Covered In Punk Trivia Quiz

Answer: Help

The A side has been covered countless times, most notably by Guns N' Roses and Poison Idea. It featured the first Damned line-up to release anything of Vanian singing, Brian James on guitar, Captain Sensible on bass and Rat Scabies at the back. They recorded the "Damned, Damned, Damned" album, then added a second guitarist, Lu, recorded follow-up album, "Music For Pleasure", which the band themselves disparaged, and split up. James did bits and bobs, then ended up in The Lords Of The New Church with fellow punk legend, Stiv Bators from Dead Boys. The Damned reformed, albeit with a much-altered sound. Less frenetic, with a nod to the crooners and garage rock, this new approach alienated some older fans, but attracted just as many new ones.

Answer: "I'm Not A Fool" Cockney Rejects

In 2010 Cockney Rejects' singer Jeff "Stinky" Turner published his hilarious autobiography, "Cockney Reject", full of run-ins with the law, football rivalry and tales of life on the road for a fledgling punk rock band (he was only 15 when they first recorded, 16 on their debut album).
Long-time fan, Morrissey, had this to say: "Jeff Turner was obviously singing to avoid murdering someone".
Extreme Noise Terror got lumped in with Grindcore, but they were staunchly (hardcore) punk. They also covered "Borstal Breakout", but not for The Peel Sessions. They were pioneers of the dual hardcore vocals, one high-pitched screaming, the other low-pitched gruff grunting. Anyone who saw them perform in their prime will attest to their potency. Sadly, Phil Vane (purveyor of the high-pitched vocals)died in 2011.

Answer: Around And Around

It was released on the "What We Do Is Secret" EP in 1977, and can be found on the indispensable "MIA: The Complete Anthology". The title was changed slightly to "Round And Round" To my mind, the Germs epitomised punk more than any other contender, even surpassing The Sex Pistols. Confrontational, unpredictable, volatile-yet-fragile punk hero vocalist Darby Crash wrote some of the most sophisticated lyrics in punk rock and had a delivery unrivaled in terms of snottiness.

They were no strangers to controversy and ended up performing as "G.I.": Germs Incognito. Pleasant Geham writes of one show: ".. Darby stunned the crowd by wearing a leopard fur jockstrap and singing Chuck Berry's "Round And Round", breaking glasses on his head and hurling himself off the stairs that led to the stage and onto the shards below."

Answer: We Gotta Get Out Of This Place

"We Gotta Get Out Of This Place" has been covered by Blue Öyster Cult, Grand Funk Railroad, David Johansen, Paul McCartney and John Lennon (not together), to name but a few. The Upstarts hailed from the Northeast(of England), as did The Animals.
In his in-depth account of the era, "Burning Britain: The History Of Punk 1980 - 1984", Ian Glasper said of the album "A damning sign of the times, they clocked up respectable sales despite the uncompromising subject matter, and "We Gotta Get Out Of This Place", originally by The Animals was imbued with new social relevance by The Upstarts."
The Upstarts also did a rabble-rousing version of Cliff Richard's ode to youthful exuberance, "The Young Ones", on their first album, "Teenage Warning".

Answer: "Have You Never Been Mellow?" Olivia Newton-John

It was Newton-John's second consecutive number one hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, but flopped in the UK and elsewhere in Europe..
Feederz' lyrics were politically-charged, and confrontationally critical of religion, capitalism and government. Lead singer Frank Discussion is renowned for his anarchic pranks, and aligns himself with situationism. Their debut album had a piece of sandpaper stuck to the cover, apparently so it would damage any other records it came in contact with. This was retained for the later CD re-issue, despite the threat being rather innocuous.
This is what Maximum Rock 'N Roll magazine had to say about the third Feederz album, "Vandalism": "He (Frank Discussion) has not "mellowed," "gone prog," acknowledged that punk is dead," "found christ," "gone metal" or "turned into an out-of-touch fogey." Nope, none of those things, just lyrically nasty, anarchistic, (and) hates all the right people for the right reasons. Viva relevance!"

