Mink DeVille

They may have been headbangers, but they were Ronnie Spector fans.

Members of Johnny Thunder's Heartbreakers, the Dead Boys, and Mink DeVille must have been honored to appear on this.

And yes, Cheetah Chrome is on, from what I've read, most of the album, if not all of it, including... that already mentioned cover of the Ramones, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.

just can't make it i want to still but just can't take it the time has come we ought to break it Change now I'll make it better Get more fun and pay the price

I'd never known until he was on the show.

I had heard the name Mink DeVille, but I never dug in.

But now it's like one of my favorite bands.

Oh, wow.

Then Boz Scaggs in 2013 on his album Memphis.

Very cool version of the song Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl, written by Willie DeVille and first recorded by Mink DeVille in 1977.

And this final piece comes from the new grass outfit Railroad Earth.

This is their 2017 EP, Captain Nowhere.

Matt Aitken was born in 1956, produced 1980s pop hits as part of the Stock Aitken Waterman trio.

Willy DeVille was born in 1950, fronted Mink DeVille, and also blended punk, soul, and Latin rhythms in New York.

Stuart Murdoch was born in 1968, fronted the Scottish indie pop collective Belle and Sebastian.

Candida Doyle was born in 1962, played keyboards for multi-platinum British Britpop band Pulp.