The Naked and Famous are an indie electronic band from Auckland, New Zealand. They formed in 2007 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith were working on what became the EPs This Machine and No Light that they recorded with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's MAINZ music college. The band took their name from the English artist Tricky's song "Tricky Kid", which is ambivalent about the notion of celebrity. In the song, Tricky quotes the line "everybody wants to be naked and famous", from The Presidents of the United States of America's song "Naked and Famous".
The EPs were subsequently released on local independent label Round Trip Mars and Powers and Xayalith began performing live with Ben Knapp and Jordan Clark on bass and drums respectively. Aaron Short became a performing member of the group. Knapp and Clark left the group and Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass) joined the band as full-time members in 2009. The group have released two studio albums Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) and In Rolling Waves (2013). Since 2012, the band has been based in Los Angeles, California, US.
There were 2 different versions of the cover both were limited to only 1000 numbered by hand the first was pulled from shelves due to possible legal action. Both variants were made by Che Orrie under special license from PopLlama Records. The original cover featured Vanna White's upper body (front cover) and C-3PO's legs (back cover). Numbers for the first versions are unknown. One thousand were made, but due to the recall, the total number sold remains a mystery. Due to this, the single tends to be highly sought after by collectors.
Even though it was first released in 1994, the song itself dates back to at least 1987: a version was recorded in New York by Chris Ballew in that year and another version was recorded with Egg, Ballew's band at the time, in 1989. Both versions appear on the expanded 10th anniversary issue of their debut album.
The Naked was a Danishindie-rock band that existed from the end of the 1980s and disbanded in 1999. The band started out under the name Naked Lunch, later shortening the name to Naked, and finally to The Naked.
The band was formed by Kasper Andersen (vocal, guitar) and Jacob Als Thomsen (guitar), who met in high school in the mid-eighties. Andersen started out as drummer, but switched to guitar after Thomsen left temporarily to study abroad. At this time guitarist Anders Reuss and bass player Søren Rohde had joined. The band rehearsed with a drum machine until Emil Landgreen joined the band as a drummer in the summer of 1990, coinciding with the return of Thomsen. This line-up started playing regularly on the Copenhagen underground scene from late 1990. At the time of the band's first album, Søren Rohde had left to be replaced by Andreas Koch on bass. During the recording Landgreen left to join Speaker Bite Me and was replaced by Rene Thorny. Astrid Bruun Johansen joined on viola after the second album.
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Young Blood. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd (UK)
published: 28 Feb 2011
The Naked And Famous - Punching In A Dream (Official Video)
Music video by The Naked & Famous performing Punching In A Dream. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
#NakedAndFamous #PunchingInADream #Vevo
published: 24 Feb 2011
The Naked And Famous - Hearts Like Ours
"Hearts Like Ours" from our second album "In Rolling Waves"
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Out 16 September (13 September Aus/ NZ, 17 September US)
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Hearts Like Ours. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
published: 29 Jul 2013
The Naked And Famous - Sunseeker (Official Video)
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Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Luna Shadows, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Video Directed/Edited by: Taylor Fauntleroy
Creative Director: Jori Teplitzky
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Producer: Stephan Bielecki
Director of Photography: Joe Butler
Production Designer: Aunny Grace
Choreography and Movement: Teresa Barcelo
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
1st Assistant Director: Trevor Jon Wayne
Stylist: Justin Lynn
Hair: Alex Tha...
published: 08 Nov 2019
The Naked And Famous - Girls Like You
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Girls Like You. (C) 2011 Somewhat Damaged, Under exclusive licence to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
published: 05 Jul 2012
The Naked And Famous - Hearts Like Ours (Live in London, 2014)
The Naked And Famous - Hearts Like Ours, Live in London at The Shepherds Bush Empire, July 2014.
published: 30 Mar 2016
The Naked and Famous - Everybody Knows (Official Video)
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"Everybody Knows"
Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Dani Poppitt, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Directed by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Jori Teplitzky
DOP: Stefan Vleming
Editing & VFX by: Jori Teplitzky
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published: 18 Sep 2020
The Naked And Famous - Live: One Temporary Escape
Set List (click times to jump to song):
00:00 Intro
01:40 All Of This
05:40 Punching In A Dream
10:00 Spank
14:30 The Sun
18:20 The Source
19:20 Bells
23:15 Frayed
27:15 Eyes
32:05 No Way
37:35 Jilted Lovers
41:20 The Ends
43:10 A Wolf In Geeks Clothing
47:45 Girls Like You
51:45 Interlude
55:15 Dadada
58:45 Young Blood
01:03:40 Credits
"One Temporary Escape", directed by Jordan Blady, captures us live at The Warfield in San Francisco, towards the end of the two years we spent touring "Passive Me, Aggressive You" around the world.
