Showing posts with label Covers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covers. Show all posts

5.1.13

#RobotMetal Ace of Spades

The drummer is a fucking animal. I bring you the T-666 series*.
Check out the Metal groupie at the end. 
*which is vastly superior to the shite Axl subjected us to in You Could be Mine. 

1.6.12

A TOXIC Lullaby (Britney Spears Cover)

If they could do this cover on stage just like the video there would be a strong possibility I would either cream* or shit(**) my pants. Heck, it's even possible I could do both. This is a great, great cover
YouTube version after the...

27.1.12

Gaga's Bad Metal Legacy

After chickening out of wearing a hijab made of bacon,
Lady Gaga went for a less controversial metal look.
In a recent post I highlighted a cover of Lady Gaga's metal classic Bad Romance. Whilst some of you may have been scratching the fleas on your head (Metal fans are supposed to not wash their hair if I remember the stories in the press rightly) most are busy looking at Jill Janus and Maria Brink's talents.

I digress, a simple search of the Lady Gaga metal phenomena was depressing. I love metal cover versions of dross pop songs, however the Lady Gaga covers are something else lacking humour and if anything trying to jump on a bandwagon. As reviewer Cynic wrote at Metal Underground
Instead of metal covers of [Gaga] songs being witty juxtapositions or ironic statements about the bubblegum nature of mainstream artists (which they probably wouldn't be even if she were bad), all these covers are just needless prostration at the feet of a "not that bad" artist. To me covering LG is like a red flag warning of a band that thinks they're doing something witty or original, but is in fact an unimaginative zeitgeist which shames us all as we sink into the cesspit of attention grabbing.
First up is the best of the covers I found, which I don't think is serious and shows little respect - and is all the better for it. Many others are after the jump but listen with caution as they are still dreadful, bar the Epic Metal cover, even with the amps turned up to 11. 

25.1.12

#TNA Lzzy Halestorm

Lzzy and some blokes who apparently play instuments
Halestorm hail [sic] from and were formed by siblings Elizabeth 'Lzzy' Arejay Hale having written songs  since 1997 an originally had their father playing bass. Surprisingly they have only released one eponymous studio album back in 2009 despite several EP's. Firmly in the hard rock sphere as shown by 2011's  ReAniMate:The CoVeRs eP, which covered [sic] Skid Row's 'Slave to the Grind', Guns N' Roses 'Out ta Get Me' and Lady Gaga's hard rock/metal classic 'Bad Romance. 
More pictures and some covers after the jump