covers of songs performed by Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet are bolded.
Bob Wiseman City Of Wood
Released in 1993
WEA CD 92444 [CD]
Produced by Dame Julia Nesbelch
"White Dress" (Wiseman)
"Real Thing" (Wiseman)
"Didn't I Get My Wish" (Wiseman)
"For Joseph K." (Wiseman)
"Purple City" (Wiseman)
"Song For Amnesty International" (Wiseman)
"Have A Nice Day" (Wiseman)
"How Round The Earth" (Wiseman)
"In Spite Of The Danger" (Wiseman)
"Hold Me Blues" (Wiseman)
"City Of Wood" (Wiseman)
"The Trouble With Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet" (Wiseman)
OK, the last track really isn't a cover or tribute in the traditional sense
because the song isn't a cover of a Shadowy Men song,
and in fact, the style is radically different from the Shadowy sound (it's a moody piano instrumental).
Bob Wiseman played numerous shows with Shadowy Men, so it's obviously a friendly reference. I'm assuming
the title is also intended to be a play on the 1955 Alfred Hitchcock film "The Trouble With Harry".
Chixdiggit! Shadowy Bangers From A Shadowy Duplex
Released in February, 1996
Sub Pop SP336 [45]
Produced by Kurt Bloch and Jon Dunleavey
INDIE SIDE:
"Shadowy Bangers From A Shadowy Duplex" (Jansen)
SELL-OUT SIDE:
"Song For 'R'" (Jansen)
This one isn't really a cover either, and the style is radically different from the Shadowy sound.
However, the title and the cartoon characters at the top of the
sleeve are a definite homage to Shadowy Men (and hey, the worked the
title into the lyrics), so I've included it.
Chixdiggit! Chixdiggit!
Released in 1996
Sub Pop SP355 [LP and CD]
Produced by Brent Cooper
"Dolphins Love Kids" (Jansen)
"Great Legs" (Jansen)
"Where's Your Mom?" (Jansen)
"Henry Rollins Is No Fun" (Jansen)
"I Wanna Hump You" (Jansen)
"Song for 'R'" (Jansen)
"Stacked Like That" (Jansen)
"Hemp Hemp Hooray" (Jansen)
"323" (Jansen)
"Angriest Young Men (We're The)" (Jansen)
"Toilet Seat's Coming Down" (Jansen)
"Shadowy Bangers From A Shadowy Duplex" (Jansen)
"Van Horne" (Jansen)
"I Drove the Coquihalla" (Jansen)
"(I Feel Like) (Gerry) Cleevers (Stitch Marks On My Heart)" (Jansen)
POPDEFECT: "Ben Hur Picked Off In A Gazebo" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
THE DEORAS: "Siesta Cinema" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
THE MILL VALLEY TATERS: "Unwatchable / Three Piece Suit" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
BREAKFASTIME: "That Wuz Ear Me Callin' A Horse" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
SQUID VICIOUS: "Spy School Graduation Theme" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
THE COCKTAIL PREACHERS: "Mecca" (Nader/Gluck)
THE SADIES: "Algoma Reflections" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
THE SURFDUSTERS: "Peas Porridge Rock / You Spin Me Round '86" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
THE FABULOUS PLANKTONES: "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
SAWNEY BEAN: "Off Our Back Conrad Black" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
URBAN SURF KINGS: "Memories of Gay Paree" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
various artists Lookout! Freakout Episode 2
Released in 2001
Lookout! Records LK-275CD [CD]
Sampler of artists on Lookout! Records
AMERICAN STEEL: "Turn It Out" (American Steel)
BLACK CAT MUSIC: "Princess Dress" (Black Cat Music)
THE DONNAS: "Do You Wanna Hit It" (The Donnas)
THE GAZA STRIPPERS: "Juvenile Detention" (The Gaza Strippers)
THE PATTERN: "Finger Us" (The Pattern)
BRATMOBILE: "It's Common (But We Don't Talk About It)" (Bratmobile)
THE EYELINERS: "Wishing On A Star" (The Eyeliners)
BIS: "Dead Wrestlers" (Bis)
TED LEO: "Under The Hedge" (Leo)
ANN BERETTA: "Glory Bound" (Beretta)
YESTERDAY'S KIDS: "Perception (It's All A Matter Of)" (Yesterday's Kids)
COMMON RIDER: "Am I On My Own" (Common Rider)
THE ENEMIES: "Down There" (The Enemies)
THE LILLINGTONS: "One Armed Man" (The Lillingtons)
SCREECHING WEASEL: "Pauline" (Screeching Weasel)
