There's Nouvelle Vague, but they're sort of a niche novelty act.
They do a mean a Blister in the Sun and Guns of Brixton, however.
--- On Tue, 8/25/09, Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> wrote:
>
> In jazz and folk, the norm is to take songs and remake them
> in your own style. It's the majority of the songs that
> are played. That's why they're called standards
> instead of covers.
>
> Rock isn't a standard-based genre. If the vast
> majority of your songs aren't original with you, you aren't
> a real band. But that's certainly not true in folk or
> jazz.
>
> Michael
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