The Original Cover Chain

This was a little idea that I had long before So, sue me already, back when I loved making mix-tapes for my friends. This mix-tape never materialized, and since then, my music exposure has increased quite a bit, leading to what I think is a pretty damn impressive compilation….

The New Cover Chain

Read on… download… enjoy!

Click on the musician’s image to download the track. If you prefer, you can download all the songs in a single 200MB+ zip file.

	Brian Eno vs Bauhaus Third Uncle
	Bauhaus vs David Bowie Ziggy Stardust
	David Bowie vs Lou Reed White Light/White Heat
	Lou Reed vs Joy Division Sister Ray
	Joy Division vs Nine Inch Nails Dead Souls
	Nine Inch Nails vs Johnny Cash Hurt
	Johnny Cash vs Nick Cave Mercy Seat
	Nick Cave vs Leonard Cohen Avalanche
	Leonard Cohen vs Sisters of Mercy Teachers
	Sisters of Mercy vs The Stooges 1969
	The Stooges vs Sonic Youth I Wanna Be Your Dog
	Sonic Youth vs New York Dolls Personality Crisis
	New York Dolls vs Guns n Roses Human Being
	Guns n Roses vs Bob Dylan Knockin on Heaven’s Door
	Bob Dylan vs Jimi Hendrix All Along the Watchtower
	Jimi Hendrix vs The Cure Foxy Lady
	The Cure vs Dinosaur Jr Just Like Heaven
	Dinosaur Jr vs Peter Frampton Show Me the Way
	Peter Frampton vs Stevie Wonder Signed Sealed Delivered
	Stevie Wonder vs Eric Clapton I Ain’t Gonna Stand for It
	Eric Clapton vs Muddy Waters Rollin and Tumblin
	Muddy Waters vs The Rolling Stones Manish Boy
	The Rolling Stones vs Otis Redding Pain in My Heart
	Otis Redding vs Neil Yong Sittin on the Dock of the Bay
	Neil Yong vs NoMeansNo Hey Hey My My
	NoMeansNo vs Dead Kennedys Forward to Death
	Dead Kennedys vs Elvis Presley Viva Las Vegas
	Elvis Presley vs U2 Suspicious Minds
	U2 vs Radiohead Sunday Bloody Sunday
	Radiohead vs The Flaming Lips Knives Out
	The Flaming Lips vs Echo and the Bunnymen All that Jazz
	Echo and the Bunnymen vs Pavement The Killing Moon
	Pavement vs REM Camera
	REM vs Wire Strange
	Wire vs Yo La Tengo Too Late
	Yo La Tengo vs Queen We Are the Champions
	Queen vs John Lennon Imagine
	John Lennon vs Rod Stewart Jealous Guy
	Rod Stewart vs Tom Waits Downtown Train
	Tom Waits vs Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare a Dime
	Bing Crosby vs The Beatles Hey Jude
	The Beatles vs The Wedding Present Getting Better
	The Wedding Present vs Julee Cruise Falling

Overall, it wasn’t very systematically done. I mostly tried to go as far as I could without reaching any dead ends. But, even with that goal, I am sure I could have gone further–I think there have been some more covers of Julee Cruise and I’m sure she’s also covered others. Pretty much the only rules I had was that I shouldn’t repeat songs in more than one pair and I shouldn’t repeat a cover(ed) band. Without those rules, The Beatles alone would have resulted in a ridiculous spiral of cover songs.

• Catwoman
• The Incredulous Hulk
• Pupa
• 3 AM
• Solidstate

The second set of songs is from a compilation 7″ that came along with a magazine called Chemical Imbalance [more details here]. I picked it up for the Faust and Sun City Girls tracks. I must say that, overall, I wasn’t blown away by anything; still, it is a good rarity worth checking out.

