My Band Needs To Pick A Cover Song

[anonymousnick2001]

My band has decided to do an epic cover song, and we've narrowed it down to two choices.

Hallowed Be Thy Name- Iron Maiden

OR...

One- Metallica





Which one? I need some feedback fast!

 

[AjDeath]

DNR-Testament

 

[anonymousnick2001]

No, man, you don't get it. One or the other. No suggestions. Hallowed or One? Pick one, then tell me why.

 

[None_So_Vile]

Im gonna go for "one"

 

[dill_the_devil]

I'd say go for 'One', if only because James' voice is a lot easier to emulate accurately than Bruce's, and unless your singer has a really, really unique voice and can totally bring his own style to 'Hallowed...', it's just going to annoy people.

 

[AjDeath]

I'd say go for 'One', if only because James' voice is a lot easier to emulate accurately than Bruce's, and unless your singer has a really, really unique voice and can totally bring his own style to 'Hallowed...', it's just going to annoy people.

Good point.

And c'mon Nick, I read your post, I just think those songs would be bad covers, DNR, now there's a song!

 

[Manga-San]

One...

The idiotic masses will recognize it more than Hallowed Be Thy Name...

 

[istari]

I'll go with AjDeath's suggestion... Why play metallica when you can play Testament? DNR, Dog Faced Gods or Sewn Shut Eyes!

 

[AjDeath]

I'll go with AjDeath's suggestion... Why play metallica when you can play Testament? DNR, Dog Faced Gods or Sewn Shut Eyes!

Dog Faced Gods \m/

And no, it doesn't get any better than Lombardo and James Murphy, and Eric Peterson, and Steve DiGiorgio, and Chuck Billy, dare I say the best line-up ever assembled?

 

[food tastes good]

one is a better song in my opinion.

 

[anonymousnick2001]

Hey, I like Testament, but...our one guitarist doesn't know them, our bassist listens to funk and classic rock(RHCP and The Who), our other guitarist wants to do One and I want Hallowed, so that's why I'm asking. We're in indecision. Personally, I'd do Over The Wall if I had to do Testament. Love that song!

 

[Prowler121]

Play Hallowed Be Thy Name. Do you really want any true metal heads in the crowd thinking you're associating yourself with a sellout band by paying homage to their first sell out song?

Hallowed Be Thy Name=Unabashed Metal

One=Cashin

 

[Krenshaw_Leon]

play Hallowed Be Thy Name

check out www.Powerslave.com, Norcal metal site, started by my friend who happens to be a maniacal Maiden fan. they just had their 4th anniversary at the Pound in SF with tons of musicians grouping together to form 5 bands to cover Maiden tunes for an evening, including Machine Head's Adam and Phil, Skinlab's Snake, Technocracry's Mark, and Iron Vegan's Russ doing a cover of Hallowed Be Thy Name!

 

[kollex]

go for one

 

[Reign in Acai]

One First Sellout Song? Shut Your Fagget Mouth Pussyfaced Fagget Fuck!

 

[kollex]

One First Sellout Song? Shut Your Fagget Mouth Pussyfaced Fagget Fuck!

my aren't we an inspiritional speaker. you have put your points across in the wrong manner. by expressing them like you have you give out the impression that you have less brain cells than toes . you could have expressed the same point like thus

One. meh that was when Metalica sold out. if you going to cover them cover one of their earlier and musically better tracks like Creeping death or four horseman. or better still just go with the Maiden track!

you see if you had said your feelings in a manner similar to that, you wouldnt have looked like a moron would you.

 

[Prowler121]

One First Sellout Song? Shut Your Fagget Mouth Pussyfaced Fagget Fuck!

It's spelled F A G G O T not fagget. Can you remember that or is that too tough?

 

[no country for old wainds]

One, because it's a far better song than Hallowed.

 

[ffanatic]

Hallowed Be Thy Name is the better song IMO, but those vocal parts are tough, so One might be the better choice.

 

[Thanatopsis123]

Neither. Pick something better.