Friday 31 August 2012

Metallica Cover Deep Purple's "When A Blind Man Cries"

Metallica have unveiled their cover of Deep Purple’s ‘When A Blind Man Cries’. The song is taken from the new Deep Purple tribute album, ‘Re-Machined: A Tribute to Machine Head’, and also includes bands like Iron Maiden, Black Label Society and Chickenfoot covering songs from Deep Purple’s classic 1972 album ‘Machine Head’. As well as this, a series of one-off collaborators will join forces to record some of the tracks. Among the musicians set to take part are Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith, ex-Guns N’ Roses men Matt Sorum and Duff MacKagan, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott and Steve Vai. Metallica are currently in the studio recording the follow-up to 2008′s ‘Death Magnetic’ in San Franscisco. The tracklisting for ‘Re-Machined: A Tribute To Machine Head’ is as follows:
Carlos Santana – ‘Smoke On The Water’
Chickenfoot – ‘Highway Star’
Glenn Hughes, Chad Smith and Luis Maldonado – ‘Maybe I’m A Leo’
Black Label Society – ‘Pictures Of Home’
Kings of Chaos (Joe Elliott, Steve Stevens, Duff McKagan, Matt Sorum, Arlan Schierbaum) – ‘Never Before’
The Flaming Lips – ‘Smoke On The Water’
Jimmy Barnes, Joe Bonamassa – ‘Lazy’
Iron Maiden – ‘Space Truckin”
Metallica – ‘When A Blind Man Cries’
Glenn Hughes, Steve Vai, Chad Smith, Lachlan Doley – ‘Highway Star’

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