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ilovegadgets
12/09/08, 12:13 AM
Me and my band will be performing in a punk cover concert split over three days. We will be doing a set of 35 to 40 cover songs. I've already selected around 35 songs. My main selection criteria were lasting influence and popularity of the bands and songs and I also included some of my personal favorites. I've tried to cover most of the important bands from the start of punk to present day. I've excluded both proto and post punk. Here are the songs I've selected:

01 - Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones

02 - Anarchy in the UK - Sex Pistols

03 - Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys

04 - London Calling - The Clash

05 - Straight Edge - Minor Threat

06 - Johnny Hit and Run Pauline - X

07 - Ever Fallen in Love - The Buzzcocks

08 - Sonic Reducer - Dead Boys

09 - Rise Above - Black Flag

10 - Last Caress - The Misfits

11 - Oh Bondage Up Yours - X-Ray Spex

12 - Pay To Cum - Bad Brains

13 - Alternative Ulster - Stiff Little Fingers

14 - Knowledge - Operation Ivy

15 - American Jesus - Bad Religion

16 - Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen

17 - Fat Lip - Sum 41

18 - Phantom of The Opera - Me First and The Gimme Gimmes

19 - Scotty Doesn't Know - Lustra

20 - I Fought The Law (Cover) - GreenDay

21 - Basket Case - GreenDay

22 - I Just Want Some Skank - Circle Jerks

23 - Punk Rock Love - Casualties

24 - All The Small Things - Blink 182

25 - New Rose - The Damned

26 - Ring of Fire (Cover) - Social Distortion

27 - Teenage Kicks - The Undertones

28 - 1985 - Bowling For Soup

29 - So What - Anti Nowhere League

30 - Something I Learned Today - Husker Du

31 - LinoLeum - NOFX

32 - Rancid - Ruby Soho

33 - Punk's Not Dead - The Exploited


What do you think of the selection? Have I managed to cover most of the important bands and songs? Or should I take out some of the songs? Please give me your recommendations. I need around 40 good songs and the criteria is influence and popularity. Please leave out post and proto punk.

TheOtherAndrew
12/09/08, 12:21 AM
17 - Fat Lip - Sum 41

19 - Scotty Doesn't Know - Lustra

28 - 1985 - Bowling For Soup

33 - Punk's Not Dead - The Exploited
Remove these.

mht
12/09/08, 12:25 AM
add:

Void
Fugazi
The Suicide Machines
Ignite
Marathon

and...

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LV03
12/09/08, 12:32 AM
I would do time bomb for rancid, and add in some screeching weasel, suicide machines, vandals, propagandhi

and yea def get rid of bowling for soup

Anderson
12/09/08, 02:12 AM
18 - Phantom of The Opera - Me First and The Gimme Gimmes

20 - I Fought The Law (Cover) - GreenDay

26 - Ring of Fire (Cover) - Social Distortion

Aside from the likes of Sum 41 which I'd dump to start with I'd also go without these as covers of covers are a bit lame. You also appear to be missing the descendents. I'd go with I'm the one.