Members stegre Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Who are they? Do you have the URL? My favorite has been Led Zepplica. Those guys were amazing. Stefancoverbandbook.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I've never seen a real tribute band but I did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night. Dread Zeppelin is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shniggens Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Zappa Plays Zappa. 1964 Tribute. These guys look and sound just like the Beatles. Elvez, the Mexican Elvis. This guy is hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Singin' Dave Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 There's a great band in the Chicago area called Tributosaurus that "morhps" into a different band for each show. Brilliantly talented guys covering a HUGE amount of repretoire (though they often use music sheets to do so). Check them out at www.tributosaurus.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BndGrl Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Frontiers is a local Journey tribute band. Their singer, Jeremy Hunnsicker, is apparently the new singer of the real Journey. That's how good they are/were. Web page-http://www.journeytributeband.com/ Some old video- http://www.dropshots.com/morristk#date/2003-03-23/09:35:26 http://www.dropshots.com/morristk#date/2003-02-17/04:53:08 http://www.dropshots.com/morristk#date/2003-03-23/10:10:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chubrocker Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I saw "1964 as the Beatles" in 1990 at a small town fair. AMAZING!!!!! #2 on my list was also a Beatles tribute band, but I recall their name. Revolver??? The bass player was right-handed, so that sucked. hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members B Money Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 not sure they qualify as a "tribute" band, but Dread Zeppelin totally rocked my world back in the early 90's. They are still around today, but the lineup is mostly different musicians. Nonetheless, if you like Zep and Elvis and Marley all mashed together, check 'em out: www.dreadzeppelin.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChordGirl Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I've never seen them, but Dark Star Orchestra will pick a specific Grateful Dead show (i.e. Red Rocks July 14, 1992) note for note, flubs and all, and duplicate it exactly. My Dead head friends have seen them a few times and say they're great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JBJ Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 personally ones i've seen: non jovi (3 guesses who they were meant to be) van heilen (2 guesses on that one) i've seen a pretty good beatles one too but can't think of many more. i dunno about stateside but there's some ridiculously huge tribute bands in the UK and europe. there's the bootleg beatles who charge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kl285528 Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 currently, Zoso (Led Zeppelin tribute) is incredible, looking and sounding like the band - they come through Charlotte about 4 times a year, and I try to make it each time - definitely check them out - just awesome - did an extended acoustic set once that made us speechless - Also ....About 10 or so years ago, the symphony was on strike, and The Spongetones invited a number of symphony players to play along with them and do a Beatles tribute night (The Spongetones are already a very Beatles sounding band) - anyway, it was incredible, with lots of orchestra musicians on stage with them, the concert was very memorable - Jamie Hoover, if you are lurking, it was great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gtrbass Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Atomic Punks - IS Van Halen ca. 1980. Ralph Saenz is a better DLR than DLR himself. Bonfire - IS AC/DC ca. 1977. The singer is so much like Bon Scott it's scary. Incredible. Which One's Pink - Killer Pink Floyd tribute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alan Roberts Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hell's Belleshttp://www.hellsbelles.info/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CAC Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hell's Belleshttp://www.hellsbelles.info/ Awesome band! I also like the Beatles tribute band called Rain. Really amazing show they put on. They change colstumes as they move through the different eras and do spot on versions of everything from I'm Down to Sgt. Pepper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rich4Once Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I saw The Australian Pink Floyd on TV and I thought they were pretty damn good. They even played David Gilmour's birthday party, so I guess he approves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dr. Jimmy Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I know of a great Who tribute as well as a great Deep Purple tribute...