10 Hilariously Bad Hard Rock Songs

10. Highway to Hell - Marilyn Manson

Ok, so maybe it's considered cheating to put a cover song on a list like this. Since the artist in question didn't even write the tune, how bad could it actually be? Well, that's the problem. There's making a bad cover song...and then there is whatever Marilyn Manson did to AC/DC.

Granted, Manson in his prime had always fashioned himself as a bit of an eclectic fan of rock music, getting into everything from KISS and Alice Cooper to the Cure and Depeche Mode. Executing them successfully is a whole different thing though, which makes Highway to Hell sound almost cute. It's not like Manson doesn't have the ability to cover material either, given that one of his greatest tracks is a cover of an old Eurythmics tune. When you turn this on though, every ounce of swagger that Bon Scott's original had has been sucked dry, leading to Manson carrying on his in droning croon.

Aside from the fact that it's Manson doing a song like this, it ends up being funnier without the context, almost like you're hearing some random dude try to do mock karaoke of AC/DC after being overserved at the bar. Given his early flirtations with industrial rock, Manson should really just stay away from the classic rock section of his cover tunes at this point.