For a few years, Mikey Hawdon, chief of Toronto punks Fairmounts, has been placing collectively all-star covers on his Mike And His Uke YouTube channel. For his newest choice, he’s obtained a really well-known man singing a really well-known track. Skate legend Tony Hawk modified thousands and thousands of children musical tastes by way of the medium of video-game soundtrack. He additionally obtained Cold Cave to cowl the Cure at his wedding ceremony and jumped onstage to sing for Goldfinger earlier this yr. Now, Hawk is singing the Nine Inch Nails basic “Wish.”
Tony Hawk and Nine Inch Nails chief Trent Reznor go manner again. In 2017, Hawk took over Depeche Mode’s Facebook, and Reznor despatched him an electronic mail to put up. The new Mikey And His Uke “Wish” cowl options barely any ukulele. Instead, it’s obtained former Dillinger Escape Plan member Ben Weinman on bass, the Bronx’s Brad Magers on bass, stormylovechild’s Kat Lucas on keyboard, and ex-Every Time I Die member Brad Leger on drums. And it’s obtained motherfucking Tony Hawk singing about “54 years on my way to hell.”
The video for the “Wish” cowl cuts the completely different distant musicians collectively, and it reveals Tony Hawk lip-syncing his completely ample vocal whereas skating by public locations. What a life that man has — simply skating round, hi-fiving randos, singing an incredible track. The video additionally has a cameo from the precise Trent Reznor that obtained an precise guffaw out of me. Below, try the Mikey And His Uke cowl and Nine Inch Nails’ still-amazing unique 1992 video.
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