The 20 Best Cover Songs In Hair Metal History... Yeah!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- In this episode Ryan and I discuss our favorite cover songs of the hair metal genre. It gets a little crazy, so click the link and come along for the ride! Bands includes are Motley Crue, Lillian Axe, Pretty Boy Floyd, Hanoi Rocks, Quiet Riot, Tesla, Van Halen, Krokus, Hardline, Tigertailz, Bangalore Choir, and more!
hanoi rocks-up around the bend - such an amazing cover for sure.
I always really liked Radar Love by White Lion🤘 many thanks as always guys
Completely agree, great song. Hey, thanks for supporting the channel, man, really appreciate it.
The Keel cover of Patti Smith's Because The Night is a favorite of mine!
Agreed! Really original cover for a metal band.
I never knew little suzi was a cover until very recently. I was honestly shocked.
I think I found out a couple years ago. Total mindfuck for me, too.
That’s a cover? wtf!?!?!
Skid Row’s version of Holiday In The Sun from the Sex Pistols was absolutely killer
LOVE that song.
This channel is awesome i grew up in the hair metal years what a great time these kids nowadays have no idea what they missed the great music great rock clubs KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK IM GONNA SAY SKID ROW DELIVERING THE GOODS WAS KILLER
I almost put a Skid Row cover in my list, and you're right, the Delivering the Goods cover is awesome. Hey, man, thank you so much for supporting the channel, I absolutely appreciate it.
I remember Goodbye T’ Jane actually was a single for Brit Fox back in the day but maybe I’m wrong. I know we played the hell out of it on the radio.
Hey, man, thanks for watching and commenting. Did you work for a station?
Gudbye*
My favorite is GNR's cover of "Human Being" because it introduced me to the New York Dolls - who have been like my favorite band ever since, and I thank GNR for the gift.
I actually love The Spaghetti Incident... tons of cool shit there. Thanks for watching!
I freaking love this channel ! By the way, I loved Heavy Metal Rambo ! Fantastic !!!!
Hey, man, thank you so much, seriously, I appreciate it.
Great episode Guru!
I'm totally there with you on a few things: first off You're So Vain is awesome I've always liked the FP version of that song. And on that note I've always thought one of the bands that really grew into their sophomore album was FP on Wake Me When It's Over. I've replaced that cd twice in my collection it gets played that much. Just a bunch of weird garage sleeze metal and nearly every track on that album is completely different sounding.
I also agree on Johnny B Goode by Priest. Ram It Down is such a killer album - very heavy and Glenn's guitar tone is just so compressed and distorted. I actually go back and forth between liking Ram It Down more than Painkiller sometimes.
A few cover songs I really enjoy from that era are: No More Mr. Nice Guy (Megadeth), Hang on St. Christopher (BulletBoys), and Motley's version of Tonight (originally by The Rasperries).
When it comes to more modern metal covers I've always thought Deadsy's version of Tom Sawyer was so heavy and so cool. I just crank that one so loud when I listen to it. Go check it out man!
Keep the episodes coming, and keep rockin!
Hey, Brother, thanks a lot for the kind words and for sharing your thoughts and recommendations. Listening to the Deadsy cover now! Hey, thanks for your support, man, seriously.
Def Leppard's cover of Action by The Sweet is killer. It was a B-side from Adrenalize and then put on RetroActive. Still shows up from time to time in the live set too.
Agreed, that's a kickass cover. Hey, thanks for watching, man, much appreciated.
Black -n-Blue's version was great also
Great episode as always!
Ryan is influenced by Scott, Neil, Polly and Elliot but pulls off sounding like Tim Skold from Shotgun Messiah. And that’s a damn good thing.
Some I’d ad:
No Matter What - Lillian Axe (shocked that didn’t make either list)
Game of War - Shake City
Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers - Tesla
Can You Feel It - Rikki Rocket
Stay With Me - Def Leppard with Phil Collin singing.
Mrs Robinvon - Kik Tracee
There is more but I’ll stop now…
Agreed, I hear a little Skold in that vocal as well. I need to check out that Rikki Rockett song--not sure I've ever heard it. You're the man, HBB!
@@HairMetalGuru419 It’s a cover of the Angel song with Jizzy Pearl on vox. Killer version!
