1. Phil Collins successfully pulls off the bald-mullet in this clip of Genesis performing Throwing It All Away at a rehearsal
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2. Ronnie Van Sant would generally sit out of Lynyrd Skynyrd soundchecks for fear of hurting his voice. Check out Steven Gaines in his stead singing That Smell at a soundcheck in 1977
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3. Paul McCartney plays a killer Blues Jam at the Electric Ballroom this past June
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4. Mike and John from Dream Theater work out a cover of Alice In Chains’ Would
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5. Bruce Springsteen plays Hank Williams’ Wedding Bells before a gig in 1978
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6. The Misfits do a fine job covering Led Zeppelin’s Communication Breakdown sans makeup
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7. Great footage of Pink Floyd working out Cymbaline in 1970 at St. Tropez
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8. The Dead soundcheck Sittin’ On Top of the World at a couple of different tempos during the Brent years
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9. Umphrey’s McGee used Nemo as a soundcheck for their appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2006
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10. Frank Zappa shows off the taskmaster side of his personality, when his band soundchecks Sofa before a show at the Tower Theater in 1988
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So that’s a total of 20 great soundcheck vids, but there’s plenty more out there. Got any for us? Let us know with a comment below…
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So the person who uploaded Colonel Badlmullet and the Genesis crew has now disabled embedding. Just either click on it and it’ll pop up to the YouTube site, or click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCoBuOKodE4