It was two years ago in December on this site that we reported that the Nekkid Monday Band was to play no more. The talented but dispirited nudist funk group, led by Shane Gentry, had decided then that they lacked support from the community and would seek fame and fortune as musicians of the textile [...]
Since Woodstock, nudity seems to be part and parcel of just about any big rock music and/or alternative arts festivals. Most of you have surely heard of The Burning Man festival which takes place every year in the scorching Nevada desert, but few of you are likely to have heard of the Roskilde festival. The [...]
Cesar Lopez is a Colombian musician whose claim to fame is performance music art, which sometimes can involve using unusual objects to produce sounds and then integrating them in his musical pieces. His “Purpura” project, launched in 2000, is the one that people still talk about the most. Purpura involved using two naked people, a [...]
JACUMBA, CALIFORNIA – DeAnza Springs Resort, in the California desert, is hosting its first “Dancinaked Under the Stars” music festival on May 19, 2007. It will feature a variety of music styles on two different stages. Some of the bands that will be performing are Phat Daddy, Zydaco Patrol, Three Day Ole Beaver, Half Past [...]
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LONDON, UK – Every third Friday in the Vauxhall area of London, The Factory nightclub transforms itself into Starkers, London’s only nude disco. Hundreds of young men and women, both gay and straight, gyrate on the dance floor wearing only shoes. This isn’t really a nudist event, but nudists who love nightclubs will perhaps find [...]
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No sooner had we reported on the demise of the Nekkid Monday Band, did we discover via Shane Gentry himself that another band was revving-up to fill its sandals! “Eddie and the Streakers” is a trio from central Missouri that plays country music (among others) in the buff. Lead singer Eddie, 34, his bassist/singer brother [...]
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We interviewed Shane Gentry, lead singer of the Nekkid Monday Band, the funk/blues trio that made headlines because they play completely naked. We were surprised to learn that the Nekkid Monday Band is no longer. We asked him what happened, and here’s the long and the short of it… Nudist Day – When was the [...]
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