These are the covers I’ve learned & mixed-in over the years, during my limited live performances. Some I don’t play anymore, and new covers (oxymoron) are always being added.
An performer needs to play at least 80% original material (which is well-received), while mixing in quality covers for audience reference, to be worthy of artistic distinction.
This gives you an idea of what I consider punk, post-punk, and fun stuff; and what to expect from me– live.
U2: “Electric Co.” “New Year’s Day” “I Will Follow” “Sunday Bloody Sunday”
CCR: “Bootleg” “Lodi”
Rick Springfield: “Jessie’s Girl”
Bruce Springsteen: “Nebraska”
Woody Guthrie: “This Land is Your Land”
Sonic Youth: “I Love Her All the Time” “Silver Rocket” “The Burning Spear”
Husker Du: “Masochism World” “Green Eyes”
Surfaris: “Wipe Out”
GNR: “Paradise City” “It’s So Easy”
INXS: “The Devil Inside”
Joan Jett: “Fake Friends”
Chumbawumba: “Tubthumping”
Madonna: “Express Yourself”
The Police: “Roxanne”
Rush: “Red Barchetta”
Red Rider: “Lunatic Fringe”
Replacements: “Seen Your Video”
The Who: “Magic Bus”
Neil Young: “Hey Hey, My My” “Crime in the City”
VU: “What Goes On” “I’ll Be Your Mirror” “Heroin” “Sister Ray”
Sex Pistols: “EMI”
The Clash: “The Sound of the Sinners”
Wire: “12XU” “Strange”
Nirvana: “Molly’s Lips” “Radio Friendly Unit Shifter” “Come as You Are” “On a Plain” “Stay Away”
Jane’s Addiction: “Nothing’s Shocking” “Jane Says” “Pigs in Zen”
Midnight Oil: “Warakurna”
Bikini Kill: “Jigsaw Youth” “Tell Me So” “New Radio”
AC/DC: “Down Payment Blues” “It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll)” “Kicked in the Teeth Again” “Shoot to Thrill”
Mott the Hoople: “Rock & Roll Queen”
Minutemen: “Storm Inside My House”
Pixies: “Planet of Sound” “Gouge Away”
George Thorogood: “Gear Jammer”
Tom Petty: “Running Down a Dream”
Eddie Rabbitt: “I Love a Drizzly Night”
Violent Femmes: “Add It Up”
BoDeans: “She’s a Runaway”
Bob Marley: “Three Little Birds”
ABBA: “SOS”
Carpenters: “Top of the World”
Spin Doctors: “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong”
Graham Parker: “Clear Head” “Under the Mask of Happiness” “She Wants so Many Things”
Fugazi: “Burning”
Belly: “Feed the Tree”
Liz Phair: “Explain it to Me”
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