Burning Heads (ft. Jean Rem d'Audincourt) - Sunstroke

  I think it's fair to say that most of us like a good cover version. Well today I'm going to point you in the direction of 19 of them, all packaged together on one tasty album and available on Bandcamp "name your price." The artists covered include the likes of Descendents, Adolescents, Bad Brains, Spermbirds, Dag Nasty, UK Subs, Pennywise, Good Riddance and many more. Best of all, you're not getting sub standard rip offs from a bunch of talentless wannabes, you're getting really good versions from a band at the top of their game.

  Burning Heads (https://www.facebook.com/burningheads/) are from Orleans, France and line up with Fra (Vocals), Phil (guitar, vocals), Mikis (guitar, vocals), Tomoi (drums, vocals) and JBe (bass, vocals). They formed in 1987, released their debut album in 1992 and have been pretty damn prolific ever since. They play melodic hardcore and on occasion add a little dub & reggae to the mix. They recently released the covers album Under Their Influence and though the current pandemic has held up the release of the album on vinyl and cd, you can snap it up digitally here :   https://burningheads.bandcamp.com/album/under-their-influence

  It's a treasure trove of classic tracks, many you may know, a few you possibly won't. The band have drafted in numerous guests (a few who I've heard of, most who I haven't) which adds a little variety to proceedings. The track I'm highlighting today features Jérémy Costantini from The Rebel Assholes. It's a track originally recorded by Guns N' Wankers and it featured on their 1994 album For Dancing And Listening. It's titled Sunstroke...

Julie stands beside the window

Head full of additive
Sophie wants an explanation
Julie says she's none to give

Julie's got some time
But she's not taking much more
Just a little bit
More than she bargained for

Sophie's in two minds,
She's busy making it four
Ask a simple question
The answers might just follow on

So she asks about her lover
Tiny kicks internally
Julie talks of aspirations
Hiding from reality

You don't get the picture
I have to level with you
Should have left it as it was

You thought the grass was greener
But your imagination lied
It was just a dream
And your dreams don't count
When the real world comes around