Great band ideas

I've always wanted to front a Black Sabbath / Dio covers only Polka band.

The world is crying out for an acoustic folk duo specialising in Sepultura covers.

Perhaps before we brainstorm, we should review what has gone before (so we don't double up):

While Hayseed Dixie is a great idea (country versions of AC/DC songs) and Big Daddy was pretty funny (proto rock n roll combo is captured in the Korean War and released 30 years later and do mid fifties versions of mid 80s songs) my favourite is still Dread Zepellin (Elvis Presley didn't die, he joined a reggae band that only plays Led Zepellin covers).

I want to do groovy rap versions of crappy 70s music like "Gypsys, Tramps and Theives" and "Indiana Wants Me" and "DOA".

Yeah I remember
We were flying
Low
And we hit something
In the air, dawg.

Hingehead, don't forget Richard Cheese and his lounge versions of rock classics and, with a shout out to DrewDad, I'll mention the Brave Combo with their polka versions of all manner of things. (The Inna Godda Da Vida Polka, anyone?)

Speed metal versions of Barry Manilow's greatest hits.

There was a band called Bring Philip in Sydney in the early 80s who's instrumentation consisted of things they found at the rubbish tip. And more recently there's a band, ah here it is, called Toy Death where every instrument is an electronic toy.

I just heard about these guys for the first time last week during a conversation that started because I went to see Lez Zeppelin, an all-girl Zep cover band. They weren't bad, by the way, but I must see Dread Zep next!

Gotta admit a fondness for the Dread zep boys myself.

Thanks Hingey, I'd forgot about them...

You need this guy:

One man AC/DC cover band

Do they do that song? Because that would be something. Maybe not a good something, but definitely something.

Awesome! He sings a little like a poor man's Jack White.

I couldn't find the Inna Godda Da Vida one but here's their version of People Are Strange Polka: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=RNlyroWHlVA

And while I'm at it, here's Richard Cheese doing Closer: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BavqDspO3k8&feature=related

What about the Benzedrine Monks of San Domenico who do gregorian chant versions of rock tunes, like, We will rock you, Hey Hey were the monks, Losing my religion, and this little beauty:

Ooh, just rediscovered this thread. And I have some ideas that haven't been mentioned here.

Beatallica! Beatles covers with a Metallica flavour

http://www.beatallica.org/

All piano band..... I'm a pianist myself so obviously I'm a little biased.

My brother in law has a four inch pianist, according to my sister.