redbandit599 Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi all One of my bands is the dreaded 'hard rock/metal covers band' - so if you're sniffy about those - move on to something more palatable now . We've had a girl singer until recently and have just settled on a replacement (due to young kids and sleep deprivation!) - who's a bloke and very different. Bit of a rock belter, in the Bon Scott sort of range. We've also been fancying going a bit heavier recently so this should fit well. We've got loads of old fart Dad rock in the back catalogue already but room for a bit more and some new stuff - we're having to drop quite a lot of material as they are female centric songs (the thought of a 17 stone, bald guy singing 'All I wanna do is make love to you', 'beach' or 'You oughta know' is funny and disturbing in equal measure...) We do this for fun - not looking for loads of well paid gigs - just rocking nights out with appropriate crowds 'giving it some.' Two capable guitarists (so dual leads/ harmonies are possible) - drummer solid, but not that hot on the old double kicking - though he covers it pretty well. So, just for fun really - what would be your suggestions for our "Ultimate Hard Rock / Metal Covers set" - down the Dog and Duck.... 1,2,3 - go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 How about having a go at this classic I've only ever seen 2 pub bands pull it off (admittedly I was in one of them ) and it's a good bass work out as well as a favourite with the crowd who don't usually expect to hear it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 "Good Bass work out" is about right - good shout though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osiris Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 5 minutes ago, redbandit599 said: "Good Bass work out" is about right - good shout though! Yeah, those triplets in the middle section still keep me awake at night, I just can't seem to count in 3's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 That's why you need to down some Lucozade before hand... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Here's the setlist of a band I've depped for in the past - they have a female singer, albeit one with a very low voice Motorhead - Ace Of Spades Sabbath - Paranoid Sabbath - NIB Metallica - Sandman Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing Stone Temple Pilots - Plush Stone Temple Pilots - Crackerman Iron Maiden - The Trooper Judas Priest - Another Thing Coming Velvet Revolver - Set Me Free Velvet Revolver - Slither Therapy? - Screamager Therapy? - Nowhere Slash - Bad Rain Staind - It's Been A While Avenged Sevenfold - Shepherd Of Fire Queens Of The Stone Age - No-One Knows Led Zeplin - The Immigrant Song Foo Fighters - All My Life Dio - Holy Diver Billy Idol - Rebel Yell Police - Message In A Bottle (rocked up) Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Drowning Pool - Bodies Royal Blood - Figure It Out Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone Faith No More - From Out Of Nowhere Ugly Kid Joe - Neighbour Anthrax - Got The Time Nirvana - Breed Texas Hippie Coalition - whizzed Off And Mad About It Stiltskin - Inside 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudewheresmybass Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Iron maiden- wrathchild, trooper, run to the hills priest- living after midnight, breaking the law, green manalishi, hell bent for leather rainbow- stargazer, long live rock n roll metallica- four horsemen, seek n destroy, for whom the bell tolls megadeth- peace sells, train of consequences, holy wars ozzy- bark at the moon, crazy train, mr crowley sabbath- take your pick 😉😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbandit599 Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 (edited) Some good stuff in there Graham - we've got a few of them already. Which would you pick out of that set as being 'the best' - love this auto correct thing 'whizzed off' indeed :-) Edited January 11, 2018 by redbandit599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Older stuff we used to play that always went down well... Budgie - Breadfan The Cult - Rain, She Sells Sanctuary, Lil Devil (take your pick) Megadeth - Peace Sells Deep Purple - Burn Jesus & Mary Chain - April Skies/Blues From a Gun Marillion - Assassing (We used to make a right pigs ear of this but it still went down well with the crowd) The Phantom of the Opera is a good call from Osiris. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 52 minutes ago, redbandit599 said: Some good stuff in there Graham - we've got a few of them already. Which would you pick out of that set as being 'the best' - love this auto correct thing 'whizzed off' indeed :-) I feel Whizzed Off when it's time to play that one, god-awful song as far as I'm concerned, but the singer likes it Bodies, Killing In the Name, Holy Diver, No-One Knows, Rebel Yell and NIB are ones that often go down well, people like the ones they can sing along with. Also, as these songs aren't the sort you often hear; so when, for instance, a Faith No More fan hear's From Out Of Nowhere, they're normally quite chuffed to hear it from a pub band, so that always helps. Here's a video from the last time I played with them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Graham said: Bodies Are we talking Sex Pistols 'Bodies'? Brave to play that in a pub setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 Drowning Pool's Bodies I don't think I'd want to play the Pistols version at all, let alone in a pub Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 The only 'Bodies' song I know is the Sex Pistols one. I thought it was a pretty nasty song to be playing anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skybone Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 You definitely need to include a few "classic line up" Motorhead songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 12 hours ago, Maude said: The only 'Bodies' song I know is the Sex Pistols one. I thought it was a pretty nasty song to be playing anywhere. I thought he meant the Smashing Pumpkins track, which would fit the bill... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ead Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 What about a few AC/DC standards if your singer has that kind of vibe? Whole Lotta Rosie Let there be rock Back in black etc. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted January 12, 2018 Share Posted January 12, 2018 Back in the 90s I used to drum in a rock covers band. Generally we went down pretty well at functions, some of the more successful 'harder' tracks being Black Betty -Ram Jam Dont fear the reaper -BoC Dr Feelgood -Motley Crue Big bad moon -Joe Satriani Black hole sun -Soundgarden The rooster -Alice in Chains Rock n roll outlaw - Rose Tattoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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