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The Ultimate Punk Rock Cover Song Project
Our goal was to create the ultimate list of the best punk rock cover songs.
This list is no longer being updated, but if you have an interest in maintaining this list, let me know.
The Songs:
Songs are listed alphabetically by name of original performer. (TV and movie themes listed by first letter of show or movie. E.g. a cover of "Happy Days" is under "H".)
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q-R | S | T | U | V | W | X-Y-Z
A
ACDC
Song Name: Sin City
Covered by: The Offspring
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: 'Cause we all know punk equals sin.
9/24/01 14:44:11
AFI
Song Name: Total Immortal
Covered by: The Offspring
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: The AFI one is pretty good too, but you know posting that would've been in violation of this list. You want covers? I'll give you covers.
9/24/01 14:33:10
Bryan Adams
Song Name: Summer of 69
Covered by: MxPx
Posted by: JC
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: It's funny because he says 69... or is it???
10/3/01 11:18:46
Aerosmith
Song Name: I Don't Won't To Miss A Thing
Covered by: A New Found Glory
Posted by: Potter
E-mail: jackass146@hotmail.com
Comments: not really punk cover but its ok, they just sped it up a bit nothin else
10/6/01 05:23:09
Agent Orange
Song Name: Bloodstains
Covered by: Lagwagon
Posted by: Nick
E-mail: screech490@hotmail.com
Comments: Yes, Lagwagon also does it.
11/10/01 14:07:28
Agent Orange
Song Name: Bloodstains
Covered by: The Offspring
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: A punk on punk song.
9/24/01 14:31:00
Christina Aguilera
Song Name: Genie In A Bottle
Covered by: Thrice
Posted by: Sienna
Comments: A thousand times better than Christina's version..
8/26/01 08:50:32
All
Song Name: Original Me
Covered by: Descendents
Posted by: John Fischer
Website: anfsr.opgaming.com
Comments: Yes, it's the Descendents cover of ALL's (ALL: 3/4 Descendents, 1/4 Chad) "Original Me." Does Milo singing it make it a better song than the original on ALL's Breaking Things? In a word, YES.
10/23/01 20:16:28
Alphaville
Song Name: Forever Young
Covered by: "Die Goldenen Zitronen" & others (german)
Comments: 80s-classic by Alphaville is now "Fuer immer Punk" (in english "(I'll Be a) Punk Forever"). Covered with new words by "Die Goldenen Zitronen" and (one verse each) many other german punk-bands e.g. "Die Aerzte", "Die Toten Hosen" and "Slime" (Punk Aid/ Band Punk). Even Marian Gold (singer of "Alphaville") sings "his" part.
11/19/01 05:45:57
Alphaville
Song Name: Forever Young
Covered by: McDolly
Posted by: Andreas
E-mail: ahaeber@nervevrak.com
Comments: Very cool cover by a Norwegian punk band outside Bergen. See www.mcdolly.net for more information about them, and go here to get their music.
12/1/01 07:03:46
America's Funniest Home Videos (theme)
Song Name: theme song
Covered by: Humble Beginnings
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
11/1/01 20:48:52
The Angels
Song Name: my boyfriend's back
Covered by: me first and the gimme gimmes
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: gets stuck in your head very funny sounding
8/25/01 19:42:48
Paul Anka
Song Name: Having my Baby
Covered by: Circle Jerks
Posted by: mamacaliente
E-mail: cvanoff@aol.com
Comments: This song is actually part of a medley titled "Golden Shower of Hits" from the album with the same title. Other songs in the medley include Tammy Wynette's "D-I-V-O-R-C-E", The Association's "Along Comes Mary", The Carpenters' "Close To You", Starland Vocal Band's "Afternoon Delight" (can't believe I remember THAT band!), and, last but not least, Captain & Tenille's "Love Will Keep Us Together". Every time I hear it, I'm inspired to send another one of those cheesy FTD bouquets!
10/12/01 21:41:52
Aqua
Song Name: Barbie Girl
Covered by: Home Grown
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: Bet Mattel would sue these guys too.
