Music Video of the Day: Money by The Backbeat Band (1994, directed by Nick Egan)


In 1994, a film about the early days of the Beatles in Hamburg was released.  The film was called Backbeat and it starred Ian Hart as John Lennon, Stephen Dorff as Stu Sutcliffe, and Sheryl Lee as Astrid Kirchherr.  In order to promote the film, a supergroup called The Backbeat Band recorded covers of several of the songs that the Beatles performed while in Germany.

The members of the Backbeat Band were:

Dave Pirner (Soul Asylum): vocals (Paul McCartney)
Greg Dulli (The Afghan Whigs): vocals (John Lennon)
Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth): guitar
Don Fleming (Gumball): guitar
Mike Mills (R.E.M.): bass guitar
Dave Grohl (Nirvana): drums
Henry Rollins (Black Flag): vocals (Stuart Sutcliffe)

The video for Money features clips from the film, along with Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, and Scott Williams (as Pete Best) pretending to perform the song.  The video was directed by Nick Egan, who went on to do videos for Duran Duran, Oasis, and Alanis Morrissette.

Enjoy!

One response to “Music Video of the Day: Money by The Backbeat Band (1994, directed by Nick Egan)

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