Silk and Steel
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Naked Prey (disambiguation)
Naked Prey or The Naked Prey may refer to
Naked Prey
Naked Prey was an American rock band from Tucson, Arizona.
United States, which was formed in 1982 by the former Green on Red drummer Van Christian and David Seeger, who had been in the original line- up of the Giant Sandworms( who later became Giant Sand) as well as The Pedestrians, a band credited with having performed the first punk rock show in Tucson.
Other artists who recorded or performed with the band included members of Green on Red and the Sand Rubies, John Convertino and Joey Burns, later of Calexico, Chuck Prophet, Rainer Ptacek and longtime drummer Tommy Larkins, who currently plays with Jonathan Richman, famously appearing with him as half of the two- man Greek chorus in" There's Something About Mary".
Christian himself also performed with The Band of Blacky Ranchette( an occasional project of Giant Sand's Howe Gelb) and was in the original lineup of The Friends of Dean Martinez.
Naked Prey's aggressive, distorted sound was characterized as" rough- edged country rock" and" folk- distorto- rock" and the band was credited with helping to pioneer the guitar- heavy" Desert Rock" sound associated with Tucson in the 1980s and 1990s.
The band was also associated with the vaguely psychedelic Paisley Underground scene out of Los Angeles.
In 1984 Naked Prey recorded their first record, produced by Dan Stuart of Green on Red for the Down There label of Steve Wynn( Dream Syndicate).
Two subsequent releases were on Los Angeles- based independent label Frontier Records.
Though they never achieved commercial success, they, like many Tucson bands, acquired a substantial following in Europe.
The band broke up in the late 1990s, but Christian re-unites Naked Prey from time to time for occasional performances.
Friends of Dean Martinez
Friends of Dean Martinez is an instrumental rock/ post- rock band featuring members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey.
The band combines Americana with electronica, ambient, lounge, psychedelia and dub and intertwines surf rock- inspired lead guitars.
Battle of the Bands (disambiguation)
Battle of the Bands is a contest in which two or more bands compete for the title of" best band".
Battle of the Bands may also refer to:
Rare Silk
Rare Silk was an American vocal jazz group that was active during the 1980s.
MaryLynn Gillaspie and her sister, Gaile, grew up in southern California.
Their father played trumpet, and from an early age they heard big band music and Ella Fitzgerald.
In 1978, they were working as waitresses in Boulder, Colorado, with Gaile also singing at a local club.
After they met another singer, Marguerite Juenemann, they formed Rare Silk.
They sang on a local radio station and in clubs, sometimes dressed like the Andrews Sisters.
In 1980, they were the opening act for Benny Goodman at the 1980 Playboy Jazz Festival.
They recorded their first album," New Weave", in 1983.
This album was nominated for two Grammy Awards.
It was followed by" American Eyes", which was released in 1985, and" Black and Blue", in 1986.
Juenemann left the group and was replaced by Barbara Reeves, and then by Jamie Broumas.
The band broke up in 1988.
Friends of Dean Martinez
Friends of Dean Martinez is an instrumental rock/ post- rock band featuring members of Giant Sand, Calexico, and Naked Prey.
The band combines Americana with electronica, ambient, lounge, psychedelia and dub and intertwines surf rock- inspired lead guitars.
Pepsi Battle of the Bands
Pepsi Battle of the Bands is a Pakistani television series, originally based on the concept of Battle of the Bands, first aired in 2002 on PTV Home.
The show was revived in 2017.
Stephanoaetus
Stephanoaetus is a genus of very large birds of prey from Sub- Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Only one of the two known species is extant.
Garganoaetus
Garganoaetus is an extinct genus of buteonin accipitrid bird of prey from the early Pliocene in Italy.

Question: Are the bands Rare Silk and Naked Prey, from the same country?
Answer: yes