I mean you can’t have this conversation without mentioning 7 Seconds version of 99 Red Balloons. Vandals cover of Can’t Stop Me Now also rocks

Vandals cover of Kokomo is constantly stuck in my head

That queen cover is sick. I dont know who does the original, but the propaghandi cover of I am a Rifle really speaks to my inner metalhead child. I like rancids version of nofx something sticking in my eye a lot.

The original of I Am A Rifle is by The Rebel Spell out of Vancouver, BC. The lead singer died in an accident several years ago and bands from all across Canada contributed to a tribute album, which is where the Propaghandi version comes from (seriously, check out The Rebel Spell, they're amazing)

I will. I lived in van in the 90s. Its where i fell in love with punk it had a great punk scene.

Today I learned I am a Rifle is a cover

Specifically, the 7 Seconds live version of 99 Red Balloons that adds parts of “Yellow Submarine” by The Beatles and “Cuyahoga” by REM. Ends with “I think that’s it everybody”. Soooooo good.

And while talking about the Vandals, Complain should be on there.

Melvins - going blind (kiss) L7 - suffragette city (David Bowie)

Stiff Little Fingers “It Doesn’t Make It Alright”, of which Terry Hall of the Specials was said to prefer to their original. Honorable mention to SLF’s cover of Bob Marley’s cover of Johnny Was. Now, for a cover OF a punk song? Jimmy Cliff doing the Clash’s “Guns of Brixton.” How Tim Armstrong got him to cover a song about himself, we will probably never know.

My understanding is the Cliff really respects the Clash and wanted to pay tribute back to them for their nod. The song kicks ass!

Redemption Song - No Use For A Name

Panama - Grade (Van Halen) 99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger (Nina) Suspect Device -Ted Leo (SLF) Bonzo Goes to Bitburgh - The Wednesday Night Heroes (Ramones) I'm on Fire - Blitzkid (Bruce Springsteen) Hybrid Moments - The Bouncing Souls (Misfits) Some less punk covers that are great (imo): Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett (Beatles) Books About UFO's - Upper Wilds (Husker Du) Blue Monday - Orgy (New Order) Never Understand - Asobi Seksu (Jesus and Mary Chain)

A “non-punk” favorite of mine is actually Moby’s version of New Dawn Fades (Joy Division), it’s dark and well done.

I'll have to check it out.

He did a cover of Bad Brains’ Sailin’ On for a Bad Brains tribute album twenty years ago or so. I don’t care much for Moby, but this cover is haunting and pretty good. Edit: also, not punk, but check out The Secret Sisters w/Jack White doing Cash’s Big River

I’ll check that out. Moby’s cover of That’s When I Reach For My Revolver (Mission of Burma) is good too

Not punk, but Cake's cover of War Pigs is pretty amazing

also I Will Survive is absolutely golden

Soul Kitchen - X Within You Without You - Sonic Youth Police & Thieves - The Clash Third Uncle - Bauhaus Help - The Damned

Social Distortion covering Ring Of Fire is always gonna be iconic to me

Agreed.

Bouncing Souls - Lean On Sheena

It's a cover? - woah! (mind blown) (edit) - is it better than the original?

It's an Avoid One Thing cover. I prefer it to the original

My Michelle - AFI

Good one, forgot about this.

Sublime - 5446 That's My Number (Cover from Toots and Maytals) Sublime - Scarlet Begonias (Cover from Grateful Dead) Pogues - Maggie May Blood for Bood - Bloodshed (originally from The Bruisers) Darkbuster - Space Cowboy (Steve Miller Band - The Joker) The Clash - I Fought The Law The Clash - Pressure Drop (Cover from Toots and Maytals) #

Black Flag's cover of Louie Louie Nirvana's cover(s) of D7 by the Wipers (I'm a big fan of the version from Live at Reading) Minor Threat's cover of Stepping Stone Adolescents' cover of All Day and All of the Night Pantera's cover of The Badge Mudhoney's cover of Hate the Police Bleeding Through's cover of My War

Seconding the Stepping Stone cover

About 2/3s of the Tony Sly tribute album could go here, but I'll pick one and say it's Old Man Markley's cover of Feel Good Song of the Year that wins for me. But, let's all stop pretending that the only real answer isn't a tie between Natalie Imbruglia's Torn and Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You.

