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]

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[edit] Tribute albums

A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC - Hayseed Dixie.
A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC - Hayseed Dixie.
Title Artist(s) Released Notes
Fuse Box Various 1995 Artists featured include; Nitocris ,The Meanies, Ed Kuepper and Spiderbait.[2]
Covered In Black Various 1997 Covers of AC/DC songs in a industrial style. Artists featured include; Electric Hellfire Club, Genitorturers, Die Krupps, Spahn Ranch, and Godflesh.[3]
Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC Various 1998 Artists featured include; Sebastian Bach, Joe Lynn Turner, Jack Russell, John Corabi and Ugly Kid Joe.[4]
A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC Hayseed Dixie 2000 Features bluegrass covers of various AC/DC songs.[5][6]
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]
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.[9]

[edit] Individual covers

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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
Guns N' Roses "Whole Lotta Rosie" "Welcome to the Jungle" single 1987 Has also been played as part of Guns N' Roses' concerts.[10]
John Farnham "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" Age of Reason 1988 [11]
Exodus "Overdose", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Fabulous Disaster, Tempo of the Damned respectively. 1989, 2004 respectively [12]
Hard Ons with Henry Rollins "Let There Be Rock" Single 1991 [13]
Annihilator "Live Wire" In Command 1996 [14]
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 [18]
The Offspring "Sin City" Million Miles Away single. 2001 [19]
Twisted Sister "Sin City" Twisted Forever 2001 [20]
Iced Earth "Highway to Hell", "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" Tribute to the Gods 2002 [21]
Illdisposed "Beating Around the Bush" Retro 2002 [22]
Living Colour "Back in Black" Collideøscope 2003 [23][24]
Shakira "Back in Black" Live & Off the Record 2004 [25]
Synthetik FM featuring Fr/action "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" Elektrokuted: 17 Metal and Rock classics revisited 2004 [26]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ MUSICMATCH Guide: AC/DC. Musicmatch. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  2. ^ Fuse Box - An AC/DC tribute. The Kuepper Files. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  3. ^ Various - Covered In Black: An Industrial Tribute To The Kings Of High Voltage AC/DC. discogs.com. Retrieved on 2008-19-03.
  4. ^ Thunderbolt. Metal Reviews. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  5. ^ Moody, Dainon. Hayseed Dixie - A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  6. ^ Genesis. Hayseed Dixie. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  7. ^ Mark Kozelek - What's Next to the Moon. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  8. ^ Deming, Mark. Various Artists - The Rock-A-Billy Tribute to AC/DC. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  9. ^ McKellar, Lachlan (2006-02-22). Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics II. Metal Observer. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  10. ^ Guns N' Roses singles. Here Today... Gone to Hell. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  11. ^ Lewis, Jonathan. John Farnham - Age of Reason. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  12. ^ Exodus. The Covers Project. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  13. ^ Discography. The Hard Ons. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
  14. ^ Rivadavia, Ed. Annihilator - In Command. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  15. ^ Prato, Greg. Quiet Riot - Alive and Well. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  16. ^ Gardner, Daron (2000-08-04). Mark Kozelek - Rock 'n' Roll Singer. FakeJazz. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  17. ^ Stahl, Geoff. Mark Kozelek - Rock 'n' Roll Singer. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  18. ^ Melzer, Alexander. Six Feet Under - Graveyard Classics. Metal Observer. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  19. ^ Million Miles Away Single now in Stores!. The Offspring. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  20. ^ Hart, Jeremy. Various Artists - Twisted Forever. PopMatters. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  21. ^ Hinds, Andy. Iced Earth - Tribute to the Gods. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  22. ^ Melze, Alexander. Illdisposed - Retro. Metal Observer. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  23. ^ Johnson, Tom (2003-11-08). Living Colour - Collideøscope. Blog Critics magazine. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  24. ^ Fricke, David (2003-11-13). Living Colour - Collideøscope. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  25. ^ Ives, Brian; C. Bottomley (2004-03-29). Shakira Interview. VH1. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  26. ^ Elektrokuted: 17 Metal and Rock classics revisited. discogs.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-27.

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