We've had every other cover thread, how about some Sex Pistols?

[LemonTree]

We've had The Beatles, The Ramones and a Bowie cover thread lately. Anyone got any Sex Pistols?

Here's mine....

Recorded about 2 years ago. Equipment is in the link

NEW YORK - HiFi

NEW YORK - Download

Drums are Fruity Loops, Guitars V-Amp Pro, Bass DI'd, Vocals SM58

 

[A Reel Person]

That was great!!

Actually, I don't remember the Sex Pistol to have played that well or sounded that good!!

You captured the essence of it all superbly.

 

[LemonTree]

Thanks Dave.

Think what I was most pleased with was the guitar tones I got from a beat up old strat copy and the V-Amp Pro....a far cry from Steve Jones' White Gibson Les Paul and the Fender Twin Reverb he used

 

[Dogman]

Very cool man. Dig the tone on the guitar. Fits well. Actually, so does the vox. Sound really similar to the original style. Nice job on this.
Ed

 

[B.SABBATH]

pretty cool.. singer did a good job.. mix seems way over compressed to me and it makes it a little ear fatiguing.. nice job with the drums especially considering it was done with fruity.. guitars sound good but the over compression is hurting the overall mix imop.. like everything is too leveled.. cool otherwise though..

we do a cover of 'bodies' but it hasn't been recorded properly..

 

[madmush]

Excellent, lemon!

"you're condemned to eternal bullshiiiiit" LOL

i love Pistols!!!!

the last wailing guitar stunt sounds brilliant....


i'm gonna do one in 2 hours and put it up only for this thread!

probably "lazy sod"....

 

[A Reel Person]

I may have to learn one!

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[MadAudio]

Nice one, LemonTree! Is that all you?

 

[LemonTree]

Nice one, LemonTree! Is that all you?

I'm on everything but the vocals. That's an old mate of mine Graham "BEEFY" Thomson I played in a punk band called Mental Abuse with way back in 1985

 

[A Reel Person]

He captured that sneering, spitting, drunken swagger in his vocals,...

like it was natural!

 

[LemonTree]

like it was natural!

Well I was involved so there's a 98.7% chance beer was involved that day too

I'm really lookin forward to hearing some more covers. I can't be the only Pistols fan on the board

 

[MadAudio]

I'm really lookin forward to hearing some more covers. I can't be the only Pistols fan on the board

I love the Pistols - in fact I saw 'em last year, and Steve Jones used my friend's Les Paul for about 4 songs! As for doing a cover, I may not have time right away....

 

[madmush]

HA HA HA........rarely did i have so much fun recording a cover,


2 hours 40 minutes, so forgive me if it's not a perfect copy like that's what you want sped it right up!

Mad Mush: Seventeen (Pistols cover)
Turning inside out to get that Engalisch twang on the vocals, oh shit.....and beerbelly ronnie biggs backing vocals.....ha ha ha...

 

[B.SABBATH]

HA HA HA........rarely did i have so much fun recording a cover,


2 hours 40 minutes, so forgive me if it's not a perfect copy like that's what you want sped it right up!

Mad Mush: Seventeen (Pistols cover)
Turning inside out to get that Engalisch twang on the vocals, oh shit.....and beerbelly ronnie biggs backing vocals.....ha ha ha...

nice job! drums are a little fake sounding but not too bad..

 

[madmush]

yepp, i don't think paul cook ever used double kicks
or did you refer to sound rather than arrangement?
i think the drums are hilarious!

 

[queepy]

Sounds good man....really dig the guitars!

 

[A Reel Person]

You lazy sod!

HA HA HA........rarely did i have so much fun recording a cover,


2 hours 40 minutes, so forgive me if it's not a perfect copy like that's what you want sped it right up!

Mad Mush: Seventeen (Pistols cover)
Turning inside out to get that Engalisch twang on the vocals, oh shit.....and beerbelly ronnie biggs backing vocals.....ha ha ha...

That was cool!

 

[LemonTree]

HA HA HA........rarely did i have so much fun recording a cover,


2 hours 40 minutes, so forgive me if it's not a perfect copy like that's what you want sped it right up!

Mad Mush: Seventeen (Pistols cover)
Turning inside out to get that Engalisch twang on the vocals, oh shit.....and beerbelly ronnie biggs backing vocals.....ha ha ha...

Excellent!

Your guitar tones reminded me of the version from the Dave Goodmans sessions that ended up on the Mini Album that surfaced mid 80s.

Your drums were an absolute scream! I wish I could throw them down as fast as that. Bass was solid and the vocal worthy of any Johnny impersinator.

I like it a lot, fun and quirky

 

[madmush]

Thanks Lemontree,

I've learnt a lot from this little job......on my next album, i'm gonna have more fun

Lydon was/is such a funny bloke, and his singing with pistols, angry as he was, was hilarious....but on your cover, you sing in your own style, and it works really well, you've got very good vocals!....on my recording, i got totally carried away, almost taking the piss of johnny

....hope there are more covers on the way!