Top 10 Rock and Metal Songs Featuring Guest Musicians
Guest: Junior Walker - sax. He cut one of the most memorable sax solos in rock history in ONE take. Unbelievable!
In 1981 "Urgent" hit #1 on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart, a position it held for four weeks.
Guest: Kai Hansen (Helloween) - additional vocals (Kai was still with Helloween in 1989).
The re-recorded version of 2011 is way better. Blind Guardian invited again Kai Hansen to sing his part. Interestingly, both Hansi and Kai sang the song better and their voices were harmonized better in 2011. Yeah, experience matters.
PS. Oh miracle, this song sample gives exactly what is needed here: the 2011 version and mostly Kai vocals - he starts from the line "So many centuries...".
Guest: Willie Adler (Lamb of God) - rhythm guitar.
This is a really fast song - Mike Mangini keeps it at 240 bpm for 4 minutes out of 6:16!
Guest: Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) - epic vox creating the climax of the song, when Hansi sings these lines after the guitar solo:
"But behind my enemy's eyes
A soul in disguise
Not only lies! "
Hansi also sings the chorus with Tobias Sammet:
"We live to fight the hand of doom
We got the pride to strike a fool
Vain glory be my wicked guide".
Guest: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden) - additional vocals. Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson singing together - this is epic!
You can also enjoy this short video:
Rob Halford & Bruce Dickinson Recording The One You Love To Hate Clip
Thanks for adding this one billyv! I know the song very well and I love it but didn't know the singer was actually a guest musician.
Guest: Eric Clapton- lead guitar making this what is generally considered one of the Top 10 Beatle songs.
Deep Purple re-recorded this song in 1989 for charity (Armenian earthquake). Kerrang called this version "the greatest array of hard rock talent ever assembled" for a reason - besides Deep Purple, there are guest musicians from Queen, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Black Sabbath, Rush, Yes, etc.
There's a video - just YouTube this and enjoy: "Smoke on the Water: Featuring Deep Purple, Queen, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush etc" (uploaded by RockAidArmenia)
Guest musicians:
Vocals: Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden), Paul Rogers (Queen), Bryan Adams
Guitars: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath), Brian May (Queen), David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Keyboards: Geoff Downes (Yes), Keith Emerson (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
Bass: Chris Squire (Yes)
Drums: Roger Taylor (Queen)
2 guests: Timo Tolkki (Stratovarius) - guitars/solo, Hansi Kursch (Blind Guardian) - additional vocals.
Again, Hansi does the song's climax:
"Listen up my friend you just cry for a hand
but you only pretend that you're bad. Now! "
Hansi also sings this part of the chorus: "My life is a chamber of tears, fear and hate".
Guest: Simone Simons (Epica) - vox. It's a nice duet because it combines a very masculine and a very feminine voice.
I've read that the single release was originally credited on the label as "The Beatles with Billy Preston".
Guest: Kai Hansen (Gamma Ray) - lead guitar, Kai plays a 1 min long guitar solo.
Guest: Tarja (ex-Nightwish) - vox.
Guest: Mike Patton (Faith No More, Mr. Bungle) - vox. Mike Patton is the guy who has the widest vocal range in modern music - 6 octaves, 1/2 notes.
Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits) played lead guitar on this Grammy winning recording, as well as most of the album.
With Eric Clapton, Elton John, Jeff Lynne, & Ringo Starr
This song was written with Tom Petty, who also sings on the record. It's fantastic.
