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Since The Chameleons released their debut album in 1983, many artists have decided to make a tribute to this band from Middleton performing different covers; some of them have been included on their albums, some others are on compilations, and in some cases these covers are only available through their web sites. This section intends to compile all the information regarding these covers: artist or band involved, year of the release of the cover, a short description and the album where you can find the mentioned song.
Jon Auer
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Song: Tears Comments: Jon Auer, leader of The Posies, includes in his covers EP called 6 1/2 an electric cover of Tears, which The Chameleons recorded for Strange Times. Although it is slightly stronger, there isn´t much change on this cover from the original version. It is also available on the official site http://www.pattern25.com/bands/auer.shtml |
Robert Hakalski & David P. Wyat
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Song: The Fan And The Bellows Comments: Robert Hakalski, professional
photographer who has taken some photographs to Dave Fielding (they are
available on the Chameleons official site), recorded some time ago a cover
of The Fan And The Bellows with David P. Wyat. This is a much more
quiet, intimate and delicate version than the original, with the piano
as the main instrument. The song is available through their official site
Visual
Machinery. |
The Jealous Type
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Song: Love Is Comments: The Jealous Type has recorded
a cover of Love Is, increasing its punk feeling. It has been done for
a compilation project of skipping
discs record company. The mentioned cover is available through the
band´s web site http://www.thejealoustype.com/ |
Skimos & Egypt
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Song: Swamp Thing Comments: Dance cover for the clubs the one this band has performed, although the guitar riff remains almost unchanged. Tech effects and femenine chorus in contrast to the low voice of the singer, very similar to Burgess´s one. This song can be found on their debut album The Rest Is Silence from 1996.
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The Pernice Brothers
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Song: Up The Down Escalator Comments: The Pernice Brothers dare to perform an acoustic cover of Up The Down Escalator deleting the rythmical section being substituted by an acoustic guitar and a keyboard. The choruses in a duet with melancholic voices give the song a special atmosphere. This song can be found on the CDSingle 7:30 belonging to the album The World Won´t End from 2001.
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The Bates
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Song: Up The Down Escalator Comments: The Bates on their covers´album Second Skin (in a clear reference to the Chameleons´ classic and to the fact of playing songs from other ones) perform cover which is very close to the original, without adding anything new.
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The Convent
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Song: Less Than Human (live) Comments: Great live cover of Less Than Human,the one included on their live album For A Fistful of Deustchmarks from 1998, which is almost better than the original, with a more paused rythm and a more acoustic sound.The Melancholy and sadness rule this song. More info on their web site: http://www.theconvent.de
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The Faith And The Muse
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Song: Soul In Isolation (live) Comments: Live cover the one performed by this gothic band, which is included in their double album from 2001 namedVera Causa:Night And Morning. More info on their web site http://www.mercyground.com/disc/FMDisc.html
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Andy McQuade
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Song: Tears Comments: Andy McQuade has in his own web site some songs recorded by himself. One of them is this acoustic version of Tears, a cover made with love and respect. Andy McQuade does not releases albums, so this song is only available through his web site, in mp3 format. |
Elliott
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Song: The Fan & The Bellows Comments: The alternative rock band Elliott includes on its single called Will You a cover of The Fan and The Bellows. The single is an introduction for the album False Cathedrals, and contains Calvary Song as the main title. More info in: http://www.revelationrecords.com/releases/88.html |
Sim Stim
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Song: Swamp Thing (instrumental) Comments: The techno-electronic duetSim
Stim in their album Jack In - Log On - Nod Off, makes an instrumental
cover of Swamp Thing in a very original way. Due to the electronic arrangements,
the song is almost unrecognizable. More info in:
http://www.egbt.com/simstim/ |
Zarths
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Song: The Fan and The Bellows Comments: The german pop-punk group Zarths, has done a cover of The Fan and The Bellows, with many similarities to the original one. This song has been released in a compilation album called UNITED-Music for Compilations. |
