We've picked out 50 of the biggest rock acts covered by Loudwire, scanned over their recorded and live histories and offered our takes on the best cover song for each of these bands. For some ...

Unfortunately, some people were still obsessed with dragging up old songs and giving them a new coat of paint. That's a very glib response. The noble cover song ... the arena of rock music.

Here are 20 of the better covers of Stones' songs throughout the years in chronological order. Covering a Rolling Stones song is never an easy challenge. Some rock, while others fall short.

Some versions are straight-up, nearly note-for-note duplicates of the originals, while others take wild turns and are almost ...