Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
~Disclaimer: My sampling of outside media in this video constitutes as Fair Use under section 107 of the US Copyright Law, for the purpose of criticism and commentary, which thus invalidates my usage as copyright infringement.~
For the first episode of The Front Cover, we take a look at my favorite covers of pop and rap songs performed by metal bands from any subgenre (mostly alternative metal), and learn how a band can be creative, tasteful and respectful when covering a song seemingly outside their ballpark. Be warned: some of my picks might shock you...
[Videos referenced]
“The Front Cover (Prologue)”: tinyurl.com/yzzu6eb2
“What Killed ’Screamo Covers’?” by The Punk Rock MBA: tinyurl.com/4wcc56ks
“Word Analysis: The Misconceptions of Cancel Culture”: tinyurl.com/2pm6czky
“ROCK GONE WRONG | Three Days Grace | EXPLOSIONS (feat. Brad Taste)” by ARTV: tinyurl.com/5z6yvn86
“Top 10 Best Songs of 2020”: tinyurl.com/h5md2fre
“What’s Wong With - Korn”: tinyurl.com/bd54dj5y
“My Top 20 Favorite ‘One Hit Wonder’ Bands”: tinyurl.com/2avb35ub
“Chon Gamed the System and Got Screwed” by Giorgi Matveev: tinyurl.com/23pwb589
“What’s Wrong With - Green Day”: tinyurl.com/awzx935j
“Top 10 Bands That Made a Great First Impression Live”: tinyurl.com/3cyvm8ks
“Top 10 WORST Cover Songs In Rock” by Rocked: tinyurl.com/3kmrfp3d
“The WORST Cover Songs of All Time” by ARTV: tinyurl.com/42xxyk5w
“What’s Wrong With - Stryper (and Christian Music)”: tinyurl.com/54amevzn
“What’s Wrong With - Blink-182”: tinyurl.com/ysbma2tp
“Top 10 Worst Songs of 2012 (A High School Retrospective)”: tinyurl.com/mr42u3tn
“Why I HATE the ‘Rock is Dead’ Argument”: tinyurl.com/24uhnhs8
“My Top 10 Guilty Pleasures in Music”: tinyurl.com/5hda2r65
“Maroon 5 Used to be GOOD and here’s how! (Songs About Jane Tracks Ranked)”: tinyurl.com/4k7affub
[Articles]
#15 chords (original): tinyurl.com/47sbz4y8
“Battle Beast Part Ways With Guitarist And Main Songwriter Anton Kabanen”: tinyurl.com/5b9zv8u4
“New Band Of The Week: #14”: tinyurl.com/5bmvcn73
“New photos of Amber Heard show bruised eye and bloody lip”: tinyurl.com/yc5k89vw
“As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Arrested in Murder-for-Hire Plot”: abcn.ws/2S1mnda
“Singer Adam Gontier Explains Departure From Three Days Grace”: tinyurl.com/mtmy79fx
My Darkest Days post: tinyurl.com/4tn533vs
“How Do We Talk About Cultural Appropriation Between People of Color?”: tinyurl.com/2hfn56bj
“Speaking of Rhythm: What Does “Beat” Really Mean?”: tinyurl.com/4jnnmn67
“When #7 Came Out as Gay on Live TV and Inspired a Generation”: tinyurl.com/yfarne9z
“#7 on Beating Drugs, Depression and His Outing in LA”: tinyurl.com/cwy2tth4
“#5 to Join Slash, Steel Panther and Hellyeah Throughout Upcoming Spring Tour”: tinyurl.com/mrx758pr
#4 chords (original): tinyurl.com/nhkeymy8
“#3 Explains Why he Ranked the [Album] Last Among #3 Albums”: tinyurl.com/5y74f3ee
