The 10 Best Rock Covers Of Classic TV Theme Tunes

Thanks to those scamps in Neck Deep covering the Peep Show theme tune recently, we’ve been wistfully thinking about the long and curious relationship between rock music and TV shows. There have been countless examples of great songs introducing classics, like Nerf Herder’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer or Freaks And Geeks using Joan Jett’s Bad Reputation, for example. Legends from the world of alternative music have even written original pieces for TV shows, like Ozzy Osbourne’s Dog The Bounty Hunter opener or Primus’ famous South Park intro. But when you consider how much free time musicians must spend between studio and touring just sat in front of their TVs, it’s no surprise that the boredom can often lead to transforming their favourite theme songs into covers. It’s usually a lot of fu...

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