
Singles Club : Amyl and the Sniffers
Amyl and the Sniffers flip the bird to 2020 with their riotous cover of a 1978 disco belter.
We needed an anthem at the end of 2020 ā what was by all accounts a godawful year ā something to help us stage dive with full hearts and flailing limbs into 2021. So we asked beloved Melbourne punk rockers Amyl and the Sniffers to join us in raising a middle finger to 2020, as part of our commissioned track series RISING: SINGLES CLUB. Their contribution is one for the ages ā a cover of Patrick Hernandezās disco belter, āBorn to Be Aliveā.
Hernandezās track went all the way to #1 on the Australian charts in ā79. Allegedly it started out as a hard rock shredder, before morphing into a disco banger, which means Amyl and the Sniffersā take has come full circle. Kind of like those full moons weāve been harping on about. This new versionās got lead singer Amy Taylorās joyous and irrepressible cheek, thundering drums and heavy riffs. Itās a brick through 2020ās window.
Weāre born to be alive. Make it count.
āBorn to be Aliveā by Amyl and the Sniffers is a RISING: SINGLES CLUB commission. For more full moon tunes subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Spotify.
Amyl and the Sniffers ā by Chris Almeida. You can find her on IG at @chrisdnm