Back in the mid-eighties, Naked Raygun were a force to be reckoned with, and they're on my short list of bands that really deserve to reap the commercial benefits of the musical roads they paved. Four "new" tracks -- re-recorded versions of songs "lost" in the early nineties -- see Naked Raygun taking their place beside Husker Du as purveyors of mature, intelligent power-punk. "Off the Edge", "Hot Atomics" and "The Way It's Supposed to Be" document an elegant evolution from NR's confrontational eighties hardcore assault to an older-and-wiser, but no less intense wall-of-guitars sound. "Trio" adds female vocals to the equation, with startling results. A secret track, sandwiched between the Joy Division-like "Giveaway" and the blistering live punk of "Metastatis", extolls the virtues of the Big Gulp® in a startlingly Fall-like manner. There's a live version of NR's greatest almost-hit, "Treason", while "Those Who Move" is a time-trip to the days of analog bootlegs. There's even a handful of songs written by, and featuring, the amazing Santiago Durango -- the man responsible for Naked Raygun's sound. These include the surf-punkish "Banancuda" and the anthemic "New Dreams". This isn't a cynical attempt to cash in on punk rock nostalgia -- it's a chance to own your own slab of history.
Naked Raygun The Last of the Demo Hicans Dyslexic Records CD
			Review by George Zahora

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