Guns N' Roses: The Greatest Cover Band of All Time!

With word of my site currently the one of the most viewed pages online about mypace music contests, I will now talk about the greatest cover band in the WORLD. Yes, I am talking about the one and only, Guns N' Roses! Since 1985, GNR has made some of the best covers of songs to date. What makes their covers so popular is their own unique metal twist to the songs and Axl Rose's singing.

Some of the famous artists they have covered are AC/DC, Bob Dylan,Paul McCartney, and The Rolling Stones. Yet, GNR sometimes actually wrote their own music! It was a rare thing to happen, so whenever they did come up with their own songs and whether or not they were up to standards of that year, they still made it up in the top singles. Just look at their Greatest Hits album; just filled with covers:

Knocking' on Heaven's Door- COVER
Live and Let Die- COVER
Ain't It Fun- COVER
Since I Don't Have You- COVER
Sympathy for the Devil- original...oops I mean COVER
Don't Cry- an actual orginal but GNR COVERED it themselves in Use Your Illusions II after

being originally done in UYI: I that same year.

6 out of 14 songs were covers


I mean, if a band that can somehow get that kind of world status from singing someone else's songs, you automatically deserve greatest cover band in the world. Even if they aren't famous for originallity. Also, when people talk about them, they only need to consider three famous original songs: Welcome to the Jungle, Sweet Child of Mine, Paradise City. Unlike AC/DC and Led Zeppelin, who have way too many famous songs to count, three is an easy number to remember instead of an entire collection.

So if you ever get tired of listening to a somewhat famous song by the original artists, check out a Guns N' Roses album, most likely you will find it. Without further stalling of time, I award Guns N' Roses this trophy:

P.S- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1ksysABDSE