Best bands that probably would have the worst cover bands...

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I pray there isn't any Pavement cover bands.

Sonic Youth that is.

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Based on the Sonic Youth tribute, and sticking to the greatest hits, it could clean up on the college circuit and force the real Fall out of business. Umm, I've changed my mind now. Bad Idea.

Oh, come on! (Note: I haven't heard a note of this tribute, so it might be irredeemably dire) (but keep hope alive!) (even tho the Antz are dead)

(would be stuck doing acappella versions of "Boing Boom Tschak" I guess....)

Hello Senor Coconut.

For starters, they'd have to begin the set with a cheeky and irreverent sense of the absurd and their tongues wedged very firmly in their cheeks; then somehow, halfway through the set, they'd have to lose their senses of humour entirely, forget that what they're doing is intrinsically absured, and actually start taking it and themselves preposterously seriously; then, just before they come back for the encore, they'd have to lose the plot entirely.

COVERS & CLONES.

*''KARL & WOLFGANG: former members solo projects.

*''YAMO "Time Pie".
*''1997, Cleopatra records.

*''Wolfgang Flür has released his first solo album "Time Pie" by YAMO. Its musical style has definitely evoluated to modern music, which is less "electronic" and minimalist and more melodic ambient techno with complex rythms. The compositions are very interesting and beautiful. This successful debut album shows the real talent of Wolfgang Flür..

rating: *****

*''ELEKTRIC MUSIC "Esperanto".

Karl Bartos has released a solo album "Esperanto" in 1993, in collaboration with Andy McCluskey from OMD and with Emil Schult. The project was signed "ELEKTRIC MUSIC". To my personal opinion this album lacks of originality, it just sounds like Kraftwerk mixed by OMD..

rating: **.

*''TRANCEWERK EXPRESS "vol I & II".

*''This a tribute to Kraftwerk from some rather unknown techno musicians. The original songs are turned to classic techno with simple rythms, many acid TB-303 sounds and also vocoded voices. Interesting interpretations, some of these covers are even very good but in my opinion the whole potential wasn't expored..

rating: ***

*''BALANESCU QUARTET "Possessed".
official home page.

*''This string quartet performs five of Kraftwerk songs in very interesting way and still close to original tunes. Imagine violins make the sounds of cars on "Autobahn"....

rating: ****

*''TERRE THAEMLITZ "Die Roboter Rubato"
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This album features only piano interpretations of Kraftwerk songs. In fact it's more a new "avant-garde" music album inspired by Kraftwerk rather than simple covers of their songs. Sounds strange and completely different from the original, but still some interpretations are amazing!.

rating: ***

*''MUSIQUE NON STOP - A Tribute to Kraftwerk.
1998 TOSHIBA / EMI (TOCT 10455)

*''A rather funny japanese tribute. Some songs sound totally different and really surprising. Good ideas inside, but the production is quite poor and that's a bit disappointing. Click for a preview....

rating: **

*''TRANS SLOVENIA EXPRESS.

*''A tribute compilation by Slovenian artists, leaded by Laibach. There seem to be completely different interpretations of the original songs. I haven't heard it personally, so no rating here..

*''KRAFTY MOVE
*''ENERGY REKORDS (ERCD111).

*''As far as I know this is a 2CD tribute to Kraftwerk by various electronic artists such as Apoptygma Berzerk. Must be interesting although I've heard people say it was a bit disappointing..

*''OMD "Sugar Tax".

*''Features a cover of "Neon Lights". Cool version in a very OMD style. However for me it's the only good song of that album..

*''CLONES

*''DOPPLEREFFEKT "Gesamtkunstwerk".
*''1999, DeeJay Gigolo Records

*''This fake german band comes from Detroit. It plays with the image of Kraftwerk making a parody of an other kind than "Komputer" does, with some humor and direct references to KW. Here "The Model" becomes a pornostar, a showroom dummy (mannequin) becomes a Sex-Object and phones are cellular. The music itself sounds very Werky, really cool listening. I made available a sample song Plastiphila in mp3..

rating: *****

*''KRAFTWELT "Electric Dimension".
*''1996, Cleopatra/Hypnotic Records

*''A band from Danemark who's name clearly claims a devotion to Ralf & Florian. Their album "Electric Dimension", though inspired by Kraftwerk, is a very personal work, with nice and achieved compositions. The style is electronic of course, but pretty ambient with light percussions and really cool sounds. Could be compared to Orbital, FSOL or the recent Yamo album..

rating: ****

*''KOMPUTER "World of Tomorrow".
*''1997, Mute Records [more infos]

*''This english band is a pure musical clone of Kraftwerk. Every song from their album is similar to any of well known Kraftwerk songs. It could be called a parody, but the songs itself are quite well produced and have a good feeling. I think it's an interesting stuff for any Kraftwerk fan, yet they cannot be really compared with "masters".
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rating: ***.

