How to Use cover band in a Sentence

cover band

noun
  • The Black Keys have always been a cover band.
    — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 7 May 2026
  • Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2025
  • That night the Sandbar featured an ’80s cover band, six salty guys with dad bods.
    — Adam Ciralsky, Vanity Fair, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Beside me, a man played video poker while a cover band cranked out country hits to a mostly empty lounge.
    — Sam Lipsyte, Harper's Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Bar Tab Dan Stahl grooves to a cover band in melting-pot midtown.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
  • It’s played live by a Misfits cover band as a guy tries to slam-dance while wearing a banana costume.
    — Vahaken Mouradian, National Review, 12 June 2025
  • Yet, Yacht Rock Revue isn’t just a tribute/cover band.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
  • Before that could happen, a Top 40 cover band played a function at her high school.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Does that make the latest edition of Lynyrd Skynyrd the keepers of the flame, a cover band, or both?
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • The spot for a nightcap is The Living Room, which hosts a soft-rock cover band each night.
    — Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The ’90s country cover band, the Neon Prophets, performed all night.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 26 June 2023
  • When the Beach Boys are not touring, Cron will continue to front the cover band.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The other cool thing about Austin was everybody had a garage band or music project, but nobody was in a cover band.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Naked Karate Girls and the ups and downs of being in Cincinnati's favorite cover band.
    — The Enquirer, 7 July 2023
  • Azaria records from home and has time for other gigs as well, including his Bruce Springsteen cover band.
    — Ralphie Aversa, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What began in 2009 as a cover band to play at weddings and restaurants has greatly evolved.
    — Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 22 May 2024
  • Also there’s a Neil Diamond cover band.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Mar. 2026
  • That’s what separates a tribute band from a cover band, according to Monaco.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The fundraiser has grown and now includes Grossi playing drums with a cover band, 50 Year Storm.
    — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2023
  • From a Clapton cover band to a punk rock jam sesh, this Father's Day idea is sure to please the music fan in your life.
    — Alyssa Longobucco, House Beautiful, 13 May 2023
  • Neil then dropped out of high school and started performing with Rock Candy, a Cheap Trick cover band.
    — Nicole Briese, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The Red Clay Strays emerged from the ashes of a cover band in Mobile in 2016.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The band was The Drawers, a cover band that focuses on rock tunes from the past and some original material.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That idyll ended abruptly Wednesday when a gunman fired on a crowd that had gathered to listen to a cover band on spaghetti night at the watering hole.
    — Karim Doumar, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • In some ways, serving as the world’s top Op Ivy cover band has allowed Grace to appreciate one of her favorite bands in new ways.
    — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 18 Oct. 2024
  • After high school, Perry and his friends formed a Fleet Foxes cover band called Knox and the Overstreets.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The film follows a group of friends in a cover band making their way from Portland, Oregon, to perform at a wedding in Napa.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The bar was packed with groups of friends in Canada Goose jackets and cashmere turtlenecks, laughing over martinis while a classic-rock cover band was getting ready to play.
    — Jess Feldman, Travel + Leisure, 16 Nov. 2025
  • Jason Momoa’s bounty hunter, Lobo, who rides a space motorcycle and looks ready to sing for a Kiss cover band, is a bit much even for a movie with a flying dog.
    — ABC News, 24 June 2026
  • He's also involved in a men's cosmetics venture, acts and is the lead singer of the cover band Tom Sandoval & the Most Extras.
    — Skyler Caruso, People.com, 26 June 2025

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