# Metal covers of Beatles tunes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774 "2003-11-23T02:22:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ender\_Will](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Ender\_Will](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ender_Will)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/1 "2003-11-23T02:22:37Z")
Simple enough question: Are there any Beatles songs which have been covered/remade by metal bands? They don’t have to be good, just around. At work the other day “Come Together” was on the radio and one of the guys said something about how awesome it would be if Pantera covered it…“ONEANONEANONEIS… **THREEE**!!!” And, for the record, Aerosmith’s cover of that song doesn’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/2 "2003-11-23T02:35:54Z")
Motley Crue covered ‘Helter Skelter.’ I believe it can be found online. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/3 "2003-11-23T03:01:41Z")
[Beatallica](http://www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/beatallica.html) is not quite Beatles covers - their songs are weird hybrids of Metallica and the Beatles, played in Metallica’s style, but with the melodies straight from the Beatles. I like them. ---
**Author:** ![Spurious\_George](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spurious\_George](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spurious_George)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/4 "2003-11-23T04:30:09Z")
Soundgarden also covered “Come Together”. I don’t know if it was ever released on any record, but I’ve heard it and it’s good. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/5 "2003-11-23T04:33:05Z")
_Day Tripper_ was covered by Type O Negative on their _World Coming Down_ album. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/6 "2003-11-23T04:57:34Z")
Godhead did _Eleanor Rigby_ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/7 "2003-11-23T06:44:31Z")
I’ll second Beatallica. Good stuff. How can you not like a song titled “Everyone has a ticket to ride except for me and my lightning”? And who can forget the beautiful sentiment “Death to those who will not let it be!”? ---
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/8 "2003-11-23T07:29:52Z")
I am not sure if they are “metal” but there is a band from Slovenia named “Laibach”. They are sort of similar to Ministry (heavy metalish industrial-techno). They covered _Let It Be_…not just the song, but the entire album! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/9 "2003-11-23T07:52:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Walloon \* > \*\*_Day Tripper_ was covered by Type O Negative on their _World Coming Down_ album. \*\* That one is so good. ---
**Author:** ![Gmork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f19dbf/32.png) [@Gmork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gmork)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/10 "2003-11-23T08:00:02Z")
Hmmm, **neutron star** took my only suggestion. But I’ll just say thanks to everyone, cos’ I’m gonna go get copies of the rest of these… ---
**Author:** ![Forty-Six\_Two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@Forty-Six\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Forty-Six_Two)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/11 "2003-11-23T10:42:27Z")
Thrice has done an Eleanor Rigby cover. ---
**Author:** ![WonTon\_Sean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WonTon\_Sean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WonTon_Sean)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/12 "2003-11-23T18:46:35Z")
**Gray Matter** plays a rockin’ cover of _I am the Walrus_, if I do say so myself. ---
**Author:** ![raizok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4491bb/32.png) [@raizok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raizok)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/13 "2003-11-23T19:52:56Z")
Spineshank does a great heavy cover of “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2003, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metal-covers-of-beatles-tunes/214774/14 "2003-11-23T20:01:00Z")
I don’t know if it counts as metal, but I like **Guns 'N Roses** ’ cover of _Live and Let Die_ better than the original. Okay that was **Wings** , but slightly related, right?