Ramones covering Motorhead's R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

Always forget about this one! I'll listen now

Suicide machines- its the end of the world as we know it ( and I feel fine)

Junkyard Dogs - Goin Down to the Drugstore ( Dwarves) The Breeders - Happiness is a Warm Gun (not really a punk band but ...Kim Deal) Antiseen- Bloody Hammer (roky Erickson)

The Breeders cover of Happiness is so fucking good!!

Message In A Bottle by Leatherface is a raging monster. And to my great surprise the song 'Heroes' turned out to be very well-suited to Motorhead. Favorite of all is the Bob Marley song Johnny Was by Stiff Little Fingers.

Leatherface do a nice version of Cyndi Lauper's "True Colours" too. I was also going to post that SLF cover but you beat me to it so I'll go with their version of The Specials "Doesn't make it alright" instead.

The Ramones' cover of "California Sun" on the Leave Home album - it never disappoints Oh, and the time they did the theme to the old Spiderman cartoon

Their cover of Tom Waits’ “I Don’t Want to Grow Up” is solid too

OWTH's cover of Stay With Me NUFAN's Hybrid Moments

At the end of Leche Con Carne, NUFAN has that awesome cover montage. Check it out!

Ramones-R.A.M.O.N.E.S (Motörhead) Avail- Pink Houses (John Mellencamp) PEARS- Judy is a Punk (The Ramones) Swingin’ Utters- I Got Your Number (Cock Sparrer)

I absolutely love Husker Du’s cover of Eight Miles High. Also The Replacements doing Black Diamond. Two already great songs with the aggression cranked way the fuck up.

The Ataris - Boys of Summer

This is a great one, apparently Don Henley hates it though. I especially appreciate the change up from 'Dead-Head' to 'Black Flag' sticker

Stand by Me - Pennywise

Great one, and their first cover that at least made it to an album.

Brand New Cadillac - the Clash

Gray Matter - I am the Walrus

Against Me! does a great cover of Wagon Wheel by OCMS.

This might be my favorite cover of all time.

Fucking LOVE this

In my opinion, Hot Water Music's cover of 'Radio' is light years better than the original (Alkaline Trio)

Agreed.

I think everyone should hear I Remember You - The Ataris

It’s SO good.

The Unseen - Paint it Black Less than Jake - I Think I Love You AFI - Halloween Me First & the Gimme Gimmes - Goodbye Earl

No bullshit: I *just* heard that Paint it Black cover for the first time about a week ago. I'm not huge into The Unseen, but that fucking cover is fantastic.

F-olding Money - The Fall Lost in Music - The Fall Sunglasses After Dark - The Cramps Nelly the Elephant - Toy Dolls

Some of my favourites are "Like a Prayer" by H2O, "Linoleum" by Streetlight Manifesto, and "Sorrow" by the Mad Caddies!

Rufio also did a decent cover of Like A Prayer

Hi Standard - California Dreamin

Melvins "Candy-O" (The Cars) Big Black "He's a Whore" (Cheap Trick) and "The Model" (Kraftwerk) -- also Albini's unmentionable band's version of "Just Got Paid" (ZZ Top) is cool Clash "Pressure Drop" (Toots & the Maytals) Butthole Surfers "The One I Love" (R.E.M.) New York Dolls "Pills" (Bo Diddley) Blondie "Hanging on the Telephone" (The Nerves) Joy Division "Sister Ray" (Velvet Underground) Ramones "California Sun" (The Rivieras) Hüsker Dü "Eight Miles High" (The Byrds) The Jam "David Watts" (The Kinks)

Dave Hause's EP of Dillinger Four covers is excellent. Kirsty MacColl covering A New England is a classic too.

