{"id":36413,"date":"2024-01-03T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/?p=36413"},"modified":"2024-01-03T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T08:47:32","slug":"naked-prey-under-the-blue-marlin-1986","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/2024\/01\/naked-prey-under-the-blue-marlin-1986\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked Prey | Under The Blue Marlin (1986)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-36414\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0007148719_10.jpg?resize=200%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0007148719_10.jpg?resize=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0007148719_10.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0007148719_10.jpg?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.altcountry.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/0007148719_10.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Het is een mooie trits: The Dream Syndicate, Green On Red en Naked Prey. Zij debuteren opeenvolgend met mini-lp\u2019s op Down There, het platenlabel van Dream Syndicate\u2019s Steve Wynn: eerst The Dream Syndicate in 1982, dan Green On Red in 1983 en in 1984 Naked Prey. Naked Prey uit Tucson, Arizona: desertrock.<br \/>\nZanger-gitarist Van Christian, voormalig drummer van Green On Red en met Dan Stuart in The Serfers, en gitarist David K. Seger, eerder in Giant Sandworms met Howe Gelb en Rainer Ptacek, richten in 1982 Naked Prey op. Ze opteren voor<!--more--> snoeiharde gitaren in een zongebleekt landschap. De debuut-mini-lp wordt losjes geproduceerd door Dan Stuart, maar op de echte debuut-lp, geproduceerd door Dream Syndicate-gitarist Paul B. Cutler en uitgebracht op Frontier Records uit San Francisco, klinkt Naked Prey professioneler en strakker \u2013 de sound dan bijeengehouden door drummer Tom Larkins (ex-Yard Trauma, ex-Giant Sand).<br \/>\nNaked Prey gaat op <em>Under The Blue Marlin <\/em>flink te keer in jachtige rockers als <em>The Ride<\/em>, <em>Dirt<\/em>, <em>Rawhead<\/em> en <em>Voodoo Godhead<\/em> en etaleert daarbij extreem veel gitaargeweld. Als het tempo onder invloed van van de woestijnhitte echter wat vertraagt, levert dat met <em>Train Whistle<\/em>, <em>How I Felt That Day <\/em>en <em>Come On Down <\/em>slepende songs op met blaartrekkende gitaarsolo\u2019s. Afsluiter <em>What Price For Freedom <\/em>pakt dat in zeven zinderende, door gitaar aangejaagde minuten nog eens schitterend tezamen. Machtige plaat, dit <em>Under The Blue Marlin<\/em>, overigens een jaar later opgevolgd door het net zo sterke <em>40 Miles From Nowhere<\/em>. En weer een jaar later verschijnt van de jaren-tachtig-Naked Prey dan nog <em>Kill The Messenger<\/em>, de laatste met David Seger.<br \/>\nNaked Prey is een uitgesproken exponent van de Arizona-desertrock, die verder gevormd wordt door Green On Red \u2013 al zijn Dan Stuart c.s. al snel naar L.A. vertrokken \u2013, Giant Sand, Al Perry And The Cattle, Sidewinders, Woodcocks en Sand Rubies. Een illuster stelletje, daar in de Arizona-desert.<\/p>\n<p><em>Under The Blue Marlin. <\/em>Frontier Records, 1986.<em> The Ride <\/em>|<em> A Stranger <\/em>|<em> Dirt <\/em>|<em> Train Whistle <\/em>|<em> How I Felt That Day <\/em>|<em> Come On Down <\/em>|<em> Rawhead <\/em>|<em> Voodoo Godhead <\/em>|<em> Fly Away <\/em>|<em> What Price For Freedom<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het is een mooie trits: The Dream Syndicate, Green On Red en Naked Prey. Zij debuteren opeenvolgend met mini-lp\u2019s op Down There, het platenlabel van Dream Syndicate\u2019s Steve Wynn: eerst The Dream Syndicate in 1982, dan Green On Red in 1983 en in 1984 Naked Prey. Naked Prey uit Tucson, Arizona: desertrock. 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