Francesco Castaldo/Archivio Francesco Castaldo/Mondadori via Getty ImagesSystem of a Down drummer John Dolmayan has premiered a cover of the Radiohead song “Street Spirit (Fade Out),” recorded for his long-in-the-works solo album, These Grey Men.
The cover, which is streaming now via RollingStone.com, features Avenged Sevenfold‘s M. Shadows on vocals, and a guitar solo from Rage Against the Machine‘s Tom Morello.
“This song in particular is a really touching and moving song,” Dolmayan tells Rolling Stone of “Street Spirit.” “I love the morose, in-your-room-and-it’s-raining-outside, it’s cold, and your girlfriend dumped you feeling that this song always gave me.”
“But when I listened to it, I’d be like, ‘I kinda wish the drums came in earlier,’ or, ‘How would [John] Bonham approach this song if this was a [Led] Zeppelin song?,'” the drummer continues. “Because I’m such a fan of the song, I wanted to do a version of it in homage.”
According to Rolling Stone, These Grey Men, which Dolmayan first announced way back in 2014, will finally be released February 28. It also includes covers of songs by David Bowie, AFI, Talking Heads, Madonna and Eminem.
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