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Fearless announces on "Punk Goes Pop 2"

Posted by aubin on Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 7:00 PM (EST)

Fearless Records has announced the latest edition in their Punk Goes… series. The forthcoming compilation will be titled Punk Goes Pop 2 and is due out February 17, 2009. Bands on previous outings include All American Rejects, Rise Against, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Jack's Mannequin, Relient K, Thrice and All Time Low. No word on what tracks they will cover just yet. The previous Punk Goes Pop included songs by Top 40 artists circa 2002 like Pink, Britney Spears, Mandy Moore, Backstreet Boys and others.

Previous compilations include Punk Goes Crunk, Punk Goes Acoustic and Punk Goes Acoustic 2, Punk Goes 90's, Punk Goes 80's, Punk Goes Pop and Punk Goes Metal.

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tnimark (December 4, 2008)

Just stop it.

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punk_sk (December 5, 2008)

you're doing it all wrong

TrueBeliever (December 4, 2008)

These are all really bad. I've heard two of them and decided that not even the illegal download was worth keeping.

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noknownallergies (December 5, 2008)

the yellowcard cover was good.

Preston (December 4, 2008)

uh-oh. Howabout Punk Goes Down the Drain?

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TeaEssAre (December 4, 2008)

i lol'd

WYOR (December 4, 2008)

Who actually thought these would be a good idea?
and more importantly...
Who the hell keeps buying this shit?

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Preston (December 4, 2008)

You don't get it cuz you're not punx.

TheOneTrueBill (December 4, 2008)

Anyone who thinks this is a good idea needs a bullet in the brain.

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andrewking (December 4, 2008)

eazyd2 thinks this is a good idea.

Banger (December 4, 2008)

I haven't been this excited about a new album since Punk Goes Crunk came out!

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GlamBalam (December 5, 2008)

It's hard to tell if you are for real or not.. If you mean it you could be one of the few people on the org who really doesn't give a shit.. If not I don't know

eran_zombis (December 4, 2008)

the first punk goes acoustic wasn't so bad. i mean, the strike anywhere and strung out songs were good, and about half of it was passable. but i won't defend from autumn to ashes, etc.

Dante3000 (rich) (December 4, 2008)

Really surprised Rise Against is on this. They're a legit band now, with fans and thousands in sales.

Also...wouldn't some of these bands be considered pop already (All American Rejects, Gym Class Heroes). So, shouldn't it be "Pop goes commercially successful pop"?
-Dante

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Blackjaw_x (December 4, 2008)

Those bands couldn't get any more commercially successful. They're played on the same 10 song rotation radio stations as Britney Spears and friends.

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

"Bands confirmed for the outing so far include All American Rejects, Rise Against, Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's, Jack's Mannequin, Relient K, Thrice and All Time Low."

If this is punk goes pop, where are the punk bands?

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android (December 4, 2008)

ben weasel can name one!

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

I think you were on tour when it came out, but did you read Brendan Kelly's sick burn reply to Ben Weasel's shit talk?

VStoriesFallen (December 4, 2008)

Link plz

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

http://badsandwichchronicles.blogspot.com/2008/08/thats-my-pie.h tml

About halfway down.

joemomma420666 (December 4, 2008)

i wish they'd kiss and make up. or start a kiss cover band and wear makeup

shrapnel (December 4, 2008)

Pop Goes Pop?

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

Pop goes my weasel.

Deadpan (December 4, 2008)

I'd just some kind of jokey "Punk Goes..." thing, but it's gotten to the point where I'm afraid that it would actually become a reality.

Like, if someone were to type "Punk Goes Akira", you can guaranty that in a few months some record will be released with that douche from Yellowcard whining "Kaneeeeedaaaa, Tetsuooooo" to the tune of Ocean Avenue.

Aye carumba.

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niveK82 (December 4, 2008)

This

niveK82 (December 4, 2008)

and I'd like for a 'Punk Goes Mongolian Throat Singing' to exist

android (December 4, 2008)

this is too easy.

I listened to "the unraveling" today.what a great record.this makes it even worse....

lintsay (December 4, 2008)

"Here's a nice piece of shit".

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telegraphrocks (December 4, 2008)

Telegraph / Skolars song intro? (from B.M., of course)

andrewking (December 4, 2008)

Well placed, dude. Couldn't have said it better myself.

Dante3000 (rich) (December 4, 2008)

He called the shit poop!
-Dante

crazyjoedevola (December 4, 2008)

I see your reverse psychology ways. I'm gonna go into the future and get this and be back just in time for your Christmas present.

telegraphrocks (December 4, 2008)

I will download the Rise Against song.

That is all.