.*''NICO DEMONTE "Man Machine".
*''1996, Genesis Project Records

.*''It was Kraftwerk's masterpiece, The Man Machine (1978), that formed the inspiration for Nico Demonte's cover of Kraftwerk's “Man Machine” classic. Kraftwerk's "Showroom Dummies" also formed the inspiration for Nico Demonte’s "Mannequins in Alleys" singles. .

*''SPACELAB.
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*''This band from Sweden seems to have produced some songs directly inspired by Kraftwerk. Also the band's name is a title of a Kraftwerk song. Unfortunately I haven't heard to their stuff so no rating here..

*''Copyright © 1997-1998 by Timour Jgenti
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ARTIST: Balanescu Quartet.
ALBUM: Possessed
DATE: 1992
This CD contains renditions of The Robots, The Model, Autobahn, Computer Love and Pocket Calculator done with classical instruments. They sound surprisingly good. Luca Dassi informs me that they performed The Model live and that there is a video for their rendition of this song.

*''ARTIST: Big Black.
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this artist once covered The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: The Cardigans.
ALBUM: For What it's Worth
Contains a cover of Das Model.
THANKS TO: Mark J Stagg.

*''ARTIST: Lloyd Cole.
Apparently did a live cover of Pocket Calculator at a concert in New York once. It was later included in a boxed set of live and bootleg stuff that Lloyd collected.
THANKS TO: Arnaud de Bonald.

*''ARTIST: Dance Robots.
Have done a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Data Bank.
ALBUM: Nuclear Winter (v/a compilation, Subtronic Records)
DATE: 1995
This group performed a cover of Radioactivity that ended up on this nuclear protest album.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

*''ARTIST: Daybehavior.

*''ALBUM: Hello!
Contains a cover of Tour de France.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Derivando.
ALBUM: Duemila e oltre
DATE: March 5, 1999 (Milano 2000 label)
This Italian group has a cover of Computer Love on this compilation.

*''ARTIST: DJ Dero.
TRACK: La Modelo
This track is a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: The Divine Comedy.
ALBUM: National Express
DATE: 1999
This album contains a cover of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: DMX Krew.
Have covered Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Eläkeläiset.
TRACK: Poro
This track is apparently a short ska version of The Robots sung in Finnish.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.

*''ARTIST: Empire State Human.
ALBUM: Alpha & Omega
LABEL: Ninthwave Records
This album contains a cover of Hall of Mirrors said to be a bit more cheerful than the Kraftwerk version.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

*''5ARTIST: Das Erste Wiener Gemueseorchester (First Viennese Vegetable Orchestra).
ALBUM: Automato (Automate)
Includes a cover of Radio Activity played on prepared vegetables.
THANKS TO: Jan R.

*''ARTIST: Fink.

*''ALBUM: Mondscheiner
This album contains a cover of Autobahn.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Galaxy Sound Orchestra.
ALBUM: Synthesizer Hits, vol. 1
DATE: 1991
This album contains renditions of a number of electronic songs by various artists, all rendered with rather blah, ordinary-sounding synth patches. Sort of like elevator muzak. The Kraftwerk songs covered are Autobahn and The Model.

*''ARTIST: Garden Eden.
Has done several different remixes of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Generator.
TRACK: Das Model
Cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: God.
ALBUM: 2001 Live Concert (double VCD)
Disk 1 track refers in some way to Tour de France.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

*''ARTIST: Dirk Ivans.
ALBUM: Extended Play (MCD)
Contains a cover of Hall of Mirrors.
THANKS TO: Robert Kolk.

*''ARTIST: Kevin Kane.
ALBUM: Timmy Loved Judas Priest
This limited edition (500 copies) album contains a smooth cover of Neon Lights.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

*''ARTIST: Komputer.
TRACK: Oh Synthesizer
This track serves as evidence for those who say Komputer rip off Kraftwerk. Although it doesn't use any samples and has different lyrics and slightly different rhythm and melody, it sounds exactly like Kraftwerk's Neon Lights. The instruments sounds are not identical to Kraftwerk's, but have obviously been deliberately tuned to be sound similar. Although this song is nice to listen to, it is impossible not to notice its huge similarity to Neon Lights. Several other Komputer tracks (notably We Are Komputer and Komputer Krash) also sound very much like Kraftwerk. This fact combined with rumors that Komputer refuse to acknowledge any Kraftwerk influence have given them a very bad image with many Kraftwerk fans. However, there is reason to believe that Komputer's apparent refusal to acknowledge their Kraftwerk influence was actually a tongue-in-cheek joke; given how obvious it is, they were having a little fun with the interviewer and audience by pretending to deny it.

