List of AC/DC tribute albums
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This is a list of tribute albums (and individual covers) of the Australian hard rock band AC/DC. Due to AC/DC's worldwide popularity, many musicians have made tribute albums to the band. These albums have been made by a variety of different artists from across several different genres, such as bluegrass music and death metal. AC/DC's influence has also meant that their individual songs have also been frequently covered by other artists.[1]
Tribute albums
[edit]| Title | Artist(s) | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome To Rock'n'Roll Hell : A Tribute to AC/DC & Motörhead | Various | 1989 | Covers of AC/DC & Motörhead songs. Artists featured include; Jingo de Lunch, Slawheads, What... For, The Angels and Bellybutton & The Knockwells. |
| Fuse Box - The Alternative Tribute | Various | 1995 | Artists featured include; Frenzal Rhomb, Don Walker, Nitocris, The Meanies, Ed Kuepper and Spiderbait.[2] |
| Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC | Various | 1996 | Artists featured include; Zakk Wylde, Sebastian Bach, Joe Lynn Turner, Jack Russell, John Corabi and Lemmy Kilmister.[3] |
| Covered In Black : An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage | Various | 1997 | Covers of AC/DC songs in an industrial style. Artists featured include; Electric Hellfire Club, Genitorturers, Die Krupps, Spahn Ranch, and Godflesh.[4] |
| Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be: A Tribute to AC/DC | Various | 1999 | Artists featured include; REO Speedealer, Zeke, Supersuckers, Fuckemos and Electric Frankenstein. |
| A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC | Hayseed Dixie | 2000 | Features bluegrass covers of various AC/DC songs.[5][6] |
| 4,5 Volt: AC/DC Tribute Album | Various | 2000 | Artists featured include; Anima Soundsystem, Budapest Underground, Zeus and Dyas, and FreshFabrik. |
| What's Next to the Moon | Mark Kozelek | 2001 | Covers of AC/DC songs from the Bon Scott-era done in a folk ballad style.[7] |
| Back in Baroque... The String Tribute to AC/DC | 2003 | A classical version of Back in Black. | |
| The Rock-A-Billy Tribute to AC/DC | Full Blown Cherry | 2004 | Covers of AC/DC songs in a rockabilly style.[8] |
| Graveyard Classics 2 | Six Feet Under | 2004 | Cover of the Back in Black album done in a death metal style. |
| Thunder Tracks Tribute to AC/DC | Various Japanese artists | 2008 | |
| AC/DC tribute band Bedlam In Belgium | AC/DC | 2012 | Full AC/DC tribute show |
Individual covers
[edit]Many different musicians have covered AC/DC's songs, proving the band's influence on many different artists from across numerous music genres, as the list shows:
| Artist(s) | Song(s) covered | Album/single | Released | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Party Boys | "Let There Be Rock", "High Voltage" | No Song Too Sacred, The Party Boys | 1984, 1987 | |
| Beastie Boys | "Sampled Back In Black on track Rock Hard" | Single | 1985 | |
| Guns N' Roses | "Whole Lotta Rosie" | "Welcome to the Jungle" single, Live from the Jungle | 1987, 1988 | Has also been played as part of Guns N' Roses' concerts.[9] |
| John Farnham | "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" | Age of Reason | 1988 | [10] |
| Exodus | "Overdose", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | Fabulous Disaster, Tempo of the Damned respectively. | 1988, 2004 respectively | [11] |
| Bruce Dickinson | "Sin City" | Tattooed Millionaire | 1990 | |
| Hard Ons with Henry Rollins | "Let There Be Rock" | Single | 1991 | [12] |
| Sam Kinison (Featuring Slash) | "Highway To Hell" | Leader of the Banned | 1990 | |
| Brothers | "Back In Black" | Back In Black (1993) Two For The Price Of One (1994) | 1993 | |
| Acid Drinkers | "Whole Lotta Rosie" | Fishdick | 1994 | [13] |
| Eläkeläiset | "Let There Be Rock" (as "Olkoon humppa") | Humppakäräjät | 1994 | |
| Annihilator | "Live Wire" | In Command | 1996 | [14] |
| A.N.I.M.A.L | Highway to Hell | Usa Toda tu Fuerza | 1999 | |
| Quiet Riot | "Highway to Hell" | Alive and Well | 1999 | [15] |
| Mark Kozelek | "Rock 'n' Roll Singer", "You Ain't Got a Hold on Me", "Bad Boy Boogie" | Rock 'n' Roll Singer | 2000 | The songs are sung in a folk ballad style.[16][17] |
| Six Feet Under | "T.N.T." | Graveyard Classics | 2000 | |
