As anticipation builds to fever
pitch for the first Chain gigs in many, many years, HCHeadlines can exclusively
reveal the answer to the question on everyone’s lips - exactly which cover
versions will Chain be busting out in New York in October? The answer may
surprise you. Chain’s vocalist Curt Canales confirmed to our reporter: “We will
be covering the band Chain of Strength. We had a lot of discussions about what
to play--obviously our entire recorded output is only 11 songs, and we want to
give the fans their money’s worth--so a cover or two is necessary. We toyed
with the idea of maybe a 7 Seconds song, or Minor Threat, but no. The kids are
there to see the mighty ChainXCrew. And that’s exactly what we are going to give them.
Plus, what more more worthwhile or legendary band could we pick? It’s simple--there just aren't any. We will play our usual set, and then a hand-picked
selection of covers of our own material. I don’t want to tell you which ones,
exactly...but let’s just say one of them rhymes with ‘Blue ill Meth’. We felt it
was about time the Chain catalogue received some decent cover versions. SO many
bands have covered us over the years, and to be honest all the ones I heard
sucked. I mean, did you hear Bane’s version of ‘Just how much’? Jesus. It
sounded like a bunch drugged penguins with restricted motor function.” Our
reporter tentatively suggested that perhaps covering the Justice League (Chain’s
precursors, featuring Chris Bratton and Ryan Hoffman from the band) song ‘Chain
of Strength’ might make more sense. “Shit! Forgot about that. Hmm. Nah, fuck
it.” Canales concluded.
