METZ cover The Cramps for the new Three One G comp

Revolver recently premiered a METZ cover of The Cramps' 1983 tune "Call of the Wighat." It's the Toronto noise-punk trio's contribution to
Really Bad Music for Really Bad People
, a Cramps tribute that will serve as the 100th release from San Diego label Three One G. You can stream the track below.

 
In a statement to the magazine METZ guitarist/vocalist Alex Edkins commented:

"They were a singular force and to mimic or attempt to replicate their sound is a complete fools errand. So why do a Cramps cover you ask? Good question. Our intention from the outset — and the entire point of this compilation series — was to reimagine and recontextualize the music, destroy and rebuild, not ape or do a 'straight cover.' It was a fun way to pay respect to a band we all love without, we hope, doing them a disservice. Long live the Cramps."

METZ recently released a b-sides and rarities collection on Sub Pop Records titled Automat. It followed the band's last proper full-length, 2017's
Strange Peace
.
Really Bad Music for Really Bad People: The Cramps as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G Tracklist

  • Child Bite “TV Set”
  • Metz “Call of the Wighat”
  • Secret Fun Club feat. Carrie Gillespie Feller “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”
  • Chelsea Wolfe “Sheena’s in a Goth Gang”
  • Sonido de la Frontera “Zombie Dance”
  • Qui “New Kind of Kick”
  • Zeus! feat. Mike Patton “Human Fly”
  • Retox “Garbageman”
  • Magic Witch Cookbox “People Ain’t No Good”
  • Microwaves “Don’t Eat Stuff Off the Sidewalk”
  • Daughters “What’s Inside a Girl”
  • Panicker “I’m Cramped”

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