This is a list of tribute albums (and individual covers) of the Australianhard rock band, AC/DC. Due to AC/DC's worldwide popularity, many musicians have made tribute albums to the band. These albums have been made by a variety of different artists from across several different genres, such as bluegrass music and death metal. AC/DC's influence has also meant that their individual songs have also been frequently covered by other artists.[1]
Title | Artist(s) | Released | Notes |
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Welcome To Rock'n'Roll Hell : A Tribute to AC/DC & Motörhead | Various | 1989 | Covers of AC/DC & Motörhead songs. Artists featured include; Jingo de Lunch, Slawheads, What... For, The Angels and Bellybutton & The Knockwells. |
Fuse Box - The Alternative Tribute | Various | 1995 | Artists featured include; Frenzal Rhomb, Don Walker, Nitocris, The Meanies, Ed Kuepper and Spiderbait.[2] |
Thunderbolt: A Tribute to AC/DC | Various | 1996 | Artists featured include; Zakk Wylde, Sebastian Bach, Joe Lynn Turner, Jack Russell, John Corabi and Lemmy Kilmister.[3] |
Covered In Black : An Industrial Tribute to the Kings of High Voltage | Various | 1997 | Covers of AC/DC songs in an industrial style. Artists featured include; Electric Hellfire Club, Genitorturers, Die Krupps, Spahn Ranch, and Godflesh.[4] |
Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be: A Tribute to AC/DC | Various | 1999 | Artists featured include; REO Speedealer, Zeke, Supersuckers, Fuckemos and Electric Frankenstein. |
A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC | Hayseed Dixie | 2000 | Features bluegrass covers of various AC/DC songs.[5][6] |
4,5 Volt: AC/DC Tribute Album | Various | 2000 | Artists featured include; Anima Soundsystem, Budapest Underground, Zeus and Dyas, and FreshFabrik. |
What's Next to the Moon | Mark Kozelek | 2001 | Covers of AC/DC songs from the Bon Scott-era done in a folk ballad style.[7] |
Back in Baroque... The String Tribute to AC/DC | 2003 | A classical version of Back in Black. | |
The Rock-A-Billy Tribute to AC/DC | Full Blown Cherry | 2004 | Covers of AC/DC songs in a rockabilly style.[8] |
Graveyard Classics 2 | Six Feet Under | 2004 | Cover of the Back in Black album done in a death metal style. |
Thunder Tracks Tribute to AC/DC | Various Japanese artists | 2008 | |
AC/DC tribute band Bedlam In Belgium | AC/DC | 2012 | Full AC/DC tribute show |
We're just 5 girls who dig playing AC/DC more than anything! We aren't AC/DC, and we don't pretend to be. In BACK:N:BLACK, we just try to bring our own love for AC/DC's music as fans to the stage, show the songs the kind of musical respect they deserve.and put on a show we'd like to see.
Many different musicians have covered AC/DC's songs, proving the band's influence on many different artists from across numerous music genres, as the list shows:
Artist(s) | Song(s) covered | Album/single | Released | Notes |
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The Party Boys | 'Let There Be Rock', 'High Voltage' | No Song Too Sacred, The Party Boys | 1984, 1987 | |
Guns N' Roses | 'Whole Lotta Rosie' | 'Welcome to the Jungle' single, Live from the Jungle | 1987, 1988 | Has also been played as part of Guns N' Roses' concerts.[9] |
John Farnham | 'It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)' | Age of Reason | 1988 | [10] |
Exodus | 'Overdose', 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' | Fabulous Disaster, Tempo of the Damned respectively. | 1988, 2004 respectively | [11] |
Bruce Dickinson | 'Sin City' | Tattooed Millionaire | 1990 | |
Hard Ons with Henry Rollins | 'Let There Be Rock' | Single | 1991 | [12] |
Eläkeläiset | 'Let There Be Rock' (as 'Olkoon humppa') | Humppakäräjät | 1994 | |
Annihilator | 'Live Wire' | In Command | 1996 | [13] |
Quiet Riot | 'Highway to Hell' | Alive and Well | 1999 | [14] |
Mark Kozelek | 'Rock 'n' Roll Singer', 'You Ain't Got a Hold on Me', 'Bad Boy Boogie' | Rock 'n' Roll Singer | 2000 | The songs are sung in a folk ballad style.[15][16] |
Six Feet Under | 'T.N.T.' | Graveyard Classics | 2000 | |
The Offspring | 'Sin City' | Million Miles Away single. | 2001 | [17] |
Twisted Sister | 'Sin City' | Twisted Forever | 2001 | [18] |
Joan Jett | 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' | The Hit List / The Jett Age (Japanese Promo) | 2001 | |
Iced Earth | 'Highway to Hell', 'It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)' | Tribute to the Gods | 2002 | [19] |
Illdisposed | 'Beating Around the Bush' | Retro | 2002 | |
Living Colour | 'Back in Black' | Collideøscope | 2003 | [20][21] |
Shakira | 'Back in Black' | Live & Off the Record | 2004 | [22] |
Synthetik FM featuring Fr/action | 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' | Elektrokuted: 17 Metal and Rock classics revisited | 2004 | [23] |
The Dandy Warhols | 'Hells Bells' | Come on Feel the Dandy Warhols | 2004 | [24] |
Graveyard BBQ | 'Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap' | Graveyard BBQ Greatest Hits Volume Two | 2007 | |
Richard Cheese | 'You Shook Me All Night Long' | Viva la Vodka | 2009 | |
Accept | 'I'm A Rebel' | I'm A Rebel | 1980 | |
Agression | 'Touch Too Much' | For Those About To Rawk: A Punk Tribute To AC/DC | 2002 | |
Angry Samoans | 'Highway To Hell' | For Those About To Rawk: A Punk Tribute To AC/DC | 2002 | |
Beastie Boys | 'Sampled Back In Black on track Rock Hard' | Single | 1985 | |
Big & Rich | 'You Shook Me All Night Long' | Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace | 2007 | |
Scott Ian and Dee Snider | 'Walk All Over You' | Single | 2010 | |
Loaded Dice | 'Whole Lotta Rosie' | Rock n Roll Train A Tribute to ACDC | 2011 | |
Anthrax | 'T.N.T.' | Anthems | 2013 | |
Massive | 'If You Want Blood (You Got It)' | Four On The Floor (EP) | 2014 | |
Sam Kinison (Featuring Slash) | 'Highway To Hell' | Leader of the Banned | 1990 | |
Brothers | 'Back In Black' | Back In Black (1993) Two For The Price Of One (1994) | 1993 | |
Acid Drinkers | 'Whole Lotta Rosie' | Fishdick | 1994 | [25] |
Coverheads | What You Do For Money Honey | Rock Cinco Estrellas | 2012 | |
A.N.I.M.A.L | Highway to Hell | Usa Toda tu Fuerza | 1999 |
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