Average Joe - Cover Band - Akron, OH - Hero Main

Average Joe Cover Band from Akron, OH

Will travel up to 100 miles

  • 1 Verified Booking
  • Member Since 2010
  • Starting at $400 per event

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AVERAGE JOE has finished in the Top 5 in the BEST LOCAL BAND category multiple times in the FOX-8 Akron-Canton Hot List, competing against over 160 entries in the category. AVERAGE JOE has developed a signature PARTY ROCK style, sound, and attitude. Not content to simply do replicated versions of songs, what sets AVERAGE JOE apart from other bands is their ability to create new, high-energy, guitar-driven arrangements of songs that audiences know and love, but are used to hearing in a different way. AVERAGE JOE has taken keyboard-based 80's classics such as I Ran (So Far Away), Little Red Corvette, and Melt With You, and transformed them with crunching guitar, driving drums and bass, and killer vocals that turn them into rock-n-roll songs with an attitude and ferocity barely hinted at in the original versions…all while still maintaining the party feel and dance-ability of the songs. Another crowd favorite at an AVERAGE JOE show is their rendition of Sweet Caroline, a rocking, party punk version that never fails to energize the crowd. If you can't imagine Sweet Caroline as a punk rock song, then you have obviously never been to an AVERAGE JOE show. On the other hand, some songs are done as true-to-the-original cover versions. When AVERAGE JOE does a straight cover of a song, they take great pride in recreating the sound and feel of the original version. Key to this is the vocal talents of lead singer Joe Smith. Joe has the ability to add subtle inflections to his voice to accurately mimic the original singer. Close your eyes, and you'll think you are listening to Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day, Jon Bon Jovi, or Michael Stipe from R.E.M. Guitarist Matt Cline, bassist Dick Bechler, and drummer Jay Boughner work together to create the perfect accompaniment to Joe's vocals. All four members are long-time musicians, each with over 20 years of playing experience. This experience shows in both their on-stage presence, and their off-stage professionalism. Another ingredient in the AVERAGE JOE recipe is keeping the songs fresh. Even the best bands can get comfortable with their set list, which leads to audiences hearing the same songs time after time…which leads to audiences eventually not coming back. AVERAGE JOE is proud of their ability to keep their list of songs ever evolving and growing. The band has been together in the current lineup since 2009, and has yet to play the same set list at two different shows. While there are absolutely crowd favorites like Sweet Caroline that are played at almost every show, the band also gives the audience a taste of something new at each and every show. Not only does this keep the show fresh for AVERAGE JOE'S ever-growing fan base, it also gives the band a great arsenal to draw from when requests come in from the crowd. Bottom line, if you're looking for a fun, high-energy band that will have the crowd dancing and singing along to songs spanning the last three decades, then AVERAGE JOE is the band for you.

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  • Kryptonite | 3 Doors Down
  • Tainted Love | Average Joe Party Punk Arrangement
  • Need You Now | Average Joe Party Punk Arrangement
  • Sweet Caroline | Average Joe Party Punk Arrangement
  • I Ran So Far Away | Average Joe Party Punk Arrangement
  • Spin Me Round (Like a Record Baby) | Average Joe Party Punk Arrangement
  • Rock and Roll Fantasy | Bad Company
  • Can't Get Enough | Bad Company
  • No Matter What | Badfinger
  • Come Together | Beatles
  • I Am The Walrus | Beatles
  • Dancing With Myself | Billy Idol
  • White Wedding | Billy Idol
  • Jealous Again | Black Crowes
  • Paranoid | Black Sabbath
  • No Rain | Blind Melon
  • All The Small Things | Blink 182
  • Song #2 | Blur
  • I'll Be There For You | Bon Jovi
  • Stacy's Mom | Bowling For Soup
  • Summer of '69 | Bryan Adams
  • Comedown | Bush
  • Machinehead | Bush
  • Wherever You Will Go | Calling
  • Far Behind | Candlebox
  • You | Candlebox
  • My Best Friend's Girl | Cars
  • I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick
  • Shine | Collective Soul
  • Heavy | Collective Soul
  • Gel | Collective Soul
  • Mr. Jones | Counting Crows
  • Higher | Creed
  • Counting Blue Cars | Dishwalla
  • Hungry Like The Wolf | Duran Duran
  • Take It Easy | Eagles
  • Shakin' | Eddie Money
  • Santa Monica | Everclear
  • Sugar We're Going Down | Fall Out Boy
  • Paralyzer | Finger Eleven
  • Got You Where I Want You | Flys
  • Everlong | Foo Fighters
  • Learn To Fly | Foo Fighters
  • Monkey Wrench | Foo Fighters
  • My Hero | Foo Fighters
  • All Right Now | Free
  • Bad Day | Fuel
  • Hemorrhage | Fuel
  • Friends In Low Places | Garth Brooks
  • Faith | George Michael
  • Hey Jealousy | Gin Blossoms
  • Found Out About You | Gin Blossoms
  • Good Times Bad Times | Godsmack/Zeppelin
  • Slide | Goo Goo Dolls
  • Minority | Green Day
  • When I Come Around | Green Day
  • Longview | Green Day
  • Brain Stew / Jaded | Green Day
  • Basket Case | Green Day
  • Welcome To Paradise | Green Day
  • 21 Guns | Green Day
  • American Idiot | Green Day
  • Boulevard of Broken Dreams | Green Day
  • Jesus of Suburbia | Green Day
  • She | Green Day
  • Flagpole Sitta | Harvey Danger
  • Hold My Hand | Hootie & The Blowfish
  • Love Stinks | J. Giels Band
  • I'm Yours | Jason Mraz
  • Middle | Jimmy Eat World
  • Jack and Diane | John Mellencamp
  • Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' | Journey
  • Footloose | Kenny Loggins
  • All These Things That I Have Done | Killers
  • Mrs. Robinson | Lemonheads
  • Are You Gonna Go My Way | Lenny Kravitz
  • Hanging By a Moment | Lifehouse
  • My Own Worst Enemy | Lit
  • Push | Matchbox 20
  • She's So Mean | Matchbox 20
  • Melt With You | Modern English
  • Animal | Neon Trees
  • Everybody Talks | Neon Trees
  • In Bloom | Nirvana
  • All Apologies | Nirvana
  • The Man Who Sold The World | Nirvana
  • Shattered | OAR
  • Champagne Supernova | Oasis
  • Wonderwall | Oasis
  • Mama I'm Coming Home | Ozzy Osbourne
  • Douchebag | Patent Pending
  • Even Flow | Pearl Jam
  • Yellow Ledbetter | Pearl Jam
  • Talk Dirty To Me | Poison
  • Lump | Presidents of the USA
  • I Wanna Be Sedated | Ramones
  • Higher Ground | Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • The One I Love | REM
  • Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield
  • Rise Above This | Seether
  • Closing Time | Semisonic
  • Cumbersome | Seven Mary Three
  • Tomorrow | SilverChair
  • Don't You Forget About Me | Simple Minds
  • Ball and Chain | Social Distortion
  • Ring Of Fire | Social Distortion
  • Spoonman | Soundgarden
  • Stuck In The Middle With You | Stealers Wheel
  • Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf
  • Vasoline | Stone Temple Pilots
  • Plush | Stone Temple Pilots
  • Sex Type Thing | Stone Temple Pilots
  • What I Got | Sublime
  • Possum Kingdom | Toadies
  • American Girl | Tom Petty
  • Free Fallin' | Tom Petty
  • Jenny (867-5309) | Tommy Tutone
  • If You Could Only See | Tonic
  • With Or Without You | U2
  • Girl You'll Be A Woman Soon | Urge Overkill
  • You Really Got Me | Van Halen
  • Turning Japanese | Vapors
  • Slither | Velvet Revolver
  • Blister In The Sun | Violent Femmes
  • Say It Ain't So | Weezer

Booked Events 

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Upcoming Events

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Past Events

September 19, 2014 • Brimfest
Fri8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
August 23, 2014 • Private Party
Sat7:00 PM - 11:00 PM
July 23, 2011 • Private Event
Sat12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
July 23, 2011 • Private Event
Sat12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
April 30, 2011 • Birthday Party (Adult)
Sat9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Doylestown, OH
October 8, 2010 • Private Party
Fri9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Medina, OH
September 25, 2010 • American Legion
Sat9:00 PM - 12:00 AM Scio, OH
July 31, 2010 • Company Party
Sat8:00 PM - 12:00 AM Akron, OH
July 31, 2010 • Private Party
Sat4:00 PM - 8:00 PM Akron, OH
July 24, 2010 • Outpost
Sat9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Kent, OH
July 24, 2010 • White Hawk Cafe
Sat12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Penn Hills, PA
June 26, 2010 • Redstone Pub
Sat9:00 PM - 1:00 AM Akron, OH

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