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An annual cover show organized by Jimmy Wiggins.

Apollopalooza I

Apollopalooza I occured on the night of January 10th at The Apollo The lineup was something like this (but a band is missing)

• Jordana And The Bastard Hammers as Manowar
• The Millionaires as Queens of the Stone Age
• Vaya as At The Drive In
• Kangoskatbot as The Police
• With Regard as The Used

• .and someone else.

Apollopalooza II

Apollopalooza II occured on the nights of June 11th and June 12th at The Apollo. The lineup was as follows:

• Friday, June 11th*
• The Rots as hefner
• Freeground as sublime
• Kangoskatbot as the who
• Jordana And The Bastard Hammers as white zombie
• The Rockness as the darkness

• Saturday, June 12th*
• Not At Fault as no use for a name
• The Fire as electric six
• Faceless Hulk as nirvana
• When We Dead Awaken as thrice
• As I Fall as system of a down

Apollopalooza III

Apollopalooza III happened on December 10 and December 11, 2004 at The Apollo. The lineup was as follows:

• Friday, December 10th*
• Rhymes With Purple - Operation Ivy
• Dad And The Boys - The Weatherthans
• Weenie Beenies - Foo Fighters
• Dealers In Tokyo - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Not At Fault - Nofx
• Sinister Rouge Vs Old Man Gratz - Bad Religion
• Weenie Beenies - Foo Fighters
• Spleen - Ween

• Saturday, December 11th*
• Vertical Fade - Incubus
• The Seranaders - Killswitch Engage
• The Endings - Blindside
• Love Metal - H.I.M.
• Faceless Hulk - Clutch
• When We Dead Awaken - Refused
• Kangoskatbot - Elliot Smith

Apollopalooza IV

Apollopalooza IV poster

Apollopalooza IV happened on the nights of Friday, April 15th & Saturday, April 16th 2005, at The Apollo The lineup was as follows:

April 15th

• As Wicked - Rancid
• Courtney And The Loves - Hole
• Insomniac - Green Day
• The Whiskey Experience - Pantera
• Good To Go - NOFX
• Profundus - Primus

There was a very drunk fellow there.

April 16th

• Out Of Fashion - No Doubt
• Blood Of The Son - Iron Maiden
• Blaze of Glory - Bon Jovi
• Jordana And The Bastard Hammers - The Cure
• Badge Of Honor - Taking Back Sunday
• Major Threat (The Reetardz) - Minor Threat
• Sylvie, a touring band from Regina doing originals.

The Cure cover band was a ruse! They played two songs and suddenly transformed into Manowar.

Among the bands that dropped out in the leadup to the show, there were cover bands for Foo Fighters, Nightwish, Alexisonfire, NOFX, and GG Allin.

Apollopalooza V / The Cover Show I

The Cover Show I poster

October 14th and 15th, 2005.

This show was originally booked as Apollopalooza, but happened during The Apollo's management transition. As such, the location bounced around, and eventually settled at Kilroy's, and was given a more venue-neutral name.

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2005-10-14/the_cover_show_night_1/

• Surprise! You're dead! as Faith No More
• Red Speedway Devil as Black Flag - featuring Kyle Rot (The Rots), Randy Young (Strychnine, etc), Dr Destructo (Red Devil, etc) and Chris Baker!
• The 228 All Stars as Andrew W K
• Angrychair as Alice In Chains
• Freeground as Bob Marley
• Jagstog as Slayer

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2005-10-15/the_cover_show_night_2/

• The Poolside Fashion Faux Pas as Alexisonfire
• The Crowing as Coheed And Cambria
• Psycho Bitches as The Horrorpops
• The Beers as Reel Big Fish
• Braineaters as The Misfits
• Eh Ef Eye as A.F.I.
• Siberian Kiss as Glassjaw (did not play)

The Cover Show II

February 17th and 18th, 2006

The Cover Show II poster

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2006-02-17/the_cover_show_ii_night_1/

• Evil Empire as Rage Against The Machine
• Shockwave Aquanazis as Hank Williams
• Concrete On Concrete as Pantera (did not play)
• A New Kind Of Army as Anti-Flag
• Hot Damn as Every Time I Die
• Lemoncholy as Nirvana
• Bushfire Fairytales as Jack Johnson (did not play)

