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The Cult of Tribute Albums


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There is a new tribute album on the horizon, this time for the alt-rockers The Cult. The disc title �Fire Women: a tribute to the Cult" will hit stores on June 5th from Versailles Records and features covers by current and former members of Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, Ozzy Osbourne Band, Love/Hate, Badlands, Deep Purple, Faith No More, Quiet Riot, Rainbow, LA Guns, Badlands, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Enuff Znuff, RATT, Dangerous Toys, Salty Dog, Rough Cutt, Pigface, Tuff, The Uptown Horns, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rising Force, and more. Porn star Kendra Jade got into the act as well by posing for the album art. 

The first single from the new CD is �She Sells Sanctuary� covered by hard rockers Enuff Z�nuff. The single will world premier this weekend during the syndicated radio show, The Tour Bus. Fans who don�t receive the broadcast on their local radio can log on to www.thetourbus.com to listen in. The show airs at 8:00 EST Sat April 21st. 

Enuff Z�nuff released their 10th album last year and are about to hit the road next month with Poison, Warrant and Quiet Riot as part of the Glam Slamm Metal Jam tour. 

Versailles Records also has two more tribute CD�s in the works. Second Coming: A Millennium Tribute to 80's Hard Rock/Heavy Metal will features covers of songs from Twisted Sister, Motley Crue, Judas Priest, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns �N� Roses, Faster Pussycat, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Motorhead, Dokken, White Lion, Alice Cooper and Thin Lizzy. The bands chosen to cover these 80�s classics are a collection of up and coming indy and unsigned artists from across the US.  The other tribute disc in the works will be a joint tribute to Joe Satriani and Steve Vie. The Satriani disc will feature many of the same artist as The Cult tribute including Jake E Lee(Badlands, Ozzy) Bruce Kulick (KISS, Union), Paul Shortino, George Lynch (Dokken) and Enuff Z�nuff covering the David Lee Roth/Steve Via classic �Yankee Rose�. 
 

Track Listing for Fire Women: A Tribute to The Cult Fire Woman - Jizzy Pearl
She Sells Sanctuary - Enuff Znuff
Sweet Soul Sister - Paul Shortino/Jimmy Crespo
American Horse - Jake E Lee/Tattoo Frank
Edie (Ciao Baby) - Richard Kendrick
Peace Dog - American Dog, w/special Guest Jason McMaster
The Witch - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult w/Project.44
Wild Flower - Gilby Clarke
The Rain - Joe Lynn Turner w/Reckless Fortune featuring Arno Hecht
King Contrary Man - Jason McMaster
Coming Down - Corey Craven
Outlaw - Stevie Rachelle & Richard Kendrick
Lil Devil - Jim Martin, Dave Campbell & Anand Bhatt
Memphis Hip Shake- O.C.D.
More information of these upcoming releases can be found at the Versailles Records website.