In October 2007, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne of Arcade Fire joined Bruce Springsteen onstage to perform State Trooper, at Scotia Bank Place in Ottawa. Here’s the performance.
The Killers: Shadowplay
Here are The Killers playing Joy Division’s Shadowplay. They released the song on their B-side and rarities album entitled Sawdust.
Beastie Boys & Elvis Costello: Radio Radio
In 1977, during a Saturday Night Live broadcast, Elvis Costello stopped his band from performing Less Than Zero, telling them to play Radio Radio instead. This resulted in a 12 year ban from the SNL for Costello. Here he is recreating that moment, at SNL’s 25th anniversary show, with the Beastie Boys. [Special thanks to [...]
The Vines: Ms. Jackson
The Vines recorded a cover of Outkast’s Ms. Jackson. It can be found on the B-side of their 2002 single Outtathaway!
Faith No More: Let’s Lynch The Landlord
Faith No More covered the Dead Kennedys’ Let’s Lynch The Landlord on the album Virus 100: Tribute To The Dead Kennedys. Here’s Faith No More performing the song live in 1995.
Van Halen, Brad Delp & Steve Lukather: Wild Thing
Van Halen was joined by Brad Delp of Boston and Steve Lukather of Toto for this performance of Wild Thing, during the opening of the first Cabo Wabo Cantina.
Beck & The Flaming Lips: Where It’s At
The Flaming Lips joined Beck onstage for Where It’s At, during Beck’s appearance on the PBS show Austin City Limits, in 2002. Beck covered Hank Williams’ Lonesome Whistle on that same show.
Audioslave: White Riot
Here’s Audioslave covering The Clash’s White Riot at Rock am Ring 2006.
Deftones: If Only Tonight We Could Sleep
Here are the Deftones covering The Cure’s If Only Tonight We Could Sleep. The performance took place at the 2004 MTV Icon show celebrating The Cure’s achievements.
Nine Inch Nails: Dead Souls
Here’s Nine Inch Nails covering Joy Division’s Dead Souls at Woodstock ’94. The cover was released on the soundtrack of the movie The Crow.
Arctic Monkeys: Take It Or Leave It
The Arctic Monkeys perform Take It Or Leave It by the Strokes, on the French TV show Taratata.
Kaiser Chiefs & The Cribs: Modern Way
The Cribs join Kaiser Chiefs for a performance of Modern Way in this video.
Phish: Good Times, Bad Times
Phish takes on Led Zeppelin in this February 1993 concert in Miami. The cover can also be found on the Live Phish 20 album.
The Black Keys: Act Nice And Gentle
Here are The Black Keys in 2004, playing Act Nice And Gentle by The Kinks. The cover appears on The Black Keys’ album Rubber Factory.
Deep Purple: Help
Deep Purple takes a stab at The Beatles’ Help in the 1968 video. The cover can also be found on the album The Best of Deep Purple.
Beck: Lonesome Whistle
Beck has covered a couple of Hank Williams songs over the years. Here he is playing Lonesome Whistle at the Austin City Limits show, in November 2002. The cover also appears on Beck’s Sounds Eclectic album. Beck was joined by The Flaming Lips later on during the show, for a performance of Where It’s At.
Elvis Costello & Fiona Apple: I Want You
In May 2006, Fiona Apple joined Elvis Costello to play this tune, as part of VH1′s Decades of Rock Live show.
Oasis: Cum On Feel The Noize
Here’s Oasis covering Slade’s Cum On Feel The Noize during a 1996 Top Of The Pops episode.
Ben Folds: Tiny Dancer
Ben Folds channels Elton John, circa 1971, with this performance of Tiny Dancer.
Peter Frampton: Black Hole Sun
Here’s Peter Frampton with an unexpected instrumental rendition of Soundgarden’s Black Hole Sun.
The Pretenders: Creep
The Pretenders try their hand at Radiohead’s Creep. The Pretender’s version can also be found on their Kid EP.
Living Colour: Crosstown Traffic
Living Colour supplied this Orlando House of Blues crowd with an energetic version of Crosstown Traffic, during an encore in December 2001.
The Black Crowes & Jimmy Page: Hey Hey What Can I Do
In 1999-2000, Jimmy Page went on tour with The Black Crowes. They mostly played Zeppelin songs, with a few blues standards and Black Crowes tunes thrown in. A live double album, recorded in October 1999, was released. It’s called Live at the Greek.
