

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