11-08-2007 Naked

Venue: Kuudes Linja Helsinki(Finland)
By: Nina Mende

  Tonight was not a usual gig, but a Album release gig, which means a shorter
  performance and most of the song were from the new album.
  The band who has their new album released on 15.08.07 was Naked and the new
  album is called “Superstate” and the venue where it all happened was
  Kuudes Linja in Helsinki.

Naked vouches for high-energy, confetti-blasting, shirt-ripping, sweat-dripping Broadway Rock.

Here’s a little more about the band:
Inspired by bands such as KISS, Beatles, Thin Lizzy, The Who, Queen, Led Zeppelin and Motown classics, NAKED was founded in Helsinki at the break of the new millennium.
With two albums (‘This One Goes To Eleven’, 2004 and ‘Let’s Get Naked…And Start A Revolution’, 2006) recorded, NAKED released two Finnish top-5 singles and played shows abroad in Italy, Germany and Russia. 

NAKED also supported The 69 Eyes on their tour of Finland in 2006.
Stefan Lindfors (director of HIM-Funeral Of Hearts video) directed two NAKED-videos,
Sister and Revolution. The latter was filmed with The Muff (singer) roaming the streets of London in a straitjacket. In late 2006 NAKED’s line-up was finalised as bass monster Ilari was forced to join the band. Shortly after,
NAKED and producer Nick Triani plunged into the task of recording their strongest,
punkiest, wildest and ridiculously kick-ass album ‘Superstate’, due  in August 2007. The first single ‘No One’s Perfect’ supports an epic, bombastic and pillow-biting sound, as well as keeping it real.

  Anyways, as I said it was a Album release gig, therefore you could find stickers
  of the new album and posters everywhere.
  Kuudes Linja filled up slowly with the usual visitors of Naked gigs and the
  ones that just always seem to be at Kuudes Linja.
  As the band came on stage they reminded me of a typical Swedish rock band such
  as Hardcore Superstar, Babylon Bombs or Gemini Five. Not only because of their
  looks but also their sound. A really nice sound (and look) in my opinion. So
  they started playing new songs and tried to get everybody moving along, who
  ever didn’t got a personal invitation by the singer, meaning having him go up
  to you and get you either singing, dancing or clapping. And it worked. The audience
  seemed to like the new album as much as I did.
  The band also played with the photographers by playing with the camera, really
  nice I thought, if only the light had been a little bit better.
  What really amazed me though was the NOT moving hair of the singer, it seemed
  to stiff. I really wonder how much hairspray he needed to get it like that.
  For some songs the band had a choreography where all three in the front (2 guitars
  and a bass) did the same motions for the chorus. It looked almost professional
  but really good. They should keep that up, it’s a funny idea.
  In the middle of their performance they got Nick Triani (their producer) up
  on stage to play the cowbells for a song. The funniest about that whole thing
  was, though, the presents they had for him. Nick is a quite casual looking guy,
  so they gave him eyeliner and hairspray.
  Zack (guitar right) always had a fan going in front of him that his hair was
  blowing all over in the wind of it.
  During their last song they fired up a confetti canon with some glittery stuff
  . The glitter was pouring down slowly and was shimmering in the red stage light.
  A perfect closing for a nice performance.
  But it wasn’t over yet, they came back for two more songs and the audience was
  celebrating them really hard.

Now here are the songs they played:
  Scream
  Breakfree
  Revolution
  High on Blue Love
  Shelter
  No one’s perfect
  Rock you
  Combo
  I get it
  Hellelujah
  Feast like a king

as encore:
  Right here right now
  Save the day

Links:
  Naked Myspace
  Naked official