Good cover songs...

[The Snake]

...and some that are even better than originals.
Anything goes!

Some that pop into my mind at the moment:

Descendents - Wendy
Minor Threat - Stepping Stone
SSD - No Reply
Black Flag - Louie Louie
The Last - Louie Louie
The Last - Soldier Of Love
The Last - Baby Its You
Vision - Stop Me
Queers - Good Only Knows
Tear It Up - Deuce
Tear It Up - Girl Problems
Tear It Up - Coke And Snickers
Tear It Up - Nice boys Don't Play Rock 'n Roll
The Rites - Don't Talk to Me
The Rites - Gimme Some Money
The Rites - Number
The Rites - High Time

[captain2man]

Husker Du - 8 Miles High
Rorschach - 21st Century Schizoid Man (not actually better than the original, but damn great).

And pretty much anything the Dickies ever did.

Their cover of the Blodwyn Pig song ("See My Way") on their most recent album is totally epic.

[The Snake]

Some more...

Big Drill Car - Celebrated Summer
Big Drill Car - I Don't Mind
Big Drill Car - Surrender
Pegboy - Surrender
New Bomb Turks - Mr. Suit
NRA - In a Free Land
Haymaker - Caught in a Mosh
Negative Approach - Chaos
Negative Approach - Never Surrender
Knife Fight - Together
Mouthpiece - Open Up
Slapshot - Get It Away

[jeffb01]

DOA - War
DOA - Class War
Mudhoney - Hate the Police
Bruisers - Live For Now
Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
Lemonheads - Skulls
Mars Volta - Back Up Against the Wall
Rocket From the Crypt - Pressure's On
Teengenerate - Kicked out of Webelos
Avengers - Paint it Black
Big Black - He's a Whore
Boris the Sprinkler - Group Sex (the whole album)
Circle Jerks - I wanna destroy you
COC - Green Malanishi
Rezillo's - Somebody's gonna get their head kicked in
Dim Stars - The Plug
Gray Matter - I Am the Walrus
John Frusciante - Big Takeover
Melvins - Sacrifice
Social Distortion - Under My Thumb
7 seconds - kids are united

[tango fistula]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42KbQZ4gGAA

[The Snake]

DOA - War
DOA - Class War
Mudhoney - Hate the Police
Bruisers - Live For Now
Butthole Surfers - Hurdy Gurdy Man
Dinosaur Jr. - Just Like Heaven
Lemonheads - Skulls
Mars Volta - Back Up Against the Wall
Rocket From the Crypt - Pressure's On
Teengenerate - Kicked out of Webelos
Avengers - Paint it Black
Big Black - He's a Whore
Boris the Sprinkler - Group Sex (the whole album)
Circle Jerks - I wanna destroy you
COC - Green Malanishi
Rezillo's - Somebody's gonna get their head kicked in
Dim Stars - The Plug
Gray Matter - I Am the Walrus
John Frusciante - Big Takeover
Melvins - Sacrifice
Social Distortion - Under My Thumb
7 seconds - kids are united

I agree with all the songs that I have heard from your list.

[MXV]

Husker Du - 8 Miles High
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The greatest cover song in the history of the world, forever!

[MXV]

Jeff B had some good ones on his list.

Here's a few:

Minutemen - "Lost"
Butthole Surfers - "American Woman"
Mighty Sphincter - "I Don't Live Today"
Mighty Sphincter - "Helter Skelter"
Melvins - "Goin' Blind"
The Damned - "Looking at You"
JFA - "Pipetruck (aka: pipeline)"
7 Seconds - "99 Red Balloons"
Minor Threat - "12XU"
Meatmen - "What's This Shit Called Love"

[clash77]

SLF- doesn't make it alright
Cuban Heels- downtown
M.I.A.- california dreamin
Lemonheads- I am a rabbit
Saints- kissin' cousins
Devil Dogs- burnin love
London-Friday on my mind
The Boys- sick on you
Eater- Sweet Jane
Drones- Be my baby
Judas Priest- Green manalishi

[yourenotevil]

everything on kicking against the pricks by nick cave/bad seeds. great version of by the time i get to phoenix.

sonics-walking the dog

ramones-california sun

[MXV]

The Faction's cover of "California Dreaming" is also pretty great. I think I like it more than the very good M.I.A version.

I'd like to add:

Flower Leperds - "I'm Eighteen" (the original one with Marc Olson singing)

[obik]

A somewhat random selection:

Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Slickee Boys - Control
No Joe - Strychnine
Limp Richerds - House Of The Rising Sun
Newtown Neurotics - Living With Unemployment
Clash - Police And Thieves
Pink Chunk - Louie Louie
MC5 - Motor City's Burning
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Laughing Hyenas - Life Of Crime

[JGJR]

A somewhat random selection:

Pere Ubu - 30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Pere Ubu - Final Solution
Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer
Slickee Boys - Control
No Joe - Strychnine
Limp Richerds - House Of The Rising Sun
Newtown Neurotics - Living With Unemployment
Clash - Police And Thieves
Pink Chunk - Louie Louie
MC5 - Motor City's Burning
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Laughing Hyenas - Life Of Crime

Some great choices there, but the first 3 aren't really covers in the same way as the rest, right?

