In all the bands you've ever been in, what have they covered
Here is my list (from about 6 different bands, some songs were only in practice, since 3 of these bands have only done one show):
The first band I was in which had no name and I played guitar and sang vocals for:
did one show, no covers
2nd band I was in was called The Silvers- I played rhythm. It blowed, not my fault. Fell apart after one show.
We played one show, I borrowed some kids Stratocaster instead of bringing my own guitar,
Polaris- Summerbaby (the first band to ever play Summerbaby in our town, it is now a staple at shows)
Billy Lee Riley- Red Hot (not sure if we did it live)
Some rockabilly guy- Hot Rocket (not sure if we did this either)
We might have done The Wipers- Telepathic Love, but I can't remember. I remember I taught the lead guitarist/singer how to play it, and his next band did it along with a few of the songs he wrote for the Silvers, but I can't remember if we actually did.
My 3rd band I played guitar and did vocals for, and it was put together for 1 show for fun as was my first band and never really had a name (I think I introduced us as Plan 8 From Outer Space though). We did a 4 song set with 2 covers.
Jesus and Mary Chain- Head On
WIRE- 12XU (just like Summerbaby, is now a standard that people root for at shows, and I was in the band that did first!)
My 4th band I played guitar and did backup vocals for, our drummer (who had been in the first band on bass, and the Silvers on guitar and vocals, and Plan 8 on lead guitar) called the band Snackcakes from Outerspace due to the little debbie/hostess and b-movie nature of our song lyrics, but none of the other bandmembers agreed to that. We didn't even really like the little debbie thing, but he wrote a song and brought it in, and I really hated it but I didn't feel like saying no.
Anyways, we covered
WIRE- 12XU
Furious D- Betty Crocker, Punk Rocker (which our drummer claimed to have wrote, none of us listened to Furious D so we believed him, and then we found out later he was full of shit. I've never been in a band with him since this one)
We tried to continue the band after we decided that our drummer blew, and if we would have, we would have ended up doing
the Buzzcocks- Boredom, because we did it at our last practice
My 5th band (which is still together as I am the only one in it) The Spectral Presence. I'm probably going to add the singer from 4th band on bass soon. He said he'd do it, but is girlfriend is always with him when he comes over. I really love doing the Spectral Presence because not having other members really allows me to write what I really want to write.
My Bloody Valentine- Sueisfine
Joy Division- Day of the Lords (my mom paid me 20 bucks to play it at a show for her, haha)
The Pixies- Cactus
Sonic Youth- Inhuman
I'm doing Gang of Four- Anthrax at the next show
My 6th band (still together) Fake British Accent- I do guitar and vocals. This drummer wanted me to join her punk band because she though I could sing well. I said ok, and ended up doing guitar parts too.
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Misfits- Die, Die My Darling
Ramones- Judy is a Punk (did it at our first show, never again)
Generation X- Kiss Me Deadly (did it at our first show, never again)
My 7th band- Destroyer (still together) for whom I play bass and do backup vocals.
WIRE- 12XU (we did this at a show that FBA wasn't playing and people in the audience were screaming it)
Against Me!- What We Worked For and Baby I'm An Anarchist
The Wipers- Mystery
Polaris- Summer Baby
At our last practice we did Police- Roxeanne, Neil Young- After the Gold Rush, and we also did a 20 minute jam on a White Stripes song
My last 3 bands have broken the 1 show mark
- The Spectral Presence has done 7, FBA has done 2, and Destroyer has done 3