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|''Powerage''
|''Powerage''
|(live only - 1985)
|(live only - 1985)
|-
|'''The Boy From New York City'''
|The Ad-libs; The Darts
|''The Boy From New York City'' single
|(live only - 2008 Tour)
|-
|'''Whipping Post'''
|The Allman Brothers Band
|''The Allman Brothers Band''
|(live only - 2001) Dale sang some of the chorus after "With Teeth"
|-
|-
|'''[[I Can't Shake It]] '''  
|'''[[I Can't Shake It]] '''  
|[[The Angels]]; Great White
|[[The Angels]]
|''No Exit''
|''No Exit''
|'''[[I Can't Shake It/Some Girls]]''' split 7" with the Cosmic Psychos
|'''[[I Can't Shake It/Some Girls]]''' split 7" with the Cosmic Psychos
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|'''Original Album'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''I Want to Hold Your Hand'''
|The Beatles; Moving Sidewalks
|''Something New; Flash''
|(live only - 2004-05)
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|-
|'''I Am The Walrus/Revolution #9'''
|'''I Am The Walrus/Revolution #9'''
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|Blue Cheer; Mose Allison
|Blue Cheer; Mose Allison
|''Vincebus Eruptum''
|''Vincebus Eruptum''
|(live only - 1992)
|(live 1992)
|-
|-
|'''[[Cherub]]'''
|'''[[Cherub]]'''
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|''Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac''
|''Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac''
|'''[[Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]''' and live, 2000/01)
|'''[[Millennium Monsterwork 2000]]''' and live, 2000/01)
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|'''[[Graveyard]]'''
||Butthole Surfers
|''Locust Abortion Technician''
|(live 2013-15)
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|'''[[Moving To Florida]]'''
||Butthole Surfers
|''Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis''
|(live 2015)
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|John Cage
|John Cage
|
|
|'''[[Shit Sandwich ... and you just took a bite]]''' 7"
|'''[[Shit Sandwich]]''' 7"
|-
|-
|'''[[Dies Irae]]''' (or "Day of Wrath")
|'''[[Dies Irae]]'''
|Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind/Based on the traditional Catholic funeral dirge "Dies Irae" and Berlioz's "Symphonie Fantastique"
|Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind/traditional
|''"The Shining" Original Soundtrack''
|''"The Shining" Original Soundtrack''
|'''[[Nude With Boots]]'''
|'''[[Nude With Boots]]'''
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|[[Clown Alley]]
|[[Clown Alley]]
|''Circus of Chaos''
|''Circus of Chaos''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]''';'''[[Tanx]]'''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]''';''' (Peel Session)'''
|-
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|'''[[Halo of Flies]]'''
|'''[[Halo of Flies]]'''
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|'''Original Album'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Lady in Red'''
|Chris DeBurgh
|
|Live, 2007
|-
|-
|'''Mr. DNA'''
|'''Mr. DNA'''
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|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|-
|'''Frankenstein'''
|The Edgar Winter Group
|''They Only Come Out at Night''
|(live only, heard during the 2007 tour in Costa Mesa)
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|'''[[Someday]]'''
|'''[[Someday]]'''
|[[Flipper]]
|[[Flipper]]
|American Grafishy
|''American Grafishy''
|'''[[Love Canal/Someday]]''' 5"
|'''[[Love Canal/Someday]]''' 5"
|-
|-
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|[[Flipper]]
|[[Flipper]]
|''Album Generic Flipper''
|''Album Generic Flipper''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]'''; '''[[Tanx]]'''
|'''[[Singles 1-12]]''' '''(Peel Session)'''
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|Green River
|Green River
|demo cassette
|demo cassette
|'''[[Gluey Porch Treatments]]'''; '''[[Singles 1-12]]'''
|'''[[Gluey Porch Treatments]]'''; '''[[Singles 1-12]] (Peel Session)'''
|-
|-
|'''[[Promise Me]]'''
|'''[[Promise Me]]'''
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|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|-
|'''Theme From The Andy Griffith Show (whistle version)'''
|'''Theme From The Andy Griffith Show'''
|Earle Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer
|Earle Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer
|
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|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|-
|'''Rainbow's Gold'''
|'''Ambition'''
|Iron Maiden
|Iggy Pop; Glen Matlock
|''2 Minutes to Midnight'' B-side
|''Soldier''  
