Jeff Pezzati

Jeff Pezzati
Background information
Born	(1960-02-06) February 6, 1960 (age 65)
Origin	Chicago, Illinois
Genres	Punk rock pop punk
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Vocals, bass guitar
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Ruthless, Homestead, Quarterstick, Caroline, No Idea, Thick, Riot Fest, Jettison

Jeffrey Neal Pezzati (born February 6, 1960) is an American musician, known for being 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

Big Black

• Bulldozer (1983)
• Racer-X (EP) (1984)
• The Hammer Party LP (1986)

Naked Raygun

• 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

• 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

1. Prato, Greg. Biography: Naked Raygun at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
2. Deming, Mark. Biography: Big Black at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
3. Kellman, Andy. Biography: The Bomb at AllMusic. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. Buhrmester, Jason (August 13, 1999). "JEFF PEZZATI". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
7. Ryan, Kyle (September 8, 2005). "Jeff Pezzati, from Naked Raygun to The Bomb". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved March 15, 2013.