The Naked Skinnies
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The Naked Skinnies were a new wave
band from Ohio that featured Mark Eitzel
, guitar and vocals, Nancy Kangas, organ; John Hricko, bass and Greg Bonnell, drums.
The band was active from 1981 to 1982 in Columbus, Ohio
and San Francisco, California
. They released one single in 1981. Greg Bonnell continued to perform in an early version of American Music Club
with Mark Eitzel
.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band from Ohio that featured Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
, guitar and vocals, Nancy Kangas, organ; John Hricko, bass and Greg Bonnell, drums.
The band was active from 1981 to 1982 in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
and San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
. They released one single in 1981. Greg Bonnell continued to perform in an early version of American Music Club
American Music Club
American Music Club is a San Francisco-based alternative rock band led by singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel.-History:Although born in California, Eitzel spent his formative years in Okinawa, Taiwan, Great Britain and Ohio before returning to the Bay Area in 1981...
with Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel
Mark Eitzel is a musician, best known as a songwriter and lead singer of the San Francisco band American Music Club.-History:Eitzel spent his formative years in a military family living in Okinawa, Taiwan, Ohio and the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1979.He started making music while he was...
.
External links
- [ Mark Eitzel's Allmusic entry]
- Discography of Ohio Art and Pop 1977-1983 by Henry Weld.