[quote=meh]there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.[/quote] There is no need for crappy punk covers, I agree. The genre bending tracks on this disc (like Suffer and Generator) are full of awesome. How has a band so thoroughly dedicated to enlightenment bred so many ignorant and hardheaded fans?

[quote=Diego Hosen]there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.[/quote]well said!!! i finally got around to listening these covers. there are a few good attempts, a few hits but too many misses. I would think they would have actual punk bands doing the tribute... Like... it would be cool if ALL or the Descendents came into a studio and churned out a song. I dont know many of these 'leading artists of today' with the exception of Guttermouth. i guess Myspace/Spin Magazine/whoever put this togehter were trying to promote their own artists they support...it just wasnt a successful campaign

Yeah, them too. I'm surprised they dropped Fake Problems and OWTH. They're both pretty well known bands, they would have been a nice addition.

...and they obviously dropped Fake Problems, whoever they are. "an exclusive tribute album featuring artists like Tegan And Sara, Ted Leo, Fake Problems—along with nearly a dozen more—covering some of the band’s most celebrated tracks."

They dropped some bands. Off With Their Heads did a cover of Sorrow and Myspace rejected it, so there was probably more.

"Outbreak does fuck armegeddon. its fucking awesome. youll like it, i promise" - a dude @ Myspace. This could have been awesome, but guess he was just fucking around. Or did Myspace really drop a band or two, weren't there supposed to be more songs?

[quote=meh]there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.[/quote] hahaha the best comment so far, totally agree what a way to waste precious megabytes downloading this piece of crap...next time I will download some porno

I really like The Weakerthans take on Sanity, it gives me the feeling of being in an asylum. So good. The Guttermouth Pity is pretty awesome too. I keep listening to those two over and over. The rest are pretty good too, but I'm not so into Switchfoot, or their cover of Sorrow.

[quote=Muu] Guttermouth > William Elliott Whitmore >> The Weakerthans >>> Else[/quote]Tegan and Sara >>> Else What of it?

I think that this was actually the best way to approach assembling a BR tribute, because they've been so influential to the pop-punk movement, if they had put 12 pop punk bands on it, you would have 12 exact copies of BR songs, and because the originals would be so much better, the most interest way to cover BR is to do it an a different style. Plus guttermouth and cobra skulls give you the punk you so desperately wanted to hear!

Wait what that's it? Boo, was hoping for more. Won't even bother downloading. Guttermouth > William Elliott Whitmore >> The Weakerthans >>> Else

damm good tribute !!! my girlfriend love William Elliott Whitmore - Don't Pray On Me

[quote=Kerosene Keeps Me...]I would LOVE an acoustic Quincentuple Your Money (Lawrence Arms) [/quote]Well then, you're in luck. http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/wasted-potential/id353810859

The singer from guttermouth sounds too much like fat mike

what? that disco beat drummachine in Pity is terrible

I kinda like the switchfoot cover. (please, not in the face!)

[quote=Righteous Student] The Switchfoot cover of Sorrow is an abomination.[/quote]Completely agree.

Pardon my French but are you fucking kidding me - -160 kbps? I also love that the Devil in Stitches BR extra is thrown on at 320 kbps and sounds so much better than the rest. This whole thing just screams of laziness, which is a shame because it's interesting to hear some of the covers (I like the Polkarator one, Kerosene one, the Better Off Dead one and the Pity one) Yes it's nice to get a free album but I don't even consider this an "album" because of 160 kbps, the tacked on track at the end, etc. I know I'm a big critic of digital files but at least KR lets you dl FLAC! Nothing here If this was put in stores like Hot Topic for a cheap price like their other comps, I would probably buy it (plus it beats most of the rest of the music being played in that store..sadly a lot of that music is Emotaph now that I think about it, lol...). But not having a physical format AND not having lossless or even good sound quality...sorry, that just ticks me off

ugh most of them are crap. Sorrow and Suffer...especially AWFUL.

IMO this cover album rates really low. A few good cuts, but mostly just chop jobs of otherwise beautiful songs. The Switchfoot cover of Sorrow is an abomination.

Holy shit, I did not expect Guttermouth to be a part of this.

