* The Damned-Damned Damned Damned, a limited number of which were deliberately printed with a photo of Eddie and the Hot Rods on the back of the cover, rather than The Damned playing at The Roxy Club, and with an erratum sticker apologising for this " mistake ", and on the front of the LP, on top of the original shrinkwrap, a red food-fight sticker saying ' Damned Damned ', thus completing the LP's title when read underneath the band's name ;

However, the band's cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic "' Are You Experienced?

A minor controversy came to light when Paul Leary of the Butthole Surfers revealed on Marcy Playground's website forum that the cover art for Shapeshifter had originally been conceptualized and commissioned by Leary for his band's aborted After the Astronaut album.

The band's popularity in the United States began to wane in 1956 – 57 as sexier, wilder acts such as Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard began to dominate the record charts ( although Haley's cover version of Little Richard's " Rip It Up "-which was released in direct competition-actually outsold the original ).

Among other things, the podcast featured the band's thoughts about their 2005 South American tour, some information on their new album, a mash-up of " Drive " and Tupac Shakur's " Better Dayz ", a cover of Soundgarden's " Black Hole Sun ", and a few live interludes.

The band's name was also printed, in reverse, on the cover of 1999 inside the letter " I " of the word " Prince ".

Working with young producer David Gates also opened up horizons for Vliet's skills as a poet-cum-lyricist, with his " Who Do You Think You're Fooling " on the flipside of the band's first single, a cover of the Ellas McDaniel / Willie Dixon-penned hit, " Diddy Wah Diddy ".

Fate and circumstance, not for the first time, would befall the band's success upon its release-which coincided with a singles cover of the same song by The Remains.

The band's lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as serial killers, Satanism, religion and warfare, have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and strong criticism from religious groups and the public.

Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, " It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles ," leading to the inclusion of several cover versions after the all-original A Hard Day's Night ; the band's visible weariness on the album's cover is noted by narrator Malcolm McDowell during The Compleat Beatles.

was the band's final album to feature any cover songs until 1970's Let It Be ( which included a performance of the traditional folk song " Maggie Mae ").

The band's name was discreetly embossed slightly below the middle of the album's right side, and the cover also featured a unique stamped serial number, " to create ," in Hamilton's words, " the ironic situation of a numbered edition of something like five million copies.

" The album's singles — the Bruce Johnston-produced original " Bluebirds Over the Mountains " ( Billboard # 64 ) and the Carl Wilson-produced cover of The Ronettes ' " I Can Hear Music "— won lukewarm attention, with the latter reaching # 24 on the Billboard single chart in April 1969 ; the lead track, the Wilson / Love-authored " Do It Again ", an unabashed throwback to the band's earlier surf hits, had been an international hit in the summer of 1968, reaching # 20 in the US charts and # 1 the UK while also scoring well in other countries.

The album cover features a still from the band's own short film To Kill a Dead Man.

The cover for Shark Sandwich, one of the band's earlier fictional albums

Despite the reported hiatus and Love's acting career, the band recorded and released a cover of Fleetwood Mac's " Gold Dust Woman " for The Crow: City of Angels ( 1996 ), the band's first studio song to feature Melissa Auf der Maur on bass.

The album included a re-recording of the theme to the film Midnight Cowboy, and later pressings included a cover of The Commodores classic " Easy ", which in some parts of the world became the band's biggest hit.

The band's final album, Mardi Gras, was released in April 1972, featuring songs written by Fogerty, Cook, and Clifford and a cover of " Hello Mary Lou " ( a song Gene Pitney originally wrote for Ricky Nelson.

" The band's sound was also influenced by blues and soul, as evidenced by Johansen's blues harmonica and their choice of cover versions.

The band's first single, a cover of The Kinks song " Stop Your Sobbing " ( produced by Nick Lowe and recorded at the July Regents Park sessions ) was released in January 1979 and gained critical attention.

He designs many items which the band uses including the band's logo, CD jacket, and cover.

The band's singles were given extensive airplay on US rock stations and Ashcroft, and band mates, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in March 1998.

