"Copy Cats" is an album by Johnny Thunders and Patti Palladin, released in 1988. The album is a collection of cover songs, hence the album title being "Copy Cats". The duo covered various tracks from a diverse group of artists that includes The Shirelles, Marvin Gaye, and The Yardbirds.
Johnny Thunders, a renowned punk rock musician, was a member of the New York Dolls and later had his band Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers. His collaborator on the album, Patti Palladin, is an American singer who was part of the duo Snatch, which was a punk act during the 1970s.
The album offered the pair an opportunity to pay homage to their musical influences. Predominantly, the tracks chosen were nostalgia-tinged choices from the 1950s and 1960s, encapsulating genres like rock, doo-wop, and R&B. The interpretations of the collection of classics on this album manage to carry the distinctive stamp of Thunders and Palladin, with raw guitars and poignant vocals. One standout track on the album is a version of "Can't Seem to Make You Mine", originally by The Seeds. Furthermore, the laid-back and lively renditions illustrate the pair's ability to take well-known tracks and saturate them with their personal style and punk spirit.