As a way of saying thanks for all your overwhelming support, we decided to give the film to you for free. To download the complete film in HD, visit http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
published: 18 Mar 2013
The Naked And Famous - All Of This
Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems, taken from the debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' by The Naked And Famous.
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published: 10 Feb 2011
The Naked And Famous - I Kill Giants
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Music video by The Naked And Famous performing I Kill Giants. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
Music video by The Naked & Famous performing Punching In A Dream. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
#NakedAndFamous #Punch...
Music video by The Naked & Famous performing Punching In A Dream. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
#NakedAndFamous #PunchingInADream #Vevo
Music video by The Naked & Famous performing Punching In A Dream. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
#NakedAndFamous #PunchingInADream #Vevo
"Hearts Like Ours" from our second album "In Rolling Waves"
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Out 16 September (13 September Aus/ NZ, 17 September US...
"Hearts Like Ours" from our second album "In Rolling Waves"
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Out 16 September (13 September Aus/ NZ, 17 September US)
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Hearts Like Ours. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
"Hearts Like Ours" from our second album "In Rolling Waves"
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Out 16 September (13 September Aus/ NZ, 17 September US)
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Hearts Like Ours. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
OUR NEW ALBUM "RECOVER" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Sunseeker" by The Naked and Famous: https://tnaf.lnk.to/sunseeker
Text The Naked and Famous: 818...
OUR NEW ALBUM "RECOVER" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Sunseeker" by The Naked and Famous: https://tnaf.lnk.to/sunseeker
Text The Naked and Famous: 818-210-4946
Made with the support of NZ On Air
Follow:
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Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Luna Shadows, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Video Directed/Edited by: Taylor Fauntleroy
Creative Director: Jori Teplitzky
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Producer: Stephan Bielecki
Director of Photography: Joe Butler
Production Designer: Aunny Grace
Choreography and Movement: Teresa Barcelo
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
1st Assistant Director: Trevor Jon Wayne
Stylist: Justin Lynn
Hair: Alex Thao
Makeup: Alex French
Gaffer: Andy Chin
1st Asst. Camera: Ana Flores
2nd Asst. Camera: Pony Gold
Line Producer: Gina Naranjo
Choreography and Movement Assistant: Kent Boyd
Key Grip: Orlando Ordonez
Swing Grip: Josh Diercks
Art Assistant: Elliot Sisson
Production Assistant: Matt Trainor
Production Assistant: Phil Huertas
Set Medic: Nick Matosian
Location Manager: Suze Randall
Photographer: Anayancy Gonzalez
Directors Rep: Emily Sanders
Production Company: Happy Place
OUR NEW ALBUM "RECOVER" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Sunseeker" by The Naked and Famous: https://tnaf.lnk.to/sunseeker
Text The Naked and Famous: 818-210-4946
Made with the support of NZ On Air
Follow:
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https://twitter.com/tnaf/
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Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Luna Shadows, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Video Directed/Edited by: Taylor Fauntleroy
Creative Director: Jori Teplitzky
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Producer: Stephan Bielecki
Director of Photography: Joe Butler
Production Designer: Aunny Grace
Choreography and Movement: Teresa Barcelo
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
1st Assistant Director: Trevor Jon Wayne
Stylist: Justin Lynn
Hair: Alex Thao
Makeup: Alex French
Gaffer: Andy Chin
1st Asst. Camera: Ana Flores
2nd Asst. Camera: Pony Gold
Line Producer: Gina Naranjo
Choreography and Movement Assistant: Kent Boyd
Key Grip: Orlando Ordonez
Swing Grip: Josh Diercks
Art Assistant: Elliot Sisson
Production Assistant: Matt Trainor
Production Assistant: Phil Huertas
Set Medic: Nick Matosian
Location Manager: Suze Randall
Photographer: Anayancy Gonzalez
Directors Rep: Emily Sanders
Production Company: Happy Place
Premiered on PAPER MAG: https://www.papermag.com/the-naked-and-famous-everybody-knows-2647709145.html
"Recover" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Everybod...
