Join me as I compare Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” to several covers, including Eric Burdon and The Animals, a second version by the Eric Burdon band, Wall of Voodoo, Dwight Yoakam, Social Distortion, Frank Zappa, and Alan Jackson. What makes them stand out from each other, and what makes each version similar?
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The “Blasting Guitars!!!” playlist features artists such as My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Sleater-Kinney, Cream, Metallica, and several others. Honestly, this might be one of my favorite playlists to date.
What really makes the covers of Me First and the Gimme Gimmes special – they make the song work for the covers, and vice versa. So many cover songs are either forced into a genre, or the band forces themselves into the genre of the song.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Punk Covers for All! Read More ยป
Yesterday, I gave you an essay about Punk Covers. I talked about how the genre of punk rock (or rawk, if you prefer), lends itself to the concept of a cover. I gave several examples of punk rawk covers as well! It only feels natural to take those examples, and give you, my readers, a
A couple years ago, I started to explore an interesting sub-genre – the punk cover.ย The rules of the sub-genre are quite simple – it’s got to be a song, any song, covered by a punk band.ย The sub-genre has a massive amount of songs. Some punk artists will do entire albums of nothing but