Poppy - Fear Of Dying

Thursday, time for a cover.

"Fear Of Dying" is a song by the American rock band JACK OFF JILL from Fort Lauderdale, Florida founded in 1992 by vocalist Jessicka, drummer Tenni Ah-Cha-Cha, Agent Moulder, and guitarist Michelle Inhell. Though these four women were the initial founders, nine members rotated through the group in its life-span, including Scott Putesky, guitarist and co-founder of Marilyn Manson. The band lasted three years, with only Jessicka remaining throughout, then reunited in 2015 for a number of shows.

The tune was released on the second and final studio album "Clear Hearts Grey Flowers". Produced by Chris Vrenna of NINE INCH NAILS/TWEAKER, it was released in July 2000 on the now-defunct label Risk Records. After "Clear Hearts Grey Flowers" the band formally split up and moved on to establish other projects.

Today's version is made by POPPY, the cover mainly keeps in line with the original song. However, POPPY’s unique voice shines through on her reimagining of the track. Heavy guitar riffs combine with POPPY’s gritty vocals and occasional screams to make a modern headbanging version of the song.

Moriah Rose Pereira, professionally known as POPPY, is an American singer-songwriter, director, producer, author, actress, dancer, model and YouTuber.

POPPY has gone everywhere, from the metal stylings of “Concrete” and Grimes collab “Play Destroy,” to the pop-critiquing acoustic track “Pop Music.” With her first new music of the year, “Fear Of Dying” shows that POPPY will always unabashedly experiment with her sound as an artist. That sentiment is reflected in the very song she chose to cover, with lyrics about not being afraid of speaking your mind and try your best.

“I think artists come in all forms, and you are a product of your own influence,” POPPY said in her debut Alternative Press cover with Ghostemane in 2020. “I make it my mission every day to try and learn something or try something new because you’re only here on Earth for a short time, and I just think that it’s important to keep pushing yourself and your boundaries and where you think that you can go and surprising yourself. Otherwise, you get boring. At least for me, I feel really bored. I don’t really look around at other artists and think that it’s disappointing. Everyone has their own path. I can only speak for myself, that I can get very bored if I’m not trying to constantly learn something."

Today's tune "Fear Of Dying", a pretty faithful cover of JACK OFF JILL’s tune. A song that laid the groundwork for POPPY to remain on the heavier side but eventually release more harder rock tracks with melody. It was released as a single on May 26th, 2021.



Here is "Fear Of Dying" LIVE @ Lodge Room 9/29/2021



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