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"Recover" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Everybody Knows"
Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Dani Poppitt, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Directed by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Jori Teplitzky
DOP: Stefan Vleming
Editing & VFX by: Jori Teplitzky
Follow:
https://www.thenakedandfamous.com
https://www.instagram.com/thenakedandfamous
https://twitter.com/tnaf/
https://www.facebook.com/thenakedandfamous
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"Recover" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Everybody Knows"
Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Dani Poppitt, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Directed by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Jori Teplitzky
DOP: Stefan Vleming
Editing & VFX by: Jori Teplitzky
Follow:
https://www.thenakedandfamous.com
https://www.instagram.com/thenakedandfamous
https://twitter.com/tnaf/
https://www.facebook.com/thenakedandfamous
Set List (click times to jump to song):
00:00 Intro
01:40 All Of This
05:40 Punching In A Dream
10:00 Spank
14:30 The Sun
18:20 The Source
19:20 Bells
23:15 Fra...
Set List (click times to jump to song):
00:00 Intro
01:40 All Of This
05:40 Punching In A Dream
10:00 Spank
14:30 The Sun
18:20 The Source
19:20 Bells
23:15 Frayed
27:15 Eyes
32:05 No Way
37:35 Jilted Lovers
41:20 The Ends
43:10 A Wolf In Geeks Clothing
47:45 Girls Like You
51:45 Interlude
55:15 Dadada
58:45 Young Blood
01:03:40 Credits
"One Temporary Escape", directed by Jordan Blady, captures us live at The Warfield in San Francisco, towards the end of the two years we spent touring "Passive Me, Aggressive You" around the world.
As a way of saying thanks for all your overwhelming support, we decided to give the film to you for free. To download the complete film in HD, visit http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
Set List (click times to jump to song):
00:00 Intro
01:40 All Of This
05:40 Punching In A Dream
10:00 Spank
14:30 The Sun
18:20 The Source
19:20 Bells
23:15 Frayed
27:15 Eyes
32:05 No Way
37:35 Jilted Lovers
41:20 The Ends
43:10 A Wolf In Geeks Clothing
47:45 Girls Like You
51:45 Interlude
55:15 Dadada
58:45 Young Blood
01:03:40 Credits
"One Temporary Escape", directed by Jordan Blady, captures us live at The Warfield in San Francisco, towards the end of the two years we spent touring "Passive Me, Aggressive You" around the world.
As a way of saying thanks for all your overwhelming support, we decided to give the film to you for free. To download the complete film in HD, visit http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems, taken from the debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' by The Naked And Famous.
UK - Out N...
Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems, taken from the debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' by The Naked And Famous.
UK - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/hP46jZ
NZ - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/fqFeHm
Aus - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/f1FHKr
Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems, taken from the debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' by The Naked And Famous.
UK - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/hP46jZ
NZ - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/fqFeHm
Aus - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/f1FHKr
"I Kill Giants" from our second album "In Rolling Waves" OUT NOW
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing I K...
