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Psychosomatic Cover Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Photo by Scott Duncan Punk rock covers of Creedence Clearwater Revival are standard at this point, and it's usually "Fortunate Son" that gets the punk treatment. Psychosomatic go in another direction with their CCR cover and take on "Green River." It's a surprisingly faithful cover as far as harder and faster covers go. The trademark guitar lick is still there, just faster. Plus, Psychosomatic are thrashier than most punk bands, and that comes through with their version of "Green River." Unlike most covers from the genre, there isn't a sense of mockery or irony here. You can tell Psychosomatic are doing this song out of a sense of fandom. Frontman Jeff Salgado says of the band's new song: “We recorded this track in 2006 during sessions for  The Unquenchable Thirst . It was a bonus track we never released, so we had the original engineer Joe Johnston from Pus Cavern in Sac remix it in 2023. We were big Creedence Clearwater Revival fans and w...