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Video Showdown # 11 – Lillian Axe vs. Poison
In a battle of the hair metal cover songs, which video or song do you like better? Lillian Axe’s cover of the Badfinger classic, “No Matter What? or Poison’s cover of The Romantics, “What I Like About...
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Video Showdown #12 – Southern Metal Edition
Before there was Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde had a southern rock/metal band called Pride & Glory. This week’s video showdown puts Pride & Glory’s “Horse Called War” up against Kentucky hard...
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Video Showdown # 14 – L.A. Guns Vs. Rhino Bucket
Choosing between L.A. Guns & Rhino Bucket is a hard decision to make, but that is exactly what I had to last night,when both bands played in Ohio at the same time. I like both bands a lot, but I...
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Video Showdown #15 – Buckcherry vs. Hinder
In 2008, Hinder recorded a cover of the Steppenwolf classic, “Born To Be Wild” for TNT and NASCAR. In 2009, Buckcherry takes off where Hinder left off, by covering Deep Purple’s “Highway Star”. I...
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Video Showdown # 17 – Ph.D vs. Tesla
One of earliest videos on MTV back in the 80’s was Ph.D’s “Little Susie’s on the Up”. I have no recollection of this video whatsoever, and had no idea that Tesla’s “Little Suzi” was a cover song until...
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Video Showdown #18 – Shadows Fall Vs. Ozzy Osbourne
On this Halloween Edition of Hard Rock Hideout’s Video Showdown, I decided to use one of my favorite Halloween songs, as the subject piece for this Showdown. Ozzy Osbourne’s song “Bark at the Moon”...
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Video Showdown #19 – SNEW VS. Rhino Bucket
In 2010, SNEW released their sophomore effort, We Do What We Want. The title track “We Do What We Want” reminds me a lot of the classic Rhino Bucket song, “One Night Stand” from 1990. I like both...
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Video Showdown #20 – Slade vs. Mama’s Boys vs. Quiet Riot
In 1972, glam rockers Slade released the song “Mama Weer All Crazee Now” on their classic album Slayed?. Little did they know the song would be covered by several bands later on. In 1984, Irish...
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Video Showdown #21 – Van Halen vs. Chickenfoot
Van Halen’s long awaited album “A Different Kind of Truth” has been out for a couple of months now. The band has released two videos “Tattoo and “She’s A Woman”. The Other half, aka Chickenfoot...
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Video Showdown #22 – Fight or Flight vs. Device vs. Adrenaline Mob
Fight or Flight? Device? Adrenaline Mob? The members of Disturbed may be on a break, but they haven’t been taking a vacation. All of the bands members have been busy with their side projects and...
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