Drunk Dial Records, whose concept is loosely to get visiting bands drunk and have them record an EP on the spot: one original and one cover -- has mixed up the format with a new long-player compilation Ramones cover albu. Titled Stay Home, it's a collection of bands from across the planet, covering the Ramones' Leave Home in its entirety.
Participating artists include Drakulas, Hakan, Hayley & the Crushers, and members of Mean Jeans, Crusades and more.
The record is available tomorrow, May 1.
As the label elloquently puts it:
Like so many people right now, we find ourselves out of work and with our creative endeavors in indefinite limbo. It wasn't our intention to do a quarantine project, but after completing all the chores we had been putting off, there was still a record-shaped hole in our heart. We checked in with our musician buddies and heard news of good health and a similar refrain—everyone was feeling creatively stuck and financially fucked. The next day, that $1200 stimulus check came in the mail and an idea was hatched: Let’s give our favorite bands stuck at home some pizza and beer money to record a song with whatever equipment they have for a compilation! Why not do a cover of Ramones - “Leave Home” and call it "Stay Home" because EVERYBODY loves Ramones and word play, right?
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One by one we approached our friends and favorite bands around the globe with the idea and surprised them with beer money after they picked a song. What should have ended up being a barely listenable shitshow has blossomed into an incredible time capsule of what is otherwise a truly scary period of our lives. All of the artists contributed a unique display of creativity using the seemingly rigid constraint of 3-chord punk. It turned out better than we could have dreamed, and we are thrilled to have had a hand in the creation of this thing. Best of all, 100% of the proceeds will go back to the artists or to a charity of their choice.
Drunk Dial - Stay Home track listing:
01. MEGA -- Glad To See You Go
02. Haybaby -- Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment
03. Christian Blunda (Mean Jeans) -- I Remember You
04. Monomanias (Dave Williams of Crusades) -- Oh, Oh, I Love Her So
05. Drakulas -- Carbona Not Glue
06. Hayley & the Crushers -- Suzy is a Headbanger
07. Spoon Benders -- Pinhead
08. Black Lining -- Now I Wanna Be A Good Boy
09. Hakan -- Swallow My Pride
10. Dark Thoughts -- What's Your Game
11. Yuvees -- California Sun
12. Inject The Light -- Commando
13. The Hound of Love (Andrew of Mean Jeans) -- You're Gonna Kill That Girl
14. Matt K. Shrugg (Th' Losin Streaks) -- You Should Never Have Opened That Door
