Straight No Chaser and Post-
modern Jukebox complement
each other’s sound nicely. While
both bands have been success-
ful, they aren’t the first artists to
cover songs in different genres.
Even artists who have sold tens
of millions of albums on their
own have released records in
the genre. Paul Anka released
a wonderful album called Rock
Swings in 2005 which found him
tackling songs by artists like Nir-
vana, The Cure, and Soundgar-
den in a lounge setting. Even
Pat Boone took on hard rock art-
ists like Judas Priest and Metal-
lica in 1997’s In a Metal Mood:
No More Mr. Nice Guy, but Post-
modern Jukebox has sort of
mastered the process.
“Certainly there are a lot of
groups who have done retro re-
mixes or things like that,” said
Bradlee. “I think what we do is
build a whole universe around
it. That’s been the difference
with us. It’s not a fixed band; it’s
a whole universe with 70 differ-
ent singers that rotate around,
Watch Paul Anka cover Nirvana
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