IamMclovin (December 4, 2008)

Punk Goes Metal had a few decent songs on it. Especially Strung Out's cover of Bark at the Moon.

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Cheesetits (December 4, 2008)

Rad cover.

Hubitcherkokov (December 4, 2008)

Dude, and the Link80 Metallica cover and ESPECIALLY the Bigwig Slayer cover. Bigwig's cover is even better than the OG.

Speaking of, are they still around or what? They haven't update their myspace in a long while and I know Tom is playing in that other band.

telegraphrocks (December 4, 2008)

Who do you think will cover "Swing Life Away" for this?

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minorkaty (katy) (December 4, 2008)

Touche.

AnarchyPants (December 4, 2008)

Todd Mahoney will start a solo career.

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

This.

andrewking (December 4, 2008)

Punkgoes...news.org?

shrapnel (December 4, 2008)

that is disgusting

shrapnel (December 4, 2008)

Punk Goes....Diarrhea?

Dante3000 (rich) (December 4, 2008)

This just sparked an idea...Who'd like a "Pop goes punk" album. You can have Miley Cyrus covering Dead Kennedys, T-pain doing some Bad Brains, maybe that David Cook dude doing Circle Jerks.

I'd buy that, no joke.
-Dante

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andrewking (December 4, 2008)

This is actually a great idea. It'd be one of those things where people on here would post how awful it is, except for one of two obscure covers which would be heralded.

"Maroon 5's cover of "The Boy's No Good" is actually pretty good."

WYOR (December 4, 2008)

I would be down for Justin Timberlake covering "Nobel Stabbings"

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

Is that the one about killing scientists?

andrewking (December 4, 2008)

Wow. One of, if not the best of the day.

Niels Bohr Stabbings!!!

sugarfull (December 4, 2008)

Michael Jackson doing Bad Brains would be amazing.

WYOR (December 4, 2008)

Pay to Cum would be the obvious choice.

Maybe he should do the Troll Toll song.

BluthCo (December 4, 2008)

"I'm here, Frank."

That show is awesome.

PtvnSux94 (December 5, 2008)

Britney spears covering "Baby I am an Anarchist"

BarleyPat (December 5, 2008)

I want to hear Outcast do "Soup is Good Food".

Also, Beyonce doing "Now I Want to Sniff Some Glue"

kevgren (December 5, 2008)

I'd buy it if The Jonas Brothers covered G.G. Allin

party-animal (December 4, 2008)

I actually feel embarrassed for everyone involved in this kinda like I feel embarassed for a retarded person singing in public.

Up next...punk goes gregorian chant.

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sugarfull (December 4, 2008)

It's called drone metal, kid.

party-animal (December 4, 2008)

oh..and i forgot this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-NOZU2iPA8

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AnarchyPants (December 4, 2008)

I love this.

sugarfull (December 4, 2008)

I could actually see this getting big with the Vice crowd.

Cos (December 4, 2008)

Punk Goes Directly to the Used Bin.

bluexmaslights (December 4, 2008)

here's an idea: punk stays punk

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AnarchyPants (December 4, 2008)

I don't man... it might be something that could actually work...

Paris_In_Flames (December 4, 2008)

at the drive in was on fearless.
and now this

Scarysmurf (December 4, 2008)

What about Say Anything?
Max Bemis is not stoked.

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averybadjoke (December 4, 2008)

He's doing "I Kissed a Girl." His boyfriend Jason Tate did mind it.

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

If Max Bemis did that song it would be about Chris Conoly and none of the lyrics would need to be changed.

Nap (December 4, 2008)

At least these confirmed bands are fat better than those ones of Punk Goes Crunk

jacknife737 (December 4, 2008)

I for one welcome this new branching out of genres, in the spirit of scene unity.

It's too bad that old, slow and strange bands like the Lawrence Arms don't have the balls to do something like this. For shame.

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WYOR (December 4, 2008)

I prefer old, slow and strange.
Change scares me.
so do them kids in the cars that go speedin down my street at all hours of the night.

KillThePatriarch (December 4, 2008)

Punk goes green

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GlamBalam (December 5, 2008)

you mean in ecological sense?

wonton (December 4, 2008)

Why dont we have a punk goes country comp?

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MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

It's called the Suburban Home sampler.

crazyjoedevola (December 4, 2008)

Beat me by 4 seconds.

That's what she said.

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

That includes the time it took me to light a cig.

crazyjoedevola (December 4, 2008)

And I don't even smoke! Gosh, MattRamone, org-jedi forever.

crazyjoedevola (December 4, 2008)

Just order a Suburban Home recent release.

binaural111 (December 4, 2008)

so much lulz.

