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HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Ratbones

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Happy Wednesday everyone! It’s about time for another HEAD tribute band announcement! This time we’re heading back over the Mediterranean Sea to Genova, Italy. We’re pleased to tell you that Ratbones have joined in on the action. Ratbones is a cool punk rock band that has released a full length on Making Believe Records and 2 eps on I Buy Records (which is the best label ever) over the years.

Check out what Ludo from the band had to say about HEAD “During the 90s I listened to Street level Assault for the first thought and I thought: “ok, that’s what my band should sound like” After 25 years and having been lucky enough to share the stage with HEAD, I still have the same opinion, even if we have never succeeded to be cool as HEAD, we are really happy to be part of the tribute to one of the most influential bands of all time”.

Ratbones chose the title track of the tribute “Do You Remember Me” which is one of my personal favorites by the band and played it even faster than HEAD did which is quite the accomplishment bc the original is a quick jab to the gut that clocks in at less than a minute in length. Stay tuned for more band announcements over the upcoming weeks.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Parasites

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It’s a new week and it’s time for some more band announcements for the upcoming HEAD tribute. We’re very excited to have pop punk legends the Parasites on the comp. You’ve surely heard of them, Dave has been at it for over 30 years and has recorded a ton of full lengths and eps/splits and such.

The Parasites are one of my personal favorites from the (before/after) “Lookout Records” era and I am very happy to have them on the project. Dave chose to record “Spend the Night Alone” because it fits the Parasites sound perfectly and I agree! Here is what Dave had to say about HEAD “We played with HEAD once, at the 2007 Insubordination Fest in Baltimore. The power went out on the first day, so HEAD played at noon on the second day. I still remember seeing them even though I wasn’t totally awake yet. They were nice guys, and we’re happy to be part of their tribute LP”.

A legendary band covering a legendary band. What more could you want? Stay tuned for more band announcements throughout the week.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents TOUGH

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Happy Saturday everyone! It’s time for another band announcement for the HEAD tribute. You know that we had to ask our first international band on the label to be a part of it. It’s our pleasure to announce that TOUGH from Piacenza Italy is on the tribute. TOUGH is legendary and if you’re not familiar with them then you really need to re-evaluate what you’re doing bc they are one of the best punk rock bands on the planet. Straight up punch you in the gut melodic punk rock that’s all killer and never any filler. We released their latest full length “Mess” back in 2016.

Chris had this to say about their contribution to the tribute “I chose that song because it was the first one I heard from them, and it was love at the first sight! I really love them, but I also hate them because their records play louder than the others and I always have problems when I spin HEAD Records in a club”

TOUGH covered “I Made My Peace With The Hippies” for the tribute album and they knocked their contribution right out of the park just like you know they would. Stay tuned for more announcements next week and get ready for one of the best tribute albums ever.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Prozacs

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It’s Wednesday and that means it’s time for another band announcement for the upcoming HEAD tribute album. This time we’re gonna keep it local and talk about the Massachusetts legends “The Prozacs” They’ve been around for a long while now and have recorded tons of full lengths, Eps and splits over the years and show no signs of slowing down.

He enlisted some help from a young punk rocker in training to start off their awesome version of “Taking a Peek” They kept it true to form for their cover and that’s a great thing bc HEAD is one of the best bands ever right? Right. Here is what Jay had to say about the legends from Seattle “I first heard Head in 2005 from a CD discography given to me by Craig Lebowski (Now of The Suck) while staying in his apartment on a tour date. Fun, unabashed and raw Ramones influenced punk. I chose to do Taking A Peek, because I just think it’s a hilarious song!”

You can hear the Prozacs and many more of the best punk rock bands on the upcoming HEAD tribute album which will be out towards the end of the summer!

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents The Mugwumps

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It’s a new week and it’s time for a new band announcement for the upcoming HEAD tribute album. We’re very pleased to have The Mugwumps from Austria on the tribute. The Mugwumps are one of the best bands from Europe and as you know from the tribute to the Manges that we released last year they do some killer covers.

Chris had this to say about the almighty HEAD “We love HEAD! And they are most likely our biggest influence right after the Ramones! There’s not a single HEAD song we don’t like, so we tried to choose one we thought we can play. 10 years ago we thought that tune is too slow…now we accidentally recorded it even slower. Sorry…we hope you don’t mind!”

The Mugwumps covered my (John) 2nd favorite HEAD song “Calvin and Susie” and they were the perfect band to cover it. Stay tuned for more band announcements. We’re not even half way through the bands yet and this thing is already shaping up to be one of the best tributes ever.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Proton Packs

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Moving right along with the HEAD tribute band announcements. We’re back with another Italian Band on the comp (half of the Mom’s Basement Records roster is from Italy so Is that a surprise at all?) we’re very pleased to announce that the Proton Packs from Siena, Italy is on the tribute comp! They are hard at work on their 4th full length Lp which will be out next year on the label.

Proton Packs chose “Gladys Kravitz” for their contribution and they had this to say about the mighty HEAD.

“HEAD are an anomaly. In a pop punk world largely dominated by fake drum tracks, overdubs, studio gimmicks and autotune, they unapologetically continue to exist and play their own askew and unpolished brand of “street rock”, which is equal part garage punk and Ramonescore. Their lyrics are at times goofy and at times subtle. Their melodies are weird and unforgettable. That’s why we love them. We have no idea how they came up with this strange formula, and probably neither do they. They just do their thing and they don’t give a shit. And not giving a shit is as punk rock as punk rock gets”.

