For on disc songs, I'd say the best cover is Paranoid. Harmonix has definitely improved on their covers a ton (remember Killing in the Name Of?), and their Black Sabbath ones are especially good. The worst for on disc is probably Mississippi Queen...the singer just sounds so scrawny! It's not completely messed up, but still the worst I'd say.

For DLC (of the ones I have at least) the worst is probably Ten Speed by Coheed and Cambria. The best is probably again the Black Sabbath songs or My Sharona.

"For on disc songs, I'd say the best cover is Paranoid. Harmonix has definitely improved on their covers a ton (remember Killing in the Name Of?), and their Black Sabbath ones are especially good. The worst for on disc is probably Mississippi Queen...the singer just sounds so scrawny! It's not completely messed up, but still the worst I'd say.

For DLC (of the ones I have at least) the worst is probably Ten Speed by Coheed and Cambria...Welcome Home wasn't bad, but they pretty much killed the vocals on this one. : \ The best is probably again the Black Sabbath songs or My Sharona.
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I thought RTTH was a pretty good cover, but I don't listen to Iron Maiden so I guess I wouldn't know. XD

Atleast you guys get to play rockband, we are still waiting for a release date in au :(
*cuts myself in a corner*

Yeah the worst has to be Number of the Beast, but Heroes is pretty close to it. Ugh.

Covers are tremendous with the exception of Number of the Beast and Ten Speed. And Ten Speed isn't even bad, per se, it just isn't convincing enough; the overall production of it seems pretty hollow compared to the album track.

Sweet Leaf, Song WIth a Mission, Beetlebum, and others are impeccable. Oh, and I love they guy they got to do the Bowie covers; went into practice mode with the instruments turned down on Queen Bitch just to listen to that isolated vocal track.

All the Rush covers kinda suck.  Thank God we're finally getting some real Rush.

Run to the Hills is good, so is Train Kept a Rollin. I think the Rush covers are okay, unlike some people who think they're terrible. The Number of the Beast is pretty bad, but none stick out to me as terrible. I think almost all of the covers are at least decent, unlike ones in the past (*cough* Killing in the Name *cough*).

The only one I really don't like is Number of the Beast cause I mean come on that sounds horrid. But that song is fucking classic compared to the now infamous....kuh kuh kuh Killing in the Name

Ten Speed still grates me. I can ignore it when I'm playing it, but i'd just much rather they had the original. HMX could make up for it with an entire DLC C+C album though....

I don't like Run to the Hills very much, I think the vocals are just bad, although I might just be harsh as I am an massive Maiden fan.

Maybe Im crazy but I thought ten speed was one of the better ones, the rush ones arnt that great though

I thought that Ten Speed was fine when I first got it because I never took the time to really listen to it while I was playing. Just scroll down to it on the list and listen to the preview; at first it sounds acceptable, but by the end it gets ear burning.

I actually think the Rush covers are fine, and I didn't expect Harmonix to find someone that matches Geddy's voice, but what they have pleases me.

Best Cover: Probably one of the Black Sabbath Songs for DLC, and probably Paranoid for on disc.
Worst Cover: The Number of the Beast, my God, turn it off. How the hell did they screw that up so badly?

Best cover is Run to the Hills, and i dont know about the worst cover

I love the My Sharona cover, it's almost better than the original.

"I love the My Sharona cover, it's almost better than the original.
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I think the worst is either Number of the Beast or War Pigs... the best is probably the Paranoid cover on disc.

I guess War Pigs if I have to choose a worse one, but I want to say that Ten Speed (Of God's Blood and Burial) is the best. I know, I know -- a lot of Coheed & Cambria fans say it sounds nothing like him, but everyone I've showed the song to and then mentioned it was a cover to all express considerable surprise. It really is a fantastic cover, at least for the less ardent Coheed & Cambria fans.

Let's not forget Train Kept A Rollin', either. Whoever covered Steven Tyler there could easily be his voice double.

I'm seeing "Number of the Beast" pop up frequently.  Is it that different from the Guitar Hero cover?

Tom Sawyer and Ten Speed.

GH had the master track, RB did not. Probably a money issue knowing Activision.

There weren't many covers, and the ones that were, I didn't care about.

Paranoid is probably the best with Number of the beast being god awful and the worst in my mind, thank god these companies are finally getting the deal and realizing covers suck keep em out of your game at all costs.

I actually woulnd't mind covers if they were as good as the RB covers have been. If it means we can have bigger names and bigger songs, I'm all for it as long as they can pull it off well.

"There weren't many covers, and the ones that were, I didn't care about."

I bought it anyway, but whoever covered David Bowie on Heroes mangled that song.  I thought the CCR Fortunate Son cover was pretty good.

"Covers are tremendous with the exception of Number of the Beast and Ten Speed. And Ten Speed isn't even bad, per se, it just isn't convincing enough; the overall production of it seems pretty hollow compared to the album track.

Sweet Leaf, Song WIth a Mission, Beetlebum, and others are impeccable. Oh, and I love they guy they got to do the Bowie covers; went into practice mode with the instruments turned down on Queen Bitch just to listen to that isolated vocal track.
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I was seriously pumped to play Tom Sawyer... then I heard the singer's voice...

"Catch the MYSTERY!"

-_-

"Abomstar said:

"Covers are tremendous with the exception of Number of the Beast and Ten Speed. And Ten Speed isn't even bad, per se, it just isn't convincing enough; the overall production of it seems pretty hollow compared to the album track.

Sweet Leaf, Song WIth a Mission, Beetlebum, and others are impeccable. Oh, and I love they guy they got to do the Bowie covers; went into practice mode with the instruments turned down on Queen Bitch just to listen to that isolated vocal track.
"

Have you ever heard Blur? The cover is abysmal. One of the worst, after Ten Speed and Number of the Beast.
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The Maiden covers have painful vocals.

We need some real Maiden tracks with the mighty Bruce Dickinson intact - Anything from the Powerslave or Seventh Son albums would be good for me.

Best would be My Sharona.
Seriously the Maiden covers are effin terrible, specially that Number of the Beast one.
I WANT SOME REAL MAIDEN DAMN IT!

Paranoid is propably the worst for me, I just hate playing it. The singer just isn't Ozzy... The best are propably Train Kept a Rollin', GGaHT and Ballroom Blitz. They're all adequate anyway but I think Mississippi Queen and Paranoid were done much better in GH3.

Number of the Beast. I haven't bought it because every time I hear the preview I am instantly turned off, awful vocals. I would buy that song if it was the original.

On that note, why don't they use the original? GH3 has the original in it. Did they only have the master for the guitars and not the drums/vocals or something?

Also, Train Kept a Rollin. I didn't even know it was a cover till I read this thread. Not a huge Aerosmith fan but that dude does a mean Steve Tyler.