Bon Jovi Block Shinedown Cover Album

[liers]

Shinedown’s acoustic covers album was put on hold after Bon Jovi refused to let them release a version of Wanted Dead Or Alive.

Frontman Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers revealed plans earlier this year to record ten of a set of tracks chosen by fans, including material by the Clash, Phil Collins and Metallica.

But Myers says they ran into problems when getting clearance to put the record on sale.

He tells This Is Not A Scene: “It was going to come out and it was going to be no problem. It looks really cool, sounds really cool, and then we wanted to release it as an album too.

“That’s when you get into publishing – you have to get permission. And two of the artists were like, ‘We don’t like anyone covering our songs.’ I’m not going to say who… Bon Jovi… and so that was kind of that.”

But he adds: “We’re trying to figure it out right now. It should be all cleared up – it will be out soon.”

The confusion hasn’t spoiled Myers’s enjoyment of making the album over two days. “It was so much fun,” he says. “Brent‘s such a good singer – I love hearing him sing songs that aren’t ours.

“Nothing Else Matters by Metallica took three takes. Everything else was like one take or two takes. We did In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins. We didn’t rehearse it, I just kind of started playing, and he started singing it, and it became this kind of special moment. It’s really, really cool.”

The full tracklist is:

01. Sitting On the Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
02. Wanted Dead Or Alive – Bon Jovi
03. London Calling – The Clash
04. In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
05. Runaway Train – Soul Asylum
06. Black – Pearl Jam
07. Blue On Black – Kenny Wayne Shepherd
08. Someone Like You – Adele
09. She Talks To Angels – The Black Crowes
10. Nothing Else Matters – Metallica

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/bon-jovi-blocked-shinedown-covers-album/

Shinedown is such a popular band, I can't see why Bon Jovi would have a hard time with it. They'll get a good chunk of royalties.

[RussTCB]

Hmm.... could be one of those things where a manager, label person or lawyer said no and Jovi doesn't even know about it.

[bran]

im all for never having another shinedown album released.

[Black Sabbath]

Hmm.... could be one of those things where a manager, label person or lawyer said no and Jovi doesn't even know about it.

That's probably what the issue is.

[AxlisOld]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

[chevelle]

Bon Jovi? Turning down money? Nah, someone else must've goofed.

Edited December 19, 2013 by chevelle

[Raz0r]

Or maybe Jon just thinks Shinedown sucks. The guy gets a lot of shit about only caring about money, but here he is turning it down and it could very well be for artistic reasons.

[ITG]

Dead or Uh-live.......ooooooh

ooooooh

[Raz0r]

(Classic Rock) Shinedown frontman Brent Smith and guitarist Zach Myers will release their fan-powered covers ten-track album as a six-track EP after they failed to secure release permission from every artist they'd originally included.

Fans had chosen the list of songs to be recorded acoustically but Myers last month confirmed that Bon Jovi were amongst those unhappy with the project, and wouldn't let them use a cover of Wanted Dead Or Alive.

The plan was for each song to be accompanied by a video and Smith says that's where problems arose. He explains: "Some of the artists were cool with letting us put them up on YouTube and show the video of the song being records. Some weren't cool with the video, and that's totally their decision."

Along with the Bon Jovi song, Phil Collins' In The Air Tonight, Pearl Jam's Black and Adele's Someone Like You won't appear. The pair still hope those covers can be released in audio only over the coming months.

Read more at http://www.antimusic.com/dayinrock/#kd1dR6CSoWF8daAI.99

So it wasn't the cover Jovi objected to, and Jovi wasn't the only band that had a problem with what they were doing. Pretty lame of Myers for singling them out last month.

[mrandyk]

Someone, I'm not going to say who...Shinedown...is putrid shit and should disband.

[bacardimayne]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

Dingdingdingdingdingding

[sweetness]

lol, that track list

The only band I can think of thats gayer than Shinedown is Collective Soul

[The Matinator]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

I do agree he's better, but at least Jon doesn't Lip Synch.

