While Ken and I then found the local Brad Pitt (or, as the case may be, Claire Forlani) Adoration Clüb, here's another not so bad version of Astronomy featuring that guy who tries to sing a little like Eric Bloom plus his wordy Dutch drummer ...
Actually, I think that Metallica generally have a good hand at covers, on the more recent Deep Purple Machine Head Tribute everything is pretty much forgettable, but their version of When a Blind Man Cries (written during the Machine Head Sessions, but left off the original album though it is one of the Purps' best ballads) stands out:
When I played this to a Metallica fan, she (yes, Metallica have female fans too) at first wouldn''t believe it. And while James Hetfield gives his best to "sing nice" during the early verses and only reverts to Metallica growl towards the end, Lars' stumbling behind-the-beat drumming is of course a dead giveaway.