THE ALKALINE TRIO: "Hell Yes" (The Alkaline Trio)
THE WANNA-BE'S: "Hello" (The Wanna-Be's)
THE MR. T EXPERIENCE: "Mr. Ramones" (The Mr. T Experience)
PITCH BLACK: "Rottweiler" (Pitch Black)
THE GO-NUTS: "A Day In The Life Of A Snack Rock Superstar" (The Go-Nuts)
THE QUEERS: "I'm The Boy For You" (The Queers)
SQUIRTGUN: "Trial & Error" (Squirtgun)
YESTERDAY'S KIDS: "(Ode To) Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet" [demo version] (Perkins)
BLACK CAT MUSIC: "Dirty Penny" (Black Cat Music)
THE WANNA-BE'S: "Let's Go" (The Wanna-Be's)
AMERICAN STEEL: "Shrapnel (Demo Version)" (American Steel)
Like the Bob Wiseman and Chixdiggit! entries, the Yesterday's Kids track isn't a cover or tribute in the traditional sense
either. The chorus just repeats "Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet", but that's the only connection.
But like the other two, I've included it anyway.
Yesterday's Kids Can't Hear Nothin'
Released July 2, 2002
Lookout! Records LK-281CD [CD]
"(Ode To) Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet" (Perkins)
"Eighteen" (Schweiger)
"Keep It Down" (Perkins)
"I Wanna Be Alone (With You)" (Schweiger)
"Too Late (For Walking in the Dark)" (Perkins/Schweiger)
"I Don't Care" (Perkins/Schmidt/Schweiger)
"Be All Right" (Perkins)
"The Shithead" (Perkins/Schweiger)
"She's Paul's Girl" (Kalfahs)
"Trouble On The Way" (Perkins/Schweiger)
"You Can't Fake Being Chinese" (Schweiger)
"What I've Become" (Schweiger)
Just being thorough: See the note with Lookout! Freakout Episode 2 above.
And yes, this is a different version of "(Ode To) Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet".
The Mill Valley Taters History Of The Mill Valley Taters
Released in 2002
Self-Released CD [CD]
DISC ONE:
"Stratfordized!!" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"Friction Proof" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"Garaged!!" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"Flux Meditations" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"History Of Rock n Roll" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"The Night is Young" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
DISC TWO:
"Stratford After Dark" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
"History Of Rock n Roll" (Andrukevich/Sullivan/Neal)
Surf Cinema Surf Cinema
Released December 1, 2002
Self-released CD, available from surfcinema.net [CD]
"Flemgringo" (Heter)
"Zippy to the Rescue" (Heter)
"Unbundled" (Heter)
"Sticky Finger Sunset" (Heter)
"Pale Face Hombre" (Heter)
"Honeybaked Ham" (Heter)
"Dos, Dos Equis Por Favor" (Heter)
"Harlem By The Sea" (Hagen)
"He No Lickety Split" (Heter)
"Prague Rock" (Heter)
"Dead Pedestrian" (Heter)
"Ricko Suave" (Heter)
"Strait Up Chuck" (Heter)
"Country-Fied" (Heter)
"Quarter Pump" (Heter)
"Bullfight In April" (Heter)
"Sleigh Ride" (Parish/Anderson)
Surf Cinema Live On KFJC
Released 2002
Self-released CD, available from surfcinema.net [CD]
"Zippy To The Rescue" (Heter)
"Flemgringo" (Heter)
"Unbundled" (Heter)
"Our Weapons Are Useless" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Plastics For 500, Bob" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Pale Face Hombre" (Heter)
"They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Any More" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Sticky Finger Sunset" (Heter)
"Honeybaked Ham" (Heter)
"Dead Pedestrians" (Heter)
"Dos, Dos Equis Por Favor" (Heter)
"Harlem By The Sea" (Hagen)
"Ricko Suave" (Heter)
"He No Lickety Split" (Heter)
"Oahu Community Correctional Center" (Laika & The Cosmonauts)
"C'mon Do The Laika" (Laika & The Cosmonauts)
"Boris The Barbarian" (Laika & The Cosmonauts)
"Strait Up Chuck" (Heter)
"Prague Rock" (Heter)
"Memory Man" (Heter)
"Quarter Pump" (Heter)
"Zombie Compromise" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Country-Fied" (Heter)
"Bullfight In April" (Heter)
"Sleigh Ride" (Parish/Anderson)
"Plastics For 500, Bob" is listed as "Rip Off Another One" on the CD.