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2006-02-18/the_cover_show_ii_night_2/

• The Prime Ministers as The Presidents Of The Usa
• Skeet Skeet Riot as Dallas Green
• Cross Out The Eyes as Thursday
• Wayne Gretzky as Goldfinger
• Smadiosled as Radiohead
• Project Mayhem as Finch

The Cover Show III

The Cover Show III poster

Night 1: http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2006-11-17/the_cover_show_iii_-_night_1/

• The Reposed as Norma Jean
• The Spelling Bee Champions as Hopesfall (did not play)
• Burning Camelot as Body Count
• Jagstog as Megadeth
• Midnight Assault as Iron Maiden
• Sober I as Black Sabbath
• The Camden Blues Experience as The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Night 2: http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2006-11-18/the_cover_show_iii_-_night_2/

• Dishonourable Discharge as The Exploited
• Paradigm as The Misfits
• Dingbat as Screeching Weasel (did not play)
• Superstation as Taking Back Sunday (did not play)
• Cheap Escape as Leftover Crack (late addition)
• Born To Die as Choking Victim
• Hoss as Lagwagon
• Gigantic Monkeys as The Pixies

The Cover Show IV

The Cover Show IV poster

November 23rd and 24th, 2007.

The Cover Show IV thread on the TBShows Forum

Cover Show IV Night 1 listing page on TBShows

• Now I'm Nothing as Nine Inch Nails
• Cosmic Granola as Rage Against The Machine
• Atherium as Lamb Of God
• Plastic Tans Are Forever as Paramore
• Ignition as The Offspring
• Amelia as He Is Legend
• Matt Baumann Aguilera as The Murderdolls
• Sober I as Metallica

Cover Show IV Night 2 listing page on TBShows

• Sunday Afterthought as No Doubt (did not play)
• In Fear And Faith as Circa Survive
• Kickapoo as Tenacious D
• Nookie Monster as Limp Bizkit
• The Asthma Kids as Weezer
• The Milwaukee Brewers as At The Drive In
• Self Conclusion as The Spill Canvas
• Ninja Pony as The Notorious B.I.G. (did not play)
• Camden Blues And The Overnight Sensations as Jimi Hendrix (last-minute replacement)

The Cover Show V

The Cover Show V poster

March 28 and 29, 2008

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2008-03-28/the_cover_show_5_-_night_1/

• This Might Be Satire as Propagandhi
• Take Lots With Alcohol as Alkaline Trio (did not play)
• The Atlanta Braves as Taking Back Sunday (did not play)
• Wink 91 as Blink-182
• The Prime Ministers as Danko Jones
• Jailbait Jason as The Distillers
• Guns Of Memorial Park as Sparta (did not play)
• Jimi Hendrix Eats The World as Jimmy Eat World
• Venus As A Boy as Bjork (late addition)
• Balls Deep as Good Riddance (late addition)

http://www.tbshows.com/shows/2008-03-29/the_cover_show_5_-_night_2/

• You're Not Like Me as Raised Fist (did not play)
• A Band That Follows Hell as Down
• The Rad Kids as The Sex Pistols
• Amelia as Every Time I Die
• Prey Saviour as As I Lay Dying
• Vida Infra as Killswitch Engage
• Fatso Forgotso as Kyuss
• The Risen as the Fall Of Troy
• Hawk Junction as The Velvet Underground (did not play)

Links

• Who Wants to Play the Cover Show?? (Apollopalooza V)
• Look who's playing the cover show!! (Apollopalooza V)
• NAME THE COVER SHOW!!
• bands that have NOT been covered
• The Cover Show II
• for cover show 3...
• Best cover show performances to date...
• Who Wants to Play The Cover Show (III)?
• THE COVER SHOW III - Nov 17th & 18th (2006)
• Bands Needed for Cover Show #4 (Nov 2007)
• The Cover Show 4 - Nov 23rd & 24th (2007) @ Kilroy's
• Bands for the next cover show (4)
• ***COVER SHOW #5 NEEDS BANDS*** (Mar 2008)
• It's Been Done Before (The Cover Show List)