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Lemonheads cover GG Allin, Wire, Leonard Cohen, Christina Aguilera on new album

Contributed by alex101. Posted by aubin on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 3:30 PM (EDT)

The Lemonheads have announced plans to release a new covers album titled Varshons. Due out September 13, 2008, the 11-track album was produced by Cornershop's Anthony Safferty and Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes.

It will feature a variety of tracks from GG Allin, Wire, Leonard Cohen, Christina Aguilera, Fuckemos and more. Guest performances include vocals from actress Liv Tyler on Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye," and model Kate Moss guests on Arling & Cameron's "Dirty Robot."

"I Just Can't Take It Anymore" (Gram Parsons)
"Fragile" (Wire)
"Layin' Up With Linda" (G.G. Allin)
"Waiting Around To Die" (Townes Van Zandt)
"The Green Fuz" (Randy Alvey & The Green Fuz)
"Yesterlove" (Sam Gopal)
"Dirty Robot" (Arling & Cameron)
"New Mexico" (Fuckemos)
"Dandelion Seeds" (July)
"Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen)
"Beautiful" (Christina Aguilera)

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mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

I fucking HATE GG Allin.

HATE!

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the_creeps (August 6, 2008)

why anyone would want to cover one of his songs is beyond me

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

He wasn't all hate-rock and carrots in the ass.

He actually had some pretty good stuff.

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

I read it on AP that he sucks.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Stop it, you are better than that.

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

Sometimes I just don't know...

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

The shock value shit got out of hand. Read interviews with Jeff Clayton of Antiseen. He said he was the most polite guy he knew outside of the public eye.

Have you ever heard SINKHOLE's cover of 'I Need Adventure' by Allin? It's fucking awesome.

kneel (August 6, 2008)

i wish you could have been at the antiseen/karloffs show in boone.

that show was the reason viva mexico quit doing shows.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

That was the first show after I left the band.

I know dude, I know.

Yossarian (August 6, 2008)

Yeah that guy was pretty disgusting with the fecal matter and all....

and why do bands feel the need to cover a song from a top 40 pop singer? It happens too much....

Though I'd cover her with whip cream and lick it off

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

I would do illegal things to her.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

...or on her/ with her.

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

What does (Score: 1) next to the subject mean... did you beat me at something?

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Life?

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

I've always wondered what the score meant.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Score is for me being awesome.

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

You are of no use to me anymore.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Was I ever?

kneel (August 6, 2008)

its because the site is based on the code from slashdot.org.

that site had way worse trolling problems than this one. so they implemented the ability to rate a comment up or down so you can filter the comments above a certain level, effectively filtering out i_rock_hard, penis, etc etc.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

my profile is set up to view all comments, I don't get that little score thingy.

mikexdude (August 6, 2008)

Thanks Kneel!

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

What the hell is in Tenlytown?

kneel (August 6, 2008)

haha, i work in tenleytown sometimes.

full of annoying teens.

although there is decent food a few blocks down at the cactus cantina.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Yeah, the cactus cantina is pretty good, but I'll eat about anything when it comes to mexican food so I'm really not the one to go to.

squelch84 (August 6, 2008)

Say what you will about GG Allin, but his cover of Warren Zevon's "Carmelita" is untouchable.

LushJ (August 6, 2008)

AND his version of Hank Williams Jr's "Family Tradition" (as "Scumfuc Tradition") is pretty choice!

Comparison of the 2 songs (NSFW):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTeiDbAqe7A

jacknife737 (August 6, 2008)

He was nothing but a fucking gimmick, fuck him.

MattRamone (August 6, 2008)

Backed.

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

You stop it too.

LushJ (August 6, 2008)

... how bummed I am by the choice of GG covers. All those tunes & they chose THAT one?

I'd listen to the Lemonheads willingly if they covered any of these:
Don't Talk To Me
Drink Fight & Fuck
You Hate Me & I Hate You
Ass fuckin, Butt Suckin, Cunt Lickin Masturbation
I Wanna Fuck Myself
Sluts In The City

... could you imagine Evan Dando singing high-pitched backups "Sluts in the city- Walk like me! Sluts in the city- Talk like me!" Frickin' priceless...

branden (August 6, 2008)

i love gg. most of his old fans were kinda the worst part.

VictorIkpeba24 (August 7, 2008)

I dislike him too. He's too strange, slow and old.

Skitzo (August 7, 2008)

haha

HOISTDATRAG (August 6, 2008)

score is for Townes van Zandt

red_eye_inc (August 6, 2008)

Vagrant's second-tier roster strikes again

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joemomma420666 (August 6, 2008)

the lemonheads are one of the only good vagrant bands left. douche.

LookingForCorpses (August 7, 2008)

Ignorant comment.

SlackMFr (August 7, 2008)

It looks like the Punknews.org second-tier poster struck as well.

red_eye_inc (August 7, 2008)

You guys are all idiots. The Lemonheads fucking blow. Get your heads out of your asses, he's covering christina aguilera for pete's sake.

AnarchyPants (August 6, 2008)

Leonard Cohen is amazing, I am stoked for this!

sfbarker (August 6, 2008)

Fuckemos cover!!! Nice! Mexico is better than New Mexico, but still, getting some much deserve respect from the Lemonheads! I wonder if they use the vocal effects Russ does...

the_other_scott (August 6, 2008)

cover albums are only fun for superfans.

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Banal242 (August 6, 2008)

Only superfans actually buy albums these days.

shanholtzer (August 6, 2008)

The Lemonheads turned into a TIger Beat band

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wolfshirt (August 6, 2008)

I just registered an account for the sole purpose of complimenting you for that reference.

shanholtzer (August 6, 2008)

thank you

fallingupwards84 (August 6, 2008)

isn't this Karl Alvarez's band? bring back ALL instead please...

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baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

Calling the Lemonheads Karl's band sounds hilarious.

fallingupwards84 (August 6, 2008)

i don't know anything about the band besides Karl's involvement, so

baldsteve (August 6, 2008)

We've had this discussion before, I don't remember how old you are, just seems crazy to not know Evan Dando (like him or not). He's just kind of one of those dudes that's been around forever.

fallingupwards84 (August 6, 2008)

nope don't know him

LookingForCorpses (August 7, 2008)

Totally. Is he 14? Evan Dando's been (like him or not) a "name" in punk, indie, alternative, whatever music for 20 years. Rather than complaining about ALL not getting back together, research a truly great band.

Nameless (August 6, 2008)

Bill Stevenson too.

Funny, it doesn't say that they were involved this time.

Oskorei (August 7, 2008)

i don't know if Bill and Karl are involved with this or not, i'll do some checking and try to find out. if you do find out please post it up

asxyouxwish (August 6, 2008)

cocaine is a hell of a drug.

AndyPonch (August 6, 2008)

One of my favorite covers of all time is the Lemonheads version of Skulls, it rules.

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jibber (August 6, 2008)

Yeah, but that cover of the NKOTB song on the same ep was fucking HORRIBLE!

ResQBrett (August 7, 2008)

What's punk about this? This is punknews.org, right?

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jesuschrist (August 7, 2008)

no, it's actually not punknews anymore. It's now called www.annoyingteensthinktheyalwaysknowwhatspunkandwhatsnot.com

Oskorei (August 7, 2008)

I understand all of it except the GG cover..where did that come from? who in the lemonheads is a fan of GG? weird!

Layin up with Liv is more like it

BritSwedeGuy (August 7, 2008)

He's going bald on top - crack'll do that to you.

Skitzo (August 7, 2008)

vess from the zero boys plays in this band too

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