Edited January 27, 2014 by The Matinator

[moreblack]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

He's good, but I can't name a single song he's done other than that Skynyrd cover.

[mrandyk]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

He's good, but I can't name a single song he's done other than that Skynyrd cover.

Which never needs to be brought up ever again.

[metallex78]

I guess Bon Jovi don't want their good songs to be tarnished with lame cover recordings from lame bands like Shinedown.

Look at the tracklisting...

I'm all for showing respect to your influences, but why bother re-recording other band's biggest hits, when there is no way in hell these guys would do them better.

[Johnny Drama]

Uh what's wrong with the track listing?

[Gordon Comstock]

Probably because Shinedown's singer is way more talented than Jon ever was.

He's good, but I can't name a single song he's done other than that Skynyrd cover.

Which never needs to be brought up ever again.

He did a fantastic job on Simple Man.

I like Shinedown, but I hate the way Brent oversings that song live, especially nowadays. The album version though, especially in the context of the record, is great.

I have no interest in hearing him oversing Bon Jovi songs though, and the 2-3 songs I've heard from these sessions sound exactly as I imagined they would. No thanks.

[GivenToFly]

I guess Bon Jovi don't want their good songs to be tarnished with lame cover recordings from lame bands like Shinedown.

Look at the tracklisting...

I'm all for showing respect to your influences, but why bother re-recording other band's biggest hits, when there is no way in hell these guys would do them better.

I don't think the point of a cover is to try to do it better than the previous versions.

[metallex78]

I guess Bon Jovi don't want their good songs to be tarnished with lame cover recordings from lame bands like Shinedown.

Look at the tracklisting...

I'm all for showing respect to your influences, but why bother re-recording other band's biggest hits, when there is no way in hell these guys would do them better.

I don't think the point of a cover is to try to do it better than the previous versions.

What's the point of recording them in the first place unless you're gonna put your own spin on it and try to make it better, otherwise just leave the original versions alone

Uh what's wrong with the track listing?

It's all cover songs of some of those band's biggets hits. What could Shinedown covers of those songs possibly add to already great songs???

They should've gone for more obscure songs if they were confident enough.

And regardless of whether or not I think Shinedown suck, thats pretty fucking cocky of them to cover big hit songs by other bands and try to release them as their own versions (which will no way better the originals in my opinion)

Edited January 29, 2014 by metallex78

[Johnny Drama]

Or they simply wanted to show admiration for a bunch of bands they liked a la Spaghetti and Garage Inc?

Don't get me wrong, I hate Shinedown but there is something truly disgusting about banda ripping on other bands that admire them or consider them an influence.

[GivenToFly]

I guess Bon Jovi don't want their good songs to be tarnished with lame cover recordings from lame bands like Shinedown.

Look at the tracklisting...

I'm all for showing respect to your influences, but why bother re-recording other band's biggest hits, when there is no way in hell these guys would do them better.

I don't think the point of a cover is to try to do it better than the previous versions.

What's the point of recording them in the first place unless you're gonna put your own spin on it and try to make it better, otherwise just leave the original versions alone

Maybe it's simply because you like them? I don't know, I'm not a musician.

[metallex78]

My argument is Shinedown's CHOICE of songs, not the fact that they are recording cover songs to begin with.

On albums like Spaghetti and Garage Inc, the songs covered were generally lesser known tracks by the artists, not the big hits. Which is exactly my point - why cover an already great song unless you're gonna do something new or better with it?

And chances are, if the song is already great, it doesn't need covering, especially from a second-rate band like Shinedown...

I'm on Bon Jovi's side with this one. If I was them, I wouldn't want one of my popular world-loved songs tarnished by this band recording it either.

[J Dog]

I wouldn't say I hate Shinedown, but you can look at that tracklist and pretty much know exactly how every one of those songs would sound.