9/24/01 14:23:23
B
Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Song Name: Takin' Care of Business
Covered by: DOA
Posted by: Eric
E-mail: eric@m80digital.com
Website: www.goeres.com
Comments: DOA did an awesome cover of Takin' Care of Business. Highly recommended. They opened a show with it in my hometown in 1987.
8/29/01 13:14:20
Backstreet Boys
Song Name: I Want It That Way
Covered by: Limbeck
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: It turned that poppy mishappen song into something worth listening to.
9/23/01 16:36:47
Bad Religion
Song Name: Anesthesia
Covered by: Shai Hulud
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
Comments: one of my favorite BR songs performed by one of my favorite metalcore bands
11/1/01 21:07:21
The Bangles
Song Name: Walk Like An Egyptian
Covered by: against all authority & 88 fingers louie
Posted by: cposs
Comments: the "secret song" off of hopeless records' second comp, _hoplessly devoted to you II_, funny shit, and rawks to hell
10/15/01 15:05:00
The Bangles
Song Name: Walk Like An Egyptian
Covered by: Die Aerzte (german)
Comments: "Gehn wie ein Aegypter" by the german Punkband "Die Aerzte". They changed the words but kept the music.
11/19/01 05:11:46
The Bangles
Song Name: Walk Like An Egyptian
Covered by: The Nobodies
Posted by: Moronacracy
Comments: Also, the Queers' version is from Hopeless Records' 'Hopelessly devoted to you too' compilation.
1/2/03 18:22:26
The Bangles
Song Name: Walk Like An Egyptian
Covered by: the queers
Posted by: pat
E-mail: ebhctype_r@shaw.ca
11/5/01 17:11:40
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Be True To Your School
Covered by: yourmomdotcom
Posted by: Levi
E-mail: levi_thompson@hotmail.com
Comments: Yourmomdotcom is my band, and we covered this song. We did it at a school variety show. How funny is it when 3 anti-football guys sing BE TRUE TO YOUR SCHOOL the week of homecoming? VERY FUNNY! VERY PUNK ROCK!
9/29/01 21:20:16
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Don't Back Down
Covered by: Queers
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: The Queers are experts of the turning-Beach-Boys-into-punk -genre, and Don't Back Down is propably the finest example. One of the cutest punk songs around (that may not sound like a compliment, but it is.) From the Queers album "Don't Back Down"
11/27/01 04:17:18
The Beach Boys
Song Name: I Get Around
Covered by: Pennywise
Posted by: Judd Cherry
E-mail: jcherry76@home.com
Comments: Pennywise rocks most of the songs they cover. This is no exception.
10/24/01 01:33:18
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Little Honda
Covered by: Queers
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Another cute cover by the Queers. Guaranteeded to make you smile. Too much repetition in end of the song, otherwise great.
11/27/01 04:18:49
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Salt Lake City
Covered by: Queers
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Queers take on the Beach Boys again. This great piece of covering can be found on the EP "Today".
11/27/01 04:19:59
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Surfing USA
Covered by: Pennywise
Posted by: James Curtis
E-mail: surfdude_curtis@hotmail.com
Comments: Another great Pennywise cover. Need I say more?
10/5/01 16:25:49
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Sloop John B.
Covered by: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Another rendition of the classic Beach Boys tune. The Catch 22 version is as good as this one. Can be found on the MFATGG album "Blow in the Wind".
11/27/01 04:14:29
The Beach Boys
Song Name: Wreck of the Sloop John B.
Covered by: Catch 22
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
11/1/01 20:51:45
Stiff Little Fingers
Song Name: Suspect Device
Covered by: Screeching Weasel
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Weasels cover of a classic punk song. This rocks pretty as much as the original version. A tribute song, Weasels own a lot to Stiff Little Fingers. Can be found on the CD "Thank You Very Little".
11/27/01 04:10:37
The Beatles
Song Name: Eleanor Rigby
Covered by: Godhead
Posted by: Jeff Miller
E-mail: www.secondself@mail.com
Comments: Sweet tune.