Randy Jackson credits: tinyurl.com/3yvech9n
“#2 Split With Singer Over Sexual Misconduct + Grooming Allegations”: tinyurl.com/yk8ka5jh
“HM1 Video Challenges HM1”: tinyurl.com/mvtznu63
HM2 chords (original): tinyurl.com/462hbnms
“Heavy Metal Rocker Comes Out As Transgender”: tinyurl.com/4yawaxd6
“How #1 Became the Media’s Biggest Scapegoat”: bit.ly/3SaKTTq
“Evan Rachel Wood Accuses #1 of Abuse”: tinyurl.com/542j7vsa
“#1 Sues Evan Rachel Wood for Defamation, Distress, Impersonating FBI”: tinyurl.com/2zurfhsy
[Select clips sampled (not including MV’s)]
Razorfist’s MJ playlist: tinyurl.com/4c9569dy
“Djent 2018” by Jared Dines: tinyurl.com/ymzpxpwd
“Hang On St. Christopher” by #11: tinyurl.com/2yns4b3c
Kagny & the Dirty Rats: tinyurl.com/2t8jjnva
Larry Parker commercial: tinyurl.com/48hchwy4
“#7 Guitar Cover” by Steve Terreberry: tinyurl.com/5875hjtn
“1985/Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Haken live: tinyurl.com/3nppf2zb
HM3 Album Review by CoverKillerNation: tinyurl.com/mr247k9y
Amber Heard & Johnny Depp audio: bit.ly/3gIYEsl
Transition clip- “Pop” by NSYNC, covered by Jonathan Young & Caleb Hyles: tinyurl.com/dwab8ycz
[Timestamps]
0:00 - Intro
5:34 - 15
8:04 - 14
11:24 - 13
15:24 - 12
19:56 - 11
23:44 - 10
28:49 - 9
31:30 - 8
34:33 - 7
37:37 - 6
42:59 - 5
48:20 - 4
52:09 - 3
57:52 - 2
1:02:59 - Honorable mentions
1:07:32 - 1
1:11:12 - Ending
#MetalCovers #CoverSongs #PopMusic
►My facebook: facebook.com/RanterInShadesOfficial
►The DiscordInShades: discord.gg/AKXCZhxqby
~Disclaimer: My sampling of outside media in this video constitutes as Fair Use under section 107 of the US Copyright Law, for the purpose of criticism and commentary, which thus invalidates my usage as copyright infringement.~
For the first episode of The Front Cover, we take a look at my favorite covers of pop and rap songs performed by metal bands from any subgenre (mostly alternative metal), and learn how a band can be creative, tasteful and respectful when covering a song seemingly outside their ballpark. Be warned: some of my picks might shock you...
[Videos referenced]
“The Front Cover (Prologue)”: tinyurl.com/yzzu6eb2
“What Killed ’Screamo Covers’?” by The Punk Rock MBA: tinyurl.com/4wcc56ks
“Word Analysis: The Misconceptions of Cancel Culture”: tinyurl.com/2pm6czky
“ROCK GONE WRONG | Three Days Grace | EXPLOSIONS (feat. Brad Taste)” by ARTV: tinyurl.com/5z6yvn86
“Top 10 Best Songs of 2020”: tinyurl.com/h5md2fre
“What’s Wong With - Korn”: tinyurl.com/bd54dj5y
“My Top 20 Favorite ‘One Hit Wonder’ Bands”: tinyurl.com/2avb35ub
“Chon Gamed the System and Got Screwed” by Giorgi Matveev: tinyurl.com/23pwb589
“What’s Wrong With - Green Day”: tinyurl.com/awzx935j
“Top 10 Bands That Made a Great First Impression Live”: tinyurl.com/3cyvm8ks
“Top 10 WORST Cover Songs In Rock” by Rocked: tinyurl.com/3kmrfp3d
“The WORST Cover Songs of All Time” by ARTV: tinyurl.com/42xxyk5w
