The best country music cover songs convince fans that they're originals. Darius Rucker did it in 2013 with "Wagon Wheel," and Chris Stapleton did too, in 2015. Miranda Lambert did it a few years ...

Here is the most played cover song by 55 big hard rock and metal bands. You might be surprised at some of the selections depending on how closely you follow your favorite band's setlist routine. For ...

Every catchy pop track hides possibilities. And once a metal band picks it up, the song shifts character—sometimes darker, sometimes heavier—always in an unexpected way. That’s the joy of reinvention ...

The singer, clad in black with bug-eyed shades gripping his face, motioned first to his left. “Adam Clayton on bass guitar!” Turning to the rear of the stage: “Larry Mullen Jr. on the drums!” “And,” ...

Band battles and cover bands. Individually, they’re eye-rolling enough. Put ’em together and that’s a special realm of hell.

As these 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s rock bands prove, the right cover song can sometimes be the difference between a career flop and a hit record. In some cases, the band just transitioned into a new ...

It starts early, it ends late, and if you go, you’ll probably lose your voice shouting along to “Killing in the Name” with a stranger. Leftapalooza, Longmont’s rowdiest, rockiest, beer-soakiest music ...

“And,” he said just as the skull-capped guitarist to his right punctuated a groove-ridden “Mysterious Ways” with a pealing solo, “this is the Edge!” But the man on the mic wasn’t Bono — and the ...