Bourbon County Line was the first single released off of Warrant’s seventh solo album, Born Again. The band shot videos for every track on the album, though only Bourbon County Line and Dirty Jack were officially released as singles.
This was also the first Warrant single to not feature Jani Lane on lead vocals. Lane left the band in 2004 (though he later returned) and vocals were handled by Jaime St. James.
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Twilight Hotel was the second single to be released off of QRIII, the fifth studio album from Quiet Riot. Unfortunately, neither the single nor the video was as popular as the other single released off of QRIII, The Wild and the Young.
Director Dominic Orlando also directed videos for Kansas, The Beach Boys, Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, The Fat Boys, and several other artist that you would not necessarily expect to see at a Quiet Riot concert.
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Nuclear Assault is today best remembered for being the band that was formed by one of the founding members of Anthrax, bassist Dan Lilker. (Linker left Anthrax shortly before the release of the band’s first album.) Back in the day, though, Nuclear Assault was one of the top East Coast thrash metal bands.
Brainwashed was the first single to be released from their second album, Survive. The single was Nuclear Assault’s first big hit. Helping the song become popular was a music video that featured two of the top pastimes of the 80s, going to the mall and watch TV.
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Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone was first released by a Motown group called The Undisputed Truth in 1972. The first version of the song peaked at number 63 of the pop charts and 23 on the R&B Charts. A subsequent cover by The Temptations was much more successful, peaking at number one in 1972. The song would go on to be interpreted by everyone from Michael Jackson to George Michael to Was (Not Was).
In this video, Slash and Demi Lovato become the latest artists to cover this classic song.
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Rest in Peace, Dabney Coleman.
This video was shot in Guadalajara and a dry lake in Sayula.
This video was directed by Mark Pellington, who was one of those directors who worked with everyone who was anyone. Pellington went on to direct films like Arlington Road and The Mothman Prophecies.
Today is Trent Reznor’s birthday. Getting older is never fun but Reznor has said that he is happier now than when he first started his career. Reznor has gone from being the poster child for excess and dark tendencies to being one of the film industry’s most acclaimed and in-demand composers.
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This video was filmed in Japan during the band’s 1994 tour.
Though the band has been through many personnel changes over the years, Savatage is still recording and touring and it is still led by Jon Oliva, who founded the band in 1978 with his brother Criss. The band was originally called Avatar until the brothers learned that there were already several other bands with that name. Criss was tragically killed in a 1993 car accident and Jon has kept the band going in his memory.
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Electric Crown was the first single off of Testament’s fifth studio album, The Ritual. Both the album and the single were seen as a musical departure for Testament, who were previously known for being a trash metal band.
Testament was founded in 1983 and the band still exists and tours, though guitarist Eric Peterson is the only founding member of the band to still be with Testament. (He and vocalist Chuck Billy are the only two members to have appeared on every Testament album.)
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Today’s video is very much a product of the 80s. Kip Winger spent many hours perfecting his guitar spin pose and this video gave him a chance to show off the progress that he had made.
Remember when Lars Ulrich used to throw darts at a poster of this guy? I have to side with Lars as far as that’s concerned. Kip Winger will always be the artist who tried to keep Beavis and Butt-Head from critiquing his videos, which is why their friend Stewart become Winger’s biggest fan.
Regardless of what I think, Winger has their fans and the band is still going. Just last year, they released their seventh studio album. That’s seven more than I’m ever going to release.
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Today’s music video of the day comes from Iron Maiden’s Blaze Bayley Era. The video and the aliens that appear in it were almost entirely computer generated at a time when that was still considered to be unusual.
Director Simon Hilton has also done videos for Mark Ronson, Paul McCartney, Coldplay, Robert Plant, The Black Crowes, and many others.
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Through the Shattered Lens 