At one time, it was rumored that some called Gerry Rafferty ‘the Scottish Bruce Springsteen.’ I don’t know about that, but I’m 100% sure this song is Yacht Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzSXSo3dTHU
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At one time, it was rumored that some called Gerry Rafferty ‘the Scottish Bruce Springsteen.’ I don’t know about that, but I’m 100% sure this song is Yacht Rock:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzSXSo3dTHU
I've heard Mellisa Ethridge described as the lesbian Springsteen more than once.
Pics or it didn't happen :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by pisteoff
Just thinking to myself. Back in the day, when everybody was smoking (often indoors) you would have thought there would have been more big hair band explosions.
This reminds me of the time my friends were excited that a Ween cover band was coming to our local bar (tiny town) and they were all excited. I had never even heard of Ween. I kept thinking how could a band that I never heard of have a cover band. Ha.
I didn’t go and still have never heard a Ween song.
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Someone should start a Merzbow tribute band; play every song note-for-note.
^^^ are there notes?
Heh.. I was torn between the sold out of hairspray joke and "nobody light a match!"Quote:
Originally Posted by FLS
FTR, I never had new wave hair, but did have punk rock hair for years. Black, almost white, yellow, orange, and briefly red. There are a few pics somewhere, but they predate digital.
Their name came from a Stranglers song, so they couldn't have been all bad.Quote:
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We went to the Wailers at the Belly Up Sunday. Only one original member, more or less a cover band.
Still had a good time!
Ha. A local festival site is having a two day "tribute fest" with many bands, and it's called Mockstock
Talkin about being in a lot of bands a local bro who has been known to sit in lots of bands was telling me about playing base in 11 of 30 sets at the local weekend folk fest, I asked him how cuz most of these bands are from somewhere else and you are just kinda sitting in, he said its not that hard really
The best cover show I've seen was kexp's Raw Power showQuote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
Raw Power KEXP, a tribute to Iggy & the Stooges performed by Seattle musicians Mike McCready, Duff McKagan, Mark Arm, and Barrett Martin, recorded live on the roof of Pike Place Market. Recorded August 23, 2015.
Songs: Little Doll
T.V. Eye
I Got a Right
I Need Somebody
Down on the Street
Search and Destroy
Loose
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GKWhiPZVcLEI met a girl who was really excited that I knew Merzbow and had seen Boris sorry before meeting her. That was a signQuote:
Originally Posted by Flyoverland Captive
This may very well be the ultimate cover-cum-tribute band:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_Chaos_(band)
Dennis Quaid gets drunk and plays covers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIJ0lBGxg2g&app=desktop&persist_app=1
Oh dear God.. His band played here at The Durham Bulls Ballpark a couple years ago on the 4th of July. Ya, he is horrible! His band was pretty tight and probably well paid but his vocals?? God chimed in on that. About 3 songs in to the first set a giant bolt of lightning took out the power grid hahahahaha! Wicked storms raged for an hour. We went home.. being that we live about 2 miles from the ballpark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
Dirty Loops is a pretty talented couple folks that do new music covers..Quote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpGLdBpIntQ
Quaid is playing close to home, along with Kevin Bacon, with his brother, and Jeff Daniels. Maybe we have to start a new thread that is wtf is up with B hollywood actors playing mediocre rock stars on stage.
I feel the bands pay tribute to the star actors’ overall well-rounded greatness
I’m in Canada, yesterday on the radio I heard an add for a Tragically Hip cover band. I thought it was funny.
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Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Hollywood Vampires, anyone?
It may suck, but I know all the words.
Went back to this, thanks againQuote:
Originally Posted by dookey67
Dead and Co.?
I don't know why I am surprised by this, but I am...
If cover and tribute bands weren't enough, you can also see tribute comedians. This guy performs as Robin Williams:
http://devildogshows.com/wed-aug-15t...1-on-sale-now/
Yeah, I heard an ad for that guy at a local venue. Creepy.
