{{other people}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} <!--PLEASE NOTE: the references in this article are in a list format, which means the data for the refs is in the References section, not in the body of the article. If you add a new ref, please follow this format. If you delete some text that includes a ref, please preview the whole page and check that you haven't created a ref error in the References section. --> {{Infobox musical artist | name = John Haggerty | image = John Haggerty2.jpg | birth_name = John Haggerty | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|17}} | origin = Chicago | genre = Punk rock, Pop punk | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1983–present | instrument = Guitar | associated_acts = Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Stiff Little Fingers | label = Quarterstick, Caroline }}'''John Haggerty''' (born October 17, 1960, Chicago) is an American punk rock 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.<ref name=Allmusic/>
==Background== 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.<ref name=Vegas/>
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==
===Naked Raygun=== *''Throb Throb'' (1983)<ref name=amg-throb /> *''All Rise'' (1986)<ref name=amg-rise /> *''Jettison'' (1988)<ref name=amg-jet /> *''Understand?'' (1989)<ref name=amg-und /> *''Last Of The Demo Hicans'' (1997)<ref name=discogs-demo />
===Pegboy=== *''Strong Reaction'' (1991)<ref name=amg-sr /><ref name="dmn" /><ref name="trib" /> *''Earwig'' (1994)<ref name=amg-ear /> *''Cha Cha Damore'' (1997)<ref name="dmn" /><ref name=amg-ccd />
===Singles and EPs=== * 1990 - ''Three-Chord Monte'' EP (Quarterstick){{fact|date=March 2024}} * 1991 - "Field of Darkness"/"Walk on By" 7" (Quarterstick){{fact|date=March 2024}} * 1993 - ''Fore'' EP (Quarterstick){{fact|date=March 2024}} * 1996 - ''Dangermare'' (Split with Kepone) 7" (Quarterstick){{fact|date=March 2024}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=Vegas>{{Cite news | last = Patterson | first = Spencer | title = Random Punk Rock Bowling thoughts from Saturday night | newspaper = Las Vegas Weekly | date = 2011-05-29 | url = http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/news/2011/may/29/random-thoughts-punk-rock-bowling-saturday-night/ | accessdate = 2011-08-27}}</ref> <ref name="dmn">{{Citation | last = Gubbins | first = Teresa | date = 1998-02-06 | title = Pegboy | publisher = The Dallas Morning News | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3DA8CBA5256E1&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM | accessdate = 2013-02-10}}</ref> <ref name="trib">{{Citation | last = Kot | first = Greg | date = 1990-11-08 | title = Made in Chicago Naked Raygun's 5th, Pegboy's 1st top the good stuff from local talent | publisher = Chicago Tribune | url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28772039.html?dids=28772039:28772039&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+08%2C+1990&author=Greg+Kot%2C+Rock+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Made+in+Chicago+Naked+Raygun%27s+5th%2C+Pegboy%27s+1st+top+the+good+stuff+from+local+talent&pqatl=google | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130411162400/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28772039.html?dids=28772039:28772039&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+08,+1990&author=Greg+Kot,+Rock+music+critic&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Made+in+Chicago+Naked+Raygun's+5th,+Pegboy's+1st+top+the+good+stuff+from+local+talent&pqatl=google | url-status = dead | archive-date = April 11, 2013 | accessdate = 2013-02-10 }}</ref> <ref name="discogs-demo">{{Discogs release |1760307|Naked Raygun - Last Of The Demo Hicans}}</ref> <!-- Note: the "use mdy dates" parm doesn't reformat the Allmusic dates --> <ref name=Allmusic>{{AllMusic | class = artist | id = p383888 | label = John Haggerty | accessdate = April 12, 2022}}</ref> <ref name=amg-rise>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r13686 | tab = overview | label = Naked Raygun - All Rise | first = Mike | last = DaRonco | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-und>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r13683 | tab = overview | label = Naked Raygun - Understand? | first = Bob | last = Gendron | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-throb>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r13685 | tab = overview | label = Naked Raygun - Throb Throb | first = Bob | last = Gendron | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-jet>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r2050273 | tab = overview | label = Naked Raygun - Jettison | first = Bob | last = Gendron | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-ear>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r206757 | tab = overview | label = Pegboy - Earwig | first = Richard | last = Foss | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-sr>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r15006 | tab = overview | label = Pegboy - Strong Reaction | first = Richard | last = Foss | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref> <ref name=amg-ccd>{{AllMusic | class = album | id = r317391 | tab = overview | label = Pegboy - Cha Cha Damore | first = Jack | last = Rabid | accessdate = February 10, 2013}}</ref>}}
==External links== * {{discogs artist|John Haggerty}}
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