best cover songs
 

I just heard Killswitch Engage's cover Dio's Holy Diver.....its awesome!

what are some of your favorite cover songs?

Anthrax: She, Parasite, Time, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Bring The Noise, Pipeline
Iron Maiden: Cross Eyed Mary
Led Zep: Babe I'm Gonna Leave You, We're Gonna Groove
Tool: No Quarter

I'll think of more later.

shinedown-simple man and Godsmack-good times bad times

Can't think of all of my favs at the moment, but I can think of the worst I've heard.....Kid Rock and Murder 1 singing No Woman, No Cry.

- Justin

The Doors - Back Door Man.
The Who - Summertime Blues (I corrected my brain fart)
Van Halen - You Really Got Me, Pretty Woman

311- Love Song
Johnny Cash- Hurt
Top_Modelz- Your Love (techno)


New Found Glory's newest album was all covers of famous songs from movies and i thought it kinda rocked...

this song was in my head when i read the title of the thread haha

pearl jam - last kiss; off the top of my head, i'll find more.

fudge tunnel - sunshine of your love
hayseed dixie - back in black
dynamite hack - boyz in da hood

Evergreen Terrace did an album like that called "writers block" they have a much harder version of smashing pumpkins "zero"

:nod: that CD along with Ill Nino's Under Cover sessions came to mind immediately when i saw this thread

G n' R - Knocking on Heaven's Door.(The live version. Not that crap on the Use Your Illusion Disc)

Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower

I also agree with the VH selections above.

i think that i have to agree with most of the stuff thats stated in this thread.. Killswitch engage's cover has been on sirius for at least a month and a half.. me likey :nod:

Dimmu Borgir-Burn In Hell (Twisted Sister)

Johnny Cash....hurt by NiN
Dropkick Murphys.... Fields of Athenry
Pantera ... How I could just Kill a Man (cypress hill) Live

Dream Theater: SMOKIN' live version of Highway Star.

ELP: Hoedown-Jerusalem-Toccata

The Nice: America [From West Side Story]

dave matthews- cortez the killer

h2o- like a prayer
metallica- die, die my darling/green hell/Last Caress

great version .. garage revisited or w/e ... sa weet!

Dimmu Borgir-Burn in Hell
Arch Enemy-Symphony Of Destruction(Megadeth)
Trivium-Master Of Puppets
Cradle Of Filth-Hallowed Be Thy Name
Six Feet Under-Smoke On The Water
Slayer-Inna Gotta Da Vita
Bruce Dickenson-All The Young Dudes
Kittie-Run Like Hell
Octavia Sperati-Don't Believe A Word(Thin Lizzy)
WASP-The Real Me

holocaust: Mater of Puppets
and all the other good ones have been mentioned already.

BTW. shinedown ruined simple man.

Dimmu Borgir-Satan My Master(Bathory)
Dimmu Borgir-Nocturnal Fear(Celtic Frost)
Cradle Of Filth-Black Metal(Venom)
Satyricon-Orgasmatron(Motorhead)
Emperor-Gypsy(King Diamond)

Yeah thats a good song. Ive heard it on sirius for a while now.

Disturbed - Land of Confusion

Edit: In the worst category: Lacuna Coil - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode) during Ozzfest 2006. Sounded horrible when played live.

Metallica - Stone Cold Crazy