May 082025
 
guns n roses cover thin lizzy

On the second night of their 2025 tour, Guns N’ Roses played a live debut: a cover of a late-era Thin Lizzy song. With bassist Duff McKagan handling lead vocals, the band played “Thunder and Lightning,” the title track from Thin Lizzy’s 1983 final record. It was the band’s first time playing the song live. It was also McKagan’s only lead vocal performance of the evening. He dedicated it to his wife, Susan, who was celebrating a birthday that night. Continue reading »

Sep 212011
 

Last night, Seattle’s Experience Music Project celebrated 20 years of Nirvana’s Nevermind with a full cover show. The event combined heavy hitters like The Presidents of the United States of America with local acts like Valis to run through every song on the seminal album with some non-album cuts as bonus tracks. As if that wasn’t enough, original bassist Krist Novoselic joined in for “On a Plain.”

We’ve got videos of seven of the songs below, including the tunes by POTUS/Krist and an appearance by ex-Guns ‘n’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, who was reportedly one of the last people to see Kurt Cobain alive. Check out a selection of videos below, with thanks to Consequence of Sound for digging up some of these. Continue reading »