HAVE MERCY - Covers Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979” All Proceeds to Benefit Sea Shepherd

Rock band Have Mercy are excited to share their brand new cover of Smashing Pumpkins’ hit track “1979”, out now via Rude Records. Fans can listen to the melancholy acoustic track now, here: music.ruderecords.com/1979cover. Additionally, the band has announced that all proceeds from the song will benefit ocean conservation organization Sea Shepherd as part of Rude Records’ charitable arm Rude Cares. For more informatin, please visit: www.ruderecords.com/rude-cares.

Shares front man Brian Swindle: “This is a song that we’ve always loved. Something we’d jam to at soundcheck or a riff I’d always play when picking up a guitar. I’m glad we finally took the time to make a version of our own. It’s a beautiful song.”

Have Mercy reunited last year and released new music for the first time since 2019, capturing the attention of Brooklyn Vegan, FLOOD Magazine, The Noise, and more. The self-titled EP features recent singles “Fast Car”, “SIO”, and “I’m Gonna Be Ok”, and is out now via ZODHIAC Records. Stream Have Mercy now here.

Following the EP, Have Mercy teamed up with international label Rude Records to release a CD re-pressing of their debut LP The Earth Pushed Back. They also shared a previously unreleased b-bisde from their 2012 EP, My Oldest Friend, titled “Seventeen”.