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Originally Posted by Fletch XXX
there is not a band that has existed since rock and roll that doesnt do cover songs. Elvis did it, and soooo many before him. Many just do them live so they dont have to pay royalties, including Metallica doing Misfits songs
LOL Led Zeppelin covered Willie Dixon on Zeppelin 1 !!! (two songs off the album were dixons)
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sure thing. A lot of bands just starting out also do it so that they can have a full set and can book live gigs. I don't have a problem with that. I do get annoyed when I see people recording covers and then using YouTube exposer to sell those covers without paying royalties to the original artists. It seems like it isn't easy to sell digital songs without the royalties being paid, but I would venture to guess there are people selling CDs that aren't. However, I'm sure that has gone on forever with bands recording their own CDs and selling them at gigs.
If you did deep you will find out most of the the first Led Zeppelin record was all songs they either covered or stole from other people. When it was recently reissued they had to add a bunch of credits to it and pay a bunch of royalties.