Just wondering what songs the bands in this country are covering.
What songs does your band cover? What do you use them for?
If not in a band: What songs have you seen being covered? Was it fucken awesome when they played them?
In the bands I am involved in, we cover a few songs:
Breed, Rock The Casbah, Rather Be Dead, Violet, My Mind's Sedate, Shitlist, Moonshiner, Come On Die Young...
Each band has a different selection. In Uncle Dad, we use Moonshiner as a gentle introduction to the band as we settle into our locations. In Idle Faction, we use Breed as a nearly end of the set song for the mosh pit to yell along to... and Violet is strictly a practice room thing so far. The K1500 Project use My Mind's Sedate as a song that everyone knows... because people like that.
And if you don't use covers - why the hell not? They are fun! (shitlist is such a great song, has only 4 chords in it, and can be played with a huge amount - it makes a great country song.)


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Local covers I've loved. Fire It Up ...
Local covers I've loved.
Fire It Up - Blindspott (seeing this song, and the crowd at BDO a couple of year back screaming along to Nil By Mouth made me understand the point behind these guys.)
Xanadu - Xanadu. Funny, upbeat, catchy song... they started their set with it. Warmed the crowd to them.
Summer Lovin - HLAH. Classic. Just classic.
A Crying Shame - The Offbeats - can't get enough of this one - moshing/skankin on vodka.
Country Calender - Goldenhorse. Delightful.
Umm... I'm sure I'll think of more.
i didn't actually like blindspott's ...
i didn't actually like blindspott's live performance last big day out...
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the last ...
I'm pretty sure it wasn't the last one that I saw them at. It was the first time they played on the main stage and they had a huge crowd, even though they were on really early.
... they aren't a band I listen to ...
... they aren't a band I listen to much, or enjoy - but I aren't holding that against them.
I enjoyed "the Rainbow connection" the ...
I enjoyed "the Rainbow connection" the kermit song...Goodshirt
hey! that song rocks! good on ya ...
hey! that song rocks! good on ya goodshirt
Vocoder do a nifty take on Folsom ...
Vocoder do a nifty take on Folsom Prison Blues.
Thanks for that ;) ... apparently our ...
Thanks for that ;) ... apparently our take on Wire's "Ex Lion Tamer" is pretty cool as well ... we occasionally pull out a "noise" version of Beat On The Brat if we want to annoy people ... :)
[ http://www.vocoder.co.nz ]
DGD have a cool version of the Clash's ...
DGD have a cool version of the Clash's "I'm so bored with the USA". Nice.
... add to that their versions of ...
... add to that their versions of "White Man In Hammersmith Palais" and "Police and Thieves" - and as for their version of the Velvet's "What Goes On" (especially with the incredible backing vocalists at the recent Indigo show .. ;) ...)
PS: I heard they've been playing the Undertone's "Teenage Kicks" in their last few shows ... hopefully they'll pull that one out at the D4 show!!!
We tend to do Black Sabbath System ...
We tend to do
Black Sabbath
System of a down doing covers like Metro (berlin)
Kittie
Sometime a Nirvana classic
We did an indie tribute gig a while ...
We did an indie tribute gig a while ago, it was a way cool set of music...
Gift- Sugar
Soon- My Bloody Valentine
Feel The Pain- Dinosaur Jr
Dreams Burn Down- Ride
Son Of Mustang Ford- Swervedriver
Loomer- My Bloody Valentine
Rebound- Sebadoh
...there was more, but it was ages ago. It was really fun! The last cover we threw into a set was Envy by Shihad. Very cool song to play.
omg, my teenage years just flashed ...
omg, my teenage years just flashed before my eyes. :)
i always wanted to cover 'polar bear' by ride. but i can't sing.
Nirvana - Teen Spirit Iron Maiden - ...
Nirvana - Teen Spirit
Iron Maiden - Children Of The Damned
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Linkin Park - One Step Closer
thats wot we've covered so far, prolly doing a chillis song next, or another song sung by ronnie james Dio
Do u do the Linkin Park stuff with a DJ ...
Do u do the Linkin Park stuff with a DJ or not?
My very first band Salvage, used to do ...
My very first band Salvage, used to do a rock cover of California Dreaming by The Mama's and the Papa's.
I have enjoyed Po-Ha's covers of Moonlight Shadow and the theme to Knight Rider.
...and of course their Iron maiden covers that pop up from time to time ; ) especially The Trooper, Revelations, and Hallowed Be Thy Name.