“What’s Wrong With - Stryper (and Christian Music)”: tinyurl.com/54amevzn
“What’s Wrong With - Blink-182”: tinyurl.com/ysbma2tp
“Top 10 Worst Songs of 2012 (A High School Retrospective)”: tinyurl.com/mr42u3tn
“Why I HATE the ‘Rock is Dead’ Argument”: tinyurl.com/24uhnhs8
“My Top 10 Guilty Pleasures in Music”: tinyurl.com/5hda2r65
“Maroon 5 Used to be GOOD and here’s how! (Songs About Jane Tracks Ranked)”: tinyurl.com/4k7affub
[Articles]
#15 chords (original): tinyurl.com/47sbz4y8
“Battle Beast Part Ways With Guitarist And Main Songwriter Anton Kabanen”: tinyurl.com/5b9zv8u4
“New Band Of The Week: #14”: tinyurl.com/5bmvcn73
“New photos of Amber Heard show bruised eye and bloody lip”: tinyurl.com/yc5k89vw
“As I Lay Dying Singer Tim Lambesis Arrested in Murder-for-Hire Plot”: abcn.ws/2S1mnda
“Singer Adam Gontier Explains Departure From Three Days Grace”: tinyurl.com/mtmy79fx
My Darkest Days post: tinyurl.com/4tn533vs
“How Do We Talk About Cultural Appropriation Between People of Color?”: tinyurl.com/2hfn56bj
“Speaking of Rhythm: What Does “Beat” Really Mean?”: tinyurl.com/4jnnmn67
“When #7 Came Out as Gay on Live TV and Inspired a Generation”: tinyurl.com/yfarne9z
“#7 on Beating Drugs, Depression and His Outing in LA”: tinyurl.com/cwy2tth4
“#5 to Join Slash, Steel Panther and Hellyeah Throughout Upcoming Spring Tour”: tinyurl.com/mrx758pr
#4 chords (original): tinyurl.com/nhkeymy8
“#3 Explains Why he Ranked the [Album] Last Among #3 Albums”: tinyurl.com/5y74f3ee
Randy Jackson credits: tinyurl.com/3yvech9n
“#2 Split With Singer Over Sexual Misconduct + Grooming Allegations”: tinyurl.com/yk8ka5jh
“HM1 Video Challenges HM1”: tinyurl.com/mvtznu63
HM2 chords (original): tinyurl.com/462hbnms
“Heavy Metal Rocker Comes Out As Transgender”: tinyurl.com/4yawaxd6
“How #1 Became the Media’s Biggest Scapegoat”: bit.ly/3SaKTTq
“Evan Rachel Wood Accuses #1 of Abuse”: tinyurl.com/542j7vsa
“#1 Sues Evan Rachel Wood for Defamation, Distress, Impersonating FBI”: tinyurl.com/2zurfhsy
[Select clips sampled (not including MV’s)]
Razorfist’s MJ playlist: tinyurl.com/4c9569dy
“Djent 2018” by Jared Dines: tinyurl.com/ymzpxpwd
“Hang On St. Christopher” by #11: tinyurl.com/2yns4b3c
Kagny & the Dirty Rats: tinyurl.com/2t8jjnva
Larry Parker commercial: tinyurl.com/48hchwy4
“#7 Guitar Cover” by Steve Terreberry: tinyurl.com/5875hjtn
“1985/Owner of a Lonely Heart” by Haken live: tinyurl.com/3nppf2zb
HM3 Album Review by CoverKillerNation: tinyurl.com/mr247k9y
Amber Heard & Johnny Depp audio: bit.ly/3gIYEsl
Transition clip- “Pop” by NSYNC, covered by Jonathan Young & Caleb Hyles: tinyurl.com/dwab8ycz
[Timestamps]
0:00 - Intro
5:34 - 15
8:04 - 14
11:24 - 13
15:24 - 12
19:56 - 11
23:44 - 10
28:49 - 9
31:30 - 8
34:33 - 7
37:37 - 6
42:59 - 5
48:20 - 4
52:09 - 3
57:52 - 2
1:02:59 - Honorable mentions
1:07:32 - 1
1:11:12 - Ending
#MetalCovers #CoverSongs #PopMusic
►My facebook: facebook.com/RanterInShadesOfficial
►The DiscordInShades: discord.gg/AKXCZhxqby