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BobFromReboot Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I know of a great Who tribute as well as a great Deep Purple tribute...... Wolfmother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wagdog Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I forgot the name of them, but I saw an absolutely killer Doors tribute band in Central NY back in 1987 or so. The singer had the young Jim Morrison nailed to a T. It was awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 I've seen three Beatles tribute acts and one Johnny Cash act. I still think the first Beatles tribute act I saw was the best (Beatlemania, circa summer of '95). The guy playing John performed all the keyboard and orchestral parts on one keyboard split into different zones. He was working his ass off on that one! They even played the mistakes in "Day Tripper" (where the guitar and bass drop out at different times). That was so cool! Their Paul was a righty, so that was slightly disappointing, but he did look somewhat like him so that made up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TupeloHoney Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is a great thread! I suppose if the tribute band is out there, that must mean it's okay with the originals, right? Or is it just that there's too many out there for them to stop them all? Do they have to pay anything at all in order to play the music? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim_7string Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 This is a great thread!I suppose if the tribute band is out there, that must mean it's okay with the originals, right? Or is it just that there's too many out there for them to stop them all? Do they have to pay anything at all in order to play the music? Some bands despise tribute acts. The Beatles have stated at various times that they wish people would just make their own way and write their own stuff, rather than 'ape' what somebody else made. Ringo Starr in particular said that they (Beatles) tried hard to NOT do what everyone else was doing, which is why their music stood out from the times. He also said it was fine that some bands "hate" The Beatles and want to sound completely different. He said, "That's what WE were doing." Not sure of all the details about paying bands or ASCAP as far as tribute acts go. I assume that the venue that books the tribute act takes care of the performance fees/royalties like they do for cover bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TupeloHoney Posted August 7, 2007 Members Share Posted August 7, 2007 Verrry interesting! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ethereal714 Posted August 8, 2007 Members Share Posted August 8, 2007 Two friends I played with in HS bands now play in "Sticky Fingers", a Stones tribute out of Hollywood, CA. They do "vintage sets" where they act out a certain era, and everything on the stage - gear, clothes,etc is all from that time frame. Their singer IS Mick Jagger. It's scary. Check 'em out - http://www.rollingstoned.com (God, that domain name must be worth a fortune!) oops - looks like they changed their name to "the Hollywood Stones"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wheresgrant3 Posted August 8, 2007 Members Share Posted August 8, 2007 I saw The Australian Pink Floyd on TV and I thought they were pretty damn good. They even played David Gilmour's birthday party, so I guess he approves. +1 I've seen Northeast Zep tributes Physical Grafitti and Hindenburg (w/ Zebra member Felix Hanemann & Rat Race Choir Mark Hitt). Both bands were amazing. I've also seen The Machine-Pink Floyd Tribute many times. But the best.... the very best by far was the Australian Pink Floyd Tribute. I've seen Floyd twice and these guys nail it. And yes! They did play David Gilmour's 50th birthday. He's given his personal endorsement. 2nd runnner up is the Genesis Tribute "The Musical Box' from Montreal. They have legal permission to use extra replica set pieces. From their website... Genesis has fully supported The Musical Box in every aspect. In the late nineties their former guitarist Steve Hackett joined the band in London, England at the Royal Albert Hall, playing on a special encore of "Firth of Fifth". Drummer Phil Collins joined the band in Geneva during a Lamb show in 2005. He then joined the band on drums during the encore of "The Musical Box". Peter Gabriel, meanwhile, has taken his children to a show so "they could see what their father used to do." I'd probably vote them as #1... but I've never seen vintage Genesis live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cortfan Posted August 8, 2007 Members Share Posted August 8, 2007 I saw Beatlemania a few years ago. They were so good, I went to the second show. Incredible. There was a Buddy Holly tribute band that was also amazing. There is a local Pink Floyd tribute band, "Pulse" that is as good as the real thing. We opened for them one night and we stayed for their entire set. They were awesome. Too bad we only had a handful of people at the gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One_Dude Posted August 8, 2007 Members Share Posted August 8, 2007 There's a Central Ohio tribute band named "The British Invasion". They do mostly Beatles stuff with a few from The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, The Hollies, etc. The Beatles could only wish they sounded as good as these guys. JR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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