Answer: Anti-Pasti

Anti-Pasti recorded the song for both the brilliant EP, "Four Sore Points", and the swift follow-up album, "Last Call". Highlight of both records was the inspired chorus of "No Government": "Brew your own, it's about to ferment, No Maggie Thatcher and no government". Works best in a Derbyshire drawl.
The (Stooges)song has been covered by many artists, including Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Swans, The White Stripes, but the rawest is the Anti-Pasti version.
Slayer recorded a tribute (to the Stooges, although the idea they are Anti-Pasti fans is tempting) parody called "I'm Gonna Be Your God" for their "Undisputed Attitude" punk covers album.
"Two Years Too Late" was written by The Epilectics, who became Flux Of Pink Indians, but they gave it to Anti Pasti.

Answer: Angry Samoans

New Yorkers The Ramones released it a year later.
The Angry Samoans' second album has become a punk classic, spawning many a cover version itself, most notably "Lights Out", done by The Accüsed, Foo Fighters and Spermbirds.
One contemporary reviewer described it thus: "The best garage punk album of the year. The Samoans have once again produced a brilliant amalgam of 60s punk, 80s punk, and Heavy Metal. It's the Samoans' exceptionally retarded sense of humor that really accounts for their perverse appeal. This brain-damaged approach is vastly better than the commercialized punk and self-conscious Satanic crap which currently dominates the L.A. scene, so don't miss out." Jeff Bale, Maximum Rock'n'Roll, 1982

Answer: We Love You

Cock Sparrer were heavily influenced by bands like The Who, The Small Faces, and even the Rolling Stones, as well as glam era bands.
Early in their career they gained interest from punk Svengali, Malcolm McClaren. Drummer, Steve Bruce recounts: "He came, watched, passed a few comments (I think one was "the drummer's a bit sloppy") and left. We could have pursued this but I thought he was a creep and he didn't get the beers in."
In 1977 they signed to Decca Records, who, like many labels were signing up anything vaguely punk to profit from the latest trend. First single, "Runnin' Riot", came out in 1977, then "We Love You". The band recorded an album's worth of material, but Decca weren't getting enough immediate payback, so dropped them. The band tried their luck on a reckless trip to the States, but came back with little else than "Cheap Trick and Devo albums and two silver dollars", according to Bruce in his biography, "Best Seat In The House".
Cock Sparrer disbanded in 1980, but reformed in 1982. They released their best-loved album, "Shock Troops", in 1983. It included the rather bitter attack on the money-grabbing record industry, "Take 'Em All", and also on the disillusionment of seeing punk spokespeople having dropped the movement, "Where Are They Now?".

Answer: Lawdy Miss Clawdy

"Big Mama" Thornton, was the first to record the hit song "Hound Dog", but Elvis's version is more famous. Little Richard, The Hollies, The Beatles, The Dave Clark Five and Fats Domino have all done "Lawdy Miss Clawdy".
"I Forgot to Remember to Forget" was Elvis Presley's breakthrough single, later covered by both Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.
Poison Idea were often introduced onto the stage as "the world's fattest junkies", and a couple of them were indeed big lads, especially Pig Champion who was hugely overweight. He died in 2006 of unknown causes.
"Pajama Party" is the perfect party album, containing rip-roaring versions of (among others) "We Got The Beat", "Vietnamese Baby", "Jailhouse Rock". On the latter, Jerry A changed the lyrics slightly to "dancing to the Blitzkrieg Bop" and "Everybody on the whole cell block wasn't about to rock".

Answer: "Johnny Was" Bob Marley & The Wailers

Many punks listen to reggae, and many punk bands wear their influence on their sleeves, such as Subhumans (UK), The Slits, Big Boys, The Ruts and The Clash. Hardcore punk band Bad Brains played some bona fide reggae songs and aligned themselves with Rastafarianism, one of the tenets (homophobia)leading to conflict with other hardcore bands, most notably MDC and Big Boys. Northern Ireland's Stiff Little Fingers' debut was a blinder from start to finish.

