The idea of a bold re-invention must have impressed Teenage Head themselves, though, since guitarist Gord Lewis found himself in the producer’s chair and the resultant album is…interesting. If anything, they’ve taken the lyrics and then rebuilt the album from the ground up. However, as much as The Vapids love Teenage Head (both band and album), their own ‘Teenage Heads’ is anything but a faithful reconstruction. With half the punk world wanting to pay tribute (either directly or indirectly) to Joey and Johnny’s groundbreaking blueprint, it is somewhat refreshing that these Canadian punks would want to pay homage to their own home grown heroes, and so, ‘Teenage Heads’ – originally released in 2002 – finds the band hammering through the ten numbers from Teenage Head’s self titled debut LP from ’79. The ubiquity of the punk cover doesn’t stop this album by Ontario punks The Vapids being hugely entertaining. Yes, indeed… The “punk cover” has become a staple of the scene. Thinking a little more broadly, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes thrilled the masses with their themed albums and pop punk heroes MxPx punked up material as diverse as Bryan Adams, Dave Alvin and The Proclaimers on their ‘Cover To Cover’ releases. T Experience recorded their own fairly faithful versions of the first four Ramones albums. In the 90s, Screeching Weasel, The Queers, The Vindictives and Mr. The idea of a punk band covering an entire album is hardly a new phenomenon.
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