IN PRODUCTION: The Ghost Inside - Drew Russ, dir.

• artist: The Ghost Inside
• song: "Engine 45"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Drew Russ
• production co: RSM
• producer: Robby Starbuck, Morna Ciraki 
• DP: Raul Gonzo
• commissioner: Matt McGreevey