The band's debut album, Mott the Hoople ( 1969 ), which was recorded in a week, was a cult success, and their repertoire included cover versions of " Laugh at Me " ( Sonny Bono ) and " At the Crossroads " ( Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet ), and an instrumental cover of " You Really Got Me " ( The Kinks ).

In the wake of the group's success for the Victor release, in May the band returned to Columbia, recording two selections of popular tunes of the day chosen for them by the record company ( possibly hoping to avoid the copyright problems which arose after Victor recorded two of the band's supposedly original compositions ) " Darktown Strutter's Ball " and "( Back Home Again in ) Indiana " as catalogue # A-2297.

Their debut single "( We Don't Need This ) Fascist Groove Thang " attracted some attention and, due to its overtly left-wing political lyrics, was banned by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read ( who is a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party ), and neither this nor any other of the four singles taken from the band's debut album Penthouse and Pavement managed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

This project was then supplanted by an increase in the band's political activism, something which they had begun to stress in recent years ( notably by giving all of the income from the " Ghostdancing " single to Amnesty International, and playing cover versions of Little Steven's "( Ain't ' Gonna Play ) Sun City " on tour ).

In 1976 Kuepper and the Saints were one of the first Australian acts to form their own record label, Fatal Records, to release that band's first single "( I'm ) Stranded ".

Bloodline followed in 1986, and this album included the band's first big R & B hit with "( Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop ) Goes My Mind ," a track that went all the way to number one.

Given that Hetfield recorded all rhythm and most harmony tracks on the band's first five albums, Hammett does not play on the studio recording, making it one of two songs in the whole Metallica repertoire, along with Cliff Burton's "( Anesthesia ) Pulling Teeth ", in which he does not appear.

Featuring the band's latter day line-up, Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert is composed mostly of their wealth of hits, with three brand new studio recordings ending the album, one of which, Jackie Wilson's "( Your Love Keeps Lifting Me ) Higher and Higher ", curiously features non-band member Michael McDonald on lead vocals.

"( Don't Fear ) The Reaper " was written and sung by the band's lead guitarist, Donald " Buck Dharma " Roeser and was produced by David Lucas, Murray Krugman, and Sandy Pearlman.

Blue Öyster Cult performed a live version of "( Don't Fear ) The Reaper " on the band's 1978 album Some Enchanted Evening.

In the music video of Relient K's "( Marilyn Manson ate ) My girlfriend ", a gigantic Marylin Manson eats the band's girlfriend and the band has to go into Marilyn Manson to save her.

" during the studio recording of that band's famous song, "( Don't Fear ) The Reaper ", much to the chagrin of the rest of the band.

The band's fourth studio album entitled " Cowboys & Angels "( 2004 ) took a decidedly more rock ' n roll direction.

Retrospective reviews were less forgiving, with Allmusic stating that both the compositions and the performances are uniformly weak, adding up to " a competent, if perfunctory effort in the band's familiar style ", while Robert Christgau's review consisted of a single sentence followed by the note ' Giveaway: "( Sometimes I Feel So ) Uninspired.

It begins with what is said to be film from the 1976 recording session that produced the band's biggest hit, "( Don't Fear ) The Reaper ".

Helen Love's second single was titled "( Sheena's In Love With ) Joey Ramoney ", a tribute to the band's favourite singer.

The band's most successful songs include " Let Her Dance ," " I Fought the Law ," and " Love's Made a Fool of You.

The next release, Let Your Dim Light Shine saw the track " Misery " reach the Top 20, but the album was not as successful as the band's previous one.

In January, guitarist Jeff Wilson came in to replace Bolin and the band's 1980 release, " Firin ' Up ", spawned the hits " Let Me Love You Tonight " and " I'm Almost Ready " both sung by Gill, with saxophone accompaniment by David Sanborn.

