No Stairway and no Free bird.. please...


Hello Audiogoners I would like to hear your input...

Im starting a new band (i play six string)and plan on doing some originals but mostly cover tunes with the new band.. I Finally found another really good bass player (After the
first practice he asked me if i burned?) Geez..I hope i can keep this one out of jail :-) I said no but talk to the drummer... You know drummers. We have already been asked to play few gigs and we dont even have a vocalist yet.. this
is gonna be intresting.

Anyway this is just for fun and we will be playing some local clubs, large parties and watering holes.

I told the rest of the guys in the band to pick 3 covers:

The drummer says:

Jimmy hendrix- Red house, I say great!
Jimmy hendrix- Voodoochile, I say great!
Stevie Ray- Texas flood, I say great!

Bass players says:

Slayer- not sure which song yet but i said ok but
if doesnt go over well he's gonna have to pick
something else.

Primus- Same thing.

Rage against the Macine- Yes i agree!

My picks:

Alice in chains- Would
Rage against the machine- Killing in the name
Steve vai- For the love of god

Were going to need quite a few more.. I would love to
hear from some of you guys/gals on this.

Any suggestions?
voodoochile

Showing 2 responses by jeffloistarca

If you like Rage as much as I do, it would be hard to narrow down the choice of tracks. How about "Calm like a Bomb", "Guerilla Radio", or "Sleep Now in the Fire"? If you haven't had a chance pick up Project Wyze's first release, do so asap. Quite Rage-like and good listening. Damned good stuff. Not sure about your bass player or vocalist but the last two Red Hot Chili Pepper releases had some really fine tunes on 'em too. Stop me, I could type all night....
"Whippin' Post", a classic. Listen to Zappa's version on "Does Humour Belong in Music" and try to cover that if you can. Dweezil and Frank going at with awesome guitar solos.
A few Tragically Hip tunes would be nice, "New Orleans is Sinkin'" is a dance tune that rocks, and for pure lyrical content "Nautical Disaster" is one of the better songs written in the last dozen years. I'd strongly suggest you pick up their live CD to start, "Live Between Us", if you can't find it easily in a local store you can order off their website www.thehip.com
It would be cool to cover the Hip cuz they aren't that well known in the U.S. but would be an audience pleaser for sure.
Oh, and depending on the "mood" of the crowd (and the aroma in the venue) you may want to slip in Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb"