Coal - Ace Of Spades (Motörhead Rockabilly Cover) - Video
PUBLISHED:  Apr 29, 2011
DESCRIPTION:
From '' The Mint Is Still A Terrible Thing To Taste ''
Label: Mint -- MRD-003
Format: CD, Compilation, EP
Country: Canada
Released: 1993

Tracklist
1. Coal - Ace Of Spades
Guitar, Vocals -- Nicole Steen, Stevo Knauf
Written-by [Uncredited] -- Eddie Clarke, Ian Fraser Kilmister, Phil Taylor
Mixed By -- Marc L'Esperance
Producer -- Coal
Double Bass -- Marcus Rogers
Drums, Vocals -- Ian Tiles
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar -- Kevin Rose
Engineer -- Kevin Rose
Recorded and mixed at Lemonloaf Studio, 1993.
2. Cub - Killed By Death
3. Windwalker - Burning Inside
4. Tankhog - So What

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"Ace of Spades" is a song by the English band Motörhead, released in 1980 as a single and the title track to the album Ace of Spades.
The song spent 12 weeks in the United Kingdom Singles Chart, peaking at #15.

Cover versions

The American hardcore punk band Blood for Blood covered the song as a hidden track on their album Livin' in Exile, and has been featured on several Motörhead tribute albums.
The Southern American punk metal band The Cooters covered "Ace of Spades" on their 2005 album "Chaos or Bust."
The song is covered by the American band, "Crowbar"
This song has been covered by The Reverend Horton Heat during live performances.
A Dutch version of "Ace of Spades" (Called "Schoppen Aas") is covered by the Dutch Hard Rock band Peter Pan Speedrock. Dikke Dennis performs the vocals on this version.
Southern Metal band He Is Legend has covered the song live.
The song has been covered by the band Ween at live concerts.
The Swedish Viking metal band Bathory covered it with a much slower pace than the original.
German thrash/black metal band Sodom did a cover on their 2003 live album One Night in Bangkok, with the same bass/vocal, guitar, drums setup as Motörhead.
Swedish metal band Drain STH released a 5:02 cover version as a bonus track on the 1998 reissue of the album Horror Wrestling.
Hayseed Dixie, a satirical bluegrass band has covered the song.
The German metal band J.B.O. covered the Song in an unplugged Version called "Ace of Spades umgepflügt" (Ace of Spades plowed up)
The Shop Assistants recorded a version for a John Peel session in 1986.
British rock band Stereophonics often briefly incorporate the chorus of the song into live performances of their single The Bartender and the Thief.
British House music duo Basement Jaxx often mashup Ace of Spades with Lil Louis Chicago house track Blackout as part of their live performances.
Anglo-French band The Barking Dogs made a folk/ska-punk version which became their traditional concert finale. It is featured on The Barking Dogs Live on Woof Trade Records and several versions can be seen on YouTube.
The song was covered by Tokyo Yankees with hide and Pata at Extasy Summit 1991.
The Northern Irish punk rock band, Stiff Little Fingers, have been known to cover it live. Stating before hand that "it's one of those songs that you either love or hate, and we f**king love it". Lead singer, Jake Burns, usually finishes playing it by promising to "learn the one day"
The band Radio Cult released a cover of the song on their album "Grooves from the Grave" in 2008.
The Canadian motorgrass band Jughead covered their song on "Uncorked" in 1994. They claim that Lemmy said that theirs is the only cover version that he ever liked.
The song has been covered by the frank on their album "Blackfalds Revisited" in 2005.
An Acid Techo cover was produced in the summer of 1998 by the "DDR & The Geezer" (Dave Lalouche & Guy McAffer) for the AA side of the 2nd release from C.O.S.H.H.
It has been covered by Macedonian ska-funk band Superhiks on live performances.
The song has been covered by Polish Thrash band Acid Drinkers on their 1994 album Fishdick.
The song was covered by Welsh Glam Metal band Tigertailz on their live 2011 album Berzerk Live Burnin' Fuel from dates in Cardiff, Newcastle and Stockholm in 2010.

Television

Men Behaving Badly.
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.
Give My Head Peace episode Canada.
Creamy Muck Muck scenes of the CBBC children's programme, Dick and Dom in da Bungalow.
Top Gear.
Sports Tonight.
Bargain Hunt.
series 3 Skins episode, "Cook" (302), 4 Skins episode, "Cook" (403).
The Young Ones.
Nathan Barley.
In Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe.

Films

Grosse Pointe Blank.
Zombie Nightmare.
Smokin' Aces.
Superbad.
Shoot 'Em Up.

Video games

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.
Guitar Hero for PlayStation 2.
Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360.
2K Sports Baseball title The Bigs.
Rock Band 2, Rock Band Unplugged, Rock Band for iPhone, and Guitar Hero: Metallica.
SingStar Amped.
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
DJ Hero.

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