bONES Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 just thinking about Phish covering other bands tunes...or how about entire shows playing another bands music ie: the Beatles, The Who Are they/ were they a "cover band" those halloween shows? interesting to ponder...i love cover bands hey anyone everheard of Terrapin Nation? They recreate Dark Star Orchestra recreations of the Grateful Dead...the bobby dude in T.N. sounds just like the bobby in DSO who sounds just like the bobby from the DEAD...they're som'n alright... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieDon'tSurf Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 i dunno 'bout cover bands, but you just described infinity! more seriously, though, bands can cover a tune, but take that tune to a much different level (whether a higher level or lower level, depends entirely on the band) - but, this alone does not a cover band make. a "cover band" is one that does not approach a tune or tunes from a different angle...basically just dusts it off, polishes it up and regurgitates - not that this is a bad thing, it just signals a certain level of talent... i read it on the internet so it must be true.. cover band defined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Back in highschool I had to make fake ID so I could go see Beatlemania and 1964 (I think these guys were actually better than beatlemania) at Stages in Kingston. I'm DYING to see a cover-band like that again. To me, those pretty much defined what a cover-band is. There are alot of bar bands that are just generic cover bands and don't do it very well. For instance, bands that learn what's currently on the radio and covering that shit at a bar....so annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesehead Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Stages is the worst place now, ever. crawlin with weirdos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 I too saw 1964 man...my first year at Humber College in 1988! Shit i'm getting old They were great...i got pissed drunk i remember that. I'm with you on the whole cover band thing. I like the way you defined how I feel about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Oh yeah cover bands...i like it when it's a whole package deal, like they try and look like the band they are covering as well as some name that's a distinct pointer to the band.... e.g. Road Apples Van Whalen (hmm this actually might have been one of their names...) Back in Black ...and tons more-you guys probably remember a handful... on a side note I discovered through a work connection that Platinum Blonde have decided to come outta the woodwork...check out their website, only if you have lots of time though as it's the most bloated piece of flash shit-bigger than their hair ever was! www.platinumblonde.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Musicface Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Heya! Mine and my friends definitions on this, which are based largely on our experience of playing in bands and going to see bands are more or less as follows: * Bands that do the music of one band, and often (but not necessarily) try to look like them and stuff (i.e. Road Apples or Hip Kings doing the Tragically Hip, The Musical Box doing Genesis, DSO doing the Dead, etc.) are what I would call "tribute bands". * Bands that play primarily or exclusively covers of various other bands (i.e. bands I could think of in this category would include The Dawgs, Downstroke, The Bourbons, etc) are what I would call "cover bands". These are the kind of bands that you often see in venues like St. Louis Bar & Grill or the Chicken Deli in Toronto - I'm sure there are similar venues in every town. Bands like this might throw a few originals into a set - the band Born Yesterday that we used to see a lot out in Pickering and Scarborough in the early 90s are great example of this, they had lots of original songs and eventually put out a CD on A&M, but usually if you saw them in the bar it was 90% Stones, Lynard Skynard and ZZ Top songs and such. For a "mathematically-correct" definition, I would generally say a band that plays at least 50% original material doesn't qualify as a cover band. So, if you go and see a three-set Uncle Seth gig, for instance, we usually play a lot of covers but I don't think we'd ever do more covers than originals. To complicate matters, there are bands that will play gigs where they play all originals, and then the next night they might play all covers, depending on the venue and such. The band Zoolab that my friend played drums for, used to do this regularly - one night it was all originals with maybe one or two covers, literally the next night in a different venue they'd be cranking out Cars & Clash covers! Anyway, that's just my way of differentiating, it's certainly not carved in stone anywhere! Peace, Mr. M. P.S. Tungsten, the Platinum Blonde site is a RIOT! Thanks for the blast from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 "Are you sitting comfortably" Holy geeez Tungsten. That was a voice I hadn't heard in fuggin' years! That damn site is taking me back to grade 7 or 8 man. whoa....time travellin' Mr. M, that's a very damn good assessment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 28, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 Platinum Blonde rocked the Lindsay Exhibition...September 1986?? and I was there my friends...minus the big blonde due though. I was more into the big black dye job due...Robert Smith was GOD i tell you. Anyone know of a Cure cover band doin' the rounds?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Freak Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Oh Bones...you're makin' me feel old... I was stopped on Queen St west, on my way from Groovy L Waves to Kensington Market in 1986, my Robert Smith due looking way toooooo cool(and believe me, at the time, it really did look cool), by this old english man. He walks right up to me and said, "I do like your hat, I really do" I said "thanks" and kept on walking. My friends and I laughed for a long time. I'll never forget that. Flicker, flicker, flicker, flicker, flicker, flicker, here you are... Cata, cata, cata, cata, cata, cata, cata, cata caterpllar girl...... Oh ya-now THAT'S what I'm talkin' 'bout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacedude Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 Best Cover Band around right now is the Musical Box. Check these guys out. Theyre playing 3 shows in Toront next week. Do your self a favor, they recreate Gabriel era Genesis shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermontdave Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 A cover band is when someone yells out "FREEBIRD" and you can do it (or giv'r) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 29, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 this site is GREAT i just got home from work, tired and dirty...i'm drinking a beer and puffin' down, and laughing my ass off!! SuperFreak, you and vermontDave are too funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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