Supergrass Members, Nigel Godrich Are Hot Rats

11/20/09 5:50pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Hot Rats, a new cover band featuring Supergrass' Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey and producer Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Muse) will release their Turn Ons debut album on Jan. 19 through Fat Possum.

The disc features covers of songs originally written by Beastie Boys, The Kinks, The Velvet Underground and others.

You can hear The Hot Rats' covers of Beastie Boys' "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)," Gang Of Four's "Damaged Goods," The Velvet Underground's "I Can't Stand It" and Sex Pistols' "E.M.I." on their MySpace page.

You can see The Hot Rats here:

Jan. 12 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Jan. 14 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Jan. 19 Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland
Jan. 21 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

Here are the songs on Turn Ons (original artists are in parentheses):

"I Can't Stand It" (The Velvet Underground)
"Big Sky" (The Kinks)
"The Crystal Ship" (The Doors)
"(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party!)" (Beastie Boys)
"Damaged Goods" (Gang Of Four)
"Love Is The Drug" (Roxy Music)
"Bike" (Pink Floyd)
"Pump It Up" (Elvis Costello And The Attractions)
"The Lovecats" (The Cure)
"Queen Bitch" (David Bowie)
"E.M.I." (Sex Pistols)
"Up The Junction" (Squeeze)