Their contribution is yet another killer on an album full of em, this makes 6 out of 24 announced. Stay tuned for another announcement in a couple days and more cool news to.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Johnny Terrien And The Bad Lieutenants

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The last band announcement of this week is one that we’ve been wanting to work with for a while now and we’re very stoked to have them on the comp. Johnny Terrien and the Bad Lieutenants are from Ontario, Canada and have been around for quite some time. They are HEAD fanatics just like us so they are right at home on the tribute compilation.

If you’re not familiar with them than you need to go out and check them out bc they are one of the best bands out of our neighbors in the north and are amazing. The almighty Vapids covered one of their songs so that’s saying something. The band even has a HEAD cover band called “Powerfist” so you know they belong here. They covered “Magic 8-Ball for the tribute comp and Joe from the band had this to say “It was probably the spring/summer of ’95. A bunch of records showed up in the mail that I had ordered from a label in Massachusetts called Skull Duggery. One of those records was HEAD’s Street Level Assault EP which was purchased on a hunch. Hearing Tireshredding knocked me on the floor! The whole record still blows my mind. We started our band immediately after hearing it. Still waiting to hear back from Ree Ree after sending him a demo tape all of those years ago!”

Have a great weekend everyone and you can look forward to more announcements next week and a couple of other surprises.

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents Geoff Palmer

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Happy Monday everyone, we’re back today with another band announcement for the upcoming HEAD tribute. We are very pleased to announce that New England’s resident punk rock superstar Geoff Palmer is on the tribute comp!

He has been busy lately with his debut ep “This Ones Gonna Be Hot” and his debut full length “Pulling Out All Of The Stops” both of which were released on Stardumb Records a little while ago.

While he had help from all of the heavy hitters from that area (the legendary B-face on bass and Brad Marino on drums). They knocked out his killer cover of “Always Know Your Enemies (Better Than Your Friends)“.

Geoff has this to say about it “HEAD! I’m not going to play Mr. old-school here. Full transparency I figured out who HEAD was because of Ben Weasel. 95 or 96 ish, Ben said something about them in an interview or I saw a picture of him with a HEAD shirt on. Either way that set me out on the search, I needed to hear this band. It took months, but I ended up with a few songs on a homemade cassette comp. I sure felt cool. Years later, my band, The Connection played in Seattle. We had B-face playing bass for us on that little run of shows. Of course, he’s friends with them, so Touch came to the show, I sure felt cool. Now I’m on a HEAD tribute LP, is that cool? Are tribute albums cool, should I again feel cool? Yes, it is cool, and I’m pumped that Moms Basement records included me on this. I guess it boils down to a straightforward scientifically proven concept……HEAD is cool”. Stay tuned for more announcements this week and get ready for Geoff Palmer and 23 other killer bands to knock your socks off on the HEAD tribute comp!

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents DeeCRACKS

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We’re down to less than two weeks and the Punk Rock Raduno starts. I’m really thrilled about the idea. Every Punk Rocker from Europe waits all year long for those 4 days. It’s a long party with your best friends from other countries. Anyway, why are we talking about Punk Rock Raduno? Well, it’s because today we are gonna announce DeeCracks from Vienna, Austria are not only officially the first band to play for a second year at the raduno but they are also one of the many killer bands on the HEAD tribute!There are not many things to say about DeeCracks, I’m pretty sure that everybody that is reading this post knows them well enough, I could tell you that I personally really love these guys for many reasons first of all because they are good friends and I have lots of good memories related with them. Including my first show booked in Milan since I moved here, even before IBR was born.What did DeeCracks have to say about HEAD? “We absolutely love pure, energetic, straight up rock ‘n’ roll played by bands with an uncompromising down to Earth attitude! HEAD was always very inspiring to us for doing and being just that! Heil HEAD”The song they picked for the tribute comp is “Killed By Death” which is the B-side from the 2007 ep “Spend the night alone” 7”. Deecracks are another one of the many reasons that the HEAD tribute comp is going to blow you away this summer. Stay tuned for more band announcements over the next few weeks!

HEAD Tribute Album – Mom’s Basement Records presents The SUCK

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Its a new week and here we are announcing the third band that is a part of the HEAD tribute. After introducing the Isotopes from Canada and MEGA from Italy, now it’s time for the SUCK, all the way from USA. I want to say a few words about them. In my humble opinion, this is the band that most fits in this tribute as they define themselves as a Street Rock band, a term proudly used by the mighty HEAD, you can easily see the connection.


As you probably had noticed through their non-stop (relentless) promotion on Facebook and Instagram (I would hire them as social media managers of my bands/label!!) they just released a new album IN-COG-NEAT-O ( one copy left here) that so far is definitely one of the most interesting records out in 2019. And it’s almost unbelievable to me! Why? Because these guys mostly live in different States, probably have no time to practice songs or have band practices And if you ever had a band you know that this is very VERY important. Thumbs up for the SUCK.
Anyway, what song did they pick? Here is what they had to say “picking a favourite HEAD song is an impossible task, we picked No one likes a snitch because Jimmy Vapid wanted to do it”. And I’m pretty sure Jimmy approves of their contribution.

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