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. This week’s offering comes from Vancouver, BC pop-punk outfit Gob, and their cover of The Rolling Stones’ classic track, “Paint It Black.”

The Stones first released the song in 1966 on their album “Aftermath” while Gob’s version appeared on the band’s 1998 album “How Far Shallow Takes You.” Check out the cover and compare it to the original here. It’s a pretty awesome cover of a classic track!

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Outbreak, everybody’s favorite Vacationland-based hardcore act, finally got around to posting the obligatory video footage compilation from their recent run with hardcore legends (and Think Fast! label mates) Sick Of It All.

The tour ran through most of the month of January and into February, as evidenced by some pretty interesting footage of Outbreak’s van defroster mishaps. Also included is terrible facial hair, terribler dancing, even terribler laughing, crowd surfing on a mattress, and a kick ass Celtic’s jersey.

You can view the whole thing here.

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Philadelphia punks Dirty Tactics have premiered a music video for their song “Manifest” via BlankTV and you can check it out right here.

The song will appear off of their upcoming EP “The Divine Middle” which is slated for a May 2nd release on Say-10 Records and will be co-released with Kiss Of Death Records.

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Vanna has finished recording their new album “And They Came Baring Bones” and have put up a stream of their new song “I, The Remover.”

You can give it a listen right here.

You can also check out all of their pre-sale offers here.

“And They Came Baring Bones” is due out on Artery Recordings June 21st.

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Seeing that today is 4/20 I was not surprised in the least to find a bit of Sublime related news.

In celebration of today Rome Ramirez from Sublime with Rome has posted an acoustic version of Sublime’s “Smoke Two Joints.”

Click right here to check the song and celebrate along with them.

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Glocca Morra and The Greek Favourites have released a new split  entitled “Songs in the Key of Ayyyyyy.”

The album is being offered physically as a 7″ vinyl or digitally as a download with optional donation.  To see more details look no further than right here.

The tracklisting is –

The Greek Favourites:
1. Wax Wings
2. Cold Soft Metal

Glocca Morra:
1. Bedford Avenue
2. New Years Eve (Titan House)

The record was released on Make-Out Party Records.

Ninja Gun has unveiled a new music video for their song, “That’s Not What I Heard” off their latest EP “Roman Nose.”

You can check it out right over here.

“Roman Nose” was released on April 12th.

For all Canadian punk fans, or punk fans who want to see an awesome show, you have all been invited by Hugo Mudie of the Sainte Catherines to make your way over to D-Tox Rock Fest in Montebello, Quebec. The sixth run of the festival is taking place on June 17th and 18th. You can watch Hugo’s invitation to the epic festival here.

This year’s D-Tox Rock Fest will include performances from punk luminaries such as NOFX, Bouncing Souls, Descendents, Hot Water Music, The Flatliners, and of course, The Sainte Catherines. You can check out the full lineup and more details here.

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Farewell Continental has released a new song from their upcoming Paper + Plastic release, “¡Hey, Hey Pioneers!” for stream/free download. Click here to check it out.

“¡Hey, Hey Pioneers” will be the band’s first full length album and is expected for a May 10th release.

Two days ago in Cincinnati, OH, Nightmares For A Week’s van was broken into and $8000 worth of gear was stolen. The band’s insurance isn’t going to cover the gear. If you feel compelled to help the band recover from this huge setback, you can make a paypal donation to nightmaresforaweek@gmail.com.