Bill Cldn (guitar/bass)
James Osbn (vocals/guitar)
Nic Slgtr (guitar/bass)
Steve Slgtr (le drum)
Influences
Cable, Foo Fighters, The Crocketts, Crashland, Muse, Incubus, At The Drive-In
Sounds Like
"It's impossible to accurately describe their sound, its like a pop song injected with about 10kgs of liquid MDMA and then shot in the face." Source magazine
Whiskey-sodden, sweat-soaked gigs in tiny, half-empty rooms was what Naakers Bones thrived upon. Always loud and often banned, they imploded after 18 months, leaving behind just one official record.
Released in the summer of 2000, 'Crash-Through' captured the band at their racous best, with single 'In Control (But Out Of Time)' reaching No. 6 in the Peoplesound.com charts.
The band frequently struggled to secure shows due to the strict no under-18s policy of the time, but regularly shared the bill with other local outfits My Deaf Audio, Birdhouse, and Locals Only (now Absent Elk), often after bribing the bouncers with cheeseburgers laced with barbiturates.
Always willing to support the local community, Naakers Bones were stopped from going on stage at one charity show because their under-age drinking was deemed a bad example to those in the audience. But common sense prevailed and they were permitted to play a short set- which almost ended after the first song when guitarist Bill Claydon fell off the front of the stage.
Post-Bone, members embarked on various different projects in a variety of different locations. Drummer Steve Slagter currently shits the kit for London-based up-and-come-on indie bastinados Forms Forms Forms.
To commemorate ten years since the release of Crash-Through, in 2010 the band plan to release a box set of rare and previously unreleased recordings entitled, 'Naakers Bones: A Decade Of Deaf'.