10/25/01 07:41:06
The Beatles
Song Name: I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Covered by: I Against I
Posted by: Potter
E-mail: jackass146@hotmail.com
Website: www.krymini.cjb.net
Comments: another mad punk cover
10/6/01 06:59:35
The Beatles
Song Name: I've Just Seen A Face
Covered by: Mushface
Posted by: acidbrat
E-mail: soapbubblebox@yahoo.com
Website: www.soapbubblebox.isgreat.net
Comments: Excellent cover by a now-defunct band...
11/21/01 05:26:44
The Beatles
Song Name: I've Just Seen A Face
Covered by: Thrice
Posted by: Jeff Miller
E-mail: www.secondself@mail.com
Comments: Dude it's fuckin cool. the recording isn't the best because it was their first CD but man it's still cool as shit
10/25/01 07:29:39
The Beatles
Song Name: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Covered by: LWL
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
Comments: i think that no one ever should cover The Beatles, you just don't mess with it...but bah
11/1/01 20:39:22
The Beatles
Song Name: Ob-la-di ob-la-da
Covered by: Save Ferris
Posted by: Emily
E-mail: emmu@usa.net
Comments: Found this one day looking around. It's strange, but interesting and kinda scary at the same time.
11/28/01 18:16:24
Irving Berlin
Song Name: White Christmas
Covered by: The Impossibles
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
11/1/01 20:58:59
Big Bopper
Song Name: chantilly face
Covered by: rocket from the crypt
Posted by: peanutbutter & jelly
E-mail: krustykrustofsky@ihateclowns.com
Comments: something by james brown will always turn a frown upsidedown [The original, "Chantilly Lace", was actually by the Big Bopper - Ed.]
9/22/01 03:09:07
Blondie
Song Name: Heart of Glass
Covered by: Lunachicks
Posted by: Who Cares
Comments: Clit Rock!!!!
8/27/01 13:30:09
Blondie
Song Name: One way or another
Covered by: Face to Face
Posted by: Ville Kaartamo
E-mail: geek_g@yahoo.com
Comments: The first song I ever heard played by Face to Face
8/29/01 06:21:48
The Associaton
Song Name: Along comes mary
Covered by: bloodhound gang
Posted by: Seth
Comments: just far closer to punk than the original
11/23/01 18:45:32
Eric Bogle
Song Name: My Youngest Son
Covered by: Slime (german)
Comments: "Slime" from Hamburg/Germany covering Eric Bogle's "My Youngest Son"
11/19/01 05:27:21
Bon Jovi
Song Name: Living on a prayer
Covered by: Philmore
Posted by: Jordan
E-mail: joemack@mailcity.com
Website: www.mp3.com/j-macandc-rox
Comments: Great band. Great version of the song. Even if you dont like Bon Jovi you'll like this.
9/10/01 20:16:52
Boomtown Rats
Song Name: i don't like mondays
Covered by: groovie ghoolies
Posted by: peanutbutter & jelly
E-mail: krustykrustofsky@ihateclowns.com
Comments: damn good song - it's on the groovie ghoolies/chixdiggit split lp. this is currently my favorite cover by a punk band
9/22/01 02:44:52
BSB
Song Name: I want it that way
Covered by: A New Found Glory
Posted by: Zac Woodard
E-mail: zacacino2000@hotmail.com
Comments: this is one of the coolest covers ive heard. I thought BSB music sucked but NFG did a great job on this!
9/9/01 05:53:27
The Buggles
Song Name: Video Killed the Radio Star
Covered by: The Offspring
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: Another good cover brought to you by The Offspring.
9/25/01 09:41:16
The Buggles
Song Name: Video Killed the Radio Star
Covered by: Presidents Of The United States Of America
Posted by: paulette
E-mail: Element4life726@aol.com
Comments: I've heard versions of this song from other bands & none compare to the Presidents version. I know They aren't exactly "PUNK" but hey, it's a good song!
10/12/01 16:35:09
Kate Bush
Song Name: Wuthering Heights
Covered by: China Drum
Posted by: Who Cares?
Comments: Three lads from Newscastle pulling a train on dear old Kate.
Absolutely fucking brilliant.
8/25/01 10:39:19
Buzzcocks
Song Name: Nostalgia
Covered by: Penetration
Posted by: Brad
Comments: Check 'em both out. Both are very good.
