Urgh, those 2 are about as funny as a kick in the crutch.
For me by a looooong way -
Micky Flanagan and Frank Skinner.
Micky Flanagan is VERY good.
I should have been a bit clearer ... Jimmy Carr and Russell Howard BEFORE over-saturation on TV ruined them ...
VH (up to 'Balance', at least) are/were one of my favourite bands ...
Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
And The Cradle Will Rock
'Dirty Movies'
So This Is Love
Jump
House Of Pain
Why Can't This Be Love
Dreams
Top Of The World
The Seventh Seal
Aftershock
I really shoulda done a DLR-era and a Hagar-era list ...
Without vocals, the metallica one would be great, no way the dude's better than Brian Ross. And what about that riff? Where did they get it from?
CJSS also made a cover of that J. Tull song. You should check it, if you like that track.
I like the Blitzkrieg original ... I just prefer Metallica's version ... for me, Ross' best work is with Satan
I'm not sure I'd go as far as to say I despise a particular band's canon, but there are certainly some bands that I think are great on one album and patchy across the rest of their discography ...
Love/Hate: Blackout In The Red Room (never really got into their second album ... didn't bother with the rest)
Linkin Park: Hybrid Theory
Every Mother's Nightmare: Wake Up Screaming (there are a couple of songs on their debut that float my boat, but everything else is just ... meh)
Faith No More: The Real Thing
Guns n' Roses: Appetite For Destruction (if they'd kept 'Illusion' down to one album, they could've had their name on two stone-cold killer releases)
Black Sabbath (with Ozzy): Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (to this day, I don't understand the fanboy devotion to this incarnation of Sabbath)
Slayer: South Of Heaven
Gun: Swagger
There are more ...
Tuff: What Comes Around Goes Around
Baton Rouge: Shake Your Soul
Ratt: Invasion Of Your Privacy
Van Halen: Zero
Slam St. Joan: Saved By Grace
Code Of Silence: Dark Skies Over Babylon
Billionaire Boys Club: Something Wicked Comes
Ozzy Osbourne: Bark At The Moon
Ozzy Osbourne: No Rest For The Wicked
Ugly Kid Joe: America's Least Wanted ... I hadn't played this one for years ... and now I remember why
Message: Fine Line
Eden Lost: Road Of Desire
I can't watch the videos, so don't know if these have already been mentioned ...
Andy Taylor's 'Take It Easy' and Thunder's 'Dirty Love' (didn't Mr. Taylor produce 'Backstreet Symphony'? )
1? Seriously? They were never a huge favourite of mine, but I can think of a handful of great songs by them - Enola Gay, Souvenir, Joan Of Arc, Maid Of Orleans, If You Leave ... perhaps you needed to have grown up in the UK in the 80s to appreciate them
Thought of a few more:
Rocket Scientists: Welcome To The Machine (Pink Floyd)
Van Halen: Won't Get Fooled Again (The Who)
Megadeth: No More Mr. Nice Guy (Alice Cooper)
Whitesnake: Ain't No Love In the Heart Of The City (Bobby Bland)
Lacuna Coil: Enjoy The Silence (Depeche Mode)
Cradle Of Filth: Devil Woman (Cliff Richard) & Temptation (Heaven 17)
The Sisters Of Mercy: Emma (Hot Chocolate)
Marillion: Sympathy (Rare Bird)
Fish: Boston Tea Party (Sensational Alex Harvey Band)
Hanoi Rocks: Up Around The Bend (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
W.A.S.P.: Paint It Black (Rolling Stones)