OK. I'll come out of the closet. Seen a few rumors shows and they are absolutely fantastic. young, entergic, in smallish venues, at $20 about 1/10th of what it costs to see the real thing. but the kicker was local band MoonTower. Think several towns have a moontower but I was blown away by this one. Like stepping into the jukebox from the skatepark about 1978. Some of it was that they were playing in a larger hall known for good accoustics, through rumor's sound equipment. thier setlist
sweet Emotion (missed came in late)
People Talk
LaGrange
R & R Hoocheechoo
Voodoo child (dude's guitar & pedal work was unreal. note for note)
Tiny Dancer
One Way Out
Fox on the run
Never been any reason
Stranglehold (again unreal guitar work)
Brit Floyd looks solid
Fair enough - I’m not going to want to see Fleetwood play any Rumors tracks until Leslie is invited back in the band!
Not sure that I am sold on this...
Talking Dreads, reggae Talking Heads cover band...
http://talkingdreads.com/
Really good collection of raggae covers that comes from the source. This one is remakes of American soul and Motown: https://www.amazon.com/Studio-Soul-S.../dp/B00005BILT and there are other excellent collections from one of the best rock steady studios in Jamaica.Quote:
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The Wailers were originally a soul hits cover band.
Saw Karl Denson's Tiny Universe covering the Allman Brothers album Eat A Peach.
Fucking outstanding...better that Denson's own material.
I think it is a big venue thing. Music genres spread people so thin these days. Plenty of new music being played but almost always at smaller venues and at music festivals. We laugh at 99% of the washed up bands that come through here and play at our arena but at CSPS and the Paramount we have good bands on the regular. Blue grass, jam bands, and Americana for the win.
I bet almost every town has somewhere like our CSPS. All kinds of cool shit comes through here that is really too good for this town. http://www.legionarts.org/events/upcoming/
I'll admit to going to see Steve Miller a couple years ago because nostalgia and bucket list but it wasn't probably worth it. Maybe if he would move along but he spends almost all his time rehashing the old hits and people like that shit. I went for the jams and could have stayed for the 2 or 3 tunes where he wasn't in rehash mode and then just left.
The hair bands, Joan Jet, Def Leppard, all that junk sells tickets I guess. Just crazy.
Still can't believe I never made it to a Petty show. One of the few old guys that could draw a shit ton of people and still throw it down. Saw Dylan many times.
Isn’t that crazy? ...people...Quote:
Originally Posted by uglymoney
Tesla is making money touring these days. What the fuck?
On my way home from Reno today I noticed a billboard advertising Blue Oyster Cult, playing at Boomtown casino in Oct.
BOC was my favorite band in Jr and High School. Never saw 'em.
Sadly, I think there is only 1 or 2 original members left in the band. And seeing them at a casino ain'the gonna be like their arena heyday with the giant Godzilla. Plus the surviving original dude's must be kinda old...
I am slightly tempted, though...
The first time I 'accidentally' took acid (though I was taking a microdot of Mesc, turns out it was four way windowpane) was at a Black and Blue show (sabbath and boc).
Absolutely tripped balls, saw the notes coming out of the speakers, and all of that...
I know you meant Lindsay. I feel the same way. My SO bought tickets to the current tour, but I refuse to go. No Lindsay and no would have ever heard of FM.Quote:
Originally Posted by Self Jupiter
I have no problem with cover bands. I saw Classic Albums Live do Led Zepplin IV and it was phenomenal. Highly recommend anything by that outfit.
I've seen Brit Floyd. Very good.
I have a friend who has a Rush tribute band, "Rash". Note for note, prefect. He also had a Yes tribute band for a while that was excellent.
Ah, good catch- who the fuck is Leslie?
Brown Sabbath is a cool band I discovered about a year ago. A bunch of Latin guys in a fairly large band with horns doing Sabbath.
I bet they also do Alice Bowie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane