The Nudist Guys

DisGuise era songs performed by DisGuise era people with DisGuise type spirit in  post DisGuise era.

Unreliable Recollections from Jimmy McKenna (subject to amendment as better facts come to light!)

As time went by I realised I had amassed a number of recordings of DisGuise era songs which did not fit naturally into my solo albums. So these became The Nudist Guys album (forgive the terrible pun).

Danced all Night first written in 1977 (as homage to The Rezillos) and first recorded in April 1979. This is another go with Jason Bell on drums.

Crash Course to Hell another 1977 song finally getting a spit and polish, with Alan Scully on drums.

Open Your Eyes one of the many Peter Scott songs first played in 1977. This is my version (with inaccurate lyrics) with Alan on drums.

I Knew a Man another early DisGuise song written in 1977 (and the next week Peter came up with I Knew a Girl). If the December 1977 recording had sounded as good as it now does then I might never have felt the urge to revisit it, with Alan on drums.

In London I’d had the guitar riff for years, and inspired by our December 1977 adventures travelling to the big city, turned it into a song, with Alan on drums.

It’s Over Now (twinned with Another Miserable Song), DisGuise actually used to play these live (how did we get away with it at the height of punk?), with Alan on drums.

I Want to Fly and another where if the December 1977 recording had sounded as good as it now does then I might never have felt the urge to revisit it, with Alan on drums.

He’s Not Worth It inspired from reading the Jackie Magazine belonging to girlfriends (as in friends who were girls) at school. Ostensibly to read the Cathy and Claire pages (very helpful for this 17 year old!) but also to read (and sneer) at the over the top picture stories which inspired the story in this song (Alan on drums).

Wuthering Heights when DisGuise rehearsed we invariably tried out a lot of cover songs, and this 1978 Kate Bush hit was one (Alan on drums).

What’s in a Name inspired a plethora of rock star funerals, although I do not know how the Shakespeare quote became involved. Mike Dixon plays lead guitar.

(In the) Heat of the Night When I was c15 years I was alone on a bus when a group of obviously working girls got on a sat around my innocent self. They loudly discussed their prospects as a big American boat was in dock which promised to earn them a lot of money that evening. Anyway this is a song about a naughty seaman.  Recorded on 4 Track Portastudio with super guitar playing from Peter

I Knew a Girl this is Peter’s riposte to I Knew a Man, a super pop song, this is my take on it.

(On the Road to) Rock n Ruin one of the two songs (the other being Mean Mean Boy) that I came up with on first being excited by The Ramones in 1976. Of course just to be contrary this song has a slow bit in the middle. A Mystery girl plays flute.

Nursery Rhyme in early 1980 I regularly attended the rock nights at the Nursery Inn in Hartlepool, and feeling a bit back to square one came up with this little rant. Recorded on 4 Track Portastudio with Peter Scott on guitar.

Film of the Book if the version of December 1977 had sounded then like it now does I might never have revisited this song. This is version 2 from 1982 with Peter on guitar recorded on a 4 Track Portastudio. Versions 3 and 4 are on the Tortured Art album.