![]() Nobody went after Sleeping With Sirens for embracing their inner Timberlake on the acoustic EP, If You Were A Movie, This Would Be Your Soundtrack. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY: SLEEPING WITH SIRENS try his hand at this, if nothing else than to just witness him channeling some serious anger for the last minute of the song. It's in straight-ahead 4/4 time with a sinister guitar riff, and while Zach de la Rocha raps about some heady shit (fascism is never an easy topic), he also simplifies the issue down to two words, repeated over and over and at the top of his lungs: “ Wake up!” It would be rad as hell to see P.O.S. fills his albums up with off-kilter beats and forceful, complex rhymes, so “Wake Up” would be a challenge in simplicity for the otherwise complex MC. And they're on tour with MC Lars, who could take over the backing vocal position originally performed by Tool's Maynard James Keenan. ![]() The stuttering guitar figure that runs through this track would be ramped up significantly via Nintendocore princes I Fight Dragons and their way around bent circuitry and assorted 8-bit mania. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY: I FIGHT DRAGONS Sure, San Diego might not be as dangerous as south central L.A., but we're sure the Fuentes brothers have seen their fair share of fucked-up shit go down in their time, and they and their bandmates have more than enough musical chops to pull off a hip-hop-influenced cover of this Rage classic. Pierce The Veil make no attempt to hide their ethnicity-their Latino heritage plays a strong role in the music they create, just as it did in Zach de la Rocha. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY: PIERCE THE VEIL But if anybody could pull off this chunk of slow-burning menace (replete with an almost pastoral lead break) that exhorts “settle for nothing now, settle for nothing later,” and not look like a toolbox doing it, it would be Arlington Heights, Illinois' finest. Rise Against majordomo Tim McIlrath knows how to write an anthem to move people. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE C OVERED BY: RISE AGAINST “They will not destroy us/We will be victorious” is no different than “We gotta take the power back” when you really think about it. Just listen to the original track: slap bass, a funky guitar solo, a liberal use of cowbell and vague lyrics about an unnamed rebellion fill out five-and-a-half minutes of Rage Against The Machine but could have just as easily been on The Resistance. įrankly, we're kinda surprised this hasn't happened yet. ![]() Roll your eyes if you must, but we're willing to bet the song's classic refrain (“Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me”) is a phrase many enthusiasts of the autism-crunk unit like to hurl at their parents for making them clean cat boxes or visit their grandparents. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE C OVERED BY: BROKENCYDE The fury these four could create while paying tribute to Rage would be something on par with the fury Rage themselves created. ![]() Not to mention his backing band is the stuff post-hardcore dreams are made of: Cody Votolato (guitar) and Mark Gajadhar (drums) of the Blood Brothers have frequently toured with him, as has Paul Hinojos (bass) of At The Drive-In. Up-and-coming MC Hyro Da Hero is a fellow Los Angelino who spits just as much fire on the mic as Zach de la Rocha did in his heyday. Rage's incendiary sound was born out of a multicultural Los Angeles just getting over the riots of April 1992. WE THINK IT SHOULD BE COVERED BY: HYRO DA HERO
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