Punch featuring Jello BiafraMarch 2024

Originally written by Patrik Fitzgerald, shortly after Margaret Thatcher had been elected Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Punch – Patrik Fitzgerald, Motorpsycho, Jello Biafra

Fitzgerald had this to say about the song;
“At the time that the song was written, it seemed like the worst type of person to be in charge of a country would be a right wing monster like Margaret Thatcher or a dangerous ex-actor / reactionary like Ronald Reagan, a bit of a joke figure, but also a gun-toting and gun promoting right wing monster. 
Nobody might have expected that , by the early 2020s, the world would end up in the hands of actual clowns like Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, people written off by their own public as comedy buffoons, people to laugh at but not take too seriously.”

This is the track covered by Motopsycho with a bit of help from the legendary Jello Biafra.
This version of «Punch» was originally recorded for the Crispin Glover Records tribute to Patrik Fitzgerald collection ‘All Sewn Up’, back in 2009. The band went for an all-in hard rock approach for their version, something that Jello’s characteristic vocals only added sparkle and intent to, and it is safe to say that the result stood out, even on an album as densely packed with heavy hitters and great music as that one.

Crispin Glover Records and Alternative Tentacles Records released a new recording of the song from 2021, with track covered by Motorpsycho and Jello Biafra on side B.

Tracklist

Credits:

A. Patrik Fitzgerald – Punch
Mixed By – Finni
Written-By – Patrik Fitzgerald

B. Jello Biafra With Motorpsycho– Punch
Bass, Keyboards [Casiotone MT-40], Instruments [Punches] – Bent Sæther
Drums, Percussion, Instruments [Punches] – Kenneth Kapstad
Guest [Extra Special Punchy Guest-stars] – Tommy Olsson (8), Torgeir Lund
Guitar [Punches] – Hans Magnus Ryan
Mastered By – Morten Stendahl
Producer [Produced By] – Bent Sæther, Eskild Næss
Recorded By [Vocals] – Robert Ferbrache
Recorded By, Mixed By – Eskild Næss
Vocals – Jello Biafra
Written-By – Patrik Fitzgerald

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