Well allright!

And now the end of the evening and perhaps the most authentic re-enactment of the night, Iggy & The Stooges with Jo from Germ Attak and some Asile dudes.  Nudity! Cutting! Technical difficulties! Really spot on, I'd say.

Here they go!



When Frankie met Iggy.



I think this is the James Williamson version ...



Rhythm section action!



Unfortunately, the ceiling's too low for shoulders.



Patrick hits!



Staring action!



More bass!



Fisheye action!



Stoogey action!



More guitar!



And so on.



Do not touch guitarist.



He jumped clear out the frame.



Jo takes a trip.



He's starting to get the hang of things.



Eyeball-to-eyeball to action!



Spurting beer'n'blood.



The microphone had stopped working by this point ... might as well eat it!



Sensational!

Head games

And now for the Canadian content at Punk Rock Covers; Hamilton's Teenage Head, brought to life by members of four-stroke and elbeejay.

Ken sings!



Kris trums!



Larry rocks the Pretty Bad wear.



More guitar!



Jon hits!



Ken works the knees!



Bonus Larry!



Jon sings!



Ken works the crowd.



The end!



A fine recreation!

The Ramones of the day

I'm surprised that The Ramones hadn't received the treatment at Punk Rock Covers ... perhaps some were reluctant to tackle arguably the first punk rock band. Fortunately the folks from Asile felt no such fear and gave a pretty solid rendition of the old wun-two-three-faw.

Wiggy action!



More wiggy action!



Gripping action!



Leather-jacketed action!



Rhythm section action!



As the show went along the band kept getting pushed back by the raging crowd.



The whole lot!



Singalong and audience-participation action!



The end!



A swell set.

• Show reminder: There's more dragonboating at Mooney's Bay, plus performances by David Usher, Said the Whale, PS I Love You, Craig Cardiff, The Claytones and Alexander Fairchild; Feverfest also continues, with shows at Irene's (Brock Zeman, Jack Spinks) and the Clocktower (Peptides, Steve Adamyk Band, Murder Plans, Fevers among others). The Elmdale hosts The Divorcees and 90 Pounds of Ugly; Soul In Stone and Static Revolt perform at Zaphod's; The Hammerheads are at the Rainbow; Julie Corrigan and Pia Ashley play the Avant-Garde.

Westway to Centretown

Up next on our slate of punk rock covers: The Clash! As portrayed by various members of The Mudplots and suchlike. Here they all are in their be-quiffed glory!

Phoney Beatlemaniacs? Possibly!



They want a riot - a riot of their own.



Well-suspended drumming action!



Rhythm section action!



Strumming action!



The crowd goes wild!



A less-flashy version of the improper Topper.



Brand new Cadillaaaaaaac!



Thomas goes down!



The end!



The MudPlots will be playing all the big festivals: Finish What You Started at Mavericks Aug. 20, Slave To The Semen Fest at 279 Flora a week later, The O-Town Hoedown Sept. 29 and Halloween Horror back at the Legion on Oct. 28.

• Show reminder: Whale Tooth, Spirit of the West and Paper Lions perform at the Ottawa Dragonboat Festival; Feverfest also brings a too-many-to-mention slate to the Clocktower and Irene's (you'll find Silver Creek and The Fiftymen at the latter). Diemonds, Black Stone Hearts and Eagleson bring the sleaze-rock to Ritual; Astral Gunk, Plaster Babies and Swollen Eyes lurk in the basement at 443 Kent; Thought Project, Grand Theft Ottawa and Celery Troff roll into the Avant Garde; you can catch Tony D at the Rainbow; the Elmdale hosts Claude Munson and the Storm Outside, Stillnative and Heather Sita Black.

You can be replaced

I have a shocking secret to reveal - some members of The Centretown Recording Alliance cicrcle which has produced such bands as The Centretown Cripplers, Finders Keepers, The Mnemonics and The Allrights are fans of The Replacements. Incredible, eh? Anyway, here we are, back for Punk Rock Covers night No. 5 at the Montgomery Legion Hall with Chris Cook, Matthew Banoub, John Sproull and Hidden Cameras bassist John Hynes, performing some of the Twin Cities' finest slabs of rock.

John and David!



John hits!



Bass action with John!



Chris sings!



Replacement action!



More David!



Extra Chris and John!



Double the hits!



The whole flashy lot!



Faceoff action!



I missed The Mnemonics' Ottawa Explosion gig, but if you're in Toronto you can catch them at 3030 Dundas West this Friday for some Craft Beer Week-related (and likely heavily influenced, if you know what I mean) music.

• Show Reminder; The Aves and Revolver rock Zaphod's; Brasstronaut, Utidur and Phantom Shores perform at Mavericks; the Elmdale hosts Belle Plaine and Bobby Dove.