• Kicking Giant: Rapid C
• Faust: Live in Hamburg (1990)
• Kicking Giant: Background Moving Quickly
• Pavement: My Radio
• Sun City Girls: Swing of Kings
• Television Personalities: Girl on a Motorcycle

Anyway, here is one that I picked up for J Church and Assfactor 4. It ended up introducing me to Rights Reserved, Tonka, and a few other cool rockers.

Here’s the music:

• 8 Bark: I Command
• Naked Angels: CIAIDS
• J Church: Had it Right
• Inspector 12: Kley
• Pollution Circus: Question of Violence
• Blownapart Bastards: Blanket
• Tonka: Take it Back
• Political Assylum: Winter of Our Dissent
• Rights Reserved: Fifty
• Youth Gone Mad: Energy ’93
• Youth Gone Mad: Self Stim
• Gloo Girls: Yo Blondie
• Gloo Girls: Barbie USA
• Animal Farm: Picket Fence
• Assfactor 4: Assfactor 4
• Unheard: Peel
• All You Can Eat: Take a Walk

Again, it has been a little while since I last uploaded some good hardcore to rock out to. So, to make up for lost time, here is one double LP and two regular LP compilations filled with some awesome songs. The Vinyl Retentive compilation is truly amazing.

Vinyl Retentive

Up for Grabs

• Seein’ Red: It Takes | Dat Wilde We Effe Kwijt | Red Bullet Fired | Nothing More
• Rat Patrol: Hypochrist | Confessions of a Pervert | Pig Faced | [?]
• Funeral Operation: Wonder Why | Still in a Punk Band | Some of Us
• Hiatus: Careful Consumption | Hell is Near | Life Conception
• Acme: Attempt + Repress
• Luzifer’s Mob: Lauwarm + Geschlossene Fenster | Der Man | Ich Schau Dir | Mob’s Thema + Langweile + Licht I

Share Common Ground

• Manliftingbanner: Bow for the Bucks | Fall Again | Consume and Kill
• Think Twice: Think Twice | Burnin’ Crosses | I Can’t Stand it Anymore
• Profax: Forgive and Forget
• Otherwise: Face it | Forced to Adjust | Stomp it Down
• Betray: Into the Limelight
• Onward: Core of the Problem | Break it Down | More to Gain

Although, I guess that by posting this here for free, maybe I’m now giving away my hardcore soul. Hmm. Not sure.

Anyway, here are two cool hardcore comps: Give Me Back and Toxic Waste on Yer Plate. The first is from an LP put out by Ebullition, and was one of the first records that got me into the hardcore scene way back when. The second is from some tape I got from (I think) Green Earth Tapes or something like that and had lots of cool crusty/pogo stuff to listen to. (Read on for the downloads….)

Give Me Back

1. Amenity – Machine
2. Desiderata – Upon a Man Looking at a Woman
3. Seein’ Red – Bigot
4. Spitboy – Seriously
5. End of the Line – Burning Down
6. Manliftingbanner – Sister
7. Born Against – Body Counts
8. Econochrist – Seek to Use
9. Profax – Patience
10. Profax – Bona Fide
11. Suckerpunch – Religious Phallos
12. Sawhorse – Spoke
13. Sawhorse – Farther
14. Struggle – Culture of Rape
15. Bikini Kill – Daddy’s Lil’ Girl
16. Downcast – For in Love

Toxic Waste on Yer Plate

• Neuroleprosy: Give me Death | Animallide | Tears in their Eyes
• Huasipungo: Let’s Save a Cow Today | Asco
• Misery: Screw You | Legion of the Hopeless
• Sairrat Mielet: Pilessa Vaiko Taivaassa | Pornoteollisuus | Tasa Arvoa
• Social Outcast: World Wars | Wake the Sleeping Giant
• Blanks 77: She’s Gone | Try to Understand | Spirit of ’77
• Apryk: Back | Death Play | Revolution | Sand Dream
• Hiszteria: Dog | London | Encs Rank Cz A Volvos
• Screaming Holocaust: Greed and Power | War | Children and Innocence
• Hacesja: Wieloryb | Mamusia