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If Pennywise singer Jim Lindberg has his way, Gwen Stefani will do her best Exene Cervenka and Art Alexakis will do his best John Doe for an X tribute album.

No Doubt, Everclear, Social Distortion, Blondie and Hank Williams III are among the artists Lindberg hopes to enlist to cover songs by the seminal Los Angeles punk band for the project, expected next year.

"I have trouble thinking anyone's going to turn us down," Lindberg said last week.

"We're going to suggest certain songs, and if they want to do something else, that's fine. Certain songs just fit — I can really hear Social Distortion doing 'White Girl' and No Doubt doing 'Your Phone's Off the Hook (But You're Not).' We'll just make suggestions and hopefully they'll be into it.

"I'm just hoping it comes out really cool and it's something [X] can get some enjoyment out of," he said.

Long-time X fan Lindberg said he decided to make the album after a similar effort, to which Pennywise was contributing a track, stalled. Pennywise recorded a version of "We're Desperate," with Lindberg and Cervenka trading vocals, for that album, but ended up using it for the sixth Punk-O-Rama compilation. Punk-O-Rama 2001, due June 5, also features unreleased tracks by such bands as NOFX and Descendents.

Pennywise will release Land of the Free? on June 19 and assume their headlining spot on the Vans Warped Tour June 22.

• X
• Pennywise
• No Doubt
• Everclear
• Social Distortion

Reverend Horton Heat, the Texas psychobilly rocker who dominated the "CMJ" charts earlier this year with his newest album, "Spend A Night In The Box," has been tapped to perform at the sixth annual Hootenanny Festival, scheduled for July 1 in Irvine, California.

Chris Isaak, Hank Williams III, Royal Crown Revue, The Blasters, and The Amazing Crowns will also take the stage at Oak Canyon Ranch for the concert, which in past years has drawn the likes of Social Distortion, X, Chuck Berry, and The Cramps.

To celebrate this year's event, organizers have put together "Live At The Hootenanny: Vol. 1," an album compiling some of the highlights from the fest's first five years. Time Bomb Recordings will issue the LP on June 20.

Artists and track listing for "Live At The Hootenanny: Vol. 1:"

• Mike Ness - "I'm In Love With My Car"
• Reverend Horton Heat - "Five-O Ford"
• Royal Crown Revue - "Walkin' Like Brando"
• Lee Rocker - "Rumblin' Bass"
• Cadillac Tramps - "Everybody"
• The Amazing Crowns - "Halos & Horns"
• Dave Alvin - "Out In California"
• Buddy Blue - "Talkin' Woman"
• The Derailers - "One More Time"
• The Paladins - "Slow Down"
• Deke Dickerson - "Muleskinner"
• Russell Scott - "Don't You Wait For Me"

• Reverend Horton Heat
• Hank Williams III

Rock iconoclast Beck is gearing up for his first major tour in support of his newest album, "Midnite Vultures," and he's selected Hank Williams III and Beth Orton to serve as openers for the North American leg.

• 1/25 - Austin, TX @ Austin Music Hall (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 1/26 - Dallas, TX @ Bronco Bowl (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 1/28 - Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theatre (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 1/29 - St. Louis, MO @ American Theatre (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 1/31 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Theatre (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 2/1 - Columbus, OH @ Memorial Auditorium (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 2/3 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Hill Auditorium (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 2/4 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre (w/ Hank Williams III)
• 2/6 - Toronto, ON @ Maple Leaf Gardens (w/ TBA)
• 2/9 - Montreal, QC @ Cepsum (w/ Beth Orton)
• 2/11 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre (w/ Beth Orton)
• 2/12 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre (w/ Beth Orton)
• 2/14 - New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall (w/ Beth Orton)
• 2/18 - Philadelphia, PA @ Tower Theater (w/ Beth Orton)
• 2/19 - Washington, DC @ Patriot Center (w/ Beth Orton)

-- David Basham

• Beck
• Beth Orton
• Hank Williams III