8/25/01 15:43:23
C
The Cars
Song Name: Just What I Needed
Covered by: Jughead's Revenge
Posted by: Brad Roger
E-mail: bradroger@Hotmail.com
11/4/01 15:52:21
Johnny Cash
Song Name: ring of fire
Covered by: social distortion
Posted by: syko pryncs
E-mail: sykoprncs54@yahoo.com
Comments: covers are the best, and this one is one of the best
10/22/01 02:48:13
Johnny Cash
Song Name: ring of fire
Covered by: wall of voodoo
Posted by: daryl
Comments: okay, it's not, strictly speaking, punk. electronic with feedback guitar.
10/29/01 03:47:49
David Cassidy
Song Name: I Think I Love You
Covered by: Less Than Jake
Posted by: Alex Fields
E-mail: Alx1183@hotmail.com
Comments: My favorite cover ever, I just think it was done very well. It also helps that Less Than Jake is the best band EVER!
9/11/01 10:21:14
Shawn Cassidy
Song Name: c'mon lets rock & roll
Covered by: the Dwarves
Posted by: nine
E-mail: nine999@netscape.net
Comments: Punk Rock!
10/22/01 16:03:55
Peter Cetera
Song Name: Glory Of Love
Covered by: New Found Glory
Posted by: Lance
E-mail: Lmohesky@home.com
10/2/01 16:32:08
Cheap Trick
Song Name: I Want You To Want Me
Covered by: NOFX
Posted by: Cass
E-mail: cass@that'sme.com
Comments: It's the coolest punk cover I've ever heard... especially when they start singing about some girl named Megan.
11/21/01 21:04:28
Cheap Trick
Song Name: i want you to want me
Covered by: propaghandi
Posted by: nine
E-mail: nine999@netscape.net
Comments: huh hub...really groovie.
10/9/01 14:12:05
Cheers (TV show)
Song Name: Cheers theme
Covered by: BigWig
Posted by: Andrew B.
E-mail: swordbeach2@yahoo.com
Comments: Heck yeah! BigWig is already the greatest punk rock band in the world! This tune just makes them even better!
11/29/01 12:32:00
Cheers (TV show)
Song Name: cheers theme
Covered by: lagwagon
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: very nice
8/25/01 19:46:40
Cheech and Chong
Song Name: Earache My Eye
Covered by: Rollins Band
Posted by: Darren Menendez
E-mail: Scutfarcas@aol.com
Comments: Not sure if the Rollins Band is true punk but Black Flag sure as hell was. Anyway, the Rollins band did a live cover of Earache My Eye, very funny stuff. It's on a very hard to find 5 song cd.
11/13/01 11:59:40
Jimmy Cliff
Song Name: Harder they come
Covered by: Poison idea
Posted by: Frunk
E-mail: fredrik@villvaragud.com
Website: www.move.to/disgraceland
Comments: It was a tricky queston because many punkbands have covered catchy but cheesy lovesongs and made them better but many of them turn out a bit too silly.
Some garage-rock/punk bands have livened up a bit obscure but good songs from the 60's.
Well,i chose this because the original is also good and despite it«s originally a ska/reggae tune it«s still got a lot of the same attitude that can be found in good punkrock.
Otherwise the "punkrock jukebox" volumes are good cover-cd«s but unfortunately just covers of punk-songs. Has any punkband covered "gimmie shelter" by the way ?
8/25/01 16:48:21
Cockney Rejects
Song Name: war on the terraces
Covered by: ryker's
Posted by: A-political
E-mail: palmtree_15@hotmail.com
Comments: more Oi! from the streets of London and also its god damn good and god damn real
9/26/01 15:20:01
LL Cool J
Song Name: mamma said knock you out
Covered by: lagwagon
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
8/25/01 19:51:27
Crowded House
Song Name: Don't Dream It's Over
Covered by: Nowhere Fast
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
Comments: definitely one of THE greatest covers ever...Nowhere Fast was a local NJ band that broke up long ago...2 of the members went on to form Midtown
11/1/01 20:45:40
Crypt Killer 5
Song Name: Monster Mash
Covered by: Misfits
Posted by: Alex
E-mail: ultra_magnus_123@yahoo.com
Comments: An already quality song, made even better by the Misfits. Rah!
