The song “Alcohol” (C. Stilphen/C. Doherty) from Another Wasted Night has been covered by a number of bands. Tankard , a German thrash metal band, featured the song on their album Chemical Invasion . It was also covered by Impaled Nazarene , a black metal band from Finland. It appeared on their EP entitled Motörpenis which was released in 1996. Boston punk rock band Dropkick Murphys covered the song on their “Back to the Hub” 7 inch. It also appeared on their live compilation, Live on St. Patrick’s Day from Boston, MA . Before The Meatmen covered “Alcohol”, Tesco Vee’s Hate Police featuring Keith Campbell and Tommy “Dog” Cohen, released it on a 7″ on Sympathy For The Record Industry. Then it was also covered by The Meatmen on their album Pope on a Rope , and also by No Fun at All on their releases No Straight Angles (US edition), EP’s Going Steady , and Master Celebrations , and by Australian band, Where’s The Pope? who released it on their PSI album released on Resist Records. Metallica also played the song live. The song was originally an instrumental entitled “The Drinking Song” before Doherty attached his lyrics. “Alcohol” also appears on the soundtrack to the 2010 film Jackass 3D .
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