# Inspiration based cover albums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 4, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462 "2001-11-04T19:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/1 "2001-11-04T19:25:37Z")
I’m compiling a list of albums where a band or artist records covers of songs from groups which inspired that band or artist. I have Thank You - Duran Duran The Spaghetti Incident - Guns ‘n’ Roses Scattered Smothered & Covered - Hottie and the Blowfish and I know there’s a fourth one I can’t think of right now. I have rejected Tori Amos’s new album which is covers of songs by various groups, but makes no pretense that they inspired her. That one I file under “concept album.” I’m also not looking for albums where many artist cover one band (Think “Common Threads: songs of the Eagles”). That’s a thread for another time. I’m trying to figure out if Under The Covers by Dwight Yoakam fits the bill, but it looks like just a standard covers album. What am I missing? -Myron ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/2 "2001-11-04T22:17:15Z")
Didn’t the Byrds do a whole album of Dylan tunes back in the 60’s? ---
**Author:** ![Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Jeremy\_s\_Evil\_Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeremy_s_Evil_Twin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2001, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/3 "2001-11-04T23:56:36Z")
**Great White** : “Great Zeppelin: A Tribute to Led Zeppelin” **Metallica** : “Garage, Inc.” **Overkill** : “Coverkill” **Skid Row** : “B-Sides Ourselves” **Trixter** : “Undercover” **Pat Boone** : “In A Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy” **Apocalyptica** : “Plays Metallica By Four Cellos” ---
**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/4 "2001-11-05T00:36:41Z")
David Bowie - Pin Ups. milo ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/5 "2001-11-05T02:05:08Z")
**Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds** - Kicking Against the Pricks **Johnny Cash** - Now There Was a Song **Martin Plaza** - Andy’s Chest (an album of Lou Reed covers) **Bettie Serveert** - Plays Venus in Furs & Other Velvet Underground Songs **Blackeyed Susans** - Dedicated To The Ones We Love And just quiety, I don’t know if **Pat Boone** was actually influenced by most of the artists he covered - my guess is he had never even heard them before doing his record. ---
**Author:** ![Hemlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hemlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hemlock)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/6 "2001-11-05T06:17:21Z")
John Lennon - “Rock n Roll” The Hollies - “…sing Dylan” ---
**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/7 "2001-11-05T08:25:48Z")
I’d imagine Coalesce’s _There Is Nothing New Under The Sun_ (tribute to Led Zepplin) would fit the bill. ---
**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/8 "2001-11-05T10:21:20Z")
**Rage Against The Machine** - _Renegades_ - covers various hip/hop, rock and folk songs the band liked. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@Big\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/9 "2001-11-05T14:10:09Z")
There is a punk band called Me First and the Gimme Gimmes that do nothing but cover songs. They suprisingly have a few albums out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c2a13f/32.png) [@The\_Man\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_Who)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/10 "2001-11-06T04:57:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Skip \* > \*\ ***Rage Against The Machine** - _Renegades_ - covers various hip/hop, rock and folk songs the band liked. \*\* Thank you. This is the fourth album alluded to in my original post. To the rest of you: Also great thanks. Gives me something to look out for. -Myron ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inspiration-based-cover-albums/91462/11 "2001-11-06T06:55:26Z")
The Ramones- Acid Eaters