Metal /Hard Rock Bands should really stop covering non metal songs.

[limelight_rush]

The worst covers ever have come from metal/hard rock bands.

I'll name a few examples

Marilyn Manson - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)
Marilyn Manson - Five to One (The Doors)
Dream Theater - Highway Star (Deep Purple)
Dream Theater - The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
Dream Theater - Darkside of the Moon full album
Metallica - Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits)
Metallica - Shoot out the lights (Diamond Head)
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the Silence (Depeche Mode)
Nightwish - The Phantom of the Opera (Lloyd Webber)
Judas Priest - Diamonds and Rust (Joan Baez)

[back_blows]

Metal /Hard Rock Bands should really stop covering non metal songs

Dream Theater - The Number of the Beast (Iron Maiden)
Metallica - Shoot out the lights (Diamond Head)

Umm.

[onduvalst]

Yeah but there are some great ones too.
any machinehead cover is great, they do an awesome job.
yngwie's cover of gimme gimme gimme
jimi hendrix's cover of watchtower
guns n roses cover of knocking on heavens door

[Lolicat]

Hendrix's Along Along the Watchtower is my favourite guitar arrangement ever.

[limelight_rush]

Yeah but there are some great ones too.
any machinehead cover is great, they do an awesome job.
yngwie's cover of gimme gimme gimme
jimi hendrix's cover of watchtower
guns n roses cover of knocking on heavens door

I'll agre on Hendrix's cover but on the other 3 I won't

[onduvalst]

Well you must be an elitist.

[Lolicat]

I'm sort of sick of punk bands doing 'comedy' covers of top 40 hits myself, but the examples that the OP gave here are just plain stupid.

[jaycizzo]

IMHO, Disturbed does great covers of Shout and Land of Confusion.

[onduvalst]

I really don't care for Manson but I liked his cover of Personal Jesus. I think some covers are a bit stupid like Cradle of Filth's cover of Devil Woman, but there are some really good ones too.

[afterstasis]

I'm sort of sick of punk bands doing 'comedy' covers of top 40 hits myself, but the examples that the OP gave here are just plain stupid.

agreed.

i couldn't help but laugh when a *****y ex of mine told me that she fired a girl who brought one of those "punk bands doing 80's covers" compilations to play at work on her first day.
hahaha! i'm still failing to hold back my laughter!