Cover songs are like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re going to get. We here at Dying Scene love hearing punk bands do their own take on other band’s songs. Sometimes they pull off amazing interpretations of old classics, sometimes they’re not much more than humble tributes to a fellow artist, and other times they’re just downright laughable renditions of otherwise great songs. Good or bad. Intriguing or mundane. We’ll let you be the judge.
To switch things up just a bit, today we’ll showcase a punk song redux by a non-punk band. Akron, Ohio’s garage blues-turned-alt rock stars The Black Keys took on proto-punk stalwarts Iggy & The Stooges with their slightly laid back version of “No Fun.” The cover appears on the band’s 2004 EP “The Moan.”
Blues up your Tuesday here, and catch the original, too.
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