Chain of Fools- Little Caesar (1990)

Cover songs.

Always a debate in the music business. Do they belong on an album full of original material? Is it even worse when your favourite band released a whole album of covers???

We had a few good ones in the genre. We had A LOT of terrible ones.

Today’s “song of the day” is a cover of a classic by “The Queen of Soul” herself! Sacrilege!!!

Little Caesar was formed in Los Angeles, California 1987 but didn’t release their self-titled debut album until 1990.

The album had some decent songs on it but the band’s “biker” image failed to catch on in the MTV era.

After releasing a second album in 1992 which failed to catch any steam the band disbanded.

I owned the first release but it quickly found it’s way into my rarely played section.

This song remains a staple on my 80’s metal playlist though and is IMO one of the best covers of the genre.

This is “Chain of Fools!”

Interesting fact: Lead vocalist Ron Young appeared in Terminator 2: Judgement Day as a biker who gets thrown through the window of a bar by Arnold Schwarzenegger.