We've got you covered

Here's a good recipe for crazy: Put a punch of punk rockers in the basement of the Montgomery Legion and set them loose upon a bunch of musicians playing covers by their (and everyone's) favourite bands. This was the fifth punk rock covers night - also a benefit for the SPCA of Western Quebec - with The Replacements, The Ramones, The Clash, Iggy & The Stooges, The Gories and Teenage Head, or at least a reasonable facsimile, pumping out the hits (Disorder was also scheduled to get the treatment, but felt they needed a couple more months of practice to do the tunes justice).

First up, The Gories, featuring Jim Sproull, Sarah from The Johnnies and Time Machine Millionaire Patrick Shanks. I hear chances are the good they shall reprise their performance tonight at The Clocktower - it's well worth catching!


The Gories, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Sarah hits!


The Gories, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

More Centretown recording artists were up next, running through a bunch of The Replacements' top tuneage.


The Replacements, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Fortunately the Legion's upgrade to the downstairs room (goodbye ceiling tiles!) has kept the lovely white colour. And the mirror.


The Replacements, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Members of The Mudplots dressed up special for the occasion, where they ran their way through such popular favourites as London Calling and White Riot, before finishing off with Brand New Cadillac.


The Clash, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

"Let's get sexy."


The Clash, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Then the guys from Asile covered The Ramones. Half of them busted out the wigs, half of them didn't. Patrick isn't really built to be Johnny Ramone, anyway.


The Ramones, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

The crowd went completely insane during their set, in the best possible way.


The Ramones, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012 

It's been a strangely long time since I've seen four-stroke but here they are. "We're Teenage Head ... we're from Hamilton." Great covers of Top Down, Tearing Me Apart, but some grumbling over no Infected.


Teenage Head, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Singalong action!


Teenage Head, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012 

It provided a much-needed breather for most of Asile, who returned to rock the place as Iggy & The Stooges. Mayhem reigned again!


Iggy & The Stooges, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012  

The fact that the vocals cut out on the last three songs did not slow things down significantly.


Iggy & The Stooges, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

There was pants-removing (not shown, at least in this photo, lack of pants) and self-inflicted cutting from Jo of Germ Attak, who makes an excellent Iggy.


Iggy & The Stooges, covered at the Montgomery Legion Hall, April 13, 2012

Covers night No. 6 is already in the works: Blitz, The Undertones and Agent Orange are just a few of the acts getting the treatment.

• Show reminder: Subsistance, Machine Gun Dolly, La Gachette and Lost Youth rock Cafe Dekcuf; Yukon Blonde and Library Voices are at Ritual; Sal Piamonte and Titan Rain perform at Zaphod's. In addition to the likely appearance of some ersatz Gories, Time Machine Millionaires, Toledo and The Allrights will be at the Clock Tower; as mentioned recently, Pretty Little Death Machine, Plaster Babies and Shaking Judy perform at the Avant-Garde; Micarza Camaro and Manpower destroy Irene's with the power of rock.