Neil Young News: Band of Skulls Cover Neil Young's "Don’t Let It Bring You Down"

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Friday, October 16, 2009

Band of Skulls Cover Neil Young's "Don’t Let It Bring You Down"

From Spin Magazine Online, Band of Skulls, an up-and-coming Brit power trio known for their hard-hitting electric sound, who stripped down backstage at Lollapalooza this August for an acoustic cover of Young's "Don’t Let It Bring You Down."

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8 Comments:

At 10/16/2009 11:19:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Not the best cover Ive ever heard.

Lets' talk about the horse now !
At 10/16/2009 11:27:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Not the best? More like horrid... :)
At 10/17/2009 12:34:00 AM, wiggy said...: band of skulls blows
At 10/17/2009 09:13:00 AM, Anonymous said...: Wow, this is bad...
At 10/17/2009 11:26:00 AM, Thrasher said...: Great to see everyone so supportive of a young, up and coming band taking a risk by paying tribute to one their influences at one of the summer's major festivals.

This will certainly encourage other bands to take chances.

Stay classy.
At 10/17/2009 02:49:00 PM, jdslomo said...: When did everybody get to be so critical? I never heard of the band, but I thought it was cool to hear them, whether or not I thought it was the greatest cover ever.
At 10/17/2009 03:09:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Hey That's cool to hear them lovin Neil, but this cover's not very good, I'm sorry. If you want a good cover by young people, try Trough My Sails by the Soulsavers or Ryan Bingham's Everybody knows.
At 10/18/2009 10:33:00 PM, Anonymous said...: Question my class all you like... this cover was horrid. Since when is playing a Neil Young cover taking a risk or a chance? Neil is a legend and a god amongst songwriters. The shelves are crammed full of disgusting worthless BS and I'm sure the "Band of Skulls" are contributing to this spamming of record store shelves.

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