8/28/01 13:01:18
D
D.O.A.
Song Name: The Enemy
Covered by: Hanson Brothers
Posted by: John Fischer
Website: anfsr.opgaming.com
Comments: The Hanson Brothers (no, not the Oklahomans, they're Canadian. And they really like hockey. And their sound is a Ramone-stlye sound) take D.O.A.'s "The Enemy" and give it a hockey twist on it. Nevertheless, it still sounds like "The Enemy," playing the song almost as D.O.A. would have played it. It's from the hard-to-find comp "Johnny Hanson Presents Puck Rock Vol. 2."
10/23/01 20:04:45
The Damned
Song Name: New Rose
Covered by: Guns 'n' Roses
Posted by: Brad
Comments: Very good version, but the original is still the best.
9/12/01 15:30:07
The Damned
Song Name: Smash It Up
Covered by: The Offspring
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: I fail to see how this song was an appropriate addition to the Batman Forever soundtrack. Sure, it says 'Smash it up' quite a bit, but besides that, was does it have to do with the movie?
9/24/01 14:39:54
Dead Milkmen
Song Name: Punk Rock Girl
Covered by: Diesel Boy
Posted by: thatsdumb
E-mail: mwt210@home.com
Website: bp7.cjb.net
Comments: the original was good but the diesel boy is better
8/31/01 16:06:54
Desmond Dekker
Song Name: Israelites
Covered by: Millencolin
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Millencolin skanks up this old classic. A cool song, guaranteeded to make you happy while listening. An old b-side, can also be found from the album "Melancholy Collection."
11/27/01 04:33:16
Del Shannon
Song Name: hats off to larry
Covered by: me first and the gimme gimmes
Posted by: peanutbutter & jelly
E-mail: krustykrustofsky@ihateclowns.com
Comments: i like me first & the gimme gimmes but i think that other bands have better covers than they put out. i probably wouldn't put a me first song on my personal top 5 covers list but if they are going to be all over this list, then i felt that their best song by far should be mentioned: hats off to larry - check it out; it is the b-side to the shannon 7"
9/22/01 02:50:10
John Denver
Song Name: Country Roads
Covered by: Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Posted by: TJ
Comments: Probably the best cover ever
9/1/01 23:44:22
Depeche Mode
Song Name: Enjoy the Silence
Covered by: No Use For A Name
Posted by: Niki
E-mail: nikiabis@libero.it
Website: digilander.iol.it/niki6a/
10/9/01 07:09:08
Dexy's Midnight Runners
Song Name: Come On Eileen
Covered by: Save Ferris
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: I first heard this song at the '99 Warped tour. It turned me into a Save Ferris fan.
9/23/01 17:56:54
Celine Dion
Song Name: My Heart Will Go On
Covered by: The Vandals
Posted by: Dan
E-mail: laissesfaire@hotmail.com
Comments: More fun than I can handle... REALLY!
8/30/01 11:13:18
Divinyls
Song Name: I Touch Myself
Covered by: Eve 6
Posted by: Doug
Website: www.geocities.com/snider55
Comments: I have over a 100 punk covers and bands like LTJ, MFATGG, NFG, AFI, MXPX have many awsome covers but this song is at the top of the pile because how well its preformed. Plus no one else has mentioned it.
10/29/01 09:20:47
Donovan
Song Name: Hurdy Gurdy Man
Covered by: Butthole Surfers
Posted by: Rob Noxious
E-mail: dedboy602@punkass.com
Comments: What's to say, it's a punk rock band covering a song. "Butthole Surfers" should be plenty of information.
10/20/01 02:47:00
The Doors
Song Name: soul kitchen
Covered by: X
Posted by: nyquil
E-mail: nine999@netscape.net
Comments: This lame, slow, drunken dirt bar tune by the doors is fed three doses of steroids and a hit of acid and makes your head bounce. X's version is like Japanese technology-not created, but perfected. [Hey, the original ain't that bad either! - Ed.]
