Jeffrey Neal "Jeff" Pezzati (born February 6, 1960) is the lead singer of the Chicago punk band

Naked Raygun Naked Raygun was one of the first, one of the longest running, and one of the most recognized Chicago punk bands. They are considered by many to be the most important band in the history of Chicago punk rock and credited with creating “the Chi ...

. From 1983 to 1985, he also played bass for the band

Big Black Big Black was an American punk rock band from Evanston, Illinois, active from 1981 to 1987. Founded by singer and guitarist Steve Albini, the band's initial lineup also included guitarist Santiago Durango and bassist Jeff Pezzati, both of Nake ...

. 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.

Partial discography

Big Black

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'' (1983) * ''

Racer-X ''Racer-X'' is the third EP by American post-hardcore band Big Black. It was released by Homestead Records in 1984 and reissued by Touch and Go Records in 1992. ''Racer-X'' was the first of Big Black's records to cement their instrumental lin ...

(EP)'' (1984) * ''

The Hammer Party ''The Hammer Party'' is a 1986 release of Big Black's early EPs made between 1982 and 1984. Originally released by Homestead Records, and later rereleased by Touch and Go, the LP came out at the same time as Big Black's '' Atomizer'' album, an ...

LP (1986)

Naked Raygun

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Basement Screams ''Basement Screams'' is the debut EP by American punk rock band Naked Raygun, released on Ruthless Records (Chicago), Ruthless Records in 1983. Quarterstick Records reissued the EP in 1999, and added the street version of "I Lie" and the 222 S. Mo ...

'' EP (1983) * ''

Throb Throb ''Throb Throb'' is an album by American punk rock band Naked Raygun, released on Homestead Records in 1985. It was the first of the band's releases to feature the musicianship of John Haggerty whose guitar playing distinguished the band's sound d ...

'' LP (1985) * '' All Rise'' LP (1986) * '' Jettison'' LP (1988) * ''

Understand? ''Understand?'' is the fourth album by Chicago post-hardcore band Naked Raygun, released in 1989 through Caroline Records. "Hip Swingin'" is about the United States involving itself in the affairs of South American countries. Critical reception T ...

'' 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 ''Over the Overlords'' is the sixth studio album by Chicago punk band Naked Raygun. It was released on August 2, 2021, on Wax Trax! Records. It is their first album in 31 years. The album features an instrumental that appears in the first and la ...

'' 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)

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