Artist Information Biography MOST RECENT NEWS: Naked & Shameless tracks are being used in two movies that are being released in 2010. The song "Four Food Groups" will be a featured cue in a film called Cougar Hunting (with Lara Flynn Boyle as one of the cougars). Naked & Shameless also recently recorded an acoustic methabilly version of Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" for the end credits of a small indie thriller called iCrime. Also, Buck F. Naked recently announced his engagement to his life long love, Beer. The date's been set! The Beer-Naked Wedding and Rock 'N' Roll Reception will be held in the Los Angeles area on Saturday, June 26, 2010. Video updates as the big day approaches can be found at: http://youtube.com/nakedandshameless general information and updates are at: http://wedding.nakedandshameless.co.uk ---------------- BACKGROUND: Originally hailing from Chicago, Naked & Shameless (Buck F. Naked and Dave Shameless) are now officially based in Los Angeles (or "Hollyweird" as they call it). The move coincided with the release of a 6-CD box set. Legend has it that Buck (Naked) and Dave (Shameless) met in a karaoke bar in Indonesia. Whatever the case, the pair ended up in Chicago a few years ago and have been making mischief ever since. Buck grew up in a trailer park in southwest Ohio, exhibiting signs of his huge talent from a very early age. Dave originally hails from Vancouver, Canada, but there is Kentucky in his genetic memory. It is through this filter (and a good deal of drinkin') that Buck and Dave have absorbed the music of their surroundings, from honky-tonks, to skid row bars, to little punk clubs. They personify the search for good times and strange salvation. Naked & Shameless are a fairly unique entertainment experience -- when grasping for a comparison, writers have suggested a lounge-punk version of Tenacious D, as both acts are two guys who lace their music with social parody and bawdy humor, but that's a pretty incomplete comparison. Think of Mojo Nixon, or Lux Interior doing show tunes, or duets by Elvis and Shane MacGowan, or countrified Ween. Naked & Shameless are also known for interactivity in their live show -- they encourage high-spirited participation. Fans are rabid. Detractors seethe. Naked & Shameless have played on bills with acts such as Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Unknown Hinson, The Red Elvises, Tossers, The Waco Brothers, and others. PRESS PULLQUOTES: Exclaim! (Canada - nationally distributed): "...tongue-in-cheek cow punk, bouncy and cunning." Portland Mercury (Portland, OR): "If you like drinking music, Naked & Shameless are professionals... ironic and wholly entertaining." State Of Emergency (UK): "Naked & Shameless are really, really sharp writers as they parody, adapt and create legitimately original, deeply catchy and amusing songs." The Amplifier (Bowling Green, KY): "lewd and bawdy fun... if these guys aren't trailer park favorites, there's more wrong with this country than $2-per-gallon gas." Metro Pulse (Knoxville, TN): "...if hearing the gospel of Pabst Blue Ribbon preached by [Naked & Shameless] is wrong, then our country's priorities are in the wrong place." Flyer News (Dayton, OH): "If you are looking for some heartfealt and wholesome music about love, loss and sorrow, go buy a Belle and Sebastian album, you pansy. Naked & Shameless is not for you." Cool & Strange Music Magazine: "...drinking, women, drinking some more, and women..." Westword (Denver, CO): "...a couple of drunk Mojo Nixons hopped up on meth, doing what they do best: drinking beer and chasing tail." Instrumentation Buck F. Naked, Drunkabilly Chanteur (Swearing, PBR) Dave Shameless (Guitars, Enabling), sometimes with others. Discography In Print CDs: 13 Drinking Songs (2001) Sexxxy Americanz (2002) Hot Dawg! (2005) EP (6-songs + sketches) Drink, Fight, Fuck (2006) Single (3 songs) The Orange Peel Sessions (2007) Dig Big (2007) Mayberry STD (2008) A Six Pack of Naked & Shameless [box set] (2008) NSFW (expected 2010) 7" Vinyl Mowin' The Lawn (2005) Compilation Tracks: "Drinking Song #18" appeared on Party Punk #1, and Sound In A Vacuum Volume 1; "Pop My Cork" on Sound In A Vacuum Volume 2. LE Promo EPs/Singles: Step Da Fuck Back It's Naked & Shameless, Lawrence (Head Of Lettuce), Drink Ya Bastard!, Live At The Milk Lounge, Better Than Sex, Late Great Chicagoans, RedLine Radio, Mixed Nutz, Pop My Cork, Country Legends full discography available at http://nakedandshameless.com/discography Film credits (soundtracks): "Four Food Groups" in Cougar Hunting (2010); "Blue Skies" in iCrime (2010). photos for media use available at http://nakedandshameless.com/pr/getphotos.htm myspace: http://myspace.com/nakedandshameless Links http://nakedandshameless.com