As a member of Guns N ' Roses, Reed has become well known for his keyboard, piano and backing vocal work during live performances, music videos and on such songs as " Dust N ' Bones ", " Live and Let Die ", " Bad Obsession " " November Rain ", " Garden of Eden ", " Don't Damn Me ", " Bad Apples ", " Civil War ", " 14 Years ", " Yesterdays ", " Knockin ' On Heaven's Door ", " Get in the Ring ", " Pretty Tied Up " and " Locomotive ", as well his contributions to some of the band's new tracks, including " Chinese Democracy ", " Shacklers Revenge ", " Better ", " Street of Dreams " " If the World ", " There Was a Time ", " Catcher in the Rye ", " Scraped ", " Riad N ' the Bedouins ", " I. R. S " and " Prostitute ", and when not playing keyboards or piano, Reed frequently provides backup on percussion and vocals during live Guns N ' Roses performances.

A year later, the Let It Out DVD collected the band's videos.

The first release on Big Brother was the single " Go Let It Out " ( catalogue number ' RKID 001 ') on February 7, 2000, the lead single from the band's fourth studio album, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants.

Jenkins wrote or co-wrote all of the band's most notable hits, including " Semi-Charmed Life ", " Jumper ", " How's It Going to Be ", " Losing a Whole Year ", " Graduate ", " Deep Inside of You ", and " Never Let You Go ".

It is the eighth and final track on the band's fourth Australian album, Let There Be Rock, released in Australia in March 1977, and was written by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, and Bon Scott.

One of AC / DC's most popular songs, " Whole Lotta Rosie " has been included on each of the band's official live albums: three with Scott ( If You Want Blood You've Got It, Live from the Atlantic Studios, Let There Be Rock: The Movie – Live in Paris, the latter two released in 1997 as part of the Bonfire box set ), and also three with Brian Johnson ( released on Live, Live: 2 CD Collector's Edition, and also the tour edition of Stiff Upper Lip ).

With the arrival of Martin Duffy ( later of Primal Scream ), keyboards ( especially the electronic organ ) became a more important part of the band's sound, and they dominate the band's two instrumental albums, Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death and Train Above The City ( the latter not featuring Lawrence in any capacity except for naming the tracks ).

The album includes rarities and alternative tracks from the final two years of the band's career, ranging from the initial sessions for The Beatles ( also known as The White Album ) to the last sessions for Let It Be and Abbey Road in later 1969 and early 1970.

Thanks to the success of the singles " Let It Be Me ", " Ball and Chain ", " Story of My Life " and " Ring of Fire ", Social Distortion became the band's best-selling album of their recording career, achieving gold sales certification in the United States.

One of the band's most-heard songs, " Wrong to Let You Go ", was preceded and followed by collaborations with other musicians.

The cover art was an homage to the Beatles album Let it Be, featuring the band's pets.

" Let Me Love You Tonight " is the band's biggest pop hit, peaking at number ten on the Billboard singles chart.

It was created as a tribute to the band's earlier singer Bon Scott and included the two disc soundtrack to the movie Let There be Rock, some early unreleased tracks, a live recording from the Atlantic Records studio in New York and a remastered version of Back in Black.

He was perhaps best known for his lengthy association with the Rolling Stones, for whom he produced a string of singles and albums that all rank among the most critically and financially successful works of the band's career: Beggars Banquet ( 1968 ), Let It Bleed ( 1969 ), Sticky Fingers ( 1971 ), Exile on Main St. ( 1972 ) and Goats Head Soup ( 1973 ).

Profits from the band's Let The Tribe Increase LP were ploughed back into the label, which was then co-organised by members of the collective which published the Kill Your Pet Puppy zine.

The digital only release features all 18 songs from the show including the band's hits, " An Honest Mistake ", " Believe ", " Time Won't Let Me Go ", " Unconditional ", and " Slow Poison ".

Their second album, titled Respect the Beat, also produced three hit singles, including " I Feel Love " and " I Never Gave Up on You ", and the band's only single to make the US Billboard Hot 100 Charts-" Don't Let Me Fall Alone ".

The band's first full-length album, Us Against the Crown, was released in December 2005, their second, Year of the Crow in September 2007, and Let it Go, in September 2009.

There is, however, now a CD available through Luke's Myspace and Fashion web pages that has all of the singles, as well as the unreleased demos of " Fiction Factory ", " Let Go ", " Bad Move ", and a 1980 re-recording of the band's first single " Steady Eddie Steady ".