Covered in Punk

Infinitely more enjoyable than Sabbath's frankly plodding original, this cover by LA cartoon punkers, The Dickies was released in 1979, and is one of at least three other rocking cover versions, including Nights in White Satin, Eve of Destruction and Sounds of Silence. The Dickies took up the Ramone's 'stoopid is the new clever' stance and sped-up rama-lama noise and ran with it, making break-neck florescent rock 'n' roll anthems and conquering the British charts several times. They made at least two indispensable albums, choc-full of punk-pop classics, in The Incredible Shrinking Dickies (released in lurid colour vinyl) and Dawn of the Dickies. They are still together and tour regular with an insanely energetic stage performance. Be sure to check out the clown princes of punk here and here.