The Metalunas Instrumentals Of Terror!
Released 2002
R.I.P. CD [CD]
"The Curse of Pier 13" (The Metalunas)
"Scooby Doo" (Curtin/Hanna/Barbera)
"Surf Party" (Dunham/Beverly)
"Mojo Mojo" (The Metalunas)
"Plastics For 500, Igor" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Death Comes at Midnight" (The Metalunas)
"Ghosts of the Wild Frontier" (The Metalunas)
"The Cat's Pajamas" (The Metalunas)
"Munster Mosh" (The Metalunas)
"Crash" (C. Delaney)
"Godzilla Stomp" (The Metalunas)
"Go-Go Gremlin" (The Metalunas)
NOTE: Yes, "Plastics For 500, Igor" is just a retitled version of "Plastics For 500, Bob". It's been renamed to fit
with the album's "monster movie" theme.
The Cocktail Preachers Live On KFJC
Released in 2003
Self-released CD, available from Cocktail Preachers home page.
"Having An Average Weekend" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Pipeline" (Spickard/Carmen)
The Ramblin' Ambassadors Avanti
Released in 2003
Recorded by David Alcock Mint Records MRD-067 [CD]
"Sixty Seconds To What?" (Morricone)
"Lungbucket" (Cooper)
"Theme From 'The Ramblin' Bastards'" (Cooper)
"Hawgtied" (Cooper)
"Dead Man's Flats" (Cooper)
"Hangin' Tree" (Cooper)
"Hup Two Three Four" (The Sid Presley Experience)
"Twenty Original Fembots" (Connelly)
"The Hairless Cat" (Cooper)
NOTES:
"Twenty Original Fembots" is one of three titles for the same song. Shadowy Men titled it "Telepathetic" at their
Peel Session, and Atomic 7 titled it "Daddy's Little World" on their second album
... en Hillbilly Caliente.
The Ramblin' Ambassadors are Brent J. Cooper from S-Men fans Huevos Rancheros, along with Scott Nickless and Tyler Pickering.
Spy-Fi Music For Spies, Thighs & Private Eyes - Volume One: The Thigh Who Loved Me
Sivle CD SR001 [CD]
Released April 1, 2004
Available from Spy-Fi's home page.
Yes, you're seeing that right ... "Reid's Situation" is credited to both S-Men and Spy-Fi. This version (which
is a different version from the one on Better Than The Average Weekend) includes some original
parts added by Spy-Fi. It's a very cool version.
And yes, there is a Volume Two, subtitled "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". It's also available now. There isn't a
Shadowy Men cover on there, so I haven't listed it here.
The Nematoads Ironic Hypersonic! Deep Eddy Records DEEP017 [CD EP]
Released February, 2005
"Rancho Cucamonga" (James/Higgins)
"Bandera!" (James/Porter)
"Egypt Texas" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
Nervous Steps Demo
Released 2010
SIDE A:
"The Stiff" (Puig/Rodriguez/Teso/Preble)
"The Theif" (Puig/Rodriguez/Teso/Preble)
"Good Cop Bad Cop" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
SIDE B:
"Brainwash Your Lovers" (Puig/Rodriguez/Teso/Preble)
"Occupation Of The Body Snatchers" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Meltdown In Sector 9" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Hunting For The Dead" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Suppose The Doomsday Cults Were Right?" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Something On The Wing" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Love Theme For A Twisted Mind" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Turn Your Insides Out" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Ant Invasion" (Connelly/Diamond/Pyle)
"Trioxin Twist" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Psycho Beach Party" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Duck And Cover" (Eagle/Holt/Jackson/Smith)
"Egg Raid On Mojo" (Mike D/MCA)
NOTES:
"Ant Invasion" isn't a typo. The band renamed "Aunt's Invasion" to fit in better with the album
(and with the clip from Them! that preceeds the track).
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