10/1/01 16:53:41
Duran Duran
Song Name: girls on film
Covered by: wesley willis fiasco
Posted by: peanutbutter & jelly
E-mail: krustykrustofsky@ihateclowns.com
Comments: rock over london, rock on chicago, timex: it takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'
9/22/01 02:53:26
Duran Duran
Song Name: Ordinary World
Covered by: Fenix Tx
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: Absolutely recommended. Lots of artists have covered this song, but Fenix Tx added life to it.
9/23/01 16:59:19
Duran Duran
Song Name: Rio
Covered by: Goldfinger
Posted by: punkgod94
11/3/01 14:57:26
E
The Ejected
Song Name: i'm gonna get a gun
Covered by: tech-9
Posted by: A-political
E-mail: palmtree_15@hotmail.com
Comments: its Oi! how can you not love English Oi! its an old but an amazing song if you're in the mood to shoot someone
9/26/01 15:13:24
F
Flux Of Pink Indians
Song Name: Tube Disasters
Covered by: The Invisible Enemy
Posted by: Graham Burnett
E-mail: grahamburnett@blueyonder.co.uk
Website: www.landandliberty.co.uk
Comments: other way round actually- this was a classic punk song covered by a local 'straight' rock band (who mainly did sort of Stones, Eddie Cochran, that sort of thing, also some Hawkwind!)- unrecorded as far as I'm aware, but used to go down well at their gigs!!
10/22/01 12:27:54
Lita Ford
Song Name: Kiss Me Deadly
Covered by: Nerf Herder
Posted by: John Fischer
Website: anfsr.opgaming.com
Comments: "Kiss Me Deadly" performed by an OK pop-punk band. Not as bad as one might think, however. [Hey, Nerf Herder is great! - Ed.]
10/23/01 19:56:53
Lita Ford
Song Name: Kiss Me Deadly
Covered by: Reel Big Fish
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
Comments: i saw them do this live and it was great, i found an MP3, but i don't know what it's from...it definitely blows the original and the Nerf Herder version right out of the water
11/8/01 19:30:03
4 Skins
Song Name: sorry
Covered by: tech-9
Posted by: A-political
E-mail: palmtree_15@hotmail.com
Comments: a god damn good song and i dont give a damn cuz im proud of who i am
9/26/01 15:07:56
G
Serge Gainsbourg
Song Name: Poupée de cire, poupée de son
Covered by: Wizo
Comments: "Wizo" from Germany with a Serge-Gainsbourg-cover
11/19/01 05:33:47
Gloria Gaynor
Song Name: I Will Survive
Covered by: Cake
Posted by: Potter
E-mail: jackass146@hotmail.com
Comments: pretty sweet cover
10/6/01 05:33:10
Gloria Gaynor
Song Name: I Will Survive
Covered by: Snuff
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: Good cover. Noisy, loud and angry in a true Snuff-style.
11/27/01 04:36:02
Gilligan's Island (TV Show)
Song Name: Gilligan's Island Theme
Covered by: NOFX
Posted by: Potter
E-mail: jackass146@hotmail.com
Comments: another mad song by NOFX, lyrics r slightly different to the orginal but they're even better
10/6/01 05:36:09
H
billy haley & his comets
Song Name: rock around the clock
Covered by: the sex pistols
Posted by: liam craven
E-mail: liamtheruiner@softhome.net
Comments: it's the sex pistols at their most beautiful. squeaks, squeals, growls, it's lovely, really.
11/26/01 08:23:11
Happy Days (TV show)
Song Name: happy days
Covered by: less then jake
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: i loved the show and the song
8/25/01 19:48:45
Hawkwind
Song Name: Death Trap
Covered by: Slotnick
Posted by: Dragon Dead
E-mail: christmu@eunet.no
Website: home.eunet.no/~christmu/pulp/
Comments: This Hawkwind classic, off their "PXR5" album (1978), was yet another one of militant frontman Robert Calvert's odes to the fighter and test pilots of the RAF. An energetic and fast punk song, it was covered by US punk band Slotnick on the "Assassins of Silence/Hundred Watt Violence" tribute album (1995). The chorus "Krankshaft, crank it up, monkey on elastic, going up again" is snarled to the breakneck speed of this song, and is possibly even better than the original.
