Nirvana had no qualms with covering quite a few underrated songs during their time. One example would be “Lake Of Fire” by Meat Puppets, which the band famously performed during their MTV Unplugged ...
The first entry on our list of rock covers that are better than the original song goes to Jimi Hendrix for his 1968 cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”. You’d be hard-pressed to find a ...
The Wallflowers' debut, self-titled album arrived to little fanfare in August of 1992. It did little to deter frontman Jakob Dylan, who presented the world with Bringing Down the Horse four years ...
Indie band Best Coast’s cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rhiannon” is interesting. It appeared on the various artists’ album, A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. They definitely made it their own. The piano as the ...
Here are 10 rock and metal cover songs that are more famous than the originals. Musicians making new renditions of existing songs goes back to the very creation of music itself, really. But the modern ...
To pull off a remarkable cover, a music artist isn’t required to precisely mimic the original. A cover stands out when it successfully reimagines a song. Bonus points to an artist who can pull off a ...
Here are the five best black metal covers of classic rock songs! Due to an abundance of worthy options, however, we have no other choice but to first name some honorable mentions and related picks.
Musician Frank Watkinson makes hauntingly beautiful covers of alternative rock songs, like Death Cab for Cutie’s “I Will Follow You into the Dark.” Every once in a while a person’s singing voice ...
There is no platonic definition of a good cover version of a well-loved song. A good cover can be an enthusiastic celebration of the original, a rendition that highlights the very things that stir ...
Such was the importance of the album cover to prog rock bands it developed into a genuine art form in its own right ...
Every year, musicians try their hands at holiday classics. A few of the covers become memorable, most of them are quickly forgotten, but then there are the ones so cringeworthy, they cannot be ignored ...