Turns out Billie Eilish has an unlikely fan in the form of Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante who has revealed his daughter inspired him to cover her hit single ‘Bad Guy’.
Benante spoke to The Eddie Trunk Podcast about his decision to cover Billie Eilish’s song and revealed that although his daughter introduced him to Eilish’s music, he’s admitted that he too is a fan of Billie.
Speaking of choosing to take on a cover of the popular track as part of his quarantine sessions, Charlie said: “That was because of my daughter, who is 15 years old. A couple of years ago, I’d drive her to school, drive her back from school, and she would always play her [Billie’s] songs in the car.”
“She would always play this song by Billie Eilish called ‘Ocean Eyes,’ and I just thought, ‘This song is so good. How old is this kid?’
“And she would play other songs from that record too, and I thought, ‘Wow, this is good.’ And then she released her next album, and that album had ‘Bad Guy’ on it.
He added: “And to me, it was just very infectious – plus I’ve heard it thousand times in the car.
“So there was always something about it that I’m like, ‘There’s something cool to this song, and if I put a little heavy guitar behind it and just rock it out a bit, I don’t know, maybe I could do a little remix of it…’
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“So that was the basic story behind that one.”
He’s not the only musician to cover the young singer’s famous hit. Australian comedian and songwriter Tim Minchin also covered “Bad Guy” for triple j’s Like A Version a few weeks ago.
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Check out Charlie Benante cover ‘Bad Guy’ by Billie Eilish:
