Featuring a videogame commercial song, a Janet Jackson interpolation, one beloved indie-rock guy covering another, and a ...
The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...
Cover songs, at some point, became part of nu-metal culture. To be more specific, these were mostly covers of pop songs. Sure, some did it before Limp Bizkit unleashed their take on George Michael's ...
Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...
Here are the five best prog metal covers of Black Sabbath songs! As the inventors of heavy metal – according to most genre fans and journalists, at least – Black Sabbath directly or indirectly ...
Released in 1989, The Accused’s version of “Barracuda” resembles what the Tasmanian Devil might sound like if he put out a cover of “Barracuda.” Loose vocals, chugging guitar, and an overall sloppy ...
Your browser does not support the audio element. I’m re-listening to this cover on Election Day—and it’s really emphasizing the cynical, eerie feel of the ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...
Not only is it one of the most famous rock ‘n’ roll songs of all time, but it is also one of the most covered. Released by Bob Dylan in 1967 and launched into international fandom by Jimmi Hendrix in ...
Continuing on with list season, we’re pivoting our focus to the best cover songs of the year. We opted to limit the ranking to one entry per project, as something like Thanks to I Saw the TV Glow, ...