# What is your dream cover band?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 16, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497 "2013-02-16T14:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggerwam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/919ad9/32.png) [@diggerwam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggerwam)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/1 "2013-02-16T14:24:42Z")
My wife and I went out last night to see a very good Talking Heads cover band. What cover band would you like to see? Or actually be a part of? It probably should be a band that doesn’t exist now. It has to be something that you would actually go out of your way to see. It doesn’t have to be something popular, just something that would mean something to you. My 1st choice would be 1980’s Minneapolis: Replacements/Husker Du/Soul Asylum I saw the Replacements at the very end of their run, I saw Soul Asylum a couple times, never got a chance to see Husker Du (but I saw Bob Mould solo once). ---
**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:** [February 16, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/2 "2013-02-16T21:46:15Z")
I saw K-Earth’s Legends concert last year. They had a Michael Jackson tribute band called **Who’s Bad**. Now I don’t really care for Michael Jackson’s music, but this band was great. Would like to see them again. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/3 "2013-02-17T04:39:19Z")
Both have some good songs, and anybody else could do them better. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/4 "2013-02-17T04:59:55Z")
The Ramones. No work, all joy. ETA: I mean play in the band. Not that it’s a lot of work to listen to a 2 minute song. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/5 "2013-02-17T05:00:16Z")
If I _had_ to be in a cover band, as a guitar player I’d want to be it along the lines of a bluesy late 80s/early 90s hard rock band like Guns ‘n’ Roses, Black Crowes, or Cinderella. They all have songs that are fun to play, with a good opportunity for improvisation, without any pressure to have to be a Steve Vai-like virtuoso. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/6 "2013-02-17T05:35:36Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > The Ramones. No work, all joy. There’s an all-female Ramones cover band here in the Bay Area–in fact, they’re playing tonight in San Jose–called the Hormones. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/7 "2013-02-17T06:49:38Z")
There are a few [excellent Kate Bush tribute bands in the UK](http://youtu.be/FE99Vge1xJY), but as far as I know none in the US, other than as one-off projects. The best of the latter was Chicago’s _Ladies of the Canyon_ who did a really amazing evening of Kate: _[Don’t Give Up](http://youtu.be/2H70ZIYE_lA)_ _[The Big Sky](http://youtu.be/wpsPsCt3tz0)_ _[Rubberband Girl](http://youtu.be/_sVY4URFODg)_ Tom Dunning did a really amazing tribute album and accompanying concert called “I Wanna Be Kate”. Not all the covers worked, but [the ones that did were amazing](http://youtu.be/U5Ekmyfwiro) - usually the ones [that went furthest afield](http://youtu.be/n3CJI5dEQN0). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/8 "2013-02-17T07:09:45Z")
I think a cover band specializing in one hit wonders would be a hoot. All those songs that, when you hear them, make you go, “Oh I loved this. What’s the name of that band?” There’s a huge range of musical styles available. An Aussie band tried it with some success but didn’t seem to be much good from their youtube clips. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/9 "2013-02-17T07:35:11Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I think a cover band specializing in one hit wonders would be a hoot. All those songs that, when you hear them, make you go, “Oh I loved this. What’s the name of that band?” There’s a huge range of musical styles available. An Aussie band tried it with some success but didn’t seem to be much good from their youtube clips. I shoot concerts by various locations of the School of Rock, an after-school music program for kids age 7 to 18. The Chicago location did a tribute to “One Hit Wonders” a couple of years ago, and it [was loads of fun](http://youtu.be/n3CJI5dEQN0). ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Sunshine\_and\_Smiles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine_and_Smiles)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/10 "2013-02-17T17:00:24Z")
I would love to play house parties in a band that only covered **The Strokes**. ---
**Author:** ![Jennmonkye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/278dde/32.png) [@Jennmonkye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennmonkye)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/11 "2013-02-17T23:30:29Z")
I’ve only seen them once, years ago, but Omaha had a really great U2 cover band called [Me2](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc1olRdIjKg). Don’t know if they still play anywhere as I’ve not seen them listed lately. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2013, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-dream-cover-band/650497/12 "2013-02-18T07:08:35Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > There’s an all-female Ramones cover band here in the Bay Area–in fact, they’re playing tonight in San Jose–called the Hormones. Dallas had a spot-on tribute band called Not The Ramones for awhile. It’s good to know folks aren’t letting them die.