Here's San Antonio, Texas band Fozzy with their remake of "Balls to the Wall," the 1983 signature song for German heavy metal band Accept.
Yes, that is professional wrestler Chris Jericho on lead vocals.
No, Brock Lesnar is not currently forming a rival band called Scooter... that I'm aware of.
Veer Glider turn Toronto, Canada rap artist Drake's 2017 single "Passionfruit" into a coffee house acoustic number.
Can find absolutely zero information on the band, other than that they have proffered 265 covers according to the Who Sampled? website.
Brake Pedal Music, the label that put forth a few of their albums, also produces albums by Zak Barrett, who appears to gig regularly in Chelmsford, UK.
They don't sound British to me, but.... maybe?
Los Angeles, California pop punk band Londynne's Falling cover St Louis, Missouri R&B artist SZA's groovy 2023 boundary-pushing tale of mariticide "Kill Bill."
As the lyrics state, killing your ex might not be the best idea. In news that broke earlier today, a guy in Yankton, South Dakota (I swear, I'm not making up that town name) killed his ex girlfriend in a jealous drunken rage, and is facing 65 years behind bars.
Monterrey, Mexico sibling band The Warning, prior to supporting acts like Foo Fighters, Muse, and Guns N' Roses, had humble beginnings covering metal songs in their basement.
Here's their version of "We're Not Gonna Take It," the defiant 1984 single from glam metal group Twisted Sister.
According to comments on the video, at the time of recording, the drummer and singer was 9 years old.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania rock band The Composure mix in a changeup on their version of "The Way," a 1998 hit for Austin, Texas alternative rockers Fastball.
The (arguably) catchiest song about tragically deceased geriatrics gets even happier, somehow.
Los Angeles, California retro-futuristic indie pop trio Cannons deliver on their subdued remake of "Dancing in the Dark," the 1984 dance rock single from Long Branch, New Jersey boss Bruce Springsteen.
My sincere hope is that they remake the video one day during a live performance, and pull Courtney Cox out of the audience so that she can join them onstage and gently sway while staring at her shoes.
For more Springsteen covers, Bat for Lashes' version of "I'm on Fire" can be found here, and Andra Day's version of "Glory Days" can be found here.
Country music in general would be a lot more palatable, in my humble opinion, if it incorporated elements of industrial music.
Lucky me! There's North Carolina aggrotech band Seraphim System, who turn Louisiana bred country star Tim McGraw's 1997 Billboard record-setting single "Just To See You Smile" into an electronic dance number, complete with a video that's like an inverse "Take On Me" from A-Ha.
