Fred Armisen and Sleater-Kinney Form Ramones Covers Band

Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen formerly struck comedic gold with Portlandia. Now, they’re seeing if lightning can strike twice as, alongside the rest of Sleater-Kinney, they’ve formed their very own Ramones covers band.

Named for a standout track on 1980’s End of the Century, The Return of Jackie and Judy was actually born out of the work of another comedic icon: John Mulaney. More specifically, Mulaney asked the collective (which also features Corin Tucker) to cover Kim Wilde’s “Kids in America” for the wrap party of Everybody’s Live With John Mulaney. That “gig” then turned into two sold-out shows in Portland for Halloween, and it will eventually lead to one more confirmed outing (during BottleRock Napa Valley from May 22nd to 24th).

The band have promised more “select live appearances across the country.” But in the meantime,  we can take in some primo footage from one of the aforementioned Portland shows. With Brownstein on vocals, and Armisen on drums, the band’s rendition of “Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment” is appropriately intense and bratty for a proper Ramones covers band. Long may you reign, The Return of Jackie and Judy.

Check out the footage below, and stay tuned for even more news and tour dates as it all drops. Also, not to nitpick, but the band could have also gone with “The Poison Hearts” or a more obvious choice, “Sheena and The Punk Rockers.”