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However, internal struggles led to lineup changes and eventually resulted in the departure of John Haggerty in 1989. Bill Stephens replaced him for their 1990 release \"Raygun...Naked Raygun.\" The band continued until 1992 when they essentially disbanded without making an official announcement.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"throb-throb","title":"Throb Throb","description":"\u003cp\u003eRe-issue of Chicago punk legends Naked Raygun's album \u003ci\u003eThrob Throb\u003c\/i\u003e – famously, the first live band Dave Grohl ever saw \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith comprehensible lyrics everyone can understand and chant, and a plethora of race-against-time guitar melodies, Throb is rare in that it appeals to academics as well as rednecks, straight-shooters as well as in-the- know punks. 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