Another great episode Anthony. You & Ryan compliment each other quite well. Blew my mind when you said Little Suzi. Didn't know that was a cover. Tesla nailed it with that one. Thanks for the great watch !!
Great video guys! I've been enjoying the collaborations you've been doing lately.
Thanks, man! Seriously, I really appreciate the support.
I love Mr. Guru & all of his fuck*ng videos, watch themm all, everything, start to finish. Girl 'My number' covered by Lillian Axe can't be far from me whenever 'Cover ' songs came into my mind. 'Gudbye T Jane' by Britny Fox is a killer.
Hey, man, thank you so much for supporting the channel. Seriously, I really do appreciate the kind words, Brother.
I love a good cover. I have an extensive playlist on Spotify of covers. I left off most of the famous covers because I'm burnt out on a lot of them. I'll throw some of my faves out here.
Babylon (New York Dolls)----Shotgun Messiah
25 or 6 to 4 (Chicago)----Vince Neil (bonus track on import versions of Exposed,)
Squeeze Box (The Who)----Roxy Blue
Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson)----Enuff ZNuff
Shy Boy (Talas)----David Lee Roth (kind of a cheat since Billy Sheehan was in Talas)
The next 2 aren't, strictly speaking, bands but I think these covers still qualify-
Wild Thing (The Troggs)----Sam Kineson (C.C. DeVille on guitar)
Runaway (Del Shannon)----Luis Cardinas (his debut album is an overlooked hair metal gem)
Great show, as usual. KInda surprised "The She Kissed Me" and "Leader of the Pack" didn't make the cut. JUST KIDDING!!!! LOL
Hey, thanks for the great suggestions. Never actually hard this Runaway cover... listening to it now. Good pick! I actually like "Then She Kissed Me" as a cover... don't tell anyone. ;-) Hey, thanks a lot for watching and supporting what I do. Seriously appreciate it.
Once again, I see the thumbnail and instantly write down my list and just start crossing them off as you say them. I stayed away from songs on cover albums that bands put out and stuck to tracks on original albums and b-sides from the “cassingle” days. No particular order, Kik Tracee - Mrs Robinson (Simon & Garfunkel) , White Lion - Radar Love (Golden Earring) , Sweet F.A. - Momma Told Me Not To Come (Three Dog Night) , Stryper - Shining Star (Earth Wind & Fire) , Warrant - We Will Rock You (Queen) , Slamming Gladys - Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin) , Black Robot - Cocaine (Eric Clapton) , Mr. Big - 30 Days In The Hole (Humble Pie) and lastly a trifecta from Tesla - Games People Play (Joe South) , Cotton Fields (CCR) and Children’s Heritage (Bloodrock). I’m pretty sure all of these are right here on CZcams
Hey, man, thanks a lot for watching and sharing. I didn't share my 'almost made it' list in case I do a Part II, but, fyi, Kik Tracee and Warran't We Will Rock You was on it. ;-) Hey, thanks a lot for watching, Brother.
I know a lot of people were pissed when Warrant did “We Will Rock You” for the “Gladiator” soundtrack but I effing loved it. The tempo changes, the solo, it gets my blood pumping.
I used to really like Badfinger's No Matter What but man, Lillian Axe nailed it. Kind of surprised you didn't pick that one but My Number is equally awesome. I'm pretty sure they were playing that song with Johnny Vines when there were called Stiff. Could be wrong tho. Love your content
You are exactly right--Stiff DID play My Number... and, you're right, "No Matter What" is a great cover, but I made myself stop at 1 Lillian Axe song, haha. Hey, man, thanks a ton for the kind words and supporting what I do, I really do appreciate it.
Ron, Rob, and Jon were in Stiff and they dud sing it and those 3 joined up with the re Amp of Lillian Axe they brought it over and put on one of the albums and always performed it. Yes Ron Taylor knocked out of the park in both bands.
I'm a metalhead from Switzerland and absolutly love Johnny be good by Judas Priest!! Loved it since the release of Ram It Down and also ever wondered by people hate it. It's so fantastic done. Killer guitars, incredible vocals and so great ideas overall. So great to hear that there are other people who love this cover version. And thank you for the great video! My favourite cover missing on this video from you: W.A.S.P. - When The Levee Breaks (Led Zeppelin Cover, incredible version), on youtube if someone wants to check
Damn guru. I made up a list before I watched the episode and it pretty much was your list except a couple was different but I just decided not to list it lol. I even had britny fox good bye to Jane. You definitely can do a part two
I'm sure Part II will happen at some point... hey, man, thanks for supporting what I do, I absolutely appreciate it.
