Naked Lunch (Austrian band) following in Austria and Germany. In 2007, a new album, "This Atom Heart of Ours", was released. Naked Lunch was named after the novel by William S. Burroughs. The first incarnation of the band was made up of Oliver Welter (vocals and guitar), Georg Timber-Trattnig (bass) and Peter Hornbogner (drums). Soon after their formation, they sent out demos and were signed on the spot by German Big Store Records, where a first release came out, the 6-track-mini-LP "Naked". The year after that, a full-length album followed, titled "Balsam". After that, bassist Trattnig left the band to focus on his writing.
Naked Lunch (Austrian band) He died in 2000 due to alcoholism. The song "King George" on "Songs for the Exhausted" is written about his death. Trattnig was replaced with Herwig Zamernik (of Disharmonic Orchestra). Zamernik and Welter remained the core of the band to this day. After a first few successes, the band became hungry for an international breakthrough, but despite playing showcases for major record companies, it took a few years before they were signed by Mercury Records. After finally being signed to a "big-time" label, Naked Lunch took on recording their second album, which should bring them what they predicted with the