I've been lucky to see a lot of great bands on tour this year, a few of which were long-time bucket-listers for me. The next few days are going to feature Halloween-worthy songs by some of them. Going backwards in chronological order, first up is a song by the band I saw this weekend: Against Me! (Exclamation point is theirs, but I'll also claim it.)
I have loved Against Me! for several years, but this was the first opportunity I had to see them live. They didn't disappoint! In addition to rocking their own heart-on-sleeve anarchic punk songs, they did covers of Tom Petty's "Runnin' Down a Dream" and a Mountain Goats song that is featured below. Most of their songs are more horrifying in a politically outraged/emotionally tortured way rather than in a fun Halloween way, but today's song is a little of both.
"Stabitha Christie" is from Against Me!'s Record Store Day single released earlier this year. Stabitha seems to be the fickle finger of fate--she has a face for the reaper to fear, and you'll never see her coming. No one is too pretty to be safe from her clutches, so don't even think you'll get a pass. She comes for everyone, eventually!
Check out Against Me! lead singer Laura Jane Grace doing a solo acoustic cover of The Mountain Goats' "The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton." Hail Satan!
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