Rock Show (Peaches song)

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"Rock Show"
Rockshow.jpg
Single by Peaches
from the album The Teaches of Peaches
Released2003
Genre
Label Kitty-Yo
Songwriter(s) Peaches
Producer(s) Peaches
Peaches singles chronology
"Set It Off"
(2001)
"Rock Show"
(2003)
"Grab My Shaft"
(2003)
Music video
"Rock Show" on YouTube

"Rock Show" is a song written and recorded by Peaches. The song was released as a promotional and limited single from her full-length studio album, The Teaches of Peaches in 2003. [1]

Contents

Music video

There are two versions of the music video for "Rock Show", both of which were online in an e-card special of The Teaches of Peaches from Kitty-Yo.

Cover versions

Electric Six covered the song with their version included as the B-side for Peaches' single-release. [2] Peaches returned the favour by including a cover of the band's song Gay Bar as a bonus track on Fatherfucker.

The song was covered by Eels during their 2006 "Live and in Person! No Strings Attached" tour, with a London performance released on Live and in Person! London 2006 .

Song usage

"Rock Show" has been used in the VH1 television special Totally Gay! and the documentary Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story . [3]

Track listing

  1. "Rock Show" by Peaches
  2. "Rock Show" by Electric Six

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References

  1. "Peaches / Electric Six - Rock Show". Discogs . Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  2. "Peaches / Electric Six – Rock Show (2003, Vinyl)". Discogs .
  3. Peaches - Filmography IMDb. Retrieved 2010-06-10.