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This Rob Zombie Xmas song should cheer you up

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Cover, Parody, Psychostick, Rob Zombie, Xmas Music, Zombie Claus

Rob Zombie? A Christmas song? In all fairness, he had nothing to do with it. Instead, we have Psychostick conjuring

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Watch this 9-year-old girl KILL Rush’s “Tom Sawyer” on bass

July 21, 2022July 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bass, Cover, Ellen Alaverdyan, Geddy Lee, Rush, Tom Sawyer

Are you watching, Geddy Lee? Damn, the kid’s got some chops. Read more about Ellen Alaverdyan here.

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Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” played with…

June 25, 2022June 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover, Enter Sandman, Metallica

…yes. This is exactly how it appears.

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Because who doesn’t need a polka version of AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell?”

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Cover, Highway to Hell, Polka

EVERYONE needs something like this. Am I right? The fun kicks in at around 50 seconds in. (Via Paula)

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Try this reaction video with Johnny Cash’s “Hurt”

February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments Charismatic Voice, Cover, Elizabeth Zhafoff, Hurt, Johnny Cash, Trent Reznor

The Charismatic Voice (aka vocal coach/opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff) is having a moment. Her reaction videos are completely charming. Here

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This is a different version of “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

October 15, 2021October 16, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Cover, Nirvana, The Voice

A good song is a good song, no matter the style in which it is performed, right? Right?

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This nine-year-old covering Rammstein is way better than anything we saw on Glee

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover, Du Hast, Rammstein

The O’Keefe Music Foundation is dedicated to bringing music education to kids. In this case, they helped a group of

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Watch this 8-year-old girl KILL with a Slipknot cover

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover, Slipknot

A video (shot pre-COVID, it should be noted) of a young band covering Slipknot. The performance is memorable for two

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Robert Fripp and wife Toyah’s new Sunday Lunch cover. (And the sheer white shirt is back.)

January 31, 2021January 15, 2023 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cover, Joan Jett, Robert Fripp, Sunday Lunch, Toyah Willcox

A couple of weeks back Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Willcox offered up one of their Sunday Lunch covers. That

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Watch this Japanese violinist tear through Eddie Van Halen’s “Eruption”

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cover, Eddie Van Halen, Jill, Unlucky Morpheus, Van Halen

Unlucky Morpheus is one of those uniquely Japanese metal bands. Jill, one of the group’s six members, has been working

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Because who doesn’t want an extreme metal version of Wham’s “Last Christmas?”

December 25, 2020December 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Allegaeon, Black Dahlia Murder, Cattle Decapitation, Cover, George Micheal, Wham

“Last Christmas” from Wham may just be the second-most popular contemporary holiday song, right behind Mariah Carey’s “All I Want

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