Love love House of Lords good pick. I saw Pretty Boy Floyd on that tour. Someone spray painted their name on the venue with pink spray paint. Good times.Guns and Roses rules so screw you. Lol
Haha! Hey, I worship Appetite, and I actually really like The Spaghetti Incident. Hey, thanks for watching, man, and for making me laugh with your GNR comment. Much appreciated!
@@HairMetalGuru419 keep up the good work.
WOW! Never knew Ice Cream was a cover..humm. Just listened to the original, very good and bluesy.
I love poison cover of american band, judas priest green manalishi ( with a 2 prong crown).hey guru have u heard jani lane band saints of the underground song all in how u wear it. I love that song. Fyi my name is Anthony also. I love ur dog. Her puppys r going to be adorable. Do u like the new bach songs. Have u heard buck cherry highway star . I almost forgot about ratts walking the dog. Tesla's reel to real is two rockin cd. Beer drinkers and hell raisers. Love the channel
Hey, thanks for the recommendations... and Charlie says thank you. ;-) She's laying beside me as I type this. Yep, I have the Saints of the Underground CD... that's a good song. The Bach songs are actually fairly decent... I didn't like much off his last album. Hey, man, thanks for watching and the kind words, I really do appreciate it.
Wow, just checked out that 1994 Shy album - Did they not know it was 1994?!? Good for them for being true to their sound. Sounds like classic hair metal from 1988.
I haven't really listened to rock after 1991....why I was a teen in the 80's and I couldn't bring myself to grunge or whatever was out. I did listen to the Skid Row's album released, what a about a year or two ago. I like it. Although the lead singer is not there now due to illness.
Another kick ass video baby!
Appreciate it, Brother! Seriously.
Love this channel.
How about a Uk Bands episode? .....Thunder, Little Angels, The Almighty, Quireboys etc 🤘🏼👍🏼
Hey, man, thank you for the kind words. Not sure if I could do a complete UK episode, but at some point you should see some of the bands you mentioned in future videos. Love Thunder and Quireboys--need to revisit LIttle Angels and The Almighty... it's been a while. Thanks again, Brother.
I love the movie Johnny Be Good, then again, I'm an 80's teen. The cover was good also. Just different.
Awesome episode and great picks all, specially Johnny B Goode who doesn’t get the love from hardcore Priest fans. Staying in the movies wheelhouse, I personally love Poison’s Rock And Roll All Night from Less Than Zero and GnR’s Knocking On Heaven’s Door from Days of Thunder (cleaner and shorter version than the one on Use Your Illusion II)
On the “better than original” category, IMO, White Lion made Radar Love better and Poison made Your Mama Don’t Dance way better for as cheesy as it is. 🔥🤘🏻
Hey, man, thanks a lot for supporting the channel. LOVE The movie Less Than Zero, and that Poison cover is great... I think I'm just a little burned out on Rock 'n' Roll All Nite. Agreed on White Lion and Poison making covers better than the original, but I wasn't a fan of Your Mama Don't Dance being a single... should've been Love On the Rocks imo. Thanks again, Brother.
My top ten before getting past your number 9s.
Bulletboys - For the Love of Money
White Lion - Radar Love
Jason McMaster - Let It Go
Little Caesar - Chain of Fools
Great White - Babe (I'm Gonna Leave You)
House of Lords - Can't Find My Way Home
Tesla - Signs
Faster Pussycat - You're So Vain
Steel Dragons - We All Die Young
Badlands - Fire and Rain
Honorable non-Hair Metal
Metallica Breadfan
Metallica Am I Evil
Mahogany Rush's live version of Johnny B Goode is totally killer!!
Def Leppard's cover of "Personal Jesus", and Type O Negative's cover of "Cinnamon Girl" are tops!
Not a "metal" band but Broken Peach (from Spain) did a good cover of Personal Jesus czcams.com/video/7bEdlTlMeCQ/video.html and Human League's Don't You Want Me
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@@NYUK-x-4 That whole 2022 Halloween special was good! They do nice covers considering english is not their native language. Its not all my cup of tea, but its something different.
