Punk Goes... is a series of albums released by Fearless Records in which punk rock bands perform covers of songs from other genres. The series consists of nineteen compilation albums released from 2000 to 2019.
Though predominantly a series of cover albums, Punk Goes Acoustic, Punk Goes Acoustic 2, and Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3 deviate from this theme, featuring acoustic versions of original songs by the featured bands. 2013's Punk Goes Christmas and 2015 rerelease of Punk Goes Christmas titled Punk Goes Christmas: Deluxe Edition features a mix of both Christmas-themed original songs and covers. Similarly, the series' first installment, 2000's Punk Goes Metal, consists of covers, with the exception of "Why Rock?" performed by The Aquabats, which was an original song credited to a fictitious band called "Leather Pyrate".
Albums Year Title Chart positions U.S. U.S. Comp2000Punk Goes Metal Released: August 1, 2000——2002Punk Goes Pop Released: April 3, 2002 — —2003Punk Goes Acoustic Released: October 21, 2003 — —2005Punk Goes 80's Released: June 7, 2005 — 182006Punk Goes 90's Released: May 9, 2006 186 102007Punk Goes Acoustic 2 Released: May 8, 2007 125 52008Punk Goes Crunk Released: May 9, 2008 86 72009Punk Goes Pop 2 Released: March 10, 2009 15 —2010Punk Goes Classic Rock Released: April 27, 2010 Prepare for Punk Goes Pop 3 Absolutepunk.net 2010-04-2923 [ Punk Goes Classic Rock] Billboard.com —2010Punk Goes Pop 3 Released: November 2, 2010 26 —2011Punk Goes X Released: January 25, 2011 — —2011Punk Goes Pop 4 Released: November 21, 2011 92 —2012Punk Goes Pop 5 Released: November 6, 2012 16 —2013Punk Goes Christmas Released: November 5, 2013 95 —2014Punk Goes 90's 2 Released: April 1, 2014 41 —2014Punk Goes Pop 6 Released: November 17, 2014 19 —2015Punk Goes Christmas: Deluxe Edition Released: November 27, 2015 — —2017Punk Goes Pop 7 Released: July 14, 2017 79 —2019Punk Goes Acoustic Vol. 3 Released: July 26, 2019 — —
See also 'Tis the Season to Be Fearless, a Fearless Records album of Christmas songs by punk artists
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