When you’re Def Leppard, people will play the harp while in the middle of the fire for you.
This is another video overseen by the prolific David Mallett, who directed several videos for both Def Leppard and just about every other big act of the era.
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The Alice Band was a girl group put together by Rob Dickens in 2000. They weren’t together for long and they only released one album before breaking up but they did manage to stick around long enough to record this cover of Don’t Fear The Reaper.
This video was directed by Rob Dickens, the British music industry executive who put the group together in the first place. There’s no word on whether he felt the cover needed more cowbell.
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When hair metal gets sensitive!
It’s easy to make fun of how worked up the singer gets in this video but how many 80s kids grew up with a crush on the girl from this video?
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Warlock literally stops traffic in today’s music video of the day!
Mark Rezyka also directed videos for KISS, RATT, Spinal Tap, Testament, Nelson, Firehouse, Winger, Vixen, and just about everyone who was anyone in the 80s.
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Steam was the second single to be released from Peter Gabriel’s sixth solo album, Us. Buoyed with this memorable music video, Steam reached number ten in the UK and number one in the U.S.
When asked about his vision for Peter Gabriel’s video for Steam, director Stephen R. Johnson said he wanted to cram as many things in possible and he certainly did that. Johnson also did the video’s for Gabriel’s Sledgehammer and Big Time and, as with those two videos, the special effects and visuals were so outrageous that a lot of viewers probably missed that they were very subversive and sometimes disturbing.
(As for Gabriel, he said it was simply a song about a relationship where the woman was cultured and well-educated while the man was less intellectual but was also more street smart.)
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L.A. Guns is a band that has had a long and storied history, from their initial formation in 1983 to the brief moment when they joined with Axl Rose and became known as Guns N’ Roses to Tracii Guns leaving Guns N’ Roses after conflict with Rose and then forming a second version of L.A. Guns. Unfortunately, L.A. Guns’s history is so intertwined with Guns N’ Roses that it is sometimes overlooked that L.A. Guns could rock just as much as Axl’s band.
At the same time that Guns N’ Roses were releasing their first music videos and making their mark on MTV, L.A. Guns released their video for One More Reason, one of the most apocalyptic looks at Los Angeles ever put on film.
This video was directed by Ralph Ziman, who has also worked with Ozzy Osbourne, Toni Braxton, and Faith No More.
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In 1980, Bauhaus covered Mac Bolan’s tribute to his drug dealer, Telegam Sam. Of course, they added their own unique spin to the song. The music video finds them apparently locked away in a boiler room. While the band plays, Peter Murphy dances through the room while dressed up as the contortionist from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Hopefully, Telegram Sam will get everyone out in time to record the first Love & Records album.
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This music video for the classic Def Leppard song was filmed in Ireland, outside of Dublin. The scenes inside the factory were filmed at Jacob’s Biscuit Factory and such a blue collar location feels just right for a hard-working band like Def Leppard.
David Mallett was one of those directors who worked with basically everyone at least once. If you were in any way a star, David Mallett probably did at least one video for you.
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The Reaper is busy in today’s music video of the day. The Reaper collects souls, many of whom are friends and family of the members of Bones Thug-n-Harmony and takes them to the mountaintop. Everyone’s entering the afterlife with Eazy-E.
I remember this video was huge for a while in 1996. You could not turn on MTV without seeing Eazy-E ascending into the afterlife. (Once I learned that Bone Thugs-n-Harmony were proteges of Eazy-E’s and signed to his label, Eazy’s inclusion in this video made much more sense.) At the Video Music Awards, Tha Crossroads was nominated for Best Rap Video but lost to Coolio’s Gangsta’s Paradise.
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Metallica burns the stage with today’s music video of the day. You Must Burn! is one of the many songs to be found on Metallica’s 11th studio album, 72 Seasons. This song (and this album) finds Metallica playing with a new-found intensity while James Hetfield releases some of his most introspective and troubled lyrics to date. It’s a good return to form.
The video was directed by Timothy Saccenti, who did several of the other 72 Seasons videos as well.
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Through the Shattered Lens 