COVERBAND
Cover band
A cover band, is a band that plays mostly or exclusively cover songs. New or unknown bands often find the cover band format marketable for smaller gigs, such as those taking place at pubs, clubs or venues. The bands also perform at private events, for example, weddings and birthday parties and may be known as a wedding band, party band or function band. A band whose covers consist mainly of songs that were chart hits is often called a top 40 band. Some bands, however, start as cover bands and then grow to perform original material. For example, the Rolling Stones released three albums consisting ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Cover band
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