Stone Sour Covering Bad Brains is Your Perplexing Disappointment of the Day

If you’ve already heard their Rolling Stones cover with Lizzy Hale, you know that Stone Sour aren’t doing anyone any favors with this upcoming covers EP, Straight Outta Burbank, due out on Black Friday as a limited vinyl release.

Well, the band has released their cover of Bad Brains’ “Sailin’ On” via Metal Hammer, and… well, let’s just say it’s as good as their “Gimme Shelter” cover.

You know, I don’t hate Stone Sour the way I think I should — they’re not awful, and I like Corey Taylor — but man, why’d they have to cover a classic hardcore song? Sure, Dr. Know could use the PMA, but Taylor’s layered vocals on some overproduced guitars doesn’t do the original justice. It just seems like an odd choice that turned out the way everyone figured it would.

Anyway, judge for yourself. Straight Outta Burbank drops a week from Friday. It has a cover of Slayer’s “Seasons In The Abyss” on it, which should certainly be interesting.