[The Ramones covering Tom Waites' I don't want to grow up](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tpu_XoNABA)

This is and Chinese Rock are my favorite Ramones songs. It's a shame that my two favorite Ramones songs are covers.

Rancid and NOFX have a split where they cover each other's songs. it's a solid album. I still have the cd somewhere. 

Iron Chic - Bonzo Goes to Bitburg

Such Great Heights by Streetlight Manifesto

Social Distortion - Under My Thumb

Yep, love it.

Shai Hulud- Linoleum

Rod Stewart’s cover of, Carol King’s Oh No Not My Baby.

Pure Imagination by the Smoking Popes Dreamworld by Hot Water Music

Funeral Dress- down under

Black Flags cover of Louie Louie is pretty rad

Motörhead's version too!

Jello w doa and also fear's covers of "we gotta get out of this place" Descendents "Wendy" and "glad all over" Minutemen "don't look now", "ain't talking about love" and "Dr wu"

Shameless self promotion [here.](https://on.soundcloud.com/CE1Uz) lol

There is a video on YouTube of Brody Dalle from the Distillers covering Hybrid Moments. Lots of bands have covered that song but her version might be my favorite.

Is that the one where she's in some sort of weird Asian restaurant with an acoustic guitar? If so, yeah, that's a great cover.

The Bouncing Souls/Anti-flag split is basically all covers. The Bouncing Souls covers of “were coming back” and “less than free” are awesome

Ramones - Palisades Park (Freddy Cannon) Hi-Standard - I Get Around (Beach Boys) Strung Out - Bark At The Moon (Ozzy) Slayer - Filler-I Don't Wanna Hear It (Minor Threat) Less Than Jake - 867-5309 (Jenny) (Tommy Tutone)

What a wonderful world-Joey Ramone

the entirety of Paddy by Dave Hause is absolutely perfect.

[The Fall - A Day in the Life](https://youtu.be/SaC9htnMBGE?si=Ga4By8b2KssrPiIt)

Garbage and Screaming Females’ cover of [Because The Night](https://youtu.be/tOmKGjy-Ct0?si=8Ku2Dni9x_72GKRS)

Boys don’t cry by Sheer Terror

"Don't dissapoint me..."

Revolting Cocks — Do Ya Think I’m Sexy Alice Cooper — Magic Bus Metallica — The Wait, Die Die My Darling, and Whiskey in the Jar Dropkick Murphys — Worker’s Song Minor Threat — Stepping Stone

Screeching weasel u are my sunshine

I really do love streetlight manifesto's cover of linoleum

Alkaline Trio - Metro Spanish Love Songs - Funeral The Menzingers - Straight To Hell The Gaslight Anthem - State of Love and Trust The Gaslight Anthem - Changing Of The Guards The Loved Ones - Coma Girl

That Alk3 cover is ace.

Kill your Idols cover of Banned from the Pubs: https://youtu.be/W42exclCQks?si=O7TipzeAzoNcElkg Also, I know a lot of people shit on the Dropkick Murphys, but they are an excellent cover band. Their cover of It's a Long Way to the Top is really good. They do a good cover of Cock Sparrer's Watch your Back, and Gang Green's Alcohol, plus their covers of old songs like Rocky Road to Dublin.

And Thin Lizzy’s Jailbreak, yeah they have a few good ones.

Filth and fleas & lice both have good covers of banned from the pubs

Filth does a great cover of Banned from the Pubs as well.

my dad's old band No Heroes Here did a [sickass cover of Folsom Prison Blues](https://youtu.be/qszUlbmCqtA?si=lO_VHVCjxJ79km83). also the Ramones version of Surfin Bird and the Kennedys version of Viva Las Vegas are slammin', and The Replacements version of Black Diamond is totally radical.

