Musicians are going to do at least one cover in their career. Sometimes they're good, better than the original, sometimes not so much. Here are a few of my favorite covers
I'll even provide the album titles to check out. I'll put the album titles on here as well
Cat Scratch Fever
-Original: Ted Nugent
-Covers: Pantera (Detroit Rock City Official Soundtrack), DJ Ashba (Guns 'N' Roses, Sixx A.M.) (Rock Star Guitar Heroes)
Sweet Emotion
-Original: Aerosmith
-Covers: Tommy Shaw (Styx) (Rock Star Guitar Heroes)
Ticket to Ride
-Original: The Beatles
-Covers: Sweet (100 Versions of Beatles Songs)
Let It Be
-Original: The Beatles
-Covers: Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple (100 Versions of Beatles Songs), Glee Cast
Temple of the King
-Original: Rainbow
-Covers: The Scorpions (Dio This is Your Life)
Catch the Rainbow
-Original: Rainbow
-Covers: Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) (Dio This is Your Life)
The Mob Rules
-Original:
-Covers: Adrenaline Mob (Dio This is Your Life)
Eminence Front
-Original: The Who
-Covers: John Wetton (Asia) and K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) (Hard Rock Superstars)
The Boys Are Back in Town
-Original: Thin Lizzy
-Covers: Everclear (Detroit Rock City soundtrack)
Man on the Silver Mountain
-Original: Rainbow
-Covers: Rob Halford (Judas Priest) (Dio This is Your Life)
Blue on Black
-Original: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
-Covers: Five Finger Death Punch (And Justice for None)
Bad Company
-Original: Bad Company
-Covers: Five Finger Death Punch (War is the Answer)
Hangin' on the Telephone
-Original: Blondie
-Covers: Def Leppard (Yeah!)
No Matter What
-Original: Badfinger
-Covers: Def Leppard (Rock of Ages: The Definitive Collection)
Too Young to Fall in Love
-Original: Motley Crue
-Covers: Gilby Clarke (Guns N' Roses) (101 Heavy Metal Classics)
Young Lust
-Original: Pink Floyd
-Covers: Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple) (Covered in Classic Rock)
Under My Wheels
-Original: Alice Cooper
-Covers: Joe Elliott and Phil Collen (Def Leppard) (Covered in Classic Rock)
Rainbow in the Dark
-Original: Dio
-Covers: Corey Taylor (Slipknot) (Dio This is Your Life)
Holy Diver
-Original: Dio
-Covers: Killswitch Engage (Dio This is Your Life)
Jesus He Knows Me
-Original: Genesis
-Covers: Ghost (Pantomime)
Dream On
-Original: Aerosmith
-Covers: Ronnie James Dio (Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio) (101 Heavy Metal Classics, Hard Rock Superstars)
The Black Widow
-Original: Alice Cooper
-Covers: Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith (Iron Maiden) (A Salute to Alice Cooper)
Lunatic Fringe
-Original: Red Ryder
-Covers: Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow) (The Sessions)
All Day and All of the Night
-Original: The Kinks
-Covers: Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow) (The Sessions), The Scorpions (Comeblack)
Tainted Love
-Original: Soft Cell
-Cover: The Scorpions (Comeblack)
Tie Your Mother Down
-Original: Queen
-Covers: Jani Lane and Erik Turner (Warrant) (Under the Influence)
Yesterday
-Original: The Beatles
-Covers: Molly Hatchet (Abbey Rd A Tribute to The Beatles)
Women in Uniform
-Original: Skyhooks
-Covers: Iron Maiden (Released as a one off single)
All Along the Watch Tower
-Original: Bob Dylan
-Covers: Jimi Hendrix (Electric Ladyland)
Hallelujah
-Original: Leonard Cohen
-Covers: Rufus Wainwright (Shrek soundtrack)
You Really Got Me
-Original: The Kinks
-Covers: Van Halen (Van Halen)
The Sound of Silence
-Original: Simon & Garfunkel
-Covers: Disturbed (Immortalized)
Land of Confusion
-Original: Genesis
-Covers: Disturbed (Ten Thousand Fists)
I Heard It Through the Grapevine
-Original: Marvin Gaye
-Covers: Creedence Clearwater Revival (Cosmo's Factory)
Love Reign O'er Me
-Original: The Who
-Covers: Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) (Hard Rock Superstars)
Here Comes the Sun
-Original: The Beatles
-Covers: Richard Page (Mr. Mister) and Steve Morse (Deep Purple) (Hard Rock Superstars)
Free For All
-Original: Ted Nugent
-Covers: Jani Lane (Warrant) (Hard Rock Superstars)
Same Old Song and Dance
-Original: Aerosmith
-Covers: Jack Russell (Great White), Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Steely Dan, The Doobie Brothers) (Hard Rock Superstars)