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QUEENSRYCHE Does QUEEN, PINK FLOYD, U2, POLICE On 'Take Cover'

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W. K. Mahler, Mahlers.Com

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Aug 28, 2007, 10:21:44 PM8/28/07

QUEENSRYCHE pays homage to some of its musical idols on "Take Cover", a
covers album due Nov. 13 via Rhino.

Christa Titus of Billboard.com reports: QUEENSRYCHE pays homage to some of
its musical idols on "Take Cover", a covers album due Nov. 13 via Rhino. The
Seattle group is putting its stamp on such numbers as PINK FLOYD's "Welcome
to the Machine", U2's "Bullet the Blue Sky" and PETER GABRIEL's "Red Rain".

"We'll never top the originals; they're classics for a reason," singer Geoff
Tate says. "We were more focused on finding different approaches that took
the songs in unexpected directions."

He explains that the album gave the band a chance to have some fun. "During
sound checks, [guitarists Mike Stone and Michael Wilton] like to play 'name
that riff,' and sometimes the whole band joins in. That's really the way
this album came together. We got together and started playing songs to each
other, and then we picked our favorites."

QUEENSRYCHE has only released a few covers, one of them being a powerful
interpretation of "Scarborough Fair" in the early 1990s. Some of the 11
selections naturally fit the band's progressive rock influences,
particularly PINK FLOYD and "Innuendo" by QUEEN, one of Tate's favorite
bands. Others will definitely raise eyebrows. The group is giving Broadway a
spin by performing "Heaven on Their Minds" from "Jesus Christ Superstar", as
well as the O'JAYS' R&B classic "For Love of Money", the operatic "Odissea"
by Italian duo CARLO MARRALE AND CHEOPE and an acoustic version of BUFFALO
SPRINGFIELD's "For What It's Worth".