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Vitamin String Quartet - More instrumental covers of songs than you can count

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Toppot

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My friend introduced me to them yesterday and I'm spending most of today listening to their work, just so amazing!

They have done instruental covers for so many many pop, rock, and other bands song. Sometimes one off and sometimes whole albums. On Youtube they tend to only upload 1-3 from an album but you can buy the full albums in their store.

I am just blown away but how many bands/singers they have covered, theres too many to name them all but the main ones are:

Lady Gaga, Coldplay, Third Eye Open, Radiohead, OK Computer, Paramore, Tool, Queen, Panic At The Disco, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, The Killers, Evanesence, Switchfoot, The Fray, Linkin Park, Reliient K, Led Zeplin, Kanye West, Oasis, Death Cab, Nirvana, The Velvet Underground, Pink Floyd, New Order & Joy Division, Enya, James Taylor, Jeff Buckley, KISS, The Eagles, System of a Down, Aerosmith, Eric Clapton, Garbage, Incubus, Bush, Ozzy Osbourne, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M, The Rush, Alanis Morissette, Blink 182, 3 Doors Down, 311, A Perfect Circle, Adele, AFI, Alice In Chains, Arcade Fire, Avenged Sevenfold, Bad Religion, Black Sabbath, Bob Dylan, Bright Eye's, Crossyby Stills Nash & Young, Dashboard Confessional, David Bowie, Deftones, Dream Theater, Duran Duran, Elliot Smith, Elton John, The Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Gorillaz, HIM, Hawthorne Heights, Interpol, INXS, Janes Addiction, Jimi Hendrix, John Lennon, Journey, Korn, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marilyn Manson, Maroon 5, Matchbox Twenty, Micheal Jackson, Morrissey, Muse, Nickelback, My Chemical Romance, Skrillex, natasha Beddingfield, Godsmack, Kirk Franklin, Papa Roach, Taking back Sunday, Three Day's Grace, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tupac, Depeche Mode, Tori Amos, Rush, Seether, Saliva, The Used, limp Bizket, Disturbed, Chris Cornell, Daughtry, Bon Jovi, Stone Sour, The Mars Volta, James Blunt, Lacuna Coil, The White Stripes, The Flaming Lips, Pixies, Radiohead, Sonic Youth, The Cure, The Smiths, Weezer, Van Morrison, The Beach Boys, Neil Young, The Doors, Slayer, Plain White T's, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Greenday, Rise Against, The Decemberists, Nine Inch Nails, As I lie Dying, Iron Maiden, Puddle of Mudd, Audioslave, Creed, Trapt, Crossfade, Velvet Revolver, Blue October, Hoobastank, Flyleaf, Breaking Benjamin, David Gray, Norah Jones, Dido, Diana Krall, Alicia Keys, Santana, Jewel, Moby, Billy Joel, Rod Stewart, Madonna, Gwen Stefani,No Doubt, Bjork, The Roots, Fleetwood Mac, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Train, Queens of the Stoneage, janet Jackson, Jessica Simpson, Sade, Glee, Yellowcard, Dr Dre.. and more.

Not to mention films:
Harry Potter, Star Wars, Twilight, The Nighmare Before Christmas, The Hunger Games, Watchmen, Star Trek.

Along with compilations like songs from Guitar Hero and Rockband, Wedding Song collections, 80's, 90's, Modern Rock etc.


So check out their YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialVSQ

You can buy songs from their site or iTunes. If the song from an album isn't on YouTube you can search for it and someone else might have uploaded it. Just search for Vitamin String Quartet and the song or band you want.


Theres way, way, way too many to choose from but here is a few of my favourites.

String Quartet Tribute:Fall Out Boy-Sugar We're Going Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVIuSrzwy8

The String Quartet Tribute To Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPzRjZ7w-Gg

Bohemian Rhapsody - VSQ Tribute to Queen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjD80dBPelI

The String Quartet Tribute to Nickelback - How You Remind Me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0Zz9LcN5J4

So GAF, fall in love and share your favourite!
 

Chucker

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My brother in law had a few songs of theirs playing during the reception of his wedding. Was really nice, subtle and then you realize it's Nirvana.
 

Toppot

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You should check out Kronos Quartet too. The original violin cover group.

Can you link to a couple of covers of popular music they have done? I can't seem to find any.

My brother in law had a few songs of theirs playing during the reception of his wedding. Was really nice, subtle and then you realize it's Nirvana.

A lot of their covers do strike me as good songs for weddings, they do enough wedding compilations after all. I'd like to see then do video game covers like Uncharted or Assassins Creed.
 
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