Naked Raygun covers everything
It is only slightly over 20 years ago that I saw Naked Raygun for the first time, an event of such enormous and life-changing proportions that it is almost impossible to begin to capture it. At some point after I get back from Chicago I will try. However, here is a taste. One of the best parts of seeing Naked Raygun was that they always came up with some fun and/or wacky-ass covers to do. Here is a small sampling of the songs I saw them do in the 30 or so times I attended their shows:
- Below The Drop - The Effigies
- Going Underground - The Jam
- Where We Live - Government Issue
- The Boys Are Back In Town - Thin Lizzy
- Suspect Device - Stiff Little Fingers
- Rock ‘N Roll Hootchie Coo - Rick Derringer
- Elephant’s Graveyard - Strike Under
- 20th Century Boy - T-Rex
- Every song The Buzzcocks ever recorded
In tribute to this pattern of excellence I present three covers from the boys.
Folsom Prison Blues (Johnny Cash) - Recorded 7/21/1990 from a live broadcast on WRUW in Cleveland, OH.
Elephant’s Graveyard (Strike Under)
Love Battery (Buzzcocks) - Recorded 4/15/1985 at Peppermint Lounge in New York
These mp3s may disappear at any time, especially if my hosting is getting hammered but I have a pretty good bandwidth deal and nobody reads this anyways.
NOTE: Floating around the file sharing services is something labeled “Naked Raygun 1983 Demos” which is not that at all. It contains the studio versions of “I Lie”, “Potential Rapist”, “Metastasis”, “Surf Combat”, “Libido” and “Gear” in addition to something called “Untitled” and a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Communication Breakdown”. So the first six songs are in fact Naked Raygun, the same versions as on Throb Throb and Basement Screams. The other two, I don’t know what they are, but they sure as hell aren’t Naked Raygun. Don’t be fooled.
Enjoy!
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November 17th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Both those mp3s from the Peppermint Lounge aren’t kosher, playing at super slow speed…
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 am
Beautiful, thanks for the downloadage.
February 1st, 2008 at 7:31 am
Thank you! This made my day–no, made my week. Any more? You can’t have too much NR.