Erik Grönwall - cover songs

[Stefan]

New song 'Headless Cross (Black Sabbath cover)'. 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2021 by Stefan

[martinsane]

That's a nicely done cover, the guy has a great voice. Never liked the song but this is well done.

 

I mean wtf is a "headless cross"? A capital T?

[tts42572]

So very cool!  Great to hear Erik singing and for me, this is 10 times better than the original.

This guy was just born to sing so hopefully we see more music from him.  Although, I'd prefer original music instead of covers.

Also, really cool seeing him work with Jona and Dave and that they are still good working in some capacity together.  It be pretty cool if we could get an Erik solo hard rock/rock/metal type album of original material with Jona/Dave helping him out sort of like Robin from Degreed is doing.

 

 

[Tabe]

Ha, just came here to post this one myself.

I think Erik's voice is just not quite deep enough for this song.  The original has a sound of menace to it that Erik doesn't.  Still, he sounds great (of course) and does a good job on this.

[AlphaMale]

Sorry but this is not 10 times better than the original. Not even close.

[Glen]

1 hour ago, Tabe said:

Ha, just came here to post this one myself.

I think Erik's voice is just not quite deep enough for this song.  The original has a sound of menace to it that Erik doesn't.  Still, he sounds great (of course) and does a good job on this.

yep

[Metal T]

Its not bad for what it is...its decent...I can respect that this guy didn't choose a "safe" song to cover .You'll find that there really isn't a whole helluva lot of singers who are even going to attempt to cover a song like this...that said I revisited  "Tyr"..."Headless Cross" and "Cross Purposes"  a few years ago...i'll say that originally I didn't give Tony Martin a fair shake...the guy is definitely in the "underrated" category...some really good stuff on CP.

[Darkstone]

The "Black Sabbath" Tony Martin era is hugely underrated. 

I love and prefer the original, but this is definitely a worthy tribute.

[Tabe]

16 hours ago, Darkstone said:

The "Black Sabbath" Tony Martin era is hugely underrated. 

I love and prefer the original, but this is definitely a worthy tribute.

I'm not a Sabbath fan at all but I love this album.

[Stefan]

More info from Erik:

I am very happy to present you to something I’ve been wanting to do for some time now. 

Some of you know that I was diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. It was the start of a life changing journey full of perspective and it guided me to the core of who I am. 

It really made me realize that making and releasing music is one of the most important things in my life and it has never been more important to me. So that’s what I’m going to do. I am very happy to present you to my version of Black Sabbath – Headless Cross. 

Headless cross has been one of the warm up songs backstage before shows for a couple of years. Is this the meanest riff ever written? 

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CREDITS Artist: Erik Grönwall Producer: Jona Tee (www.jonatee.com) All music performed by: Jona Tee Guitar solo/ guest artist: Dave Dalone Original artist: Black Sabbath Written by: Anthony Philip Harford / Cozy Powell / Tony Iommi

[Stefan]

New cover of Skid Row's '18 And Life'.

From Erik:

This song was basically the starting point of my professional career as an artist. I performed this song during my Swedish Idol audition back in 2009. 12 years later it's time to give this bad boy a try again. Here's my version of the Skid Row song 18 and life.

 

 

[Tabe]

OK, yeah, that's A LOT better.  That's right in Erik's wheelhouse.  Heck, he could probably replace Sebastian if Skid Row ever needed a new lead singer (obviously, that situation would never happen - you get my point).

[Glen]

2 hours ago, Tabe said:

OK, yeah, that's A LOT better.  That's right in Erik's wheelhouse.  Heck, he could probably replace Sebastian if Skid Row ever needed a new lead singer (obviously, that situation would never happen - you get my point).

he could probably replace virtually any singer. Such a talent. Heard him cover this before of course so not that interested but great that he's sounding so good despite what he's been through 

[Tabe]

44 minutes ago, Glen said:

he could probably replace virtually any singer. Such a talent. Heard him cover this before of course so not that interested but great that he's sounding so good despite what he's been through 

Good point.  I'd actually forgotten about his cancer.

[Stefan]

New cover of CCR's 'Born On The Bayou'. 

 

 

[Stefan]

New cover of Dio's 'Rainbow In The Dark'. Special guest Daniel Johansson of Degreed.

 

 

Edited November 6, 2021 by Stefan

[Glen]

fantastic cover. Let's hope his new band sounds like that.

 

[AlphaMale]

 

[CureTheSane]

Love Gun is just a boring cover.
Nice music, nice singing, but pretty much the same as the original.
Just change it up more and make something interesting.
I'd rather just listen to the original.
A song like Love Gun is hard to cover because it's hard to change up, but I guess that's the challenge.
If you can't do it, just move on to the next song...

[Glen]

On 2/20/2022 at 4:24 AM, CureTheSane said:

Love Gun is just a boring cover.
Nice music, nice singing, but pretty much the same as the original.
Just change it up more and make something interesting.
I'd rather just listen to the original.
A song like Love Gun is hard to cover because it's hard to change up, but I guess that's the challenge.
If you can't do it, just move on to the next song...

yeah, also Stanley sounded amazing back then so is hard to top 

[Darkstone]

I agree about covers adding a bit more to the original without reworking it to within an inch of its life.

There are a few notable exceptions of course.

Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help From my Friends" springs to mind.

This version of "Love Gun" by "Stone Sour" is great, but as CTS said, ultimately, I'd rather listen to the original. 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 22, 2022 by Darkstone

[Captain Howdy]

 

[Captain Howdy]

These two were missed but posted in Nw Horizon thread

 

 

[Captain Howdy]

 

[AlphaMale]