Uploaded by mikeblackkills on Feb 9, 2008
Mike Ness' cover of "I Fought The Law" originally written by Sonny Curtis and performed by The Crickets post-Buddy Holly. Off of his solo album "Under The Influences".
The track has been recorded hundreds of times by the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty, Hank Williams Jr, Waylon Jennings, Green Day, The Ramones, Grateful Dead, Stray Cats, & The Sex Pistols among many others.
The song, however, was made famous to modern ears with a cover by The Clash on their EP "The Cost of Living" in 1978.
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I absolutely love this song.
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Leave it to Mike Ness, kickin' ass again!! xx ;)
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Waaaaay better than the original!
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@newyorkdoll72 look at the description it wasnt the clashes song the clash covered it it was the Crickets
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@butchwalker88 Punk will never die its just underground where it should be
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in all my life...i've never hear SO GREAT cover of the clash ♥
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@jordannn114 hard times and nursery rhymes aint enough?
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I'm all about this band loved em since I was 12 and the old man is still jammin...
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@zantam1 sonny curtis wrote the original dude. nice research skills
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Social distortion is coming to Seattle February but they got sold out when i tried to buy tickets. Freaking pissed me off.
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punk is not dead, it just had an holiday
butchwalker88 2 years ago 22
Normally i dont usually dig covers, especially when some one covers a song like this or ring of fire... but damnit everything Ness touches is fucking golden.
ihatecivics7 2 years ago 8