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RETROKIMMER: IVAN JULIAN THE NAKED FLAME!!! Posted: 12 Aug 2011 07:04 PM PDT Ivan Julian Deniz Tek and Ivan Julian are on the same bill at the end of this month... Ivan is very exciting... Wow!! Don't miss this show... Photographer Anne Laurent sent over some bio/photos/video of the handsome Ivan Julian to share with my readers.... Here my friends is IVAN JULIAN! "I started playing in bands when I was 13 years old, and that's when I decided that music would be my life," states Ivan Julian. "It's always been important to me to be what I do, and not leave it behind at 5 o'clock. Although his new release The Naked Flame is his first album under his own name, Ivan Julian has been one of rock's most celebrated players and most in-demand collaborators for more than three decades. The album, Julian's first collection of his own songs in more than 20 years, finds the veteran guitarist/singer/songwriter/producer effortlessly stepping back into the role of frontman/bandleader. The Naked Flame features a dozen compelling new songs that benefit from Julian's commanding performances as well as his seasoned studio skills, which give the tracks a timeless warmth and immediacy. The Naked Flame draws upon Julian's extensive musical background, while exploring some exciting new songwriting territory. Such rousing original compositions as "The Waves," "Hardwired" and "A Young Man's Money" combine raw-nerved electricity with adult lyrical insight, while the bittersweet "You Is Dead" (partially inspired by Julian's friend and former bandmate, the late Robert Quine) meditates upon loss with warmth and humor. IVAN JULIAN In addition to Julian's own compositions, The Naked Flame features a pair of inspired cover tunes: a haunting reworking of Lucinda Williams' "Broken Butterflies," and a bracing reading of "The Beat," originally recorded by Alejandro Escovedo's old new wave outfit the Nuns. In 1977, Julian returned to the U.S. and settled in New York, just in time to become a key participant in the emerging punk rock movement. He became a founding member of the seminal Richard Hell and the Voidoids, playing alongside trend-setting punk poet Hell, fabled guitarist Robert Quine and drummer Marc Bell (a.k.a. Marky Ramone). Julian's instrumental and songwriting contributions to the band's classic album Blank Generation established him as one of the scene's most acclaimed and influential axemen. After the Voidoids disbanded in 1980, Julian stepped out front to form the Outsets as a vehicle for his own vocal and songwriting efforts. Incorporating rock, funk and African rhythms, the Outsets became a beloved fixture on New York's burgeoning club scene, winning considerable critical acclaim for such releases as the debut single "I'm Searchin' for You"/"Fever," a self-titled Garland Jeffreys-produced EP and the posthumously released The Punk/Funk Voodoo Collection. Julian's next band, the Lovelies, which teamed him with Bush Tetras singer Cynthia Sley, also won substantial local attention, releasing the acclaimed Mad Orphan in 1988.

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