Often found sneaking into the bar with her guitar at age twelve, Julia has been a working musician in her community for so long, locals would peg her as ten years older than she actually is. She has played with numerous bands ranging punk, jazz, rock, classical, reggae in venues across the world. Once known as the singer of The Waz, and that girl who sang with Ari-Up of The Slits. She has opened for the likes of The Wailers, Toots and the Maytals, Fishbone , Meredith Monk, Nina Hagen, Eric Andersen, Pete Seeger, the Damned, and many others on the stages of The Chance, Webster Hall, Wetlands, Brownies, Don Hills, The Morecambe Arena (UK), The Knitting Factory, CBGB's, Sidewalk Café, UPAC, A day in the Garden , Valentines Music Hall (Albany) Milestones (Rochester) Bearsville Theatre, the now historical Joyous Lake and Tinker Street Café. The list goes on........ ...
Drummer Johnny Watson has always secretly wanted to be Naked. He now drives Naked with his powerful yet delicate sense of dynamics and acute skill.
Watson studied jazz at SUNY New Paltz, but not enough to hurt him. Interestingly, one of the few drummers without a typical drummer attitude, soon found himself in every rock venue with leaky toilets on the east coast; the Knitting Factory, Lit Lounge, CBGB's. The Continental, Arlene's Grocery, Otto's Shrunken Head, PussyCat Lounge, The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaway's, Brownies, Baggot Inn, Trash Bar … he also plays with Fantom Frequency, Sarah Perrotta Band, and Joe Lee King, but likes being Naked the best.
He’s not stupid.
Kevin began playing music at the age of 4, often found banging away on the family piano. For his 13th birthday he was handed his first guitar which he never put down and has played all over the country this side of the Mississippi. Whether it's been dive bars in Florida, keg parties in Athens, OH, or in the back of a U-Haul somewhere no where near civilization, songs and sounds with different beats has been his tune.
Now with Naked, Past is exploring the world of the Electric Bass, and the concepts of pockets and grooves which go along with it. Listen to his songs, he's Sonnyboy Brindle.
"Everyday I learn something new about the world of music with this band. I'm excited to play, and see us all evolve beyond what we think is possible. Our potential is limitless. I love it!!" ~Kevin Past
Rachel, daughter of a musician and a mystic, came up with Opera on one side of the family, and Folk on the other. Rachel's emotional, luxurious voice is full of grace and gravity, and her healing spirit and energy apparent. Some say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, and it don't. Rachel was Naked when she first took the stage several years back, and now she's Naked again.
Garrett (aka Skinny Bones) a veteran of the NY punk scene, has fronted Bands that have opened for The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, The Misfits, Patti Smith, Bad Religion, Sick of it All, Biohazard, The Lemonheads, Fishbone and Cypress Hill. You also hear Garrett in his current band Lazy Suns.
Naked was born in Woodstock NY, revolving around the songs, spirit, vision and voice of singer/songwriter Julia Nichols. Difficult to to categorize, Naked provides an ambient, genre defying mix of magical elements that touch upon, soul, jazz, blues and pop with a bohemian air. Known for their vocal arrangements & harmonies, driven by an intricate tapestry of rhythm, Naked is described by many as a wall of sound. Singer Rachel Marco-Havens, describes Julia's melodic style as written almost in counter melody. In the grand tradition of Papa Funk, Julia and the core members of Naked are something like the roots of a tree, with branches comprised of the revolving members. Naked looks to share the harvest of a new album after a creative winter in the catskills.
Music beyond description .. let yer' earholes decide.
The songs you hear on this page were recorded with previous incarnations of Naked.
Reflections: Arranged, produced and engineered by Julia Nichols. Mixed by Julia Nichols and Ted Orr at The Olive Branch and BLOB. Julia Nichols: song, guitar, voice Avalon Peacock & Lisa Barnard:voice Wolf Carl:Guitar Karl Raakke: Bass Graham Taylor:drums
Lullaby: Arranged, produced, engineered and mixed by Julia Nichols, at The Olive Branch. Julia Nichols: song, guitar, voice Avalon Peacock & Lisa Barnard:voice Wolf Carl:Guitar Karl Raakke: Bass Graham Taylor:drums
To Fly: Produced by Chris Anderson and Julia Nichols, complements of Nevessa Studios. Julia Nichols: Song, voice, guitar, percussion Billy Riker: Guitar Karl Raakke: Bass Wolf Carl:guitar Sandy Cutler (aka Yemaya):voice Mike Kimmel:drums Paul Mc mahon:Voice
Miss You: Engineered by Mike Schirmer live in Kingston, NY. Produced, arranged and mixed by Julia Nichols. Julia Nichols: song, guitar, voice Avalon Peacock & Lisa Barnard:voice Wolf Carl:Guitar Karl Raakke: Bass
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In the shadows of solitude... within the private pathways of the maze of my soul... exists my secret room~
Here thoughts too passionate or... wicked and surreal dance upon my; rose pedaled floor, under a multicolored disco ball~
Secrets and lies of a thousand lifetimes, color the walls; The scent of life death, hope; and despair permeate my thoughts~
Safe within my castle keep as... mote and knights and dragons watch, I sit at my magic spindle weaving all the lost strands of my self... into a cloak of power, shield of love and sword of truth~
stepping forward on the path of life in the moment of conscious creation thinking my world into being with each stroke of the paintbrush of my mind~
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