The hair-teasing, lipstick wearing, cod-piece donning, most sexually appealing movement of heavy metal has risen again in the form of Naked Gun -- five hot rockers from Moscow.. Taking the glam metal movement to whole new lengths, Naked Gun is louder, faster, sexier, and powerful enough to make metal's favorite music here to stay.
"Naked Gun is a rock 'n' roll [rifle] barrel, loaded with the sexual energy of the 80s, and aimed directly at your heart," says front man Alex Gun, whose tongue-wagging stage presence is part of the ammunition that blasts out of Naked Gun. Just a sip of his swagger and a gulp of his signature glam vocals with a little twist of new wave is enough to mentally whisk fans away to a favorite place in their hearts faster than a warm bath filled with steamy water and Calgon. It was Alex Gun's personal love of glam that conceived Naked Gun -- a love for the music that reaches out to the audience and enchants fans, leaving them wild-eyed, tied to the stage, and screaming lustful pleas for more.
The band went through a series of trial and error before completing its assembly in 2005. "Alex Gun had decided to form a classic glam rock band and wrote eight songs. "I had known him before the band was formed, and I really like glam [music]," says guitarist BitterGlam, "That's why I decided to [play] lead guitar in a new band."
Alex Gun had discovered rhythm guitarist D-Rock at a Judas Priest show, while drummer Sinktur joined them sometime during late 2005.
Though thoroughly influenced by all facets of glam rock, including hair metal and sleaze, Naked Gun's original compositions are a new formula of old glam -- a meld of different technical aspects and sound of all genres of rock. The band doesn't always fully agree on media reviews that attempt to expose these aspects, but they welcome all reactions to their music without bias.
Though they have primarily a Russian fan base, Naked Gun greatly anticipates touring around the world, and with the band's growing popularity, it won't be long before that can become a dream come true.
The world had moved itself away from the glam scene, and groups like Naked Gun aim to bring that scene back to the masses. "We don't have the money [to starve for success," says BitterGlam.
"We'll do anything for success [that isn't] criminal," adds Alex Gun.
As far as we're concerned, Naked Gun will never face starvation or criminal charges to taste success -- the world will give it to them in triple helpings.
(c) Kami Youngberg
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Russian Band, Naked Gun, Aims for Glam Metal's Return: An Interview
