Best Cover Versions?

[MKEB...]

Anthrax -Parasite
Faith no more - Warpigs
Freddie Mercury- The great pretender
Guns 'n Roses - Sympathy for the devil

 

[Red Bear]

Anthrax -Parasite
Faith no more - Warpigs
Freddie Mercury- The great pretender
Guns 'n Roses - Sympathy for the devil

Awesome, Patton absolutely nails that vocal IMO

 

[dragonfire]

for covers Boyce Avenue does really good acoustic versions of a lot of current music.

 

[Southernsaint]

I believe i can fly - Me first and the gimme gimmes
Boys of summer - The Atari's &
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Does the stuff Joaquin Phoenix did on the Walk The Line soundtrack count as a cover?

To be fair, isn't the Me First & The Gimmie Gimmies a punk "super group" that only does covers??

I am sure I have a version of them doing "Only the good die young" knocking about...

 

[Bazal]

Trying to avoid what's been mentioned

Karnivool-Sleeping Satellite
Screaming Jets-Shivers and Eve of Destruction
Mad at Gravity-Come Undone
Quietdrive-Time After Time
The Whitlams-Don't Believe Anymore
Kisschasy-Hey Jealousy
AFI-Jack the Ripper
Alien Ant Farm-Smooth Criminal
Faith no More-Easy Like Sunday Morning
Jeff Buckley-Hallelujah
Gary Jules-Mad World

I probably forgot a few

 

[Lambretta]

Has anyone listened to Triple J's "Like a Version" CD's?

There are some great cover songs on those albums.

 

[sydraider]

Dimmu Borgir doing a twisted sister classic!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx-qswUnZ3Q

 

[sydraider]

SLAYER- Born to be wild
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XkYKIv0Tig

 

[natheel]

Atreyu - epic
I'll niño - zombie eaters
Faith no more - easy
Body jar - hazy shade of winter

I really like the atreyu epic cover I'll probably get shut down for it but meh

 

[sharkadelic]

Stairway to heaven - Rolf harris
Ticket To ride - Husker Du
Hurt - Sevendust
Howl at the Moon - Strung Out
I believe I Can fly/Mandy/ just about anything - Me first and the gimme gimmes
Hangin on the Telephone - L7




And anything on the "Standards and Measures" album by face to face. Totally Brilliant array of cool Shizzle.

Thats all I can think of for now

 

[NK Arsenal]

Kiss - God gave rock and roll to you
Elvis - Oh, pretty woman
Metallica - So what

 

[always a raider]

Stairway to heaven - Rolf harris
Ticket To ride - Husker Du
Hurt - Sevendust
Howl at the Moon - Strung Out
I believe I Can fly/Mandy/ just about anything - Me first and the gimme gimmes
Hangin on the Telephone - L7




And anything on the "Standards and Measures" album by face to face. Totally Brilliant array of cool Shizzle.

Thats all I can think of for now

Just read this whole thread and was about to say Sevendust. Brilliant cover.

 

[CC_Eagle]

Faith no more - Warpigs

The Flaming Lips version is awesome.

 

[Flapper]

Call me a heathen, but I really like Wes Carr's version of Is She Really Going Out With Him? playing over the Beauty and the Geek ads.

 

[snoozer]

wuthering heights - mr floppy

 

[OVP]

Probably one of the greatest covers in history (along with Jimi's allalong the watchtower) would have to be John Lennon's Stand by Me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24S5IuLcFQY

 

[OVP]

Twist and Shout, Roll over Beethoven, Rock and Roll Music, Baby its you, Johnny B Goode, Long Tall Sally -ALL were covered by the Beatles.

The Doors doing a XXX version of Van Morrison's Gloria is also a f**king brilliant cover.
They also covered John Lee Hooker's Crawling King Snake ... excellent cover as well. In return, John Lee Hooker covered The Doors' Roadhouse Blues in some tribute album.

Other personal favourites ...

Eric Clapton doing JJ Cale's Cocaine
Red Hot Chilli Peppers doing Jimi Hendrix's Fire.
Black Crowes doing Hard to Handle (forget who did the original .. doh !!).
Nirvana doing Bowie's Man Who Sold The World.
Eddie Vedder doing Dylan's Masters of War ... A+
Stevie Ray Vaughan doing Hendrix's Little Wing and the only one who does justice to Hendrix's Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Johnny Cash doing Soundgarden's Rusty Cage and also Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus is a ripper as well (and yes Hurt too).
But this is probably Johnny Cash's best cover imo - Redemption Song with Joe Strummer and Tom Morello on guitar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGVSTsgcCvw
Gary Jules doing Tears for Fears' Mad World
Faith No More doing War Pigs and Easy
Living Color doing Cream's Sunshine of your love ... Vernon Reid for the win.
Rage Against the Machine doing Springsteen's Ghost of Tom Joad
Manfred Mann doing Springsteen's Blinded By the Light is a classic
George Thorogood doing John Lee Hooker's One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
Creedence Clearwater Revival doing Suzie Q (cant remember the original sorry)
Marilyn Manson doing the Eurythmics' Sweet Dreams is a belter imo
Silverchair doing Midnight Oil's Dont Wanna be the One wins too
Screaming Jets doing the Boys Next Door's Shivers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN_R9HKaSZ8

Christ i could be here for years lol

 

[Skeletor]

Black Crowes doing Hard to Handle (forget who did the original .. doh !!).

Otis Redding.

Disturbed do some amazing covers (their version Genesis Land of Confusion is great and their cover of Faith No More Midlife Crisis is the only FNM cover that doesn't blow goats.)

The Whitlams do a fantastic version of Dylan's Tangled Up In Blue

Doug Anthony All Stars do Throw Your Arms and I heard it Through The Grapevine

Lacuna Coil's Enjoy The Silence

Worst cover ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k_BgzSDQNk

 

[snoozer]

Otis Redding.

Disturbed do some amazing covers (their version Genesis Land of Confusion is great and their cover of Faith No More Midlife Crisis is the only FNM cover that doesn't blow goats.)

their version of tears for fears "shout" is a corker.

 

[Phillips]

whisky in the jar metallica
tuesdays gone - metallica
cinnamon girl - type o negative
message in a bottle - machine head