Some bands liksuch ase Metallica and Megadeth have chosen the more serious route when recording cover songs over the years.

Whether for personal morals, creative choice, or commercial success, the three musicians below chose to change the lyrics of their covers.

Music history is filled with incredible achievements, but few honors shine as brightly as reaching 15x Platinum status. This ...

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Back in March, during the kickoff to the latest leg of her Radical Optimism tour in Melbourne, Dua Lipa told the crowd she had a crazy idea. “To make my life a little bit harder, I thought, ‘Why don’t ...

Making a good cover song isn’t easy, and most bands are lucky if they can simply do justice to the original. However, there's a short list of bands and musicians that have outdone the original song ...

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Play your biggest song(s); Yell the name of the festival (or host town/city) early and often; and Play a cover song. Not even the full-time nationally touring musicians and the seasoned concert-goers ...

Many people prefer certain song covers to the original, which is perfectly fine. On the other hand, there are songs that people are clueless about, even if they are song covers in the first place!