Top 10 Usage of Cowbell in a Metal song

The cowbell might be the cymbals third cousin, but it is an instrument some say you just can't have too much of. Many great metal songs have used the cowbell over the years and we'd like to focus on the ten best to utilize this instrument. I did my best to eliminate all glam (Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Poison, Cinderella) as that would make things too easy. They used cowbell in every song.

Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name of

Guns N' Roses - Think About You

Pantera - Drag the Waters

Alice Cooper - Cold Ethyl

Skid Row - Monkey Business

Black Sabbath - Megalomania

KMFDM - Power

Shining - Lat Oss Ta Allt Fran Varandra

GWAR - Rock N Roll Never Felt So Good

Iron Maiden - Hooks In You

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Jason Fisher    August 08, 2008