"Rockaway Beach" by Motorhead

 

The sun is out, and I want some.

Here's London, UK speed metal gurus Motorhead with their rendition of "Rockaway Beach," a 1977 surf punk song from Queens, New York group Ramones.

For more Ramones covers, The Hawkbirds' version of "Rock and Roll High School" can be found here, and The Beautiful South's version of "Blitzkrieg Bop" can be found here.

For a cover of Motorhead, Schroeder's version of "Ace of Spades" can be found here.

"Ace of Spades" by Schroeder

 

The internet can be super weird sometimes.

In a Reddit forum dedicated to the (mostly) Independent internet music company Bandcamp, I asked if any artists had cover songs that they would like to have written up here, in the hopes of boosting their YouTube viewership by, like, six.

The first response I received was from a member of the band Schroeder, who directed me toward their 2018 album with this Shoegaze revision of prolific UK hard rock group Motörhead's little ditty extolling the joys of high stakes poker, "Ace of Spades."

From a post in a community with nearly 17,000 members, my first response came from Schroeder.

A band from Newark, Delaware.

That I played a show with about 25 years ago.

What are the chances?

(actual chances = .0059%)

With that kind of luck, or serendipitous whatever, maybe I should hit the tables!  The only card I need is the Ace of Spades!  Ace of Spades!