Cover versions are rarely good, every band or artist puts their own twist on it and it either works or it doesn't. This post was inspired by a chat in the pub on Saturday regarding the pure awfulness of the Metallica cover at the end.
Twisted Sister covering the Leader of the Pack will brighten anyones day. Its campness amplified through a wonderfully cheesy eighties video:
When Chuck Berry recorded Johnny B Goode in the Fifties it is a well known fact that the sound he wanted for it was not possible with the technology available. This would only become available in the late 1980's and it would fall to Judas Priest to record a definitive version that Berry himself would be happy with:
Back in the 80's, before they sued their fans, before they tried to be Bon Jovi and before they took a Therapist on Tour with them. Metallica recorded some kick ass covers. Am I Evil, Blitzkrieg and the Garage Days Ep were all fantastic. The best tunes from the Justice for all period were not the album tracks produced by the Drummer where funnily enough all you could hear were the drums, they were the covers on the B sides. Their version of Budgie's Breadfan is immense. So when it was announced in the late nineties they would re-release all these tracks on a double album fronted by an entire album of brand new covers it sounded a credible prospect. What follows is probably the worst cover version ever ( and there is version of smells like teen spirit by Miley Cyrus on the internet)
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