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Tony Sly’s tribute album available for pre-order

The tribute album for the late No Use For A Name singer/song-writer Tony Sly “The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute” – coming out October 29th 2013 – is now available for preorder at the Fat Wreck Chords’ website.

You can pre-order this album in three formats: as a CD for $12, a colored vinyl for $20 or as MP3 for $10. All the profits will go to the Tony Sly Memorial Fund.

The album will be featuring covers of Tony Sly’s own songs by various pop-punk and punk-rock bands – including Simple Plan who will be covering the song “Justified Black Eye”. Check out the full tracklist (including newly added bonus songs!) here.

Name of Simple Plan’s cover song for Tony Sly’s tribute album revealed

As you’ve been informed a few weeks ago, Simple Plan will be among a number of bands that will contribute with their own cover versions of No Use For A Name songs of this bands late lead singer Tony Sly, who passed away in July 2012.

The final tracklist of this tribute album entitled “The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute” – that is to be released on October 29th – has been revealed today and Simple Plan will be covering No Use For A Name’s song called “Justified Black Eye” (you can listen to the original version here).

Here’s the whole tracklist for the Tony Sly tribute album:

01. Karina Denike – “Biggest Lie”
02. Mad Caddies – “AM”
03. Strung Out – “Soulmate”
04. Rise Against – “For Fiona”
05. Bad Religion – “Let It Slide”
06. NOFX – “The Shortest Pier”
07. Snuff – “On The Outside”
08. The Bouncing Souls – “Homecoming”
09. Old Man Markley – “Feel Good Song of the Year”
10. Lagwagon – “Discomfort Inn”
11. Teenage Bottlerocket – “Via Munich”
12. Frank Turner – “Keira”
13. Get Dead – “Premedicated Murder”
14. Pennywise – “Devonshire and Crown”
15. Alkaline Trio – “Straight from the Jacket”
16. Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem – “Capo 4th Fret”
17. Yellowcard – “Already Won”
18. Swingin’ Utters – “Not Your Savoir”
19. The Flatliners – “Fireball”
20. Simple Plan – “Justified Black Eye”
21. Useless ID – “Frances Stewart”
22. Jon Snodgrass & the Dead Peasants – “On The Outside”
23. American Steel – “Dark Corner”
24. Frenzal Rhomb – “Flying South”
25. Anti-Flag – “Toaster in the Bathtub”
26. Joey Cape with Scorpios – International You Day

Bonus:
27. Russ Rankin – Via Munich
28. Donots – Invincible
29. Brian Wahlstrom – The Answer is Still No
30. The Swellers – Chasing Rainbows
31. The Holy Mess – Fatal Flu
32. Miracles – Coming Too Close
33. Ryan Hardester – International You Day

Simple Plan to be featured on a tribute album in memory of Tony Sly

Yesterday (July 31st), to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of Tony Sly, the lead singer of No Use For A Name, Fat Wreck Chords released more information about their plans on releasing a tribute album to the late singer.

The tribute, entitled: “The Songs of Tony Sly: A Tribute”, will be released on October 29th on CD, LP and digitally and will be featuring renditions of various Tony Sly’s songs by contemporary punk-rock and pop-punk bands that wanted to be involved in this project. The bands will include the acts of Bad Religion, Lagwagon, Rise Against, NOFX, Pennywise, Anti-Flag, Simple Plan and many more. The full list of the bands featured on this tribute album can be seen here.

All proceeds will go to Tony Sly Memorial Fund, which serves to benefit his two daughters.