*''ARTIST: "Kraftwerk".

*''ALBUM: Tribal Gathering.
This album is a commercially released bootleg of Kraftwerk's performance at Tribal Gathering '97. In addition to the genuine live Kraftwerk tracks, it contains remixes titled Tour de France (Tribal Remix), Electric Cafe (Mix-It Remix), Das Model (Razormaid Remix) and Re-Werked (Music Factory Remix).

*''ARTIST: Kröger.

*''This German band covered Das Model on an album that came out some time in 1990 on the Hansa label.
THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik.

*''ARTIST: Koto.
ALBUM: Koto Plays Synthesizer World Hits
DATE: 1990
The first track on this album is a cover of Trans Europe Express.
THANKS TO: Joshua Kassel.

*''ARTIST: Laether Strip.
ALBUM: Self-Inflicted
DATE: 1997
This album contains a cover of Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: David from Spain.

*''ARTIST: Los Ninos Del Brasil.
TRACK: The Model
DATE: 1991-ish
A cover featuring Spanish guitar.
THANKS TO: rs.

*''ARTIST: Love Tractor.
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this artist once covered Neon Lights.

*''ARTIST: Kevin Lux.
Kevin Lux has covered several Kraftwerk songs, including Europe Endless, It's More Fun to Compute and Expo 2000.

*''ARTIST: The Manatees.
ALBUM: Snackin' with the Manatees
This album includes a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Nat Heidler.

*''ARTIST: Melt Banana.

*''This Japanese hardcore/noise/punk band has covered Showroom Dummies.
THANKS TO: Huub Clout.

*''ARTIST: Miss Kitten and the Hacker.
TRACK: Uno
This track is a cover of Numbers.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark.

*''ALBUM: Sugar Tax
DATE: 1991
This album has a cover of Neon Lights with the lyrics sung by Christine Mellor.
THANKS TO: Rob Holman and Der Automat.

*''ARTIST: Papa Dee.
ALBUM: The Man Who Couldn't Say No
This album contains a ska version of The Model.
THANKS TO: Stefan Norman and Coorchack.

*'' ARTIST: Rammstein.
ALBUM: Brachialste Gewalt Rammel 2
Contains an unsual cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Luis Tames and Joshua Kassel.
ADDENDUM: Squibb Squirrel adds that this album is actually a Rammstein bootleg, and the Rammstein cover Das Modell was originally released on a maxi-CD.

*''ARTIST: Ride.
This group recorded a cover of The Model for a tape that was to be included with the 25th anniversary edition of a magazine called the Melody Maker. Apparently Kraftwerk were also approached to include something on the same tape but they backed out.
THANKS TO: Ian Harper.

*''ARTIST: Robert.
ALBUM: Sime
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Rot Front Trikont.
Apparently recorded a cover of The Robots.
THANKS TO: Arnaud de Bonald.

*''ARTIST: Anthony Rother.

*''ALBUM: Space Night vol. IV (compilation)
This album contains a cover of both Numbers and Computer World 2 within a single track.
THANKS TO: Coorchack and Squibb Squirrel. Squibb adds that the version on the limited vinyl edition is about 2 minutes longer.

*''ARTIST: Anthony Rother.
Covered Trans Europe Express somewhere.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Senor Coconut (AKA Atom Heart).
ALBUM: El Baile Aleman
DATE: 2000
This album contains Latin-style renditions of Showroom Dummies, Trans-Europe Express, The Robots, Neon Lights, Autobahn, Homecomputer, Tour de France, The Man-Machine and Music Non-Stop. It's a strange but entertaining twist.

*''ARTIST: Senor Coconut.

*''ALBUM: Tour de France
This single contains Latin variations of Tour de France and the Expo 2000 theme.

*''ARTIST: Simple Minds.
ALBUM: Neon Lights
TRACK: Neon Lights
DATE: 2001
This track is a cover of... wait for it... Neon Lights! I bet you didn't see that coming!
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Siouxsie & the Banshees.
ALBUM: Through the Looking Glass
DATE: 1987
This album includes a cover of Hall of Mirrors.
THANKS TO: Handelson and Joshua Kassel.