|(live only)
|'Hard Ons + Melvins Split 7"'
|-
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|'''Running Free'''
|Iron Maiden
|''Iron Maiden''
|(live only)
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|'''Chrome'''
|'''Chrome'''
|Jesus Lizard; Chrome
|Jesus Lizard; Chrome
|''Chrome'' 7"
|''Chrome'' 7"; Chrome - ''Half Machine Lip Moves'' (medley of '''TV as Eyes/Abstract Nympho''')
|(live only - 2005/09 (with David Yow)
|(live only - 2005/09 (with David Yow)
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|live, 1997
|live, 1997
|-
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|'''Running Wild'''
|Judas Priest
|''Hell Bent For Leather''
|(live only)
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|'''Original Album'''
|'''Original Album'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|'''Bacon Industry'''
|[[Karp]]
|''Self Titled LP''
|(live, 2010)
|-
|'''Attitude'''
|[[The Kinks]]
|''Low Budget''
|'''[[Everybody Loves Sausages]]'''
|-
|'''Victoria'''
|[[The Kinks]]
|''Arthur''
|'''[[Tribute To The Kinks 7"]]'''
|-
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|'''Cold Gin'''
|'''Cold Gin'''
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|(live only - 1985/86)
|(live only - 1985/86)
|-
|-
|'''Freedom Run'''
|Kyuss
|''Blues for the Red Sun''
|(live, 1993)
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|-
|'''Dazed and Confused'''
|'''Dazed and Confused'''
|Led Zeppelin; Jake Holmes; Yardbirds
|Led Zeppelin
|''Led Zeppelin''
|''Led Zeppelin''
|1995 WRIU Radio Show Soundcheck
|1995 WRIU Radio Show Soundcheck
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|''Rock and Roll Queen''
|''Rock and Roll Queen''
|(live, 1993)
|(live, 1993)
|-
|'''I Want to Hold Your Hand'''
|Moving Sidewalks; The Beatles
|''Flash''
|(live only - 2004-05)
|-
|-
|'''[[Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More]]'''
|'''[[Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More]]'''
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|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
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|'''Amazing Grace'''/New Britain
|'''Amazing Grace'''
|''Words'': John Newton, ''Melody'': Unknown
|''traditional''
|''Olney Hymns''/''Southern Harmony''
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|live 1997
|live 1997
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|-
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|Pink Floyd
|Pink Floyd
|''Soundtrack from the Film More''
|''Soundtrack from the Film More''
|(live only - 1991)
|(live 1991)
|-
|-
|'''[[Adolescent Wet Dream]]'''
|'''[[Adolescent Wet Dream]]'''
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|Queen
|Queen
|''Sheer Heart Attack''
|''Sheer Heart Attack''
|(live only - 2000/01 Tour)
|('''Everybody Loves Sausages''' / live 2000-01 Tour)
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|(live only)
|(live only)
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|-
|'''[[Butcher Town]]'''
|The Ronsons
|
|'''[[Sawed Off]]''' 7"
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|'''[[You'll Be Taken Care Of]]'''
|The Ronsons
|
|'''[[Sawed Off]]''' 7"
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|''Heathen Earth''
|''Heathen Earth''
|'''[[In Formation: A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle]]'''
|'''[[In Formation: A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle]]'''
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|'''[[Hamburger Lady]]'''
|Throbbing Gristle
|''D.O.A: The Third And Final Report''
|'''[[Tribute to Throbbing Gristle 7"]]'''
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|'''[[Subhuman]]'''
|Throbbing Gristle
|''Heathen Earth''
|'''[[Tribute to Throbbing Gristle 7"]]'''
|-
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|'''[[Buick MacKane]]'''
|'''[[Buick MacKane]]'''
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|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|'''Where Melvins Covered It'''
|-
|-
|'''?'''
|'''Lacrimosa'''
|?
|unknown (possibly Thomas of Celano)
|?
|''The Lacrimosa'' is part of the '''[[Dies Irae]]''' sequence in the ''Requiem'' mass
|?
|'''[[Stag]]'''
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|''The Velvet Underground & Nico''
|''The Velvet Underground & Nico''
|'''[[Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs]]''' Nirvana split 7"
|'''[[Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs]]''' Nirvana split 7"
|-
|'''[[Warhead]]'''
|Venom
|''Warhead 7"''
|'''[[Everybody Loves Sausages]]'''
|-
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|'''Hawaii Five-O'''
|'''Hawaii Five-O'''

