Category Archives: Music

Music Video of the Day: Locked In by Judas Priest (1986, directed by Wayne Isham)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

Is it Mad Max or is it Judas Priest?

This video was directed by Wayne Isham, who was another one of directors who did videos for almost everyone.  You weren’t a real rock star unless both Wayne Isham and Nigel Dick directed a video for you.

This song appeared on Judas Priest’s 1986 album, Turbo.  The album was full of songs designed to annoy Tipper Gore.

Enjoy!

Music Video of The Day: The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg by Iron Maiden (2006, directed by ????)

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When Iron Maiden released this song, they knew that their fans would try to find out who Benjamin Breeg was so they created a website about Breeg.  According to the site, Breeg was a painter of disturbing images who later found work in a cemetery and then as a paranormal investigator.  He disappeared in 1978.  Of course, this was all fictional.  There was no Benjamin Breeg.  The “Breeg” painting that was displayed on the site was actually a painting of Eddie, the band’s mascot.

The video features footage of Iron Maiden performing mixed in with a montage of early band pictures.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Fear No Evil by Grim Reaper (1985, directed by ????)

Posted on by Jedadiah Leland

This was the second Grim Reaper video to be watched and commented upon by Beavis and Butt-Head.  The only difference was that, opposed to See You In Hell, the band actually requested that Mike Judge roast this video.  They were definitely good sports about that whole thing, unlike a certain singer named Kip Winger.

Here are Beavis and Butt-Head, with their thoughts:

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Bed of Nails by Alice Cooper (1989, directed by Nigel Dick)

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Bed of Nails is from Alice Cooper’s 11th studio album, Trash.  It was the album’s second most successful single, despite not even being released as a single in the U.S.  Maybe some of that success was due to this music video, in which Alice the singer performs over and in a bed of nails while women in leather walk through the studio and play the cello.

This video was directed by Nigel Dick, who directed videos for anyone who was anyone.  If Nigel Dick has not done a video for you, you are not really a rock star.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Lost In America by Alice Cooper (1994, directed by ????)

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Alice Cooper can’t get a girl be he doesn’t have a car and he can’t get a car because he doesn’t have a job and he can’t get a job because he doesn’t have a car.  This is one of Alice Cooper’s catchiest songs.  Whenever I watch any of Alice Cooper’s videos, I think about how interesting it is that Alice Cooper has gone from being the controversial face of shock rock to being an almost universally beloved American institution.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Ride On by Lulabox (1992, directed by ????)

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This song appears on the Pet Sematary 2 soundtrack, which might be the best soundtrack to have never been given an official release.  In the film, this is the song that plays over the end credits.  The video follows the film’s story of the dead rising back to life.

Enjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Her Black Wings by Danzig (1990, directed by Glenn Danzig and Victor Giordano)

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It’s October so I had to find room for some Danzig.  This song appeared on Danzig’s second album, Lucifuge and it features this band at their best.  In 1990, this was the type of music that caused the nation’s moral guardians to go into tizzy.  There were actual Congressional hearings!  Imagine your Congressman listening to Danzig and probably playing it backwards to look for hidden messages.

Emjoy!

Music Video of the Day: Take It Off by King Kobra (1988, directed by ????)

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I was trying to remember why I picked this standard 80s metal video for today’s music video of the day.  Was it because of all the shapely legs?  That seemed probable but that would not explain why I picked it for October.  Then I remembered that this song was featured in the horror classic Black Roses, which is a movie about teenagers driven to murder by heavy metal music.  In fact, the Satanic band itself was played by King Kobra.

As for this video, it doesn’t feature any Black Roses footage but it does feature Larry Fine and Humphrey Bogart.

Enjoy!