*''ARTIST: Snakefinger.
ALBUM: Chewing Hides the Sound
DATE: 1979
This album includes a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Jim Lemanowicz and Coorchack. ADDENDUM: Squibb Squirrel adds that since The Model was first released in 1978, this could be a contender for the earliest cover of that song.

*''ARTIST: Sopor Aeternus and the Ensemble of Shadows.
TRACK: Modela Est
This track is apparently a darkwave reworking of The Model, sung in Latin.
THANKS TO: Luis Tames.

*''ARTIST: Teddybears Sthlm.

*''A Swedish hardcore group who did a cover of The Robots.
THANKS TO: Joshua Kassel.

*''ARTIST: The Technocrats.
ALBUM: Ruckzuck
DATE: 1991 (Rough Trade)
A cover/remix of Ruckzuck. It was released as a 3-track 12" and a 6-track CD in Germany. The vinyl version includes a 9'minute version.
THANKS TO: Der Doppelgänger and Squibb Squirrel.

*''ARTIST: Telepopmusik.
ALBUM: Genetic World
DATE: 2001
This album contains a cover of Trans Europe Express.
THANKS TO: Der Automat.

*''ARTIST: Terre Thaemlitz.

*''ALBUM: Die Roboter Rubato
This album contains avant-garde piano reinterpretations of several Kraftwerk songs. Apparently on his home page Terre described the album as "Kraftwerk for housewives", whatever that means.
THANKS TO: Shaun Vaughan and Andréas Hagström.

*''ARTIST: Tiao Wu Jie.
TRACK: The Mooel (misprint of Model)
DATE: 2000
LABEL: Sony Music Asia
This is a complete Chinese cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Georges van Kriekinge.

*''ARTIST: Trans-Am.
Have done a cover of The Man Machine.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Trauma.
ALBUM: Fractal 1
DATE: 1993 (Machinery Records)
Includes a cover of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.

*''ARTIST: The Treble Spankers.
ALBUM: Araban
Includes a cover of The Model performed using only guitars and drums.
THANKS TO: PJ Peeters.

*''ARTIST: Tremolo Beer Gut.

*''TRACK: Das Modell
Another cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Trio Fratres.
This Finnish accordion trio includes the following Kraftwerk songs in their repertoire: The Model, The Robots, Pocket Calculator, Computer Love, Transistor.
THANKS TO: Mauri Kankaanpää.

*''ARTIST: Trylok.
ALBUM: Reliance
DATE: 2000
This album includes a cover of Radioactivity as a tribute.
THANKS TO: Bernd Nuernberger and maninglass.

*''ARTIST: Miladojka Youneed.
ALBUM: Liberta Bloo
LABEL: Helidon Records, 1993
ALBUM: Izstekani na Radiu Student, 1. del
LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia, 1995
These two albums contain covers of Pocket Calculator. The second is a live, unplugged version. Alegedly this track was supposed to appear on the Trans-Slovenia Express tribute compilation, but was cut due to offensive lyrics.
THANKS TO: Jure Longyka.

*''ARTIST: The Ukrainians.

Have done several different covers of Radioactivity.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Videosex.
ALBUM: Ljubi in Sovrazi
DATE: 1992
LABEL: Dallas Records, Slovenia
Contains a cover of Spacelab.
THANKS TO: Jure Longyka.

*''ARTIST: Chris Whitley.
According to a Scott Woods article in Eye magazine (Toronto), this artist once covered The Model.

*''ARTIST: Wurst 317.
This Berlin experamentalist released a strange cover of Ohm Sweet Ohm on limited edition tapes and CDs.
THANKS TO: Squibb Squirrel.

*''ARTIST: Veronika Zemanova.

*''This Czech model released a cover of The Model in which she changed the lyrics to refer to herself.
THANKS TO: Erik Jälevik.

*''ARTIST: Zoot Woman.
ALBUM: Living in Magazine
Contains a cover of The Model.
THANKS TO: Coorchack.

*''ARTIST: Unknown.
ALBUM: Dark Side of the Autobahn
Limited edition 7" picture disk apparently containing a Pink Floyd/Kraftwerk mashup.
THANKS TO: Shaun Vaughan.

*''ARTIST: Various.
ALBUM: La Musique de Paris Derniere Vol.2.
Contains a Senor Coconut cover of Radioactivity. This cover was on the original release of Seonr Coconut's El Baille Aleman album on the Akashic label, but not on later releases.
THANKS TO: Petter Ottosson.