Latest revision as of 15:24, 12 June 2015

A list of songs Melvins have covered both live and in the studio sorted by original artist name.

A

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Reagan's War Puppets The Accused The First LP (live only - 1986)
Sin City AC/DC Powerage (live only - 1985)
I Can't Shake It The Angels No Exit I Can't Shake It/Some Girls split 7" with the Cosmic Psychos

B

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
I Am The Walrus/Revolution #9 The Beatles Abbey Road/White Album (live only - WMPG 1999) - medley of the 2 songs
I've Got To Run Black Flag TV Party (live only - 1992)
Six Pack Black Flag Damaged (live only - 1986)
Into The Void Black Sabbath Master of Reality (live, 1993)
Iron Man Black Sabbath Paranoid (live only - 1985, also WMPG 1999)
Symptom of the Universe Black Sabbath Sabotage Hate The Police/Symptom Of The Universe split 7" with Mudhoney
Tomorrow's Dream Black Sabbath Volume 4 (live only - 1986)
Out Of Focus Blue Cheer Vincebus Eruptum (live only)
Parchment Farm Blue Cheer; Mose Allison Vincebus Eruptum (live 1992)
Cherub Butthole Surfers Psychic... Powerless... Another Man's Sac Millennium Monsterwork 2000 and live, 2000/01)
Graveyard Butthole Surfers Locust Abortion Technician (live 2013-15)
Moving To Florida Butthole Surfers Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis (live 2015)

C

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
4'33" John Cage Shit Sandwich 7"
Dies Irae Wendy Carlos & Rachel Elkind/traditional "The Shining" Original Soundtrack Nude With Boots
Candy-O The Cars Candy-O Ozma
Just What I Needed The Cars The Cars (live only - 1991)
Tequila The Champs (live only - 2000/01 Tour)
Surrender Cheap Trick Heaven Tonight (live only)
Bang, Bang Cher; Nancy Sinatra (live only - 1985)
Theme Clown Alley Circus of Chaos Singles 1-12; (Peel Session)
Halo of Flies Alice Cooper Killer live, 2001; Sieg Howdy!
Return of the Spiders Alice Cooper Easy Action Dr. Geek 7"
Second Coming/Ballad Of Dwight Fry Alice Cooper Love It To Death Lysol
Missing The Cows Peacetika Electroretard
Deserted Cities of the Heart Cream Wheels of Fire (live only - 2007)

D

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Mr. DNA DEVO Duty Now For The Future Live, August 2009

E

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It

F

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) Fleetwood Mac The Green Manalishi (With The Two Pronged Crown) 7" The Maggot
Love Canal Flipper Sex Bomb Baby Love Canal/Someday 5"
Sacrifice Flipper Gone Fishin' Lysol
Someday Flipper American Grafishy Love Canal/Someday 5"
Way Of The World Flipper Album Generic Flipper Singles 1-12 (Peel Session)

G

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Lexicon Devil Germs Lexicon Devil 7" Lizzy CD Single; Singles 1-12
Leech Green River demo cassette Gluey Porch Treatments; Singles 1-12 (Peel Session)
Promise Me Gun Club Fire Of Love Fool 7"

H

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Theme From The Andy Griffith Show Earle Hagen & Herbert W. Spencer (live only - 1997/99)
Okie From Muskogee Merle Haggard Okie From Muskogee The Crybaby

I

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Ambition Iggy Pop; Glen Matlock Soldier 'Hard Ons + Melvins Split 7"'

J

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Blockbuster Jesus Lizard Pure EP The Crybaby
Chrome Jesus Lizard; Chrome Chrome 7"; Chrome - Half Machine Lip Moves (medley of TV as Eyes/Abstract Nympho) (live only - 2005/09 (with David Yow)
Living After Midnight Judas Priest British Steel live, 1997