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binaural111 (December 4, 2008)

since when was gym class heroes punk? if anythng they've become from shit to shittier especially with the new album

android (December 4, 2008)

in other news:
you can expect some THE SANDWICHES on vinyl in 2009.for real.

punk goes food.

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wonton (December 4, 2008)

why dont you guys get a punknews.org "bands" page?

android (December 4, 2008)

cause we are lazy...haha...

but I think we should have one.we are the first band that was founded on the org I think....

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

This is truth. I met both of these dudes because of this website.

Wauz - new song is coming along ok, I think. Scotty's demos were the shit. I've been working on stuff while my fiancee is asleep, so we'll see how shit sounds when I actually go full throated and gruff.

android (December 4, 2008)

awesome...yeah the demos were the shit!!
hey let me know when the LP and the 7 inchh arrive at your house.hope they don´t get lost on the way.

MattRamone (December 4, 2008)

I'm going out of town for a month, but baseball is my neighbor, so he'll be checking in from time to time to make sure everything's ok. (I think - I plan on asking him tonight.)

android (December 4, 2008)

oh ok...should be at your house next week.

TheSandwiches (December 4, 2008)

we are to old slow and strange.... and don't have a proper release.. YET... but 2009 will be our year. we want to do a vinyl split so if anyone in bands out there would be intrested hit us up
www.myspace.com/thesandwichespunx

or if you are anti myspace you can also thesandwhiches at gmail (yes its misspelled on purpose)

sugarfull (December 4, 2008)

please stop raping the environment.

binaural111 (December 4, 2008)

I would buy Punk Goes Food. Pls include sandwich redemption coupons. I only have subway and taco bell here but it's good enough for me

TheSandwiches (December 4, 2008)

i totally have a pile of $1.50 a footlong coupons thats not a bad idea...

DarthNader (December 4, 2008)

at first listen, i did The Sandwiches.
for some reason I never had to chance to check it out.

DarthNader (December 4, 2008)

thats "dig"

i wish the other was true

android (December 5, 2008)

oh, I think you would do us too.

IanIsSuperRad (December 4, 2008)

"Punk Goes ____" are the "____ Movie" of music.

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David5345 (December 4, 2008)

LOL great analogy.

wonton (December 4, 2008)

This

sugarfull (December 4, 2008)

perfect analogy.

deadXlast (December 4, 2008)

Moar liek Pop Goes Shittier Pop.

"Shittier" is debatable.

The only song I have from any of these Punk Goes... is Slick Shoe's cover of Mandy Moore's "Candy", and it is actually pretty funny. That was back when punk bands doing ironic covers had only been unironic and stupid for a few years.

JayTee (December 4, 2008)

All 3 of those bands already have.

notfeelingcreative (December 4, 2008)

Punk Punk goes the weasel the weasel, punk goes the weasel goes the weasel goes PUNK!!

DrewXFishy (December 4, 2008)

voilet beauregarde's mom has great tits

abracadaver (December 4, 2008)

Holy fucking shitballs, The Riot Before is amazing. Can't believe I had never heard of these guys before last night. After just two listens, I can confidently say that "Fists" is the 5th-best album of the year after Gaslight, D4, Loved Ones and LaGrecia.

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DrewXFishy (December 4, 2008)

yo i just checked them out they sound badass

i see all these comparisons to gaslight, mike ness, and against me! but those top 2 songs on their page have the forbidden beat hell yea!!

so i will get the record bc im impressed

so THANKS

lintsay (December 4, 2008)

Such a great band. All of their releases are awesome.

notfeelingcreative (December 4, 2008)

I'd put 'Fists' as the 4th best behind D4, Gaslight and Banner Pilot, myself.

DarthNader (December 4, 2008)

Capillaries is song of the year in my opinion, barely beating out "Here's Looking At You, Kid"

notfeelingcreative (December 5, 2008)

hmm...I disagree, I'd say 'here's looking at you, kid' is definitely song of the year, at least that's how I'm feeling right now at this moment in time!

Cheesetits (December 4, 2008)

They seem to use the same bands on every compilation, why not call it "We can't get different bands to do our comps 2"? Oh, and um, Gym Class Heroes. Pretty sure that's called hip hop. And someone put Relient K out of their misery. And fuck me, I just finished 1 of my last 3 finals EVER. Now I just need money for beer and I will at least be satisfied for an hour.

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gotsmuch (December 5, 2008)

gym class heroes is not called hip hop. ew.

