Looking for Punk Version of "Godzilla" from before '89
 

I had a mix tape from about 1989 that had a lot of really hard to find punk/indie stuff. There were B-sides only available in vinyl and such.

One cut was a punk version of Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla". I cannot seem to find who the artist was or where to get it.

I check out Wiki and they had some groups with covers listed, but it isn't Racer X, Fu Manchu, Sebastian Bach, or Fighting Gravity. Its not the Smashing Pumpkins either.

One big distinction from those cover is that the version I heard was very fast and all these covers listed have the original BOC slow beat.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...mjn2aA&cad=rja

Shot in the dark.

i feel like i know what the OP is talking about....like it's on the tip of my tongue but i just can't recall....Bouncing Souls keeps popping into my brain but i don't think it's them

Thanks for the link. But that isn't it, still too slow a tempo. This version I'm looking for is more than double the tempo, the lead singer's belting out the lyrics so fast it's not immediately recognizable.

Other detail bits, there is a bit of sampling of screaming people and at the very end a sample of a belch. The mix tape had songs much older than '89 and the style seems to be from at least after the 1st punk wave. There are no UK accents (which any good English punk band would make no effort to suppress) so a North American band seems likely. The singer is male.

One of the things I really like about it above all these other covers (except Smashing Pumpkins' version) is that a good cover should add something or take another perspective from the original. Like the Bauhaus version of Third Uncle, it's a very different take.

The punk version of Godzilla I'm looking for is markedly different from the original, but most of the other covers of Godzilla I have seen are pretty much just playing the song in the same way with very little variation. They are attempting to mirror BOC and pretty much are coming off as a pale reflection.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...ecUTCw&cad=rja

Maybe on this list if you scroll down. Yeah i'm bored.

Riddle me this or thunderpuss 2000?

Nice, I didn't have any Bouncing Souls. Tried a few tracks and I need to get me some more from them.

I didn't see a Godzilla track in the discography, but the pitch and delivery of the lead signer isn't quite there. Still good stuff, but I don't thing that's them.

The tempo in the track I'm looking for is closer to a Hardcore Punk, breakneck speed. The tempo itself is closer to that of the Ramone's "Warthog" (although the vocals are much different). I'm trying to think of something to compare it to.

Thanks!

it wasn't bouncing souls but for some reason i am associating them with when i heard this....its fucking crazy man i am almost 99.2698% sure i know what you are talking about and even have it stuck in my head....just can't name the band :(

Thanks! Checked em out and it wasn't on the list.
Superfuzz and Thunderpuss 2000 are alot more techno.
Riddle Me has more of rap slant.
The Psyclone Rangers take is very interesting, they had an interesting site of sample MP3s. Also not the one.

i doubt this is it.....but damn its a great version :)

Other tracks on the mix tape, if it helps:

Pere Ubu - Non-Alignment Pact
Primal Scream - It Happens
Shriekback - Nemesis
Joy Division - Digital
Transvision Vamp - Trash City
Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth of America
A hardcore punk version of Amazing Grace I've never been able to track down.
There was another punk song that I've never been able to identify, but has distinctive lyrics. I should post that separately some time. I actually did post that one several years ago, but no replies.

(I do realize that what I'm listing above isn't really "punk" and the track I'm looking for is. The only truly punk songs he had, I can't identify. But it does kind of establish a time frame.)

Nice! I like that one, too! Never heard that one before, thanks!

How frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!! I have this cover version ( I am always certain it's the one you are talking about) on an old cassette but only track listings and no artists as it was a comp done for me by a friend and ex member of Napalm Death but I haven't seen him for a couple of years now :(

Yeah, that's what the mix tape I had was like. It was cassette without tracks or artist listings.

Not sure what era it is but The Creeping Cruds - Stomp Tokyo seems to fit your description. Came up second on YouTube when I searched Godzilla punk.

Actually, that's pretty close in style. But it follows the BOC lyrics pretty closely in the version I was looking for. But I like this one too, thanks!

Wait!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am sure it is this! I had an odd feeling it was the band snuff from a flexidisc way back (only those of a certain age will remember them!). Go to 2 mins on the vid and it's there (at least it's the version I am going on about!)

eh?

Did I find the track or not ?

The one you posted was a cover of "Don't Fear the Reaper". It was good though! :)

Yeah, it is "Don't Fear the Reaper", but that is one of the best versions of it I've ever heard, I loved it.

And it about the style I was looking for.

Thanks Bob, it's a good one but it isn't the one. It's a really good cover and the tempo and style are about right.

I remember it too and can't think of it either
 

I remember the version you are thinking of. I thought for sure it was the Dickies but apparently they only did Gigantaur.

Did you ever find out the answer? It's driving me crazy as well.