#cover band

[s4dr4cc00n]

HERE'S SOME PICTURES OFE WITH THE COVER BAND

EVERYONE WAS SO NICE AND I GOT A HUG FROM GEORGE HARRISON.

HIGHLIGHT OF MY LIFE.

[dynamoe]

Billy Quizboy as the rabbit-toothed guitarist DAVE HILL of glam rock band SLADE— sporter of the worst bangs in rock n' roll history*— circa their 1973 Christmas #2 Merry Christmas Everybody**, which was covered as the annual Venture Bros holiday song this year by Pete White, Master Billy Quizboy, his mom and her lovers (the elderly superhero polycule).

→ hear the cover on KenPlume's youtube → go to the Billy Quizboy & Pete White index

(I know with the orange hair/eyepatch he looks like Ziggy Stardust— the Quizboy:Slade ratio is a delicate balance.)

Merriest Twelfth Day of Christmas to you, to Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer and to Slade and anyone else still reading who gives a shit.

Slade is more of a British thing, really. They had a ton of British hits in the 1970s as a glam rock band, but didn't break into the US until the 1980s (when they replaced Ozzy Osborne at the Reading Festival) with Cum on Feel the Noize, pivoting to be more hard rock/metal.

Noddy Holder was more of the “face” of Slade (head to toe plaid, mutton chops, tophat covered in mirrors). I suspect the all-plaid outfit on Col. Gentleman in the Vbros cover art is a take on Noddy's look... or he ignored the brief and dressed as one of Scotland's own Bay City Rollers. Slade suffered from a lesser case of Cheap Trick syndrome, where every member dressed like they were in a different band. Dave dressed full spaceman-- face glitter, every variety of metallic fabric available (lurex, glitter knit, vinyl, lamé) in shades of silver. The other guitarist whose name I won't look up wore a red lurex suit (I guess that would be Pete's outfit in their cover band) which he had to keep replacing because he sweated so much on stage the fibers literally melted (one of the suits was preserved by the V&A on an episode of Secrets of the Museum)... No one cares about the drummer. 

The only reason I know anything about Slade — I'm no rock trivia geek, I’m a comedy nerd — Slade was a constant punchline in 1990s Brit Comedy. Noddy appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks in the LaMar era. 1993 sketch show The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer had a recurring mini-sitcom “Slade in Residence” (the band living in a suburban home together, wearing their stage costumes, eating nothing but cup-of-soup, obsessing over monster truck rallies and­— the key to their appeal to Vic and Bob, I imagine­— whining in thick Black Country accents.)

Billy is my Covid muse and if he stars in the annual Christmas cover (he had only sung before on 2006's VentureAid; read poems on their take on the Beatles Fan Club records), it's not like I CAN'T draw something despite saying I was done with this shit. I promised you guys a *technically* Christmas Billy drawing and I *technically* delivered.

Now I'm gonna switch to drawing characters I own so I can finally make some money. Godblessuseveryone. ___

*Dave Hill was just being a futuristic spaceman, those micro-bangs were the hottness on all the skater girls of the late 1990s. I even had 'em.

**Having the #1 song at Christmas is a big deal in the UK (as you may remember from the Bill Nighy segments from Love Actually) and the 1973 slug match between Slade's Merry Christmas Everybody and the eventual winner Wizzard’s I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday looms large in music trivia, to the degree that I was sure Astrobot Go was going to release a cover a day later of some other (more fan-favored) characters doing their version of Wizzard to rain on Billy et. al’s parade.

→ Wizzard

So which character dons the beard and harlequin eye facepaint to be the guy from Wizzard? Probably Hank, right?

→ go to the Billy Quizboy & Pete White index → Nobody'sSweetheart on Instagram

[another-little-hippie]

you guys…. I AM AT THE LED ZEPPELIN COVER BAND CONCERT. IDK WHAT TO DO W MY SELF. Everyone is like 60+ and I’m scared they’re gonna yell at me, the high college kid with no shirt, a beaded vest and bell bottoms (i look fucking stunning). but how am i supposed to not freak the fuck out the moment they start playing 😭😭

[corviisquire]

going to go see an emo cover band! I also bought so many tickets for so many bands over the summer. hopefully they play the good shit unlike that one time I went to Emo Nite and they played the shittiest trap music I’ve ever heard. I want to hear some taking back Sunday, yellowcard, and story of the year ‼️

[mildredpierce8]

HI EVERYONE VOTE ON BAND NAMES FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS (im still in knees mean nothing dw)

[localsurburbangoth]

[starbellybitch]

Would you repost this for me?

Sure thing :)

[thetempleofawesome]

Die For You - The Weeknd ('70s James Bond Style Cover) starring Tatum La...

Awesome Cover!

[luciamontepeque]

Lucy And The Giants Live music

Nuestra noche de covers en inglés de las canciones más populares de #rock #pop de los 80’s hasta hoy

https://youtube.com/shorts/5tumoJH_sn8?si=RCkWM0rKYrKuahaK

[h0tcheet0gh0ul]

This weekend has been good to my body

[noahsarchipelago]

Today's comic, in which Noah's cover band has their annual gig at Glen's car club's show and shine... and like every year, Noah has "forgotten" to learn Glen's list of song requests.

[trentreznorfanboy]

Awesome News

I have a gig !!

here’s the set list- i’m going by Absolutely Nothing n rn i’m not confident enough in my writing skills to show my own music, so i’m just gonna cover NIN, i can play for ab 20-30 mins so i’m gonna do a wide variety of songs n make kinda have each song lead into the next

it’s in january, it’s coming up fast so i have to prepare fast lmao

also should i base my outfit off one of these?

i wanna do the phm era bandana

[helmar-weiss]

Das rhythmische Spektrum des modernen Tanzmusikers:

Walzer, Tango, Marsch, Rock´n´Roll, Disco, Samba, Foxtrott, Swing, Shuffle, Slow Rock, Rumba, Bossa Nova.

@ginphonic.livemusic

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[aulwrd]

Casa .

Hoping to find faith

[sonic-gonzo]

A few hours ago, at Dundas Sports & Recreation Club Dundas NSW Australia - OILS TRIBUTE (161222)