[jeffb01]

here's a great cover I just discovered. It's been on heavy rotation:

OFF! - Rotten Apple (from the "compared to what" single)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5dk9B6sTk

Here's the original version by ID:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr15v_MLVcs

[paul]

Husker Du - 8 Miles High

Correct Answer

[Janelle]

Well, this is one post where I got "lost in space" so I'll try again:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Police Beat
Sticks and Stones - Synchronicity II
Sticks and Stones - Moon Over Marin
Hole - Over the Edge
X - Soul Kitchen
Agent Orange - Pipeline
JFA - Walk Don't Run
Warzone - Real Enemy

[MXV]

Well, this is one post where I got "lost in space" so I'll try again:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Police Beat
Sticks and Stones - Synchronicity II
Sticks and Stones - Moon Over Marin
Hole - Over the Edge
X - Soul Kitchen
Agent Orange - Pipeline
JFA - Walk Don't Run
Warzone - Real Enemy

Your post reminded me of two!

Bedlam - Lost in Space theme (this is so damn good)
Bedlam - Generation Landslide (on the same record as Lost in Space)

[JGJR]

Well, this is one post where I got "lost in space" so I'll try again:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Police Beat
Sticks and Stones - Synchronicity II
Sticks and Stones - Moon Over Marin
Hole - Over the Edge
X - Soul Kitchen
Agent Orange - Pipeline
JFA - Walk Don't Run
Warzone - Real Enemy

Your post reminded me of two!

Bedlam - Lost in Space theme (this is so damn good)
Bedlam - Generation Landslide (on the same record as Lost in Space)

Big ups on the Sticks and Stones mention. They did a great version of "Atlantic City" (Springsteen) and "Thin White Line" by The Avengers, too!

[akissfan]

Motorhead - Shoot 'Em Down

[JGJR]

Motorhead - Shoot 'Em Down

There's a great Morphine song by that name, but I imagine that Motorhead song is something completely different.

[akissfan]

Motorhead - Shoot 'Em Down

There's a great Morphine song by that name, but I imagine that Motorhead song is something completely different.

It's Motorhead covering Twisted Sister.

[Janelle]

The Business - Do They Owe Us a Living?
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
The Damned - Looking at You <3
The Damned - White Rabbit
Deep Lust - The Changeling
Inhuman - New Rose
Die Hunns - Did You No Wrong

[Janelle]

Well, this is one post where I got "lost in space" so I'll try again:

Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Police Beat
Sticks and Stones - Synchronicity II
Sticks and Stones - Moon Over Marin
Hole - Over the Edge
X - Soul Kitchen
Agent Orange - Pipeline
JFA - Walk Don't Run
Warzone - Real Enemy

Your post reminded me of two

Bedlam - Lost in Space theme (this is so damn good)
Bedlam - Generation Landslide (on the same record as Lost in Space)

Big ups on the Sticks and Stones mention. They did a great version of "Atlantic City" (Springsteen) and "Thin White Line" by The Avengers, too!

Yeah, that "Atlantic City" cover is pretty amazing

[JGJR]

The Business - Do They Owe Us a Living?
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
The Damned - Looking at You <3
The Damned - White Rabbit
Deep Lust - The Changeling
Inhuman - New Rose
Die Hunns - Did You No Wrong

I never knew that "Troops of Tomorrow" was a cover! I second that Damned pick (particularly "Looking at You"; my favorite version of that song, though the MC5 original and the White Stripes version both rip, too).

[Janelle]

The Business - Do They Owe Us a Living?
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
The Damned - Looking at You <3
The Damned - White Rabbit
Deep Lust - The Changeling
Inhuman - New Rose
Die Hunns - Did You No Wrong

I never knew that "Troops of Tomorrow" was a cover! I second that Damned pick (particularly "Looking at You"; my favorite version of that song, though the MC5 original and the White Stripes version both rip, too).

Troops of Tomorrow was the Vibrators

[JGJR]

The Business - Do They Owe Us a Living?
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
The Damned - Looking at You <3
The Damned - White Rabbit
Deep Lust - The Changeling
Inhuman - New Rose
Die Hunns - Did You No Wrong

I never knew that "Troops of Tomorrow" was a cover! I second that Damned pick (particularly "Looking at You"; my favorite version of that song, though the MC5 original and the White Stripes version both rip, too).

Troops of Tomorrow was the Vibrators

I know that now since I looked it up, but yeah never been a big fan (as you know).

[Janelle]

The Business - Do They Owe Us a Living?
The Exploited - Troops of Tomorrow
The Damned - Looking at You <3
The Damned - White Rabbit
Deep Lust - The Changeling
Inhuman - New Rose
Die Hunns - Did You No Wrong

I never knew that "Troops of Tomorrow" was a cover! I second that Damned pick (particularly "Looking at You"; my favorite version of that song, though the MC5 original and the White Stripes version both rip, too).

Troops of Tomorrow was the Vibrators

never been a big fan (as you know).

Aw, it's ok, we all have our faults

[NotBaker]

I'll just leave this here-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KncYEvCizic