sixxswine said:
He is the fucking king!!!
I'm a little bit picky & only pick up selected tributes or cover records. Like you said, you could really over do it & some bands have no business doing some of these covers!!!! Hey can you tell me more about Lana Lane?
I have heard & read stuff about that gal. What would you recommend?!
Heh, when I was into the tribute craziness I filled myself with them. I stopped when I saw another Metallica tribute and I realize I was drowning myself in the same songs.
Lana Lane is an American singer that works with his husband Erik Norlander (proucer and keyboardist). She works close to Arjen Lucassen in the Universal Migrator albums, and Arjen returned the favor for her "Secrets Of Astrology" album.
She's not metal, mostly melodic hard rock with progressive/symphonic overtones. She can have mid-tempo/fast songs but usually are slow/suave tunes (especially lately which annoys me). She had cover other's people work several times in her career but the "Covers Collection" is only new material not covered in past albums. Her husband always modify the songs to fit her voice and style, which makes the songs good covers and original. She tries not to take material unfit for her style, so she covers (as examples ) 'Kashmir', 'Still Lovíng You' and 'Stargazer'.
I guess she is an acquired taste, I wouldn't recommend her to standard headbangers.
Fangface said:
Some tributes are quite good, but not too many unfortunately :
Judas Priest - Legends of Metal
Holy Dio (the other Dio tributes are terrible)
Emerald : Tribute to the Wild One (Thin Lizzy)
maybe the Scorpions and Rush ones
and the tribute to ABBA was quite funny, even if not so good
The JP tribute is the best of the bunch I agree, but some songs of the CM one are good too.
The Dwell records Dio tribute was pretty decent considering their past tributes quality.
As for Thin Lizzy I disagree, the one called "Killers On The Loose Again" is far more superior, came on Axe Killer with people like Phil Campbell, Paul Dianno, Neil Murray, Steve Grimmet, Nicky Moore and other people from the NWOBHM/classic English metal era (same dudes than they came with the Iron Maiden and Nazareth tribute).
Scorpions tribute both the CM and Dwell records are pretty solid.
Rush the Magana Carta one is fucking awsome but the one Dwell did is a fucking crime (how a Death/Black band is going to cover Rush growling and blasting the double bass/cymbals in a noisy riot?), even so like four songs can be rescued (Capital 2, Mythiasin, Protoype, Premonition).
Clammy said:
Yeah, I have! I LOVE it!! Good old school Motorhead... and "Whorehouse Blues" is fucking BRILLIANT!
INDEED!