8/26/01 17:30:13
Jimi Hendrix
Song Name: Manic Depression
Covered by: NoMeansNo
Posted by: John Fischer
Website: anfsr.opgaming.com
Comments: OK, NoMeansNo isn't really an out-and-out punk band. I'd call them prog-core, if I had to, but whatever. Their version of "Manic Depression" was done back in 1985 on the You Kill Me EP; their cover is better than competant-it's quite good. At least, I think so.
10/23/01 20:02:14
Buddy Holly
Song Name: Oh Boy
Covered by: MxPx
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: Well, it's just one of the good covers on MxPx's 'On the Cover'.
9/24/01 14:25:49
Jimi Hendrix
Song Name: Hey Joe
Covered by: the Offspring
Posted by: Adam Jackson
E-mail: ads_216@hotmail.com
Comments: It's pretty good the original is best
10/5/01 13:45:02
Home & Away (TV show)
Song Name: Home & Away
Covered by: Frenzal Rhomb
Posted by: Heinrich
Comments: Best version ever of the theme from this popular but lame TV show. From EP 'Dick Sandwich' (1994).
8/30/01 10:10:53
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Billy Idol
Song Name: Dancing With Myself
Covered by: blink-182
Posted by: Ana
E-mail: josie_holland@aol.com
Comments: Sounds like the lyrics were written for Tom of blink himself. I especially like the ending, funny stuff.
9/23/01 17:21:31
Iggy
Song Name: 1970 (I Feel Alright)
Covered by: GBH
Posted by: nine
E-mail: nine999@netscape.net
Comments: Man i miss GBH....
Good version of Iggy's 1970- GBH called it "I Feel Alright" a took it up a few nothes, but not a really great song to begin with though
11/27/01 14:06:59
Iggy & The Stooges
Song Name: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Covered by: Anti-Pasti
Posted by: Brad
Comments: I've not heard Iggy's original version, so have nothing to compare this one with. It's still a good song, though.
9/11/01 14:02:22
Iggy & The Stooges
Song Name: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Covered by: The Idols (Syd Vicious)
Posted by: Tex Catheter
E-mail: texcatheter@punkass.com
Comments: Hmmm, seems to me that the ultimate punk rock cover project should at least be mostly punk rock. The majority of the stuff listed is no more punk rock than Candy Flip's cover of the Beatles "Strawberry Fields." There's no Pagans here, no Stranglers, not even any Dead Boys. They all did some killer cover tunes. And the Lazy Cowgirls' cover of Green Acres is pretty fuckin' raw too.
Editor's Note: Let me guess, you're one of the people who thinks the Sex Pistols started punk. :) Hell, no. It was the Ramones, baby. (JR)
11/14/01 20:36:49
Iggy & The Stooges
Song Name: I Wanna Be Your Dog
Covered by: Sonic Youth
Posted by: Darren Menendez
E-mail: Scutfarcas@aol.com
Comments: The kings of noise rock did a great cover of this great Iggy/Stooges tune on their first album.
11/13/01 11:32:36
Iggy & The Stooges
Song Name: Search & Destroy
Covered by: The Dictators
Posted by: Dragon Dead
E-mail: christmu@eunet.no
Website: home.eunet.no/~christmu/pulp/
Comments: This Iggy & The Stooges song is probably their best known, if not the best, of all their songs, next to others like the title track off "Raw Power", the classic and thouroughly furiously paced live rock'n'roll masterpiece LP from 1973, next to other Stooges classics like "I Wanna Be Your Dog" off their first album, or "1969" and "TV Eye" off "Fun House". Covered by NYC punk band The Dictators on their 1976 "Blood Brothers" LP, a band, which next to The Ramones, Suicide and probably even Blue Oyster Cult, were essential bands of early NY punk. The Dictators version of the song is even faster than the frantic and juggernaut-sweating Stooges original, though its probably almost a biblical sin to claim its any better! The Dictators were an excellent band, btw, and put out a string of great albums in the late 70's.
8/28/01 05:41:22
Iron Cross
Song Name: Crucified
Covered by: The Business
Posted by: A-political
E-mail: palmtree_15@hotmail.com
Comments: basically it's about how religion brainwashes you and don't listen to them "just close your eyes and look the other way"
9/26/01 15:29:53
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Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Song Name: I Love Rock & Roll
Covered by: Ghoti Hook
Posted by: Marc
E-mail: Gamma-Rayz@gmx.net
Comments: another great cover by Ghoti Hook. i wonder why they havent been listed before on this site. they rock!
