Never heard of any of those bands which I chalk up to the underground Australia music bar scene! Overall I loved how they were using there song to help promote interest in the other bands. Loved the lyrics as "Thunderbirds" was one of my favorite shows growing up!
Like the song trio so much I posted the same video almost a year ago in "From The Turntables In My Head"http://ravishu.com/forums/index.php?topic=44173.msg409559#msg409559
This is one where you really can't call it a cover. It surpassed the original to take a life of it's own and demanded that others use it to cover.
Kinda funny how that will happen to a song. For example, You Really Got Me, by Van Halen. They did it as a cover of the Kinks' original on their 1978 debut album. But now, when any band does it, it's considered a cover of a Van Halen song!