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Cover Friday: “War Pigs”

The Real Thing
The Real Thing

“War Pigs”
by Faith No More (originally by Black Sabbath)
from the album The Real Thing
1989
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Let’s get things straight.  “War Pigs” is a bad-ass song all on its own.  Even if you’re not an Ozzy-worshiping Sabbath fan, you can most definitely appreciate the bad-assedness of “War Pigs”  I mean the lyrics alone are the fucking jam, but you layer in some sludgy bass and rusty chainsaw guitar licks over the top and that’s a recipe for successful head-banging.  But what happens if you add about 25% more funk?

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