Sounds like Guttermouth had some serious fun with that one.

I think the Guttermouth cover is the best so far.

Finally a great punk cover!!! Guttermouth kicks ass!!!

Here we go with Guttermouth and pity http://www.myspace.com/xxxguttermouthxxx

[quote=Torbar]Its a shame. The Weakerthans are one of my favorite bands, but the song just seems really weak to me[/quote]

So you'd say it's weakerthan the rest of their output? Ba dum bish, sorry have to keep my unofficial title of worst pun maker here

[quote=Nice_Hulk]I think this is pretty cool, it's sort of like the tribute album to Sick of it All (Our Impact Will Be Felt). However, that album only contained artists the band chose themselves, all of them friends with the band I think. I don't like the idea of someone else picking "today's leading artists" to cover Bad Religion, but so far I think the selection of bands have been good. (Although I hate Tegan And Sara's as well as New Politic's contributions)[/quote]

You hit the nail on the head. Same problem I have with Punk Goes Acoustic stuff. And man, check out the drop off in band quality (imho) from the first CD to the second. The first had Strung Out and Thrice, the second had Alesana and the All American Rejects. I remember posting on the myspace page for Punk Goes Acoustic 2 when it said 'post the bands/songs' you wanted to see. Well Anti-Flag got on but I really wanted PUNK type bands (go figure...on a "Punk" titled cd)...I would LOVE an acoustic Quincentuple Your Money (Lawrence Arms) among others. Never good when these bands are picked based on popularity! Nope nope nope Though I must say I enjoy the Kerosene cover the best (again, go figure). I think it evokes the folky feeling of Recipe for Hate actually!

Last cover of this week is Kerosene by the Cheap Girls.

Its a shame. The Weakerthans are one of my favorite bands, but the song just seems really weak to me

Congo drums!
[quote=Jesse]The Weakerthans with Sanity...it sounds a bit weird.[/quote]

The Weakerthans with Sanity...it sounds a bit weird.

I think we've heard today's cover (by William Elliott Whitmore) before...

Woooow! Ted Leo blew me away!

I'm blown away, George! Blooooown awaay! (Steinbrenner on Seinfeld)

I think this is pretty cool, it's sort of like the tribute album to Sick of it All (Our Impact Will Be Felt). However, that album only contained artists the band chose themselves, all of them friends with the band I think. I don't like the idea of someone else picking "today's leading artists" to cover Bad Religion, but so far I think the selection of bands have been good. (Although I hate Tegan And Sara's as well as New Politic's contributions)

I thought the Generator cover was sick. I like the polka beat, really catchy. The breakdown parts were pretty cool, too. Just wish they did the "woah"s at the end of the song.

Heaven Is Falling covered by the Riverboat Gamblers is up now!

Polka rocks! So I like this Generator cover. Even if the "it's the generator!" shout reminds me of Fred Durst lol.

What was AMAZING was a cover on youtube of Generator. It hasn't been on there for like two years but I still remember it. A band named MLT (I think?) they also did Offspring Kids Aren't Alright and were a three-piece. Idk, something about them were awesome.

Not to hijack but I also love the Fillips Firma cover of Alien by Pennywise. Would love to hear a Pennywise tribute album! Or even better a Strung Out one!!!

honestly, i like the acoustic covers on youtube better...i think maybe an unplugged cover album wouldve been better...pbc basically did a worse same version of the regular, and new politics-generator sounds too polka-y as another person said. the only one i dont mind is cobra skulls..just because i freakin love that song and never hear covers of it

true not good*

Not digging the Generator cover...

I've read about 12 or 15, not sure which is good

So far, so good.

Anyone know how many total songs are going to be released?

The Cobra Skulls cover sounds too polka-y for my liking. I just don't care for it. Honestly the only one I've thought was worth remembering and listening to again was the Frank Turner cover of MPFM, so far.

Liking the Generator cover, sounds interesting and unique unlike the Cobra Skulls one.

New song's up: Generator covered by New Politics.

The Tegan and Sara one is my favorite so far. I really could've done without the Cobra Skulls one, it was boring to me.

Loving the Cobra Skulls cover.

[quote=Guests]Why cover songs that are already perfect? BR blows all these bands out of the water.[/quote]

Well obviously.

Why cover songs that are already perfect? BR blows all these bands out of the water.

yeah cobra skulls cover kicks ass

Cobra Skulls is definitely my favorite so far.

Yup. The Cobra Skulls's cover is my favorite so far. I could be a little biased though; they're one of my favorite bands going now.

Cobra Skull's cover is fantastic!

Cobra Skulls featuring Fat Mike is up:
http://www.myspace.com/cobraskulls/music-player?songid=75100747&artid=1622486&albid=1622486&pfc=EmbedPopOutPlayer&offnw=1&uid=-1<pm=1

its probably a better description to say its the only one i like of the covers than to say its my favorite...old mr fletcher youre a bitter old man

Frank Turner's cover is my favorite so far.

Franks cover is the best so far, and yes he picked a great song!

No offense to him or his fans as I am just feeling 'neutral' in my disregard, but tbh I couldn't care less about Frank Turner's music..just not my style really. That said, man did he pick a great BR song!

To be honnest, I really loves the cover of Suffer!! I like when girls sing BR's songs!

anyway, why do polar bear club have a panda bear on their myspace avatar picture?

The Frank Turner cover is definitely the best so far.

Frank's version is seriously good.

digging the frank turner track

Better Off Dead was an awesome cover musically, but the singing left a lot to be desired. Not a fan of that gravely whining type sound.

it reminded me of this guy [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irl4sqc63mE[/url]

I liked that cover a lot, it was pretty cool.

New cover has been posted (My Poor Friend Me: http://www.myspace.com/frankturner)

[quote=Guests]there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.[/quote]

It blows me away that people hate on covers. You know what? If John Tesh put out a BR cover album, I'd buy that shit. I love hearing how other bands interpret the music.

[quote=voloversio]Concering the Polar Bear Club... why do new bands feel the need to sing like that? They music would be fine if they didn't sound so fucking whiney.[/quote]
100000000x true

Concering the Polar Bear Club... why do new bands feel the need to sing like that? They music would be fine if they didn't sound so fucking whiney.

[quote=Guests]there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.[/quote]

True x 1,000,000

there is no need for a cover album due to the fact that bad religion did it perfect the first time.

I'm glad this is going to be free.

the Tegan and Sara song, Hell is an awesome fucking song. The suffer cover they do is fucking horrrrrible. I actually developed a liking for their music, by just skipping the cover and listening to their other music. Very good way of giving other bands coverage

I don't mind the cover of Suffer, not something I would listen to at home, but it is an interesting alternative verrsion from both the original and Graffin's acoustic folk one. But the Polar Bear Club version of Better off Dead is completely pointless. Anathema's slow version is the only ccover of Better off Dead that worth paying attention to - it actually gets to the very core of the song and the emotions felt... sort of, though some people might think it turns it directly into a ballad rather than it's original intention.

I really don't care for Polar Bear Club at all, which is why I was surprised that I didn't think their cover was god awful. Tegan and Sara are alright, as was their cover. I'm impressed they got two groups with as much name recognition as these two to do covers. Makes me excited to hear who else they got on here.

[quote=Gay Luigi]I always thought it would be a good idea to have punk rock bands play on a tribute album for a punk rock band.[/quote]
When I want to hear the punk rock version, I listen to the original. The original is always better. But a cover can be interesting..

I always thought it would be a good idea to have punk rock bands play on a tribute album for a punk rock band.

The Tegan & Sara cover sounds so creepy, it's kinda cool, sometimes.

Polar Bear Club's vocals make me want to fucking slice my ears off. Gah'damn. Instrumentals aren't too bad, though.

[quote=oldmrfletcher]my farts sound better than this. and smell better too.[/quote][quote=Neil Davis]There comes a time when (a fart is so bad) a man should walk away.[/quote]This is why a "Like" button would be nice though I understand the arguments against it. Like the Polar Bear Club cover much more than Tegan and Sara's cover. The bass sounds awesome. Reminds me of Anti-Flag and early Alkaline Trio songs (Cringe, Cop). Vocals are nice too, though they sound a little derivative (Michale Graves, Derek Grant, etc...and my bad if this band is fronted by the former, I have no earthly idea and don't want to look it up right now lol)

[quote=Neil Davis][quote=oldmrfletcher]my farts sound better than this. and smell better too.[/quote] There comes a time when (a fart is so bad) a man should walk away.[/quote]

lol. thats why im going for a walk, and not the after dinner kind.

