Lookin for cool or obscure covers of well-known songs.
Especially rock or metal covers of pop songs.
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2007-05-31 09:27:23 · 22 answers · asked by Pickles 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Twisted Sister - Leader Of the Pack (The Shangri-Las)
KISS - Then She Kissed Me (The Crystals)
Hanoi Rocks - Around The Bend (CCR)
Motley Crue - Smokin In The Boys Room (Brownsville Station)
Joan Jett - Everyday People (Sly and the Family Stone)
Joan Jett - Do Ya Wanna Touch Me (Gary Glitter)
Joan Jett - Love Hurts (Nazareth)
Poison -Your Mama Don't Dance ( Loggins and Messina)
The Pointer Sisters - Fire (Bruce Springsteen)
Billy Idol - Mony, Mony (Tommy James)
Also check out the new album by Shaw/Blades called Influence, it is filled with cover songs from the 60's and 70's.
2007-05-31 10:37:17 · answer #1 · answered by scrogger63 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I loooove covers, here's a list:
Pantera-Cat Scratch Fever
Marilyn Manson- Highway to Hell, Golden Years, Tainted Love, Down in the Park, I put a Spell on You
System of a Down-Metro
HIM-Rebel Yell, Wicked Game and Don't Fear the Reaper
Kidney Thieves- Crazy
Metallica- Whiskey in the Jar and Turn the Page
MSI- Tom Sawyer
Placebo- 20th Century Boy, Johnny and Mary and Daddy Cool
Lunachicks-Heart of Glass
KMFDM- Material Girl
Dope- F*ck the Police, People are People, You Spin Me Round
A Perfect Circle- Imagine, Gimme Gimme Gimme
Type O Negative- Cinnamon Girl, Paranoid
Children of Bodom- Oops I did it Again
Lou Reed- This Magic Moment
Primus- The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Intruder, Have a Cigar
Bile- Love Stinks
Rasputina- Bad Moon Rising
Six Feet Under-Smoke on the Water
Nine Inch Nails-Metal, Physical, Get Down Make Love
I could keep going for years and years... If you want more I'll be happy to accomodate
Also for a funny listening experience try Paul Anka – Rock Swings and Pat Boone – In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy. Something very funny and wrong about these!
2007-05-31 09:37:01 · answer #2 · answered by ♫ՖքØØķ¥♫ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All of the Metallica covers are great, Reel Big Fish has some good covers, The Secret Machines have afew interesting cover songs. A local Cleveland, OH band called Skinny Moo has some good stuff.
2007-05-31 12:57:50 · answer #3 · answered by pat m 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rush's cover of The Who's Summertime Blues
Tom Petty's cover of Thunderclap Newman's Something in the Air
Metallica's cover of Bob Seger's Turn the Page
The whole Garage Inc album is full of Metallica's covers of other songs
Guns N' Roses' cover of Rolling Stones' Sympahy For the Devil
Jimi Hendix's cover of Bob Dylan's All Along the Watchtower
Led Zeppelin's cover of Jimi Hendrix's Hey Joe
Marilyn manson's cover of Depeche Modes Personal Jesus
2007-05-31 09:31:13 · answer #4 · answered by meep meep 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Fire (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Our Lady Peace - Drive (live Cars cover...no not the Incubus song)
Audioslave - 7 Nation Army (live White Stripes cover)
Foo Fighters - Baker Street
Nonpoint - In the Air Tonight (Phil Collins cover)
Disturbed - Land of Confusion (Genesis cover)
Stone Temple Pilots - Dancin Days (Led Zeppelin cover)
Aerosmith - Come Together (Beatles cover)
2007-05-31 10:26:36 · answer #5 · answered by Baltimore Birds Fan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Godhead Silo covered In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
2007-05-31 09:33:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Led Zeppelin's the Immigrant Song, by Infectious Grooves
Alice Cooper's No More Mr. Nice Guy, by Megadeth
Lynyrd Skynyrd's I Never Dreamed, by Black Label Society
the Police's Message In a Bottle, by Machine Head
2007-05-31 09:38:51 · answer #7 · answered by Leech 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atreyu covering Bon Jovi Shot thru the Heart
HIM covering Wicked Game by Chris Isaac is very good
Marilyn Manson covering Sweet Dreams are made of thes by the Eurythmics is also good.
Have you heard KORN covering "Another brick in the wall"?
2007-05-31 09:38:39 · answer #8 · answered by jediwag75 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I loooove covers, right this is a catalogue: Pantera-Cat Scratch Fever Marilyn Manson- highway to Hell, Golden Years, Tainted Love, Down interior the Park, I positioned a Spell on You equipment of a Down-Metro HIM-insurrection Yell, depraved sport and don't worry the Reaper Kidney Thieves- loopy Metallica- Whiskey interior the Jar and change the web page MSI- Tom Sawyer Placebo- twentieth Century Boy, Johnny and Mary and Daddy Cool Lunachicks-heart of Glass KMFDM- cloth lady Dope- F*ck the Police, human beings are human beings, You Spin Me around a appropriate Circle- think of, Gimme Gimme Gimme style O damaging- Cinnamon lady, Paranoid toddlers of Bodom- Oops I did it lower back Lou Reed- This Magic 2nd Primus- The devil Went right down to Georgia, Intruder, Have a Cigar Bile- Love Stinks Rasputina- undesirable Moon increasing Six ft below-Smoke on the Water 9 Inch Nails-metallic, actual, Get Down Make Love i might desire to maintain going for years and years... in case you want extra i'm going to be happy to accomodate additionally for a humorous listening experience attempt Paul Anka – Rock Swings and Pat Boone – In a metallic temper: not extra Mr. effective guy. something very humorous and incorrect approximately those!
2016-12-30 09:37:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jeff Buckley (R.I.P.) - Thin Lizzy's -Dancing in the Moonlight
Patti Smith - Gloria
Joey Ramone (R.I.P.) - What a Wonderful World
Johnny Cash (R.I.P.) - Everything he covered
Thin Lizzy (R.I.P. Phil) - Whiskey in a Jar
Bruce Springsteen - Jersey Girl & pretty much anything else he's covered. Same goes for U2. P.S. - Sorry for all the RIP's just paying a little homage to some great artist that have really influenced me
2007-05-31 11:33:43 · answer #10 · answered by Ken M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