Candy Cane Punk

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If hardcore punk is your thing, then ‘Christmas Songs’ from the LA band Bad Religion might be familiar to you. The album dates from 2013. See also our post  that year. I completely forgot about this post and I never saw the album. To my surprise it is filled with fast versions of the most traditional and eldest Christmas tunes. That’s not what I expected from a punk band. But maybe it’s a tradition. There are lots of punks who recorded festive songs, but a whole album is quite rare. The first punkband to make a Xmas album were The Boys from England. It was released in 1980 as 'The Yobs Christmas Album'. This (very foul-mouthed) record also features many traditional songs such as 'White Christmas' and 'Silent Night'.

 Last year, punk American man-and-wife duo The Dollyrots released their 'A Very Dollyrots Christmas', filled mainly with well-known pop songs like 'All I Want for Christmas Is You', 'Fairytale of New York', and 'Last Christmas.' 


By the way, the Bad Religion album has now been released as a limited edition on Candy Cane Colored Vinyl, with music on both sides. Earlier vinyl editions, such as the one from 2021, were single-sided. It also includes their not so christmassy 'American Jesus', a track from 1993, with Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) singing in the background.  A nice collector’s item indeed, this LP.

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