Naked Remedy are a rock band formed early 2009 in Worcestershire, UK. The 2011 line-up consists of Dave Small (Vocals/Drums) Nav Sahota (Bass) Tom Callinswood (Guitar). A previous line-up consisted of Jack Ryland-Smith (Drums). Recently they have performed at Forum Live at the LG Arena Birmingham before Paul Weller

Paul Weller

Paul Weller is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the band The Jam , Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council...

 took to the main stage in November 2010

Background

Naked Remedy write and perform their own original material and some covers of artistes who have inspired and influenced them. The bands style is classic rock and blues.

Recently Nav Sahota left the band

The Band won Worcester's got talent in October 2008 winning first prize of £2,500 and recorded a 4 track EP of original material apart from a version of You got the love

You Got the Love

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; Naked Remedy have also performed for many local charities close to their hearts including Wyrefest 2009 for The Proton Effect, Help For Heroes

Help for Heroes

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 , Loaded 2010, Boozestock 2009 and a Help for Haiti fundriser. They also appeared live at the VW Camper Van Vanfest

Vanfest

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 event 2010 and are appearing again in 2011.

Past individual achievements of band members include sharing the bill with Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is an American hard rock supergroup consisting of former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum, alongside Dave Kushner formerly of punk band Wasted Youth. Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland was Velvet Revolver's lead singer from their formation until...

, Status Quo, Jeff Healey

Jeff Healey

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, Walter Trout

Walter Trout

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, Chicken Shack

Chicken Shack

Chicken Shack are a British blues band, founded in the mid-1960s by Stan Webb , Andy Silvester , and Alan Morley , who were later joined by Christine Perfect in 1968.-Career:...

, Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash

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, Hayseed Dixie

Hayseed Dixie

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 and Rose Hill Drive

Rose Hill Drive

Rose Hill Drive is an American rock band. The group is often aligned with other innovators in the revival of traditional hard rock and early metal–psychedelic...

, and bookings at The Royal Albert Hall and Download Festival

Download Festival

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 2008. they have recently supported Goldray a group featuring Kenwyn House Reef

Reef (band)

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 and Paul Winterhart

Paul Winterhart

Paul Winterhart is the drummer for the English band, Kula Shaker. He is noted for being more reserved in interviews and speaking less....

 (Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by outspoken frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a number of Top 10 hits on the UK Singles...

)

BBC Sessions

Naked Remedy have appeared on Hereford & Worcester.BBC Introducing

BBC Introducing

BBC Introducing is the brand for new music programmes across the BBC radio stations, showcasing unsigned, self signed and other emerging musical talent primarily from the UK. Launched in 2007 the Introducing brand brings programming from across the BBC under a unified brand with each show retaining...

 with Andrew Marston They also headlined The Hereford & Worcester Introducing Stage to launch the start of the Worcester Music Festival

Worcester Music Festival

Worcester Music Festival Is an annual music festival held in Worcester town centre during the 3rd week of August founded in 2008 by Chris Bennion as a platform to encourage live, local and original music in Worcester and the surrounding areas and is staged in over 30 pubs, clubs, cafes, and...

 in August 2010

Pre Naked Remedy

The origins of Naked Remedy can be traced back to earlier bands and collaborations featuring Dave Small (Vocals/Drums) in an earlier band AurA

AurA

AurA Was a rock band formed in April 2007 in Worcestershire, England.The line up was Dave Small , Jamie Guggenheim , Blake Probert , and Jesse Lee Garcia -Background:...

 of which he was the lead singer and principal songwriter the band had played regularly on BBC Hereford & Worcester  and BBC WM

BBC WM

BBC WM is the BBC Local Radio service for the West Midlands, South Staffordshire, north Worcestershire and north Warwickshire, operated by BBC Birmingham. Launched on 9 November 1970 as BBC Radio Birmingham, it broadcasts from central Birmingham on 95.6 FM, DAB and on the internet...

. Naked Remedy were formed after meetings with Tom Callinswood Nav Sahota and Jack Ryland-Smith at various open mic / jam nights .

Studio Recording

Following their debut self titled EP, the band are about to enter the recording studio again to record an album in June 2011

External links

• http://www.myspace.com/nakedremedylive
• http://www.reverbnation.com/nakedremedy
• http://www.nakedremedy.co.uk/
• http://musicbrainz.org/artist/8891f006-887f-4351-8609-1ab32810b166.html Musicbrainz Artist Entry
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8891f006-887f-4351-8609-1ab32810b166 BBC Artist page