![]() If you like your music HEAVY chances are you’ll prefer this rendition by German thrash metallers Sodom, who featured it on their 1997 album ‘Til Death Do Us Unite which was the first album to have Bernd “Bernemann” Køst on guitar and Bobby Schottkowski on drums, both of whom have since departed. Wayyyy back in 1987 a movie called Less Than Zero needed some youthful music to add to its soundtrack and the all-female group The Bangles were given the opportunity to do one of the very first covers of the Simon & Garfunkel classic… Did they nail it? Well, after all of these years, many rock fans still reckon the song originally belonged to them because of how well they performed it and even us Aussies loved it too, sending it to #7 on the Kent Charts back in the day and #2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. 19 years later it still plays like it was only released yesterday. Probably one of the better-known covers came from our very own Bodyjar who nailed their rendition which was released back in 2000. Guitarist/Vocalist Simon Wells can be found in the band Southport these days while drummer/vocalist Duncan Redmonds is still smashing away on the kit after all this time. ![]() If old school punk rock akin to that of Bad Religion, NOFX and The Offspring is up your alley, you may dig this rendition by English band Snuff who performed a whole bunch of coveres and jingles on their 1990 EP Flibbidydibbidydob. The band have had a few lineup changes over the years since starting out in 1986, more importantly, they lost original bassist Andrew Crighton back in 1999. They’re still floating around today so if you like what you hear, why not give them a ‘LIKE’ here. The band was founded in 2004 and shortly after in 2006, this cover featured on the KROQ Christmas album Kevin & Bean’s Super Christmas amongst the likes of Angels & Airwaves, OK Go, Papa Roach, 30 Seconds to Mars, +44 and heaps more. We dig this one and so will you! Find them on Facebook. They do it well in the process too (just check out their cover of ‘ You Spin Me Round‘ from the 2017 album As Seen On TV). The guys named themselves after the classic 80’s movie The Man With 2 Brains and vowed to only release covers of 80’s pop songs with a faster, punkier spin. If you dig rock with a touch of rockabilly, chances are you’ll dig these guys (who we literally only just discovered on this quest). So, we decided to gather all of the best ROCK versions we came across (that were worthy of a spot) and judge them on their awesomeness (because, you know, that’s what we do) and the results are in for The Top 5 ‘Hazy Shade Of Winter’ Rock Covers… #7 – Cranial Screwtop Gerard Way (whose comic book the series is based upon) teamed up with Ray Toro to deliver a fucking stellar rendition of the song, which over the years has been covered by stacks of bands and musicians across many different genres. If you're into costumes, check this film out- they're pure 80s perfection.It was FROTH city last week when two former My Chemical Romance members joined forces again for a small reunion to cover the Simon & Garfunkel classic ‘ A Hazy Shade of Winter‘ for the upcoming The Umbrella Academy series on Netflix. Probably the best acting Gertz and McCarthy do in this film. The sex scenes are very realistic, though. Much of her performance is pretty wooden and her performance in the last scene is positively painful. But back to the acting- a few times in the film, Jamie Gertz hits on something real and heart-wrenching, but it's fleeting and before you can sigh with relief, it's gone. The soundtrack is killer, especially LLCoolJ's Going' Back to Cali and the Bangles cover of Hazy Shade of Winter. It's a beautiful, vapid montage of 80s that sometimes drags. The novel is shocking to the point of being nauseating and down right disturbing. ![]() It's no surprise the author was only happy with RDJ and James Spader, their characters are the only ones who even vaguely resemble those of the novel. If you've read Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the same name and are expecting the apathetic, drug-addled, jerk narrator, step back 'cause you won't be getting it here. Andrew McCarthy does well with the character created by the screenwriters, but that character lacks depth. His hopeless optimism, random outburst of rage, and constant sweating all ring true. Having watched someone very close to me go through addiction, I can say that Downey's Julian is the most accurate addict I've ever seen portrayed on film.
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