So, a while ago… I stated in “print” on Facebook that I’d like to start a band that covered Misfits and Ramones songs… as well as some from the various related bands. If this were something that I actually had the time to do, these are the songs I’d want to play:
- “20 Eyes” by the Misfits
- “53rd & 3rd” by the Ramones
- “Archangel” by the Misfits/Samhain
- “Astro Zombies” by the Misfits
- “Attitude” by the Misfits
- “Beat on the Brat” by the Ramones
- “Blitzkrieg Bop” by the Ramones
- “Bop ‘Til You Drop” by the Ramones
- “Braineaters” by the Misfits
- “Bruiser” by the Misfits
- “Casket” by Graves
- “Commando” by the Ramones
- “Cough/Cool” by the Misfits
- “Creo Burn” by Gotham Road
- “Cretin Hop” by the Ramones
- “Dead Kings Rise” by the Misfits
- “Descending Angel” by the Misfits
- “Die, Die My Darling” by the Misfits
- “Dig Up Her Bones” by the Misfits
- “Don’t Open ‘Til Doomsday” by the Misfits
- “Evening of Desire” by the Undead
- “From Hell They Came” by the Misfits
- “Ghoul’s Night Out” by the Misfits
- “Halloween” by the Misfits / “Halloween II” by Samhain
- “Helena” by the Misfits
- “I Believe in Miracles” by the Ramones
- “I Just Want to Have Something to Do” by the Ramones
- “I Turned Into A Martian” by the Misfits
- “I Wanna Be Sedated” by the Ramones
- “I Wanna Live” by the Ramones
- “In the Doorway” by the Misfits
- “Kong at the Gates” by the Misfits
- “Last Caress” by the Misfits
- “Let the Day Begin” by Samhain
- “London Dungeon” by the Misfits
- “Loudmouth” by the Ramones
- “Makin Monsters For My Friends” by the Ramones
- “Mama’s Boy” by the Ramones
- “Mommy, Can I Go Out and Kill Tonight?” by the Misfits
- “My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down (Bonzo Goes to Bitburg)” by the Ramones
- “Night of the Living Dead” by the Misfits
- “Outsider” by the Ramones
- “Pet Semetary” by the Ramones
- “Psycho Therapy” by the Ramones
- “R.A.M.O.N.E.S.” by Motörhead
- “Rise Above” by Black Flag as covered by the Misfits
- “Rock N’ Roll High School” by the Ramones
- “Saturday Night” by the Misfits
- “She” by the Misfits
- “Sheena is a Punk Rocker” by the Ramones
- “Skulls” by the Misfits
- “Some Kinda Hate” by the Misfits
- “Somebody Put Something in My Drink” by the Ramones
- “Spellbound” by Kryst the Conqueror
- “Spider-Man” as played by the Ramones
- “Static Age” by the Misfits
- “T.V. Casualty” by the Misfits
- “Teenagers From Mars” by the Misfits
- “The KKK Took My Baby Away” by the Ramones
- “This Island Earth” by the Misfits
- “Warthog” by the Ramones
- “We Are 138” by the Misfits
- “We’re a Happy Family” by the Ramones
- “When the Evening Comes” by the Undead
- “Where Eagles Dare” by the Misfits
- “You and Me (Less Than Zero)” by Glenn Danzig and the Power & The Fury Orchestra
I’d obviously like to play guitar, probably like to sing some. Maybe it can be a project that plays once or twice a year around Halloween or something. Maybe it’ll never happen. I’m sure there are some glaring omissions in my list. What songs do you like? What would you add to the list? What would you skip? Would you come see this? Would you want to be in the band?
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Me and John Alioto have a plan to someday start a Ramones tribute band called “Banana Affair.” The gist is that we play only the Ramones songs that nobody likes (ie She Talks to Rainbows and Censorshit). AND we’d wear banana costumes.
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This sounds fantastic. We should definitely combine our efforts and play a show together.
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I’ll play drums poorly.
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Let me tell you a story of two drummers, Marky & Robo…
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They were covers, but what about Surfin’ Bird and Needles and Pins? Joey made those work.
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True, they would be excellent crowd-pleasers!
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I would be down to sing the Ramones songs as long as we only play out a few times a year and I don’t have to drive to Pittsburgh regularly to rehearse. I’m easy, huh?
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I didn’t read the entire thing until after I posted that last comment, and now I see that you’d only want to sing “some” and play out once or twice a year. Wow, that’s kinda hilarious, ummm… so, what do you think?
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Ha ha. I’ll have to let you know if this pans out. I have too much on my plate right now, but I think this would be a killer fun thing to pull together.
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Finally there’s someone who appreciates Bop ‘Til You Drop! If only Garden of Serenity would be there it would complete the Halfway to Sanity
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Ha ha, I love “Bop ‘Til You Drop”! It’s quite dark and brooding. Ha ha. “Garden of Serenity” would be another good one… it’s fun to hear the ones that aren’t the ones that every punk band and their mothers have covered.
Thanks for commenting!
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