Cover Songs (Rock and Alternative)

[ubers2k]

I'm making a few cds with nothing but cover songs on them, but I'm blanking now... So far I have the following:

Boys of Summer - The Ataris
Black Betty - Ministry
Oops!... I Did It Again - Children of Bodom
In The Air Tonight - Nonpoint
Enjoy The Silence - It Dies Today and Lacuna Coil
Land of Confusion - Disturbed
You Give Love a Bad Name - Atreyu
Since You've Been Gone - A Day To Remember
Holy Diver - Killswitch Engage
No Easy Way Out - Bullet For My Valentine
Brickhouse 2000 - Rob Zombie
Baby Got Back - Throwdown
Tainted Love - Marilyn Manson
You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) - Dope


Any other songs you can think of? I know of the Pop Goes... albums and am trying to refrain from those for the most part... but any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

[GTScoob]

Anything by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes. Really, they cover opera, christmas tunes, broadway, rock, pop, 80s, and they always find a way to somehow include riffs from notable punk songs in their covers, kinda like an easter egg if you listen to them a bunch (lots of Misfits and Ramones riffs ripped off).

Stretch Arm Strong also made good practice to put a cover at the end of each album, I highly recommend their cover of "i'll stop the world and melt with you" or "lets get the party started".

Face to Face had a full album of covers, but they were mainly from older punk bands.

Between the Buried and Me and Evergreen Terrace each have cover-CDs wholly devoted to the bands that influenced them the most. BTBAM's cover of "Kickstart My Heart" and "Geek USA" are pretty awesome. New Found Glory had a cover CD a long long long time ago, I doubt you could even torrent it these days.

Bodom has some better covers too, namely She is Beautiful and Rebel Yell that arent quite so idiotic.

Thrice has some good ones; "i've just seen a face" "eleanor rigby" "send me an angel" "genie in a bottle"

The Vandals do a great cover of "Dont Stop Me Now" too. Living End does a better "Tainted Love" cover IMO. Zebrahead has a good cover of "Wannabe".

311's cover of "Lovesong" is almost as good as the original, although I'm sure 90% of the people that heard it thought it was a 311 song.

There are some good comps of bands covering the Smashing Pumpkins and the Police that I used to have, most of the covers were shitty emo bands but a handful were worthwhile.

If you're into tv theme songs there are a bunch of good covers like Allister's "Fraggle Rock"

Bloodhound Gang does "Its Tricky" on a real old release.

HIM has a good cover of "Wicked Game"

Rise Against did a cover of "Anyway you Want it"

Cake covers "I will Survive" and "War Pigs", Flaming Lips also cover "War Pigs" along with "Seven Nation Army" and "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Pennywise does "My Boyfriend's Back" "Mrs. Robinson" "Land Down Under" "Kids in America"

Propaghandi covers "I want you to want me"

Goldfinger "99 Red Baloons"

Reel Big Fish has too many "Take On Me" "Mele Kalikmaka" "Brown Eyed Girl" "Walkin on Sunshine"

If you're wanting some dub/reggae covers, The Easy Star All Stars cover all of Dark Side of the Moon on one album and a bunch of Radiohead songs on another.

This is most of what I could recall from memory and checking out my itunes. Some of these covers are old as shit so if you want them and cant torrent them lemme know and I'll email them.

and no cover album is complete without Mephiskaphales's wonderful rendition of "bumblebee tuna"

and since you're a metalhead, check out Reggie and the Full Effect's "Raining Blood" or Strung Out's "Bark at the Moon"

[4dmin]

Throwdown - baby got back (best cover ever hands down)

Evergreen Terrace - mad world

[green91]

This is by far one of my fav cover songs!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i5Q

[OneSlow5pt0]

sweet dreams - manson
jack the ripper - AFI
head like a hole - AFI
so fly - Devil Wears Parada(sp)
under pressure - MCR and The Used

and thiers a say anything cover of rap song,that is good cant think of the name

[green91]

Framing Hanley - Lolipop

LOL

[stillaneon]

sweet dreams - manson
jack the ripper - AFI
head like a hole - AFI
so fly - Devil Wears Parada(sp)
under pressure - MCR and The Used

and thiers a say anything cover of rap song,that is good cant think of the name

I got your money

[alpine_aw11]

BTBAM's cover album had some good ones. I would download Bicycle Race by them haha

[FasTech]

sweet dreams - manson
jack the ripper - AFI
head like a hole - AFI
so fly - Devil Wears Parada(sp)
under pressure - MCR and The Used

and thiers a say anything cover of rap song,that is good cant think of the name

Its, Still Fly - Devil Wears Prada

[Total_Blender]

Screeching weasel covers "runaway" by Del Shannon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LFUbB6Peuk

Joey Ramone and the Dictators cover "The Kids are Alright" by the Who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUKk6JXPFec

Johnny Thunders covers "Pipeline" by the Chantays (often mis-attributed to the Ventures, who covered the Chantays)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTVv7kyz8OA

[Revmaynard]

Stairway to Heave - Frank Zappa
Purple Haze - Frank Zappa
Sunshine for Your Love - Frank Zappa
Hotel California - Reel Big Fish
Creep - The Cure
The Lovesong - Snake River Conspiracy
Havana Affair - RHCP
Train Kept a Rollin - Aerosmith
Search and Destroy - RHCP
Castles Made of Sand - RHCP
Tiny Dancer - RHCP
Superstar - Sonic Youth
Moist Vagina - Sonic Youth
Under Pressure - The Flaming Lips
Seven - Beck

Tired of thinking of them, but enjoy.




It makes me want to skewer a baby knowing MCR covered Under Pressure.

[Nismo]

California Dreaming- Penny Wise
Send me an Angel- The Dreaming

[gtrmonkey]

Spiderman-Cheese
Wait and Bleed-Cheese

[ubers2k]

Yeah... I have the whole Punk Goes... collection, so I have quite a few cover songs, but I'm looking for heavier stuff... TDWP covering Still Fly is awesome.

Anyone have the In Flames cover of "Land of Confusion"?

[ubers2k]

Spiderman-Cheese
Wait and Bleed-Cheese

I know all about Richard Cheese... good stuff, but still not quite what I'm looking for.