Ravnos (December 5, 2008)

Gym Class Heroes are the musical equivalent of swap.avi. Google it without SafeSearch if you don't know what it is and you have a strong stomach.

skankinfrank (December 4, 2008)

How about High School the Musical goes punk? I heard Howard Stern might be working on a remake of Rock & Roll High School, so why not make it a broadway musical? I don't know about you guys, but I remember high school having a lot more drugs and sex and a lot less choreographed dancing in gym shorts.

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skankinfrank (December 4, 2008)

and by drugs and sex, i mean video games and taco bell

baldsteve (December 4, 2008)

Replace 'video games' with 'horror movies and punkrock' and yeah, that was high school.

Vinnie (December 4, 2008)

This will suck, goes without saying.

But I recently heard Thrice's cover of Helter Skelter. Not as good as the one by Oasis. But not terrible. Kind of "neat"

deadelectromix (December 4, 2008)

Hey, I was wondering if I could get an honest opinion on some of the songs I've recorded (don't be too harsh though, I fragile): www.myspace.com/beardpunx

mCLz (December 4, 2008)

why even call it punk goes... when there aren't any punk bands on it anymore. brett stopped punk-o-rama for that reason.

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Hubitcherkokov (December 4, 2008)

I'm pretty sure the Punk-O-Rama's stopped because it didn't make any financial sense to keep putting them out.

jacknife737 (December 5, 2008)

they're still putting them out, but under a different name.

tobias19 (December 5, 2008)

I don't see what this has to do with the Gaslight Anthem.

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notfeelingcreative (December 5, 2008)

Rise Against toured with Gaslight Anthem who recently played shows as the backing band for Bruce Springsteen who performed on the 1985 track 'We Are The World' with Kenny Loggins, who performed the theme for the film 'Footloose' which starred Kevin Bacon!!!

PtvnSux94 (December 5, 2008)

So I guess this does have something to do with Gaslight and apparantly Kevin Bacon aswell.

NotPatriotic (December 5, 2008)

shit is being called punk

I hate college and being a business major, group projects with fucking idiots is the worst part of my life. So I'm group manager of this bullshit group, with two of the dumbest girls to ever graduate from college, I assign these girls tasks to accomplish, and guess what, they don't do it. Fuck other fuckers fuckin with my grade.

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NotPatriotic (December 5, 2008)

*possibly graduate

PtvnSux94 (December 5, 2008)

The girls in your class will probably buy this album. If they are as stupid as you say they are.

binaural111 (December 5, 2008)

i was an accounting major, lots of team projects and shit too. i hated free-riders very much and rarely you get to choose your team mates. i don't miss those times at all.

but don't they have individual assessment as well?

shake_it (December 5, 2008)

Punk Goes Beating a Dead Horse

PtvnSux94 (December 5, 2008)

I guess Gym Class Heros and Plain White Ts will just be playing their own songs on this record.

Marizo (December 5, 2008)

More Paula Abdul covers please! This looks like a guaranteed buy for me

gotsmuch (December 5, 2008)

jack's mannequin is what got me into punk.

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MattRamone (December 5, 2008)

Please leave punk.

eddieairplanes (December 5, 2008)

They should make a Punk Goes Punk comp. That'd be good.

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Nap (December 5, 2008)

Yes, but with skate punk bands from 90's

Apeman_On_The_Moon (December 5, 2008)

Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme the key to the city!

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ahopeagainsthope (December 5, 2008)

These midwest eyes are dead tonight, this demon smile is aching to explode!

GlamBalam (December 5, 2008)

I'll give it a shot

GlamBalam (December 5, 2008)

Dude I totally understand what you're talking about, we have to do that shit too

GlamBalam (December 5, 2008)

That's what I thought, exactly.

binaural111 (December 5, 2008)

"Mayday Parade announced during their Tallahassee, FL show that they will cover The Pussycat Dolls."

aggrolite (December 5, 2008)

Bad bands covering poorly-written songs.

I don't get why anyone would want to listen to this.

Do people buy it because it's funny? Ironic? I really don't get it.

chrisafi (December 5, 2008)

Fuck sake this is worse than the Saw film franchise

burnout76 (December 5, 2008)

I enjoyed the before you were punk comps, but so many of these bands on these punk goes comps have nothing to do with punk.

punkrockliz (December 5, 2008)

does anyone care about Fearless record? Seems all they do are these corny themed releases.

DaveWilliams (December 5, 2008)

No compilation cd will ever compare to those first Punk-o-Ramas.

ShawnLemont (December 6, 2008)

wah wah wah

'i dont like any music blah blah blah

get over it

teeto (December 6, 2008)

I agree about bark at the moon. On a somewhat related note in a scene I saw in Punisher tonight they play a rise against tune while a meth head acrobatic gets shot mid-air by a ounisher missile

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