Cover bands and backing tracks

[tmcatfan]

I have not been out to see too many cover bands. Maybe one in the last 6 years. Wife and friends decide to go out. We check out this local band. Typical cheeseball '80s bullshit.

So I notice them doing a Heart Song, Benatar. I'm looking around for a chick singer. There isn't one. Then I realize it's all tracks. Are you fucking kidding me? Lead vocal "tracks" canned! Then a couple songs later, the most overplayed to death song of all........... Don't Stop Believin starts. All of a sudden, I hear what sounds like Steve Perry. It was Steve Perry! His Vocal Tracks

These fucking bands using tracks are idiots. I walked up to the stage and said "what's up with the tracks?" then I told them "the band was louder and we couldn't hear vocals."

Guy walks over and cranks the vocals up lol. They had no sound guy, so no reference. Minutes later canned keyboard tracks come on. Kiss me deadly intro, then what do you know Lita Ford herself is singing. This time very loudly!! lol

Was funny watching that dude run to his board to cut the vocal track down. I don't those guys sang much of anything. They even had backing tracks for guitar. WTF is up with that bullshit??

My wife was reading their FB page earlier before we went there, and she said there was a comment "these guys sound like the record"............yeah no shit

People can really be dumb.

[Marc G]

my cover band didn't have a keys player so on the ODD chance we played a song where keys played a major part we would have it on a back track... same goes for like horns etc... we hardly did it though, I think we did a piano based song with the backing track twice... It felt SO STRANGE.... when it's little shit like percussion loops or sound effects I'm cool.. but lead vocals... GTFO!

['63-Strat]

Yeah I can understand using some backing tracks for keys or maybe backing vocals, etc. But lead vocals??? GTFO. That is a joke.

[Ry Manchu]

Yeah, you screwed up their sound mix on purpose? That is so awesome, screwing with their livelihood. You are so cool. It's too bad your legs were broken and you couldn't just walk away and be the bigger, better man. People can be really dumb.

[Yarbicus]

Yeah, you screwed up their sound mix on purpose? That is so awesome, screwing with their livelihood. You are so cool. It's too bad your legs were broken and you couldn't just walk away and be the bigger, better man. People can be really dumb.

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[itchyfingers]

In my tribute band and original band that does plenty of covers, we've never used backing tracks of any kind in either band, not even a click track, lol.

I got no problem with canned horns or keys, but I'll have more respect if another instrument tries to pull it off. If you're piping in lead vox, you might as well just play the album - at HOME!

[skybluegary]

Yeah, you screwed up their sound mix on purpose? That is so awesome, screwing with their livelihood. You are so cool. It's too bad your legs were broken and you couldn't just walk away and be the bigger, better man. People can be really dumb.

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[Reverse Entropy]

Yeah, you screwed up their sound mix on purpose? That is so awesome, screwing with their livelihood. You are so cool. It's too bad your legs were broken and you couldn't just walk away and be the bigger, better man. People can be really dumb.

No, the band RE-fucked their already PRE-fucked vocals, when he told them the vocals were too faint in their already-fucked up mix.

I've seen people dong the one-man + tracks schtick, but they were always singing and strummy-strumming a plastic sounding guitar. Never seen anyone dare to not even sing. Pretty strange.

[The Hiryuu]

Lead vocals? Yeah, no. Too damn awkward. I think even moreso than a one-man band piping in drums and bass.