''Sucking the 70's'' is a two disc collection of 1970s songs covered by modern
stoner rock bands. It was released by
Small Stone Records
Small Stone Records is an American record label based in Detroit, MI. It was founded in 1995 by Scott Hamilton and is a self-dubbed "heavy rock" label. The label has released a number of stoner rock compilation albums, as well as releases by ...
in 2002. A second album, ''
Sucking the 70's – Back in the Saddle Again'', was released in 2006.
The album title is a reference to
the Rolling Stones compilation ''
Sucking in the Seventies''.
Track listing
Disc 1 (78:05)
# "Never in My Life" – Five Horse Johnson 4:47 (originally performed by
Mountain
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)
# "
Black Betty" – Throttlerod 3:48 (first recorded commercially by
Lead Belly, covered by
Ram Jam)
# "
On the Hunt" –
Dixie Witch 6:05 (originally performed by
Lynyrd Skynyrd)
# "
Cross Eyed Mary" –
Clutch 3:31 (originally performed by
Jethro Tull)
# "T.V. Eye" –
The Glasspack 4:47 (originally performed by
The Stooges)
# "
Free for All" – The Last Vegas 3:22 (originally performed by
Ted Nugent)
# "
Can't You See" –
Halfway to Gone 4:53 (originally performed by
The Marshall Tucker Band)
# "
Working Man" – Suplecs 7:42 (originally performed by
Rush)
# "
Travelin' Band/Suzy Is a Headbanger" – Puny Human 4:19 (originally performed by
Creedence Clearwater Revival/
The Ramones)
# "
We're an American Band" –
Raging Slab 3:35 (originally performed by
Grand Funk Railroad)
# "Brainstorm" –
Los Natas 8:25 (originally performed by
Hawkwind)
# "For Madmen Only" – The Heads 4:11 (originally performed by
May Blitz)
# "Nasty Dogs & Funky Kings" – Lamont 2:33 (originally performed by
ZZ Top
ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For almost 56 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard (musician), Frank Beard, and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill prior to his death in 2021. ZZ ...
)
# "Child of Babylon" – Backdraft 4:39 (originally performed by
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1978. The group were originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their ow ...
)
# "I Don't Have to Hide" –
Black NASA 3:02 (originally performed by
Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
# "
Dog Eat Dog" – Warped 3:42 (originally performed by
AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formativ ...
)
# "
Bron-Yr-Stomp" – Hangnail 4:35 (originally performed by
Led Zeppelin)
Disc 2 (77:54)
# "Vehicle" –
Roadsaw 2:53 (originally performed by
The Ides of March)
# "
20th Century Boy" – Novadriver 3:53 (originally performed by
T. Rex)
# "
Hymn 43" –
Alabama Thunderpussy 3:24 (originally performed by
Jethro Tull)
# "
Communication Breakdown" – Disengage 2:39 (originally performed by
Led Zeppelin)
# "
Out on the Weekend" –
Porn (The Men Of) 7:47 (originally performed by
Neil Young
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)
# "Rumblin' Man" – Milligram 3:47 (originally performed by
Cactus)
# "Working for MCA" – Tummler 6:34 (originally performed by
Lynyrd Skynyrd)
# "
Doctor Doctor" –
Fireball Ministry 4:33 (originally performed by
UFO)
# "
Wicked World" –
Spirit Caravan
Spirit Caravan was an American doom metal / stoner rock band featuring guitarist and vocalist Scott Weinrich, Scott "Wino" Weinrich.
Biography
Scott "Wino" Weinrich formed Spirit Caravan after the breakup of The Obsessed. The remainder of the ...
5:33 (originally performed by
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
)
# "Freelance Fiend" –
Lowrider 3:11 (originally performed by
Leaf Hound)
# "
Walk Away" –
The Mushroom River Band 3:24 (originally performed by
James Gang)
# "Woman Tamer" – Broadsword 5:26 (originally performed by
Sir Lord Baltimore)
# "Don't Blow Your Mind" – Doubleneck 2:54 (originally performed by
Alice Cooper)
# "Black to Comm" – Lord Sterling 4:33 (originally performed by
MC5)
# "
Till the Next Goodbye" – The Brought Low 5:32 (originally performed by
The Rolling Stones)
# "
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" –
Scott Reeder 3:29 (originally performed by
Sugarloaf)
# "How Can You Win" – Tectonic Break 2:53 (originally performed by
Parish Hall
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)
# "
The Pusher" –
Gideon Smith & the Dixie Damned 5:23 (originally performed by both
Hoyt Axton and
Steppenwolf)
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2002 compilation albums