Awesome Iron Maiden cover by Ryan Adams

I was watching an episode of Californication from a few weeks back and over the last scene and credits came a cool sounding acoustic, singer-songwriter style track. But there was something about the guitar part and lyrics that was oddly familiar.

Then it struck me. It's Iron Maiden's "Wasted Years" from their 1986 album Somewhere in Time! I remember learning to play that tune. A quick Google later and I found out the cover was by Ryan Adams.

Check out both versions below.

First, Ryan Adams' version

And the original.

Hank's daughter's band on Californication has great taste

"I got something to say, I raped your mother today".  Classic track.  "Last Caress" by Misfits.  I first heard it via Metallica.  Then it was in season four of Californication when Hank's daughter's band, Queens of Dogtown, played it in Marcy's living room.  Cool!  Then they did an acoustic version of "I Remember You" by Skid Row at a gig.  Skid Row!  Do kids today know who Skid Row is?  They did "Would?" by Alice In Chains, too.

Here's the original Misfits version of "Last Caress"


And the Metallica version


And the Queens of Dogtown version


And Queens of Dogtown doing "I Remember You"


And "Would?"

And if you're interested, the singer character on Californication - Pearl - is Zoë Kravitz.  Yeah, that Kravitz, and she sings for a band called Elevator Fight who sound really good.

While I'm at it, why don't I just put in the original Skid Row version of "I Remember You".  That Canadian boy can scream!


And Alice In Chains' "Would?"


Wow.  Who knew what a wormhole I'd end up going down with this post.