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.
Interzone (book) The villain of the piece, Doctor Benway, was to play a pivotal role in "Naked Lunch". (This story differs from another Burroughs piece titled "Twilight's Last Gleamings," which was published in the 1970s collection, "Exterminator!".) "Interzone" features many characters and concepts that would manifest themselves in "Naked Lunch", "Nova Express" and others. At one point, Interzone was considered as a title for "Naked Lunch". Moreover, the concluding section entitled "WORD" was part of the original "Naked Lunch" manuscript but was cut during the editing process (according to the introduction by editor James Grauerholz). Several of the short pieces were adapted