This post dates all the way back to July of last year, when my dad and I went to see the Rush Snakes and Arrows concert. One of the pre-show songs played on the speakers was an interesting rendition of 2112 Overture and Temples of Syrinx... played on string instruments. When I got home from the concert I did some research and found that this was by The Vitamin String Quartet. And they had an entire album dedicated to Rush's 2112. Okay, so maybe the guy who owns this quartet happens to be a big fan of Rush. I mean, it's not like these guys always cover heavy rock songs. They're violinists, right?

Today I was surfing iTunes when the Vitamin String Quartet popped up again. This time they had covered an album by Disturbed, a band I picked up from Guitar Hero. You should be able to figure out the music style from the name itself.

Curious about this new face of the quartet, I looked to see what other albums they had covered. What I found were tributes to Queen, Coldplay, Lincoln Park, Evanescence, Led Zepplin, AC/DC, Metallica, Nirvana, Guitar Hero songs, rock wedding songs and many more. It's really quite odd listening to Bohemian Rhapsody on a violin.

My only question is, who picks up an orchestra instrument and says, "Let's learn Freebird!"?

Comments

[Todd Vernon]

wow, awesome memory. I totally have to listen to some of that stuff now. I remember the Rush cover from the show now that you mention it, but who knew? Way to pay attention..you deserve a pineapple :-)