“We’ve been talking for years now about getting as many of the covers we’ve done for specific territories together and releasing them for all to hear. It’s finally happening,” says Zia McCabe of Portland, OR’s THE DANDY WARHOLS about PIN UPS, their new album packed with covers from such legendary and venerable artists as The Cure, Gang of Four, The Clash, Bob Dylan, and The Beatles
Among the re-sketches of fabled singles and deep cuts culled from fellow musicians who the band admire and honor are a surf-guitar-flavored “Goo Goo Muck” (The Cramps), a percolating pop version of “Cherry Bomb” (The Runaways), and a faithful and twangy backporch rendition of “You Ain’t Going Nowhere (Easy Chair)” (The Byrds).
“These are some of our favorite songs, or songs by our favorite bands, or just songs we admired,” explains Peter G. Holmström about their eclectic collection. While some are unreleased gems such as “Ripple” (Grateful Dead) and “Jet Boy” (New York Dolls), others are collected from various tribute records, bonus tracks, and B-sides. “Of course, hours after Michael Jackson died, the phone calls started coming in saying ‘I guess you guys have to cover ‘Blackbird’ now’,” he laughs, pointing out their respectfully hazy and mesmerizingly psychedelic cover of The Beatles signature classic.
As much as a tribute to the songs they love, it also serves as a loveletter to many of the artists who are not only peers but friends as well. “Nearly every band we cover on here are friends of ours or artists we have had a meaningful experience with,” Courtney says. “Looking over all the songs again however, I am noticing that we never met the artists from the 60s. Weird.”
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