10/5/01 08:27:33
Elton John
Song Name: Rocket Man
Covered by: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Posted by: Jeanette Vanderbosch
Comments: The ultimate test of a great cover song is this: if you'd never heard the original, would you think it was a good, original song? This one is amazing...it makes Rocket Man really sound like it was intended for punk.
8/23/01 22:13:33
Daniel Johnston
Song Name: Rocketship
Covered by: Dead Milkmen
Posted by: Darren Menendez
E-mail: Scutfarcas@aol.com
Comments: On the DM album Bucky Felini, they do a spot on cover of the very odd Rocketship by very eccentric indie rocker Daniel Johnston.
11/13/01 11:53:25
Tom Jones
Song Name: It's Not Unusual
Covered by: Five Iron Frenzy
Posted by: Steve Banana
E-mail: NJSkasXe@aol.com
11/1/01 20:51:45
Juvenile
Song Name: Back That Azz Up
Covered by: My Gay Uncle
Posted by: John Fischer
Website: http://anfsr.opgaming.com
Comments: My Gay Uncle: Bringing YOU punk covers of really poor rap songs! But MGU rules, so they make this travesty of a song into something good and listenable! Yay!
11/1/01 11:09:48
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Katrina & The Waves
Song Name: Walking On Sunshine
Covered by: Ghoti Hook
Posted by: Marc
E-mail: Gamma-Rayz@gmx.net
Comments: yea, thats it! listen to it, its one of the best covers ive ever heard!
10/5/01 08:26:11
Ben E. King
Song Name: stand by me
Covered by: pennywise
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: this is one of my all time favorite songs ever its totally fucking awesome
8/25/01 19:39:59
Kiss
Song Name: I Stole Your Love
Covered by: Good Riddance
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: I've never heard the original version. The Good Riddance-version rocks, but it could be better...
11/27/01 04:05:24
Kiss
Song Name: I wanna rock and roll all night (& party every day)
Covered by: Toad the Wet Sprocket
Posted by: Ed
E-mail: edintransit@hotmail.com
Comments: My wife let me know about this one...not really punk, and neither is the remake, but I think the remake is 100 times better than the KISS original!
11/6/01 01:14:32
Kiss
Song Name: Shout it Out Loud
Covered by: Zeke
Posted by: Petri Levalahti
E-mail: punkrocks81@hotmail.com
Comments: The Kiss version is a classic, but the Zeke version really gets the adrenaline pumping. Great rock'n'roll song gets adjusted to a agressive punk rock song.
11/27/01 04:03:46
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The La's
Song Name: there she goes
Covered by: NOFX
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: its a really cool song gives you that nostalgic feeling
8/25/01 19:38:42
Cyndi Lauper
Song Name: time after time
Covered by: gamface
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: its fuckin awesome
8/25/01 19:36:04
Led Zeppelin
Song Name: Southbound Swarez
Covered by: Dead Milkmen
Posted by: Darren Menendez
E-mail: Scutfarcas@aol.com
Comments: The DM tear up this Zep tune and make it sound much better. Available on a promo only disc.
11/13/01 12:03:09
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Madison Avenue
Song Name: Don't Call Me Baby
Covered by: Frankenbok
Posted by: Potter
E-mail: jackass146@hotmail.com
Comments: this song is mad
10/5/01 05:11:57
Madonna
Song Name: Like A Prayer
Covered by: H2O
Posted by: Cherry
E-mail: CaliCherries@hotmail.com
Comments: Heard it on the radio late one night & was desperate to know who covered it. The next week heard H20 start to play it at the New Found Glory show then (...gasp...) i loved it even more. Eat that Madonna.
11/26/01 21:26:46
Barry Manilow
Song Name: Mandy
Covered by: me first and the gimme gimmes
Posted by: dan
E-mail: mtv_sucks@hotmail.com
Comments: beautiful love song sing it to your girl
8/25/01 19:41:21
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