The 13 greatest uses of cowbell in rock and metal

Donk! Donk! Donk! Donk! Donk! Donk! Donk! You know the sound. You’ve heard the tongue-in-cheek mid-concert calls to crank it up. Hell, chances are you’ve already even chuckled along to that legendary Will Ferrell-starring Saturday Night Live sketch where the retro-rock ubiquity of the humble cowbell was the butt of the joke.  Would rock be the same without an odd peripheral instrument effectively descended from a bovine early warning system? Well, probably yes. But that’s not going to stop us ranking its finest ever uses by the bands we love…  13. Fu Manchu – Mongoose We’re kicking-off with some big (cowbell)hitters. Legendary Orange County stoner rockers Fu Manchu were never shy of a hollow thud or two, understanding the potential to add lightness and mischie...

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