Written by American songwriter Chip Taylor, first recorded by The Wild Ones in 1965 but made famous by The Troggs in 1966, it’s a classic rock cover for Vs. Tuesday this week. “Wild Thing” has a simple and easily recognisable riff, it’s probably one of the first songs you might learn as a wannabe guitarist.
There are few Pantera songs that aren’t considered classics when it comes to Metal. The Arlington, Texas band are hailed by almost everyone and the creators of the groove metal sound. “5 Minutes Alone” from the bands “Far Beyond Driven” has been done a few times by a few bands but today we’re going with
Probably Canadian Thrashers Annihilator‘s most well known song is “Alison Hell”. From their 1989 album “Alice In Hell”, selling over 1.25m copies for Roadrunner Records. It’s a song known as much for it’s dark lyrics as Jeff Waters guitar work. In the red corner we have Cradle of Filth, who recorded their song for their
Probably one of the most recognisable songs from The Smashing Pumpkins 1995 2 hour plus 28 song marathon double album “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” (they don’t release epics like this anymore, labels double their money by splitting them in two and releasing them 6 months apart!) is the iconic “Zero”. It’s been done
Are Alice In Chains more legendary because of what happened to Layne Stanley? Or is it just that certain types of artists will always be tortured souls, extremely good at something creative but the price of that is a self destructive nature? In the red corner, Nu-Metalcore heroes Cane Hill, so their take on the
Written by Glenn Danzig and released in 1983 by The Misfits on legendary “Earth A.D./Wolfs Blood” album, “Death Comes Ripping” is one of those hardcore punk songs that never gets old. It’s a classic song by a classic band – and those terms are too readily used – but not here. 108, Impaler & Social
Led Zeppelin? There is a chance the could squeeze a couple of tours in before retiring. Plant & Paige seem to spend more time on tit-for-tat pettiness these days though. In the meantime, their legacy stands strong and their inspiration and influence is clear for all to see. Indeed, without Led Zeppelin there would be
Classic 1969 hard rock “Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival this week. First up, Multi Instrumentalist Leo Moracchioli from Frog Leap Studios, complete with brand new bass solo. Second, hardcore crew The Ghost Inside who, after multiple surgeries post bus crash are starting to see the light. Who Wins? You decide.
A classic from Thrash heroes Megadeth this week. The easily recognizable riffage of “Holy Wars… Punishment Due” is taken on by Perth, Western Australian Power Metallers Silent Knight and Raleigh, North Carolina Thrashers Blatant Disarray. Who Wins? You decide.
It’s the turn of oh so controversial Nu-metal titans Limp Bizkit to show their influence on the current crop of Metal bands. So in the Red Corner with their take on “Break Stuff” are And It Must Occur ft. Orion Stephens from In Dying Arms…. …And in the Blue Corner The Last Ten Seconds Of
