Something happened during the two-year time span between Naked Raygun's first album and the follow-up All Rise. Rather than having more of the offbeat, absurd song formality that gave their debut Throb Throb its edge, this album has more of a structured quality. Not to say that Naked Raygun have lost their touch; by progressing into a more (dare it be said) mature sound, they have remained one step ahead of all the Raygun clones emerging from their hometown Chicago. The results are pretty decent; with songs like "Home of the Brave," "Knock Me Down" and "I Remember," their Buzzcocks roots are more apparent, while "New Dreams" kicks it into overdrive with a more positive aspect, and "I Got New Dreams and I'm Going to Make Them Real" displays vocalist Jeff Pezzati. Sometimes change can be for the better. [All Rise was reissued in 1999.]
I bought all their records and saw them live in L.A. numerous times. These guys rock. I want to call it punk rock anthems because the songs are fast, catchy, fun and memorable. What I remember is being at a small LA club downtown (forgot the name) and although the club was far from full, when Naked Raygun came on, everyone was smashed together at the front of the stage and jumping around. V...
(Me and Naked Raygun drummer, Eric Spicer)In one of my first mog posts I wrote about how I squealed like a teenager upon finding Naked Raygun on iTunes. My ears craved Naked Raygun for many years but my body starved because I only had vinyl but no record player. Still, I kept all the albu...
 "All Rise")