| The Offspring | "Sin City" | Million Miles Away single. | 2001 | [18] |
| Twisted Sister | "Sin City" | Twisted Forever | 2001 | [19] |
| Joan Jett | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | The Hit List / The Jett Age (Japanese Promo) | 2001 | |
| Iced Earth | "Highway to Hell", "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" | Tribute to the Gods | 2002 | [20] |
| Illdisposed | "Beating Around the Bush" | Retro | 2002 | |
| Living Colour | "Back in Black" | Collideøscope | 2003 | [21][22] |
| Shakira | "Back in Black" | Live & Off the Record | 2004 | [23] |
| Synthetik FM featuring Fr/action | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | Elektrokuted: 17 Metal and Rock classics revisited | 2004 | [24] |
| The Dandy Warhols | "Hells Bells" | Come on Feel the Dandy Warhols | 2004 | [25] |
| Graveyard BBQ | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | Graveyard BBQ Greatest Hits Volume Two | 2007 | |
| Richard Cheese | "You Shook Me All Night Long" | Viva la Vodka | 2009 | |
| Accept | "I'm A Rebel" | I'm A Rebel | 1980 | |
| Agression | "Touch Too Much" | For Those About To Rawk: A Punk Tribute To AC/DC | 2002 | |
| Angry Samoans | "Highway To Hell" | For Those About To Rawk: A Punk Tribute To AC/DC | 2002 | |
| Big & Rich | "You Shook Me All Night Long" | Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace | 2007 | |
| Scott Ian and Dee Snider | "Walk All Over You" | Single | 2010 | |
| Loaded Dice | "Whole Lotta Rosie" | Rock n Roll Train A Tribute to ACDC | 2011 | |
| Coverheads | What You Do For Money Honey | Rock Cinco Estrellas | 2012 | |
| Anthrax | "T.N.T." | Anthems | 2013 | |
| Massive | "If You Want Blood (You Got It)" | Four On The Floor (EP) | 2014 | |
| Ninna & Michelle | "You shook me all night long" | Tre Apor feat. Ulf on the box (EP) | 2014 | |
| Angus | "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" | Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (single) | 2019 | |
| Angus | "Shoot to Thrill" | Shoot to thrill (single) | 2020 |
References
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- ^ "Various – Thunderbolt - A Tribute To AC/DC". discogs.com. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Various - Covered In Black: An Industrial Tribute To The Kings Of High Voltage AC/DC". discogs.com. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ Moody, Dainon. "Hayseed Dixie - A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Genesis". Hayseed Dixie. Archived from the original on 29 November 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Mark Kozelek - What's Next to the Moon". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Various Artists - The Rock-A-Billy Tribute to AC/DC". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Guns N' Roses singles". Here Today... Gone to Hell. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- ^ Lewis, Jonathan. "John Farnham - Age of Reason". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Exodus". The Covers Project. Archived from the original on 23 November 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- ^ "Discography". The Hard Ons. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2007.
- ^ "Acid Drinkers: Fishdick". metal-archives.com. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Annihilator - In Command". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Prato, Greg. "Quiet Riot - Alive and Well". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Gardner, Daron (4 August 2000). "Mark Kozelek - Rock 'n' Roll Singer". FakeJazz. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Stahl, Geoff. "Mark Kozelek - Rock 'n' Roll Singer". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ "Million Miles Away Single now in Stores!". The Offspring. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Hart, Jeremy. "Various Artists - Twisted Forever". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Hinds, Andy. "Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
- ^ Johnson, Tom (8 November 2003). "Living Colour - Collideøscope". Blog Critics magazine. Archived from the original on 8 December 2006. Retrieved 5 December 2006.
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- ^ "The Black Album/Come On Feel The Dandy Warhols". Slabtown.net. Retrieved 7 April 2013.
External links
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Media related to AC/DC at Wikimedia Commons
