A list of songs Melvins have covered both live and in the studio sorted by original artist name.
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Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Reagan's War Puppets
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The Accused
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The First LP
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(live only - 1986)
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Sin City
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AC/DC
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Powerage
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(live only - 1985)
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The Boy From New York City
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The Ad-libs; The Darts
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The Boy From New York City single
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(live only - 2008 Tour)
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Whipping Post
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The Allman Brothers Band
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The Allman Brothers Band
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(live only - 2001) Dale sang some of the chorus after "With Teeth"
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I Can't Shake It
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The Angels; Great White
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No Exit
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I Can't Shake It/Some Girls split 7" with the Cosmic Psychos
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B
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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I Want to Hold Your Hand
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The Beatles; Moving Sidewalks
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Something New; Flash
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(live only - 2004-05)
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I Am The Walrus/Revolution #9
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The Beatles
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Abbey Road/White Album
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(live only - WMPG 1999) - medley of the 2 songs
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I've Got To Run
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Black Flag
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TV Party
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(live only - 1992)
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Six Pack
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Black Flag
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Damaged
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(live only - 1986)
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Into The Void
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Black Sabbath
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Master of Reality
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(live, 1993)
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Iron Man
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Black Sabbath
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Paranoid
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(live only - 1985, also WMPG 1999)
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Symptom of the Universe
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Black Sabbath
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Sabotage
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Hate The Police/Symptom Of The Universe split 7" with Mudhoney
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Tomorrow's Dream
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Black Sabbath
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Volume 4
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(live only - 1986)
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Out Of Focus
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Blue Cheer
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Vincebus Eruptum
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(live only)
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Parchment Farm
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Blue Cheer; Mose Allison
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Vincebus Eruptum
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(live only - 1992)
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Cherub
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Butthole Surfers
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Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac
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Millennium Monsterwork 2000 and live, 2000/01)
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C
D
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Mr. DNA
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DEVO
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Duty Now For The Future
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Live, August 2009
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E
F
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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G
H
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Theme From The Andy Griffith Show (whistle version)
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Earle Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer
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(live only - 1997/99)
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Okie From Muskogee
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Merle Haggard
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Okie From Muskogee
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The Crybaby
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I
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Rainbow's Gold
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Iron Maiden
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2 Minutes to Midnight B-side
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(live only)
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Running Free
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Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden
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(live only)
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J
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Blockbuster
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Jesus Lizard
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Pure EP
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The Crybaby
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Chrome
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Jesus Lizard; Chrome
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Chrome 7"
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(live only - 2005/09 (with David Yow)
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Living After Midnight
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Judas Priest
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British Steel
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live, 1997
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Running Wild
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Judas Priest
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Hell Bent For Leather
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(live only)
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K
L
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Dazed and Confused
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Led Zeppelin; Jake Holmes; Yardbirds
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Led Zeppelin
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1995 WRIU Radio Show Soundcheck
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Trash Can Baby
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The Lewd
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Kill Yourself 7"
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(live only)
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M
N
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Amazing Grace/New Britain
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Words: John Newton, Melody: Unknown
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Olney Hymns/Southern Harmony
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live 1997
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
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Nirvana
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Nevermind
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The Crybaby
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Stranglehold
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Ted Nugent
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live, 1994
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O
Song
|
Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Q
Song
|
Original Artist
|
Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Now I'm Here
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Queen
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Sheer Heart Attack
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(live only - 2000/01 Tour)
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R
S
Song
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Original Artist
|
Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Star Spangled Banner
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John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key
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Star Spangled Banner EP
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Boss Hoss
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The Sonics
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Here Are The Sonics
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Boss Hoss/Patton Oswalt split 7"
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Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
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The Spaniels
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live, 2007 Tour
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Down on the Street
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The Stooges
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Fun House
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(live, Spring 1990 US Tour)
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Loose
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The Stooges
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Fun House
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(live, 1985-92)
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T
U
Song
|
Original Artist
|
Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Lacrimosa
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unknown (possibly Thomas of Celano)
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The Lacrimosa is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem mass
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Stag
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V
Song
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Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Venus in Furs
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The Velvet Underground
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The Velvet Underground & Nico
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Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs Nirvana split 7"
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Hawaii Five-O
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The Ventures
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Hawaii Five-O
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live/rehearsal
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W
Song
|
Original Artist
|
Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Arny/Arnie
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Warlock Pinchers
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Deadly Kung Fu Action
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Foaming 7"
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My Generation
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The Who
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My Generation
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live, 2008/09 Tour
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Ramblin' Man
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Hank Williams
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Take These Chains from My Heart B-side
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The Crybaby
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Rock & Roll McDonald's
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Wesley Willis
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Greatest Hits
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live, Jelvins 2005 Tour
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Let Me Roll It
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Wings
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Band on the Run
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live, 25th Anniversary Tour May 2009
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Youth of America
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The Wipers
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Youth of America
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Electroretard
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Song
|
Original Artist
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Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Y
Song
|
Original Artist
|
Original Album
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Where Melvins Covered It
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Rockin' In The Free World
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Neil Young
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Freedom
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live, West Coast 1990 Shows
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