Just like tribute albums, covers are a very special topic – some bands do nothing but copy the original note-for-note, while others are capable of transforming somebody else’s song into their own original number. Here’s a list of curious covers and artists who decided to do their take on songs that we least expected to hear from them:
Husker Du did plenty of covers throughout their career and one of the highlights is 60’s classic “Eight Miles High” (Byrds), recreated in a hardcore fashion, with the song featuring almost wordless lyrics sung/screamed by Mould.
Isis did a cover of Godflesh classic “Streetcleaner”, which originally appeared on their 1999 Sawblade EP (which also featured their cover of Black Sabbath’s “Hand Of Doom”) and then on 2000 7″ split with Pig Destroyer. It was also included on their tenth-anniversary vinyl box-set “Shades Of The Swarm”, which came out on Conspiracy Records in 2008.
Another remarkable cover of Husker Du’s “Something I Learned Today” opens up a 1993 tribute “Du Huskers: Twin Cities Replay Zen Arcade” – its a rather noisy cover from Minneapolis/Fargo, ND trio Hammerhead. Other bands on compilation included Vertigo, Walt Mink, Flour and Arcwelder.
Pain Teens – Drinking & Driving / I Got A Right
Husker Du – Eight Miles High (Live, 1987)
Few weeks ago, during a family trip to the restaurant, I overheard my brother saying…
The discourse around the solar eclipse this year has reached a fever pitch with the…
I saw the world premiere run of Becoming a Man at the American Repertory Theater…
New Music Heavy Cloud - Out of the Ash (Histamine Tapes) / inspired by creation…
I saw Dune Part 2 at Jordan’s Furniture Store IMAX in Reading. It is essentially…
New Music Mumbles - In the Pocket of Big Sad / Been looking forward to…