MTV.com is reporting that BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME will issue an album's worth of covers called "The Anatomy Of" sometime in June.The band puts its stamp on PANTERA's "Cemetery Gates", SEPULTURA's "Territory", SOUNDGARDEN's "The Day I Tried to Live", MÖTLEY CRÜE's "Kickstart My Heart", PINK FLOYD's "Us and Them", QUEEN's "Bicycle Race", METALLICA's "Orion" and "Blackened", and FAITH NO MORE's "Malpractice". The boys also tackle "People Are Strange" by THE DOORS, DEPECHE MODE's "Little 15", "Geek U.S.A." by the SMASHING PUMPKINS and BLIND MELON's "Change".
It's like someone went to my 15 year old self and asked "if you were in a band, what songs would you want to cover?" I always wanted to get on stage and belt out Geek USA followed by Cemetery Gates followed by Bicycle Race followed by Malpractice. What a great coverband that would be. None of this play-whatevers-on-TripleJ crap.
On another note, I've always wanted to start a coverband that played obscure tracks that no-one knows. Like non-single The Sharp tracks and Faith No More b-sides. You'd get that big smile from someone up the back and everyone else would just think it was a nice song. The band you covered would get their APRA cash and everyone would be happy. Dreams.