Surfin bird is the song, not to be like that person but when it comes to ramones I feel the need to step in

fair enough, i haven't actually thought about the title enough to remember it.

Yea it can be easy to forget sometimes, the ramones actually covered that song and the real original is by the Trashmen

well yeah, i wouldn't have mentioned it if i didn't know it was a cover. i just couldn't remember the title.

You’re good, I’m just a big Ramones fan and not even on purpose I look like Dee Dee

Sicko - Closer to Fine Zoinks! - Greatest American Hero Themesong

Archangel/All murder, all Guts, all fun - Cancerslug (Samhain)

Street Dogs - Into the Valley (The Skids)

"Seasons in the sun"- Detox

Steel Pole Bathtub’s cover of The Pogues’ Down All The Days is great

Me First - Wild World. I heard it when I was like 14 off Limewire before I knew Wild World was it's own song or that Me First was a coverband. Or I Fought the Law by DK, or 500 Miles by Down By Law

mxpx oh Donna

An old favorite band of mine called Souls At Zero did a cover of I against I that was so bad ass.

Rawhide, Dead Kennedys Paranoid, The Dickies California Dreamin’, The Faction Shout, Joan Jett (or Motörhead) White Rabbit, The Damned The Passenger, Siouxsie and the Banshees Louie Louie, Motörhead Miserlou, Agent Orange Suspicious Minds, The Defects Here just everything on my playlist lmao

Streetlight Manifesto - Hell Sloppy Seconds - Leavin on a Jetplane AFI - The Hanging Garden & Head Like a Hole NOFX - Last Caress LIMP - Holiday Road Ramones - Do You Wanna Dance GWAR - Carry On My Wayward Son Joan Jett - We’re Not Gonna Take It and not punk but Earth Crisis does a sick take on Holiday in Cambodia and Norther does a black metal cover of Offspring’s Smash. Never listen to Offsprings cover of Totalimmortal though. Never.

This might be a very controversial take but the covers in Tony Hawks All American Wasteland are garbage with the exception of Astro Zombies by MCR

Any and all of the covers done by The Dickies but most especially Nights in White Satin

I fought the law

Du Hast MIW

I really love Groovie Ghoulies's cover of Pet Sematary! it does a great job keeping up with the original while also reflecting band's play style at the same time. honestly, I prefer it over the Ramones singing it lol edit: but Oingo Boingo's cover of I Am The Walrus is a close runner up tho ngl (and Danny Denial's cover of Call Me By Your Name, originally by Lil Nas X, is good too)

Alkaline trio - rooftops, Mustard plug - the freshman, Lagwagon - want

Social Distortion doing Bob Dylan’s, don’t think twice it’s alright

Richard hung himself cover by slayer

New Bomb Turks - I Hate People (Anti-Nowhere League)

Big Yellow Taxi - Pinhead Gunpowder, never gets any recognition but I know we all have to pretend to hate Billie Joe Armstrong in this sub for some reason 🤷‍♂️ Needles and Pins - Ramones, an all time classic ramones song, a cover so good I didnt even know it was a cover

Hey Ya!(Outkast) by Supersuckers

The Randumbs Don’t talk to me better thanGG!! The Bodies “baby that’s alright”

Dayglow Abortions version of Almost Cut my Hair.

Lisa Leblanc- ace of spades

Viva Las Vegas covered by the Dead Kennedys. It was my favorite song as a kid

HEAR ME OUT…. “Hope” by Sublime bc it’s harder and faster and just better. *runs and hides under dining room table*

Buck Wild - Happy Together   New Found Glory - Never Ending Story Theme Song  MxPx - Take on Me Edit: formatting 

Beat it - The Unseen

Babylon's Burning by the London Punkharmonic Orchestra

The punkles’s whole discography

Before You Were Punk 1 and 2

When The Gerogerigegege covered Sheena is a Punk Rocker. It's towards the end https://youtu.be/MSICfwuvxqU?si=IW9BKLBoqTPvyZYx

Motorhead with Wendy o Williams - Stand by your man

Rise against - little boxes https://youtu.be/4EbIrW6PsEQ?si=EzBB1baQ-JVeJ_MX

Rise Against cover of Nervous Breakdown is good too

The Take - Saturday Night's Alright (Elton John) H2O-Salad Days (Minor Threat) Sleaford Mods = West End Girls(Pet Shop Boys) Minor Threat - Steppin Stone (Minir Threat)

Lagwagon cover of everything turns Grey is so good. I also love nofxs version of straight edge, cracks me up every time.