I'm actually really liking that Polar Bear Club cover. I thought it was great, I loved the energy in it.

Well, Polar Bear Club (whoever that is) posted up their cover of Better Off Dead.
http://www.myspace.com/polarbearclub/music/songs/bettter-off-dead-74957268

It's pretty solid, but it doesn't stray far from the original.

I love when covers sound different from the originals, but also different from THIS FUCKING TERRIBLE COVER. Tegan and Sara? I don't know who these spoiled art school cunts are, but I hope I never hear their music again. Let's hope the rest of this album is 2.0e492853 times better than this song.

[quote=oldmrfletcher]my farts sound better than this. and smell better too.[/quote] There comes a time when (a fart is so bad) a man should walk away.

i love the girls, but i don't really enjoy this cover.
it's weird

I like the cover! It's surprising, which is cool, and I really like the little vocal subtleties. Looking forward to this!

[quote=kariscene]I thought that was basic, unavoidable knowledge for Canadians! :) I live across the river from Canada so the local "alternative" station here happens to be broadcast out of Canada and is therefore subject to the "Canadian content" regulations, so there's ample amounts of Tegan and Sara, Our Lady Peace, et al.[/quote]
Yeah, the first time I ever heard of them were from that song. I assumed that they were some punk group considering Fat Mike wrote the song. The only other time I heard their name was when there was some TV program going on after the Haiti earthquake featuring a bunch of celebrities telling people to donate one of them, and Tegan and Sara said something, and I was like "Hey, they were mentioned in a NOFX song!". Then again, I don't really listen to any pop radio stations with artists like them.

[quote=HugeFanOfBadReligion]I don't know who these Tegan and Sara people are (all I know is that Fat Mike wrote 'Creeping Out Sara' about them), but this is some fucked up shit.

Anyway, looking forward to this album and seeing who was involved.[/quote]

I thought that was basic, unavoidable knowledge for Canadians! :) I live across the river from Canada so the local "alternative" station here happens to be broadcast out of Canada and is therefore subject to the "Canadian content" regulations, so there's ample amounts of Tegan and Sara, Our Lady Peace, et al.

[quote=Darwin At Work]I'd "Facebook" like this but both Myspace and Tegan and Sarah make me want to stab myself.[/quote]

Agreed! Not even interested in hearing it, unfortunately.

Not enamored with the Tegan and Sara cover. But it is pretty catchy. I suppose it does have sort of a despairing/resignation vibe like the original, but idk. We'll see what the others turn out like. I think my main problem with this is the "today's artists" part...I have to suffer (or block friends) through hearing on facebook about how 'liek amazing' these new bands are like Emarosa and Meg and Dia and 3OH!3 (the worst by far, imho). Meanwhile, I watch a vid or two of NOFX playing The Decline, rare songs, classic staples etc and get totally no-sold by the crowd. Heck I went to a Bayside (one of the more current bands I love) show where they covered Linoleum as the last song and hardly anyone but me knew it! The overall point is that I think a lot of my resignation with these covers is a general disenchantment with current artists. But for what its worth, I love when covers aren't like the original. Confusing huh?

Umm... I don't hate it. I actually think it is kind of nice. Cool that there are bands that aren't into punk so much that still appreciate Bad Religion.

My ears are bleeding...worse cover ever !!!

my farts sound better than this. and smell better too.

I really like the suffer cover. this is some quality cover stuff. looking forward to hear the rest!

I don't know who these Tegan and Sara people are (all I know is that Fat Mike wrote 'Creeping Out Sara' about them), but this is some fucked up shit.

Anyway, looking forward to this album and seeing who was involved.

I'd "Facebook" like this but both Myspace and Tegan and Sarah make me want to stab myself.

Ok so it [i]is[/i] the same one that include "give you me"