K

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Bacon Industry Karp Self Titled LP (live, 2010)
Attitude The Kinks Low Budget Everybody Loves Sausages
Victoria The Kinks Arthur Tribute To The Kinks 7"
Cold Gin KISS KISS (live, 1986)
Detroit Rock City KISS Destroyer Star Spangled Banner EP
Firehouse KISS KISS (live, 1986)
God of Thunder KISS Destroyer Hard To Believe: A KISS Covers Compilation
Going Blind KISS Hotter Than Hell Houdini
I Want You KISS Rock and Roll Over Live @ KOKO, London 2005
Living in Sin KISS Gene Simmons Ozma (Intro to Creepy Smell)
Love Theme (from KISS) KISS KISS Ozma (As Love Thing)
Makin' Love KISS Rock and Roll Over left off the Making Love Demos
Rip It Out KISS Ace Frehley (live only - 1985/86)
She KISS Dressed To Kill (live only - 1985/86)

L

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Dazed and Confused Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin 1995 WRIU Radio Show Soundcheck
Trash Can Baby The Lewd Kill Yourself 7" (live only)

M

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands Malfunkshun Deep Six With Yo' Heart, Not Yo' Hands 7"
Soup Line March of Crimes demo cassette live, 'Melvins 1983' Tour 2009
Poison MC5 High Time Singles 1-12; Wayne Kramer - The Hard Stuff
Rocket Reducer #62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa) MC5 Kick Out The Jams Hooch and Lizzy CD Singles
I Got The Fire Montrose live, December 01, 1990 Ann Arbor, MI - Club Heidelberg
Magic and Ecstasy Ennio Morricone Exorcist II: The Heretic live/rehearsal
Jerkin' Krokus/Jerkin' Crocus Mott The Hoople All The Young Dudes Judas Chang 7"
Rock and Roll Queen Mott The Hoople Rock and Roll Queen (live, 1993)
I Want to Hold Your Hand Moving Sidewalks; The Beatles Flash (live only - 2004-05)
Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More/I Dreamed, I Dream Steel Pole Bathtub split 7"

N

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Amazing Grace traditional live 1997
Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana Nevermind The Crybaby
Stranglehold Ted Nugent live, 1994

O

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
? ? ? ?

P

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Interstellar Overdrive Pink Floyd The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn Interstellar Overdrive EP; Electroretard
The Nile Song Pink Floyd Soundtrack from the Film More (live 1991)
Adolescent Wet Dream Pussy Galore Sugarshit Sharp EP Night Goat 7"

Q

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Now I'm Here Queen Sheer Heart Attack (Everybody Loves Sausages / live 2000-01 Tour)

R

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Today, Your Love... Tomorrow, The World The Ramones The Ramones Brain Center 7"
I Am Woman Helen Reddy (live only)

S

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Star Spangled Banner John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key Star Spangled Banner EP
Boss Hoss The Sonics Here Are The Sonics Boss Hoss/Patton Oswalt split 7"
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight The Spaniels live, 2007 Tour
Down on the Street The Stooges Fun House (live, Spring 1990 US Tour)
Loose The Stooges Fun House (live, 1985-92)

T

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Dreamachine Throbbing Gristle Heathen Earth In Formation: A Tribute to Throbbing Gristle
Hamburger Lady Throbbing Gristle D.O.A: The Third And Final Report Tribute to Throbbing Gristle 7"
Subhuman Throbbing Gristle Heathen Earth Tribute to Throbbing Gristle 7"
Buick MacKane T-Rex The Slider Great Jewish Music: Marc Bolan
White Punks On Dope The Tubes The Tubes Foaming 7"

U

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Lacrimosa unknown (possibly Thomas of Celano) The Lacrimosa is part of the Dies Irae sequence in the Requiem mass Stag

V

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Venus in Furs The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground & Nico Here She Comes Now/Venus in Furs Nirvana split 7"
Warhead Venom Warhead 7" Everybody Loves Sausages
Hawaii Five-O The Ventures Hawaii Five-O live/rehearsal

W

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Arny/Arnie Warlock Pinchers Deadly Kung Fu Action Foaming 7"
My Generation The Who My Generation live, 2008/09 Tour
Ramblin' Man Hank Williams Take These Chains from My Heart B-side The Crybaby
Rock & Roll McDonald's Wesley Willis Greatest Hits live, Jelvins 2005 Tour
Let Me Roll It Wings Band on the Run live, 25th Anniversary Tour May 2009
Youth of America The Wipers Youth of America Electroretard

X

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
? ? ? ?

Y

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Rockin' In The Free World Neil Young Freedom live, West Coast 1990 Shows

Z

Song Original Artist Original Album Where Melvins Covered It
Nasty Dogs and Funky Kings ZZ Top Fandango! live 1994/95; Singles 1-12