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John Haggerty

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John Haggerty
Background information
Birth nameJohn Haggerty
Born (1960-10-17) October 17, 1960 (age 64)
OriginChicago
GenresPunk rock, Pop punk
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1983–present
LabelsQuarterstick, Caroline

John Haggerty (born October 17, 1960, Chicago) is an influential Chicago guitarist. Haggerty was a member of Naked Raygun from 1983 to 1989. Upon leaving Naked Raygun, He formed the band Pegboy with brother Joe Haggerty, Steve Saylors, and Larry Damore.[1]

Background

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The eldest son of a plumber father and a librarian mother, Haggerty first picked up the guitar at age 16. His early influences included Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker and Brian Robertson. Upon discovering the Chicago punk scene at O'Banions, Haggerty quickly began searching for his place in punk rock. His biggest influences were the Buzzcocks, the Ramones, Stiff Little Fingers and the Jam.

John also plays in a band called the Nefarious Fat Cats which features an all star line up including himself and brother Joe, Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers, Herb Rosen of Beer Nuts and Rights of the Accused, Mark DeRosa of the band Dummy and Scott Lucas of Local H.

John toured with Stiff Little Fingers in mid-2011 as a substitute for Ian McCallum, who could not make the tour due to illness.[2]

In 2021 Haggerty became a member of industrial/punk/hard rock supergroup The Joy Thieves by contributing a guitar track to their song "Nihilist Landscape" from their album, "American Parasite."

Partial discography

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Naked Raygun

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Pegboy

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Singles and EPs

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References

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  1. ^ John Haggerty at AllMusic. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Patterson, Spencer (May 29, 2011). "Random Punk Rock Bowling thoughts from Saturday night". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  3. ^ Gendron, Bob. Naked Raygun - Throb Throb at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  4. ^ DaRonco, Mike. Naked Raygun - All Rise at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  5. ^ Gendron, Bob. Naked Raygun - Jettison at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  6. ^ Gendron, Bob. Naked Raygun - Understand? at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  7. ^ Naked Raygun - Last Of The Demo Hicans at Discogs
  8. ^ Foss, Richard. Pegboy - Strong Reaction at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  9. ^ a b Gubbins, Teresa (February 6, 1998), Pegboy, The Dallas Morning News, retrieved February 10, 2013
  10. ^ Kot, Greg (November 8, 1990), Made in Chicago Naked Raygun's 5th, Pegboy's 1st top the good stuff from local talent, Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on April 11, 2013, retrieved February 10, 2013
  11. ^ Foss, Richard. Pegboy - Earwig at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
  12. ^ Rabid, Jack. Pegboy - Cha Cha Damore at AllMusic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
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