013: Metal and Thrash Covers of Non-Metal Songs

On this episode, we discuss the endless stream of incredible metal bands doing incredibly metal covers of (often) non-metal songs. JOIN US as we get into the purpose of covers, some of our personal favorites (and some awesome new discoveries!) and a few surprises along the way (including one of the few times in Metal Nerdery History when we ACTUALLY agree with something Milley said!)

Be sure to check us out on the Inter-webs:

MetalNerdery.com Facebook Instagram

Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode

00.00: Intro/Metal bands covering non metal songs and the purpose of playing covers (other than irritating the employees at Guitar Center)

03:00: Wrathchild America doing Pink Floyd’s “Time” (and their overall musical diversity)/IT’S IN THERE!

07.54: Pantera doing Black Sabbath’s “Planet Caravan”/The Perfect ending to Far Beyond Driven/Suicide Paneling, Pt. 1

10.32: Type-O-Negative doing Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid” (from Origin of the Feces) VERY differently (and VERY brilliantly!)/Other Type-O covers: Black Sabbath, Highway Star (Deep Purple), Hey Joe (Hey Pete), Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young), Summer Breeze (Seals and Crofts)/Type-O-Negative show story and Peter Steele’s marketing genius

16.30: Anthrax doing Joe Jackson‘s “Got the Time” (from Persistence of Time)/Kansas “Carry on My Wayward Son” (Nailed it!!!)/One of two ways to do covers/Anthems (very faithful to the originals!): Rush, Boston, Journey, ACDC, Cheap Trick, Thin Lizzy/Joey Belladonna’s versatility (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath) and the Bruce Dickinson/Godspeed version/Nativity in Black Tribute albums/COC/Slayer “Hand of Doom”/Black Slayer Sabbath

23.00: Alien Ant Farm doing Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal/a non-metal artist doing a metal cover: Tori Amos doing Slayer’s Raining Blood/Slayer doing the “Slayerized” version of In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida (Iron Butterfly)/Hand of Doom/Undisputed Attitude

27.16: Exodus metal cover two-fer: Low Rider (War) and Overdose (ACDC) from Fabulous Disaster/Voivod doing Pink Floyd’s “Astronomy Domine”

31.21: Korn doing Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall”/Life of Agony doing “Don’t you Forget about Me” by Simple Minds and the power of "The Soft Intro"

33.44: Therapy? (From Ireland) w/ Bruce Dickinson doing “Black Night” by Deep Purple/*Soft Intro* aftershock

35.21: Kreator doing (a KICK ASS version of) “Number of the Beast” by Iron Maiden/Milley’s old tour stories/Black Sabbath doing Evil Woman by “Crow”/W.A.S.P. doing “The Real Me” by The Who and “I don’t need no Doctor” from Inside the Electric Circus/Uriah Heap: Easy Livin’

40.30: The Sword doing “Cheap Sunglasses” by ZZ Top and Mastodon doing “Just Got Paid”/Coroner doing “I want you (She’s So Heavy)” by The Beatles

46.50: Death doing KISS “God of Thunder” and Judas Priest “Painkiller/Manic Depression by Jimi Hendrix (Carnivore and King’s X)/Megadeth doing “These Boots” by (CENSORED!)/Tool doing “No Quarter” by Led Zeppelin/Crowbar also did “No Quarter”/A special message from Bill… ACTIVATE THE METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL (MNTT): late 80’s/early 90’s Decimation (ATL!)