Here's what Allmusic have to say about it: ""Suspect Device" which opens the set, screams at the heart of the conflict, that neither side can be believed as both reduce freedom to a buzzword while wielding guns.

A call to arms, but of a different sort - the arms of dialogue and intelligence in the midst of idiocy and murder. Punk rock never sounded so brutal or positive in one band.

There are other fine cuts here as well, such as the Bob Marley cover "Johnny Was," reinvented for the times in Northern Ireland"

Answer: "Streets Of London" Ralph McTell

"Streets of London" was originally sung by Ralph McTell, and released in 1969. It was apparently about his time busking in Paris, but he changed it to London, maybe as it sounds more miserable to be skint there.
In "Burning Britain: The History Of UK Punk 1980 - 1984", singer Animal says : "When we sat down and talked about the choice of a first single, we hadn't been writing that long together, and our set was 90% covers, and that was just one of the covers we used to do. "Streets Of London" sounded so wrong the way we played it, it was always a favourite of ours"
Bridget St John's first album was on legendary DJ John Peel's label and produced by him.
"Bantam Cock" became a folk standard and was covered by many UK artists, although Thackray's mild manner and school-boy humour was totally out of kilter with punk.

Answer: "Glad All Over" The Dave Clark Five

The Dave Clark Five were hot on the heels of the Beatles in the so-called British invasion that swept America in the 60s. It's played at the beginning of Crystal Palace matches, and again when (or rather if) they score. The Rezillos also covered "I Like It" originally by Jerry And The Pacemakers, whose "You'll Never Walk Alone" has become Liverpool F.C.'s anthem, and Fleetwood Mac's "Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight", which, ironically, isn't a football anthem.

The Rezillos were heavily influenced by glam rock and their slapstick, comic approach is rather a endearing change from the grimmer themes in punk.

Answer: Devil Woman

The Accüsed are a dab-hand at cover versions, and have done ripping versions of Heart's "Barracuda", Thin Lizzy's "Cold Sweat", Deep Purple's "Highway Star" and the Black Sabbath classic "Symptoms Of The Universe", although the record they featured on, "Hymns For The Deranged", is extremely hard to find.
Vocalist Blaine Cook had previously sung in rather silly punk band The Fartz, who also featured Duff McKagan (who went on the megastardom in Guns N' Roses) on drums.
"Devil Woman" was Cliff's biggest hit in the US where he never achieved the household-name status he enjoys in the UK. It's theme is much darker than most of his material, dealing with a trickster gypsy woman who he pays to rid him of a curse she herself put on him.
"Suddenly" was a duet with Olivia Newton-John.

Answer: David Allan Coe

The song in question was "Take This Job and Shove It", which was also covered by country singer Johnny Paycheck.
The Dead Kennedys' cover is a little surprising since Coe nurtured the redneck image over the years, and The Dead Kennedys are arguably the best known of politically-charged American punk rock bands, but there is undeniably something that links the country outlaw and the punk. Indeed, punk outlaw G.G. Allin often used Coe's songs as a template, and recorded a country album of his own.
It seems extreme metal also has a bond with country, Pantera guitarist recorded a country-metal album, "Rebel Meets Rebel", with Coe and fellow Pantera musicians.

Answer: The Lurkers

"Then He Kissed Me", written by Spector, Greenwich and Barry was released as a single in 1963 by The Crystals.
The Beach Boys re-worded the title to "Then I Kissed Her". It was released as a single in the UK in 1967, and sold well.
The apparent misogyny of lyric is due to The Lurkers' shock tactic to distance themselves from trendy-leftist student politics. As drummer Pete Haynes wrote in his touching autobiography "God's Lonely Men", in which he exposes himself as a defiantly working class animal rights campaigner, and feminist-sympathiser : "I had an empathy with the scared distorted figure in the shadow rather than belong to a placard waving student culture. The Lurkers were John Steinbeck rather than Trotsky. Our characters wouldn't rejoice at revolution for social change as they feel they do not belong or would not be invited with the "mass". They do not share the same principles. I am talking of people who are socially aside, personally disfigured and fractured: 'it's quiet here'."