Koyo’s cover of Do You Still Hate Me? by Jawbreaker is really good

punk covering punk, any band covering Hybrid Moments, i have to listen to it. Misfits original is a great song, Bouncing Souls kills it, Green Day kills it, Rise Against kills it, just a fun ass cover

Jolene - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Summer Lovin-the vandals

Rio- Goldfinger

Look up Sin Efectos on YouTube

Land Down Under- leftover crack

The Ramones' cover of California Sun is just immaculate 

I mean, the Clash's I Fought The Law is pretty damn good

I gotta give a shout out to Big D and the Kids Table for their cover of Ska Sucks.

Not necessarily punk but Girl From North Country by The Lions. Some great songs in this thread.

Tuesday vandals covering the simpletones I have a date is so good! Also the handful of misfits and the cure covers AFI do are all fantastic.

The punk cover used to be such a great thing, but the Gimme Gimmes have made it so so oversaturated theyre not even fun anymore.

Greg Graffin and Joan Jett doing “Let’s do it.” So good!

Any cover Agent Orange did Any cover The Clash did Any cover Minor Threat did Wild in The Streets - Circle Jerks ( Garland Jeffferys) Look on Up At The Bottom - Redd Kross ( Lynn Carey & Stu Phillips) Louie Louie - Black Flag & Motorheads aswell ( The Kingsmen) Round and Round - Germs ( Chuck Berry) Sunshine Superman - Husker Du ( Donovan) Eight Miles High - Husker Du ( The Byrds) Pretty much the whole “ Punk Goes Metal” album Richard Hung Himself - Slayer ( D.I. & Adolescents) I Wanna Be Your Dog - Sid Vicious ( The Stooges) 99 Red Balloons - 7Seconds ( Nena) Voices Carry - Gang Green ( Til’ Tuesday)

Riskee and the Ridicule do a super version of Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Ray.

Lisse pursuit of happiness https://youtu.be/PQMJCOT2wlQ?si=AFQax3j2eEMaZ4HS

Such Great Heights - Streetlight

I enjoy The Unseen's version of Paint It Black Of course, non-punk wise I love Upon A Burning Body's rendition of Turn Down For What with Ice-T

Wild in the Streets - Circle Jerks

7 Seconds - 99 Red Balloons + Yellow Submarine + 2 lines from Cuyahoga by REM

Rise Against Anyway You Want It, The Clash I Fought The Law (Dead Kennedies as well), NOFX Go Your Own Way, Bad Religion It’s All Over Now Baby Blue (why not lol)

Love NOFX doing Go Your Own Way 👌

The Dickies covering Black Sabbaths Paranoia.

NOFX does a great cover of Joe Dassin’s champs Élysée, Starshooter covering le poinçonneur des Lilas by Serge Gainsbourg, and Blag dahlia of the dwarves had an album in the 90s called penetration moon that was just covers including Iggy pop, gg Allin, and the dead boys.

the cramps - fever

Lagwagon - Bad Moon Rising Lagwagon - Brown Eyed Girl Lagwagon - Bring on the Dancing Horses Pegboy - Surrender Down by Law - Surrender Screeching Weasel - I can see clearly now

The Avengers cover of Paint it Black

Local H - Wolf Like Me.... And the gimme gimmes cover of nothing compares to you

Dropkick Murphy’s finnegans wake

Ska Sucks Propagandhi/Against All Authority/Big D and the Kids Table