Queensryche Does Pink Floyd, U2, Police On 'Take Cover'

Queensrÿche pays homage to some of its musical idols on "Take Cover", a covers album due Nov. 13 via Rhino. The Seattle group is putting its stamp on such numbers as Pink Floyd's "Welcome to the Machine", U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" and Peter Gabriel's "Red Rain".

"We'll never top the originals; they're classics for a reason," singer Geoff Tate says. "We were more focused on finding different approaches that took the songs in unexpected directions."

He explains that the album gave the band a chance to have some fun. "During sound checks, [guitarists Mike Stone and Michael Wilton] like to play 'name that riff,' and sometimes the whole band joins in. That's really the way this album came together. We got together and started playing songs to each other, and then we picked our favorites."

Queensrÿche has only released a few covers, one of them being a powerful interpretation of "Scarborough Fair" in the early 1990s. Some of the 11 selections naturally fit the band's progressive rock influences, particularly Pink Floyd and "Innuendo" by QUEEN, one of Tate's favorite bands. Others will definitely raise eyebrows. The group is giving Broadway a spin by performing "Heaven on Their Minds" from "Jesus Christ Superstar", as well as the O'Jays' R&B classic "For Love of Money", the operatic "Odissea" by Italian duo Carlo Marrale And Cheope and an acoustic version of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth".

Read more at Billboard.com.

Comments

[The_Crowing_IV]

That will be either really cool, or totally suck.

[get-born]

^I agree

[hghwaychile]

of course they do a floyd song that everyone already knows. obscure stuff is so much better!

[MegaJeff]

interstellar overdrive ftw

[sowhat360]

rush did a cover of for whats it worth that was pretty good, i dont think i would have choosen that if i was queensryche

[KileManA7X]

Yay Jesus Christ Superstar!

[Mike9200]

lucifer sam, ya me

[GrungePb]

meh there all washed up now a days

[Thefallofman]

Shadows Fall already did Welcome To The Machine. Obviously it works perfectly as a heavy song, but everyone's already gone "hey, this would be cool with a driving drum beat!". Even Pink Floyd in 1987 and Roger Waters have done it.

[Spamwise]

queensryche is amazing. i'll have to check their songs out.

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[kirkadolph]

hghwaychile wrote:

of course they do a floyd song that everyone already knows. obscure stuff is so much better!

ehh i dont know, sometimes its kinda cool to hear other bands do real famous ones

[IsThereLoveInSp]

Welcome to the Machine? Bullet the Blue Sky? Red Rain?

Holy shit, thats so ****ing awesome

[The_lizard_king]

I'm very interested to hear how they do welcome to the machine, that's one of my favorite floyd songs. I'm interested to see what else their doing too.

[FloydFan89]

I think welcome to the machine is too dull of a song, yeah shadows fall was ok, but what more can you do to it, they should do something from animals like dogs or sheeep

[TroyMaclure]

they must have weak album sales now. if they went to heavy prog rock like i am i they would rule. that is a great great song.,,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm0L8hAgCfQ

[jthm_guitarist]

FloydFan89 wrote: they should do some animals like dogs or sheep

[InTheClouds]

FloydFan89 wrote:
they should do something from animals like dogs or sheeep

Animals is probobly one of my all time favorite albums. Period.
But, to keep this off of Pink Floyd, Queensryche is a great band. I wouldn't have placed them covering a U2 song, but whatever works... I'll be interested to hear that one.
I'm seeing them live next week. Wicked pumped!

Where did my comment go? I might have a talk with Mr. paint...

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