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About Me

They say they are astral travelers, but these rockers from Olympia, WA, cite influences rooted deep in Hawkwind, Amon Duul II, Velvet Underground, and the MC5, and serve up their singular vision of rhythm and heat through a driving brand of psychedelic rock'n'roll.Formed in 2004 and consisting of Dave Harvey (Tight Bros From Way Back When) on guitar, vocals, harmonica and occasional flute and sitar, Grant Miller on guitar, Quitty (Tight Bro's From Way Back When) on bass and vocals, and Eryn Ross (Growing) on drums, the group has shown an intense dedication to their craft on a couple of self-released cd's and some West Coast and national touring. Whether listening to these recordings or experiencing it live, a focused yet multifaceted sound shines forth in songs such as the blistering Now I'm Resting, a straight ahead, short rocker that snaps into place with the throttling pulse of two guitars and a bass riff that gives a well measured and linear bounce to the frenzied and kaleidoscopic guitar work. Vocals soar, scream, and filter out into broken harmonies that dissipate into shakers and guitar leads, all washed over a very solid, driving back beat of drums, nicely demonstrating the interplay between the song and the sonics that Nudity is working with. Other songs showcase the groups prowess at stretching out into psychic group-interplay territory, with full-fledged sonic freakouts, conga and tambourine-infused breakdowns, and sets featuring sitar and a guest flautist that build piece by piece from simple drones to relentless all-out thundering grooves. The musicians plainly possess a sense of musical responsiveness to each other not often found outside of jazz. And even while Nudity's songs plummet into digressions of exploding, swelling, and whooshing guitars, the tangents seem to be the destination - each expands and contracts in the most exciting ways, but retains the economy of proficient craftsmanship.Nudity is bent on making some of the most sonic and insane bionic boogie to come out of the Northwest in a while. Their live shows reflect all this and more, the colors of their lighting and clothing reflecting and intensifying the electric hues leaping from amplifiers and drums. They plan on keeping up a steady touring schedule and will soon realize their sound and direction on a couple of vinyl/cd outings that should at last capture the full dimension of their far-out, galactic raw power. You can find Nudity's cd's at www.killrockstars.com, and www.krecs.com.

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Member Since: 7/8/2005
Band Members: Dave Harvey, Grant Miller, Jon Quittner, Eryn Ross. Spiritual advisor, Anthony Capadona.
Influences: Hawkwind, Amon Duul II, Velvet Underground, Flower Travellin' Band, MC5, Miles Davis, Kraftwerk, Deep Purple, The Move.
Sounds Like: Explosions, whooshes, and waves - both electromagnetic and thought, as well as liquid. Like driving at high rates of speed thru hilly fields of color.
Record Label: Discourage
Type of Label: None

My Blog

If You Git a Chance to Motor West

OK we're home. You're the stars! You people out there! You're the ones who make us come home alive.I gotta take up from the last blog just in order to set things straight vis a vis Chicago: 1) Zespy i...
Posted by Nudity on Wed, 14 May 2008 10:28:00 PST

You Gotta Wash Your Ass

My goodness, did we really leave the whole of the east coast uncommented on? Is it because we all (minus Grant) caught the bug in Providence that deadens the mind and snottens the body? I digress.Well...
Posted by Nudity on Sat, 03 May 2008 12:35:00 PST

Raleigh Follies

Well we barely escaped Charlotte. The band with songs regarding and/or titled double anal, stupid bitch and so forth was predictably interminable. That's right -- we are the kind of band that uses sev...
Posted by Nudity on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:51:00 PST

Charlotte the Harlot

A leetle note fom the road...It's a Sunday night in Charlotte and there's a band playing who has songs about double anal, I think that actually may have been the title of something. But it's come up m...
Posted by Nudity on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:32:00 PST

We Prance Across the Land

We have completed the first four shows, we got the motor runnin’ and we head out on the highway just in time for... three days off in a row? Well forgive me if Los Angeles turns into a big bag o...
Posted by Nudity on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:38:00 PST

Come on out and say Hi on our US tour, w’alright?

Our US tour starts next week, take a look-see at the dates and hopefully we’ll see you out there somewheres. By the way, there’s some gaps still waiting to be filled. If you can help out a...
Posted by Nudity on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:33:00 PST

Presenting... "The Nightfeeders"

Our LP - or extremely long 12" EP depending on your view of such things - entitled "The Nightfeeders," is out! Side 1 is 21 minutes of said song, featuring guest flautist Clea, guest organist Warren, ...
Posted by Nudity on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:00:00 PST

West Coast tour, this coming week!

Hey West Coasters, check out our tour dates for some Nudity action near you in the next few days. We'll have a few copies of our new record with us, and of course "The Killer Jams."Rest of the country...
Posted by Nudity on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 11:39:00 PST

New Sounds

We have a record coming out (we thank Discourage for having us). It is album length, with one track on each side: Side 1 is "The Nightfeeders," probably our signature song -- which we played in its en...
Posted by Nudity on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:07:00 PST

Tour! And Record!

Well hello!We gots a West Coast tour coming up in February, it's the 15th thru the 22nd, maybe the 23rd. Check out the dates and come by and say, hi, okay?Everything going according to plan, we should...
Posted by Nudity on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 12:30:00 PST