- (This page is about the New York Avantgarde band. For the San Francisco jazz rock band of the same name, see Naked City(2)).
Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition (and improvisation) in a traditional rock band lineup. Their music incorporated elements of jazz, surf, progressive rock, classical, heavy metal, grindcore, country, punk rock, and other genres.
Links to Peel[]
Peel first played Naked City in January 1991 via their debut album, 'Torture Garden'. Further tracks from the album were played on his shows in 1991, but there is no evidence, according to available tracklistings on this site, that Peel ever played any further records from the group. After Peel's death in 2004, it was later found out that he had a copy of their debut album in his Record Collection: N.
Shows Played[]
- 26 January 1991: Demon Sanctuary (album - Torture Garden) Earache
- 27 January 1991: Dead Spot (album - Torture Garden) Shimmy Disc
- 03 February 1991: Bonehead (album - Torture Garden) Shimmy Disc
- 09 February 1991: 'Dead Spot (LP-Torture Garden)' (Earache)
- 09 February 1991 (BFBS): 'Bonehead (LP-Torture Garden)' (Earache)
- 23 February 1991: Pile Driver (album - Torture Garden) Earache (JP wanted to play "Blood Duster", but landed on "Pile Driver")
- 24 February 1991: Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh (album - Torture Garden) Earache
- 02 March 1991 (BFBS): 'Speedball (LP-Torture Garden)' (Shimmy Disc)
- 17 March 1991: Perfume Of A Critic's Burning Flesh (album - Torture Garden) Shimmy Disc
- 31 March 1991: Hammerhead (album - Torture Garden) Shimmy Disc
- 06 April 1991: The Noose (album - Torture Garden) Earache
- 19 May 1991: Igneous Ejaculation (LP - Torture Garden) Earache
- 21 December 1991: Igneous Ejaculation (LP - Torture Garden) Earache