This video features the tragic Layne Staley at his best. This would be the final music video that he would film with Alice in Chains. Again was a moderate hit for the group, though it was also nominated for a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.
Director George Vale has also worked with Our Lady Peace, The Tea Party, Danko Jones, Stars, and Broken Social Scene.
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You and me both, Priest, you and me both.
Rob Halford has said that this song is about “freedom.” Once you are on the highway, you can go anywhere you want. With it being Memorial Day weekend, a lot of people are going to be taking advantage of that freedom today.
This video was one of the man to be directed by Julien Temple. Temple will probably always be best known for his work with the Sex Pistols.
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Aerosmith and music video director Marty Callner were always a good combination, as seen in today’s music video of the day.
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Me Against The World was the most successful single to come off of Lizzie Borden’s third studio album, Visual Lies. This was the only Lizzie Borden album to features Joe Holmes, who would later find fame as a guitarist for both Ozzy Osbourne and David Lee Roth. Holmes can also be seen in this video.
Along with this music video, Me Against The World also received attention when it was included on the soundtrack of the classic heavy metal horror film, Black Roses.
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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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Today is Pete Townshend’s 79th birthday and today’s scene that I love features Pete Townshend (as a member of The Who) performing at Woodstock in 1969.
Roger Daltrey later said that this was the worst gig that they ever played and The Who did end up going on stage early in the morning, with the sun rising as they performed See Me, Feel Me. The majority of The Who’s performance was not included in the initial release of the Woodstock documentary but the noticeably grainy footage would later be included in various rereleases.
Unfortunately, no cameras recorded the moment when Pete Townshend became the hero that 1969 needed by kicking a ranting Abbie Hoffman off of the stage. But, audio of the incident survived.
Here is The Who at Woodstock:
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.