"I Kill Giants" from our second album "In Rolling Waves" OUT NOW
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing I Kill Giants. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
"I Kill Giants" from our second album "In Rolling Waves" OUT NOW
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing I Kill Giants. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
Music video by The Naked & Famous performing Punching In A Dream. (C) 2010 Somewhat Damaged Under exclusive license to Polydor Ltd. (UK)
#NakedAndFamous #PunchingInADream #Vevo
"Hearts Like Ours" from our second album "In Rolling Waves"
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Out 16 September (13 September Aus/ NZ, 17 September US)
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing Hearts Like Ours. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
OUR NEW ALBUM "RECOVER" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Sunseeker" by The Naked and Famous: https://tnaf.lnk.to/sunseeker
Text The Naked and Famous: 818-210-4946
Made with the support of NZ On Air
Follow:
https://www.instagram.com/thenakedandfamous/
https://twitter.com/tnaf/
https://www.facebook.com/thenakedandfamous/
Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Luna Shadows, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Video Directed/Edited by: Taylor Fauntleroy
Creative Director: Jori Teplitzky
Executive Producer: Tara Razavi
Producer: Stephan Bielecki
Director of Photography: Joe Butler
Production Designer: Aunny Grace
Choreography and Movement: Teresa Barcelo
Colorist: Arianna Shining Star
1st Assistant Director: Trevor Jon Wayne
Stylist: Justin Lynn
Hair: Alex Thao
Makeup: Alex French
Gaffer: Andy Chin
1st Asst. Camera: Ana Flores
2nd Asst. Camera: Pony Gold
Line Producer: Gina Naranjo
Choreography and Movement Assistant: Kent Boyd
Key Grip: Orlando Ordonez
Swing Grip: Josh Diercks
Art Assistant: Elliot Sisson
Production Assistant: Matt Trainor
Production Assistant: Phil Huertas
Set Medic: Nick Matosian
Location Manager: Suze Randall
Photographer: Anayancy Gonzalez
Directors Rep: Emily Sanders
Production Company: Happy Place
Premiered on PAPER MAG: https://www.papermag.com/the-naked-and-famous-everybody-knows-2647709145.html
"Recover" OUT NOW: https://TNAF.lnk.to/recover
"Everybody Knows"
Written by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Dani Poppitt, Simon Oscroft
Produced by: Thomas Powers, Simon Oscroft
Directed by: Thomas Powers, Alisa Xayalith, Jori Teplitzky
DOP: Stefan Vleming
Editing & VFX by: Jori Teplitzky
Follow:
https://www.thenakedandfamous.com
https://www.instagram.com/thenakedandfamous
https://twitter.com/tnaf/
https://www.facebook.com/thenakedandfamous
Set List (click times to jump to song):
00:00 Intro
01:40 All Of This
05:40 Punching In A Dream
10:00 Spank
14:30 The Sun
18:20 The Source
19:20 Bells
23:15 Frayed
27:15 Eyes
32:05 No Way
37:35 Jilted Lovers
41:20 The Ends
43:10 A Wolf In Geeks Clothing
47:45 Girls Like You
51:45 Interlude
55:15 Dadada
58:45 Young Blood
01:03:40 Credits
"One Temporary Escape", directed by Jordan Blady, captures us live at The Warfield in San Francisco, towards the end of the two years we spent touring "Passive Me, Aggressive You" around the world.
As a way of saying thanks for all your overwhelming support, we decided to give the film to you for free. To download the complete film in HD, visit http://www.thenakedandfamous.com
Directed by Campbell Hooper and Joel Kefali for Special Problems, taken from the debut album 'Passive Me, Aggressive You' by The Naked And Famous.
UK - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/hP46jZ
NZ - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/fqFeHm
Aus - Out Now: iTunes http://bit.ly/f1FHKr
"I Kill Giants" from our second album "In Rolling Waves" OUT NOW
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/TNAFRollingWaves
Music video by The Naked And Famous performing I Kill Giants. (C) 2013 Fiction Records.
The Naked and Famous are an indie electronic band from Auckland, New Zealand. They formed in 2007 when Thom Powers and Alisa Xayalith were working on what became the EPs This Machine and No Light that they recorded with engineer Aaron Short, a fellow student at Auckland's MAINZ music college. The band took their name from the English artist Tricky's song "Tricky Kid", which is ambivalent about the notion of celebrity. In the song, Tricky quotes the line "everybody wants to be naked and famous", from The Presidents of the United States of America's song "Naked and Famous".
The EPs were subsequently released on local independent label Round Trip Mars and Powers and Xayalith began performing live with Ben Knapp and Jordan Clark on bass and drums respectively. Aaron Short became a performing member of the group. Knapp and Clark left the group and Jesse Wood (drums) and David Beadle (bass) joined the band as full-time members in 2009. The group have released two studio albums Passive Me, Aggressive You (2010) and In Rolling Waves (2013). Since 2012, the band has been based in Los Angeles, California, US.
I am weary From a love that games I'm not hearing Any other way Shut my eyes Head rests on my hands Quietly Hiding once again Jilted lover Sleeping in the unrest How do we Survive to make amends? Fight the lies Voices in my head Multiply