I'm going to check out that Mahogany Rush cover shortly. I really like Leppard's "Personal Jesus," and even though Type O is necessarily my bag, that's a cool cover. Hey, thanks a lot for watching.
Little wing skid row is a great cover
I did not know that Little Suzie is a cover! I've had the album since it came out!
Nowhere man, from the beginning, bus stop,one,all from Dokken if you can't tell I am a dokken fan,I am not only putting these in my message, I really think these songs are great
Good tunes there, Brother.
I am a huge megadeth fan ,I have never heard that cover of peace sells that is my all time favorite megadeth song
Slade - Run Runaway - Just listened for the first time damn that's catchy.
Right?! Fuckin' love that song.
@@HairMetalGuru419 I Knew they did the Cum on feel the noise (original) but forgot about it until you mentioned it. Such an interesting band.
I remember when I learned Little Suzi was a cover like it was a few seconds ago watching this video😂. I'm surprised no picks for W.A.S.P. They had a bunch of good ones
Another great Slade cover is Lion's version of Lock Up Your Daughters.
Love WASP s cover of “ The Real Me “ by The Who , top 40 hit in the Uk.
You're right, that's a fuckin' great cover. Thanks for watching, Brotha.
I had no idea my fave hardline song is a cover😮 not sure how I feel about that..😂
I've been there, Brother.
This is James Anthony Britny Fox debut album did go gold on December 21 1988
House of Lords' version of Stan Bush's Love Don't Lie is great too.
My favorite band was Great White and they recorded more cover songs than any other band i can think of. My favorite is "somebody to love" by Jefferson Airplane.
Yeah, I'm actually really surprised a Great White cover didn't end up on our list... maybe in part II? Hey, thanks for watching, man.
Mind absolutely blown that Little Suzi is a cover.
Even the guys from Judas Priest think it was a terrible cover.
Great Covers
Kik Tracee - Mrs. Robinson
Faster Pussycat - Your So Vain
Judas Priest - Green Manalishi
Let's see if Cinderella's version of Jumpin Jack Flash makes it! It's great!
I dig that tune, but, sorry, it didn't make this one. Maybe a part II....
@@HairMetalGuru419 they dis a great job on "Love hurts" as well.
@@joeb2588 Shit, yes, that's right.
@HairMetalGuru419 man, you're up late! Well, not sure where you're at but it's almost 2am here. . Got up to pee, was checking the weather, saw your reply. Charlie is prob asleep!
@ Ryan: The singer for SHY - "Welcome to the madhouse" was *Jon Wardi Ward* . Lee Small came about 13 years later to the band...
@HairMetalGuru: Not wanting to correct you, but that SHY album came out (here) in Europe as SHY as usual and only in the US as *SHY (England)* because some other band had the name copyrighted before them. That album "Misspent youth" had a terrible sound, one of the worst ever, I never could get over it, especially since those two songs mentioned are really great.
Seriously, what the hell were MCA thinking releasing it like this?!? (That what I am saying is for the record in Europe released as SHY! The "Shy England" version you are talking about has a (much) better sound and the songs are reorchestrated!)
This needs to be said since I guess you ( in America) are not aware of the two different versions of this record.
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*Steve Harris and Tony Mills : Rest in Peace*
Hey, thanks for filling me, I appreciate it. I assumed it was something to do with copyright issues.... anyway, appreciate the info.
Love this channel @hairmetalguru keep up the good work
Man, thank you, Brotha, I really appreciate it. Seriously.
How about Dangerous Toys Feel Like Makin Love and Tesla Games People Play?
We're definitely going to need to do a part II.
Now if you were a teen in the 80's and Appetite for Destruction (G n' R") dropped, you were blown away. I do understand why some people don't like their music....outside of Appetite I really don't care for their other stuff.
Agreed, outside of Appetite, not much has gripped me from GNR. I actually liked their punk covers album, though. Hey, thanks a lot for supporting what I do, man, I really appreciate it.
@@HairMetalGuru419 You're welcome, I was a 80's teen I grew up in the middle of all the hair bads and watch them fade in the early 90's. I graduated High School in 91, about the time they were done. So I stopped listening to mainstream music. With an exception of a band or two. I can't believe the crap they put out (mainstream) today. Make me want to throw up. You might hat this or not (all opinions). Favorite artist of all time, catch your breath - Elvis, Hank Williams JR, KISS, Doors, AC/DC (with Bon), anything Dio, Buddy Holly - crazy, but I grew up with all sorts of music...rock and country (generally) . Oh my wife's favorite band is Motley Crue.
I never understood David Lee Roth being listed as a bad vocalist. I enjoy that it’s unique, rough and total rock and roll.
With that said…I also don’t understand the hate for CC’s guitar playing and the love for Mick Mars. As a trained guitarist since I was 5 years old, I’ll take CC over Mick every day. And I’ll take DLR over Sammy.
Tears of a clown - Enuff Z’Nuff is a great cover.
Hell yes. Maybe Part II.
@@HairMetalGuru419 also Domino - Private Life is a banger
@@TestarossaRocks Ummm, okay, we'll have to disagree on the Domino cover.... ;-)
@@HairMetalGuru419 hahaha 😆
You all might hate this band, and a lot of people do...Stryper, in 2010 or so they did a cover tribute album called "The Covering" for a Christian Metal band, they covered a lot of bands on it.
I'm not the biggest Stryper fan, but I really like some of their stuff... and I know that covers album you're talking about, some cool shit on that.
@@HairMetalGuru419 It is defiantly interning...subject matter aside for Stryper the band had some talented member and Sweet's voice is insane.
Bon Jovi's 'Boys are Back in Town' is a banger!!!! 🤘🏼🎉
Totally! Same with Metallica's version of TL's Whiskey In A Jar.
Agreed! Thanks for watching, man.
Lita Ford - Only Women Bleed
Shit, good call. I love that song.
The lyrics on those first 3 Krokus albums are so cringy. Seriously go read the lyrics to just the first 2 albums and try not to laugh lol. Just the song Mr. 69 would make Steel Panther seem serious lol. Smelly Nelly and Mad Racket are hilarious to. Love this show by the way. It’s right up my alley👍🏼
You are thinking about 4, 5 and 6th albums. The first Krokus album was in 1976, kinda proggy. Their 2nd album was called For You All and their 3rd album was Painkiller/ Pay It In Metal. Those albums were not that good. Chris Von Rohr sang, played bass and even drums.
A lot of '80s lyrics were a little cringy... completely get what you're saying. Hey, thanks for the kind words, man, really appreciate it.
Kiss- God Gave Rock n Roll to You
Almost ended up in my list... I'm sure a Part II will come up in the future. Thanks for watching, Brother.
Johnny B Goode by Judas Priest is awesome man !!!
Agreed, man. Hey, thanks for watching.
Watching this made me realize that I really dislike cover songs for the most part. Some absolutely phenomenal albums were mentioned here, but I thought the covers were the weakest tracks on them. In particular - 'Shy' "Welcome to the Madhouse" and 'Shark Island' "Law of the Order".
Shy did a much better cover - Cliff Richard's Devil Woman. Do you know Cliff in the US? He was the UK's version of Elvis (without any of the danger) and has had hits in every decade since the 50s I think. Anyway, this was a great cover of a decent song.
Misspent Youth had an awful production that essentially killed the band. They were on the verge and this album killed them.
Hair metal was meant as a derogatory term and I hate it being used. There was no genre or sub genre called hair metal.
Calm down, Cupcake. "It's only rock'n'roll... but I like it." --Mick Jagger
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@@HairMetalGuru419 Bite me sissy.
im not a fan of bands putting cover versions on their albums. bonus track, b-side or cover album then fine but not on album. id rather they just give me another original track.
I tend to agree with you, but if they do a cover, please make it original and not something that basically sounds like the original.
Priest cover is awful
Well, shit, I knew someone was going to post this, haha. Thanks for watching... I think. ;-)
No. It was perfect for the time it was recorded. And is high energy awesome.
i always felt skid row and L.A. Guns and Def Leppard were great at doing covers and making them better then the originals. Here are a few from them that i really enjoy.
Skid Row
"c'mon and love me" by Kiss
"What your doing" by Rush
"Little Wing" by Jimi Hendrix
L.A. Guns
"I'd Love to change the world"
"Until I Get You" by Hanori Rocks
Def Leppard
"Hanging on the Telephone" by Blondie
"Waterloo Sunset" by the Kinks
Good stuff here, man, thanks for watching.
@@HairMetalGuru419 I also like to add l.a. guns version of "moonage daydream" by David bowie.