In the hands of competent bluegrass or country artists, a punk or metal song can be reinterpreted with surprisingly good results. I’ve always been partial, for example, to Dwight Yoakam’s version of “Train in Vain.” The Hayseeds have made a career of reworking metal favorites as bluegrass pickers.

This, however, is just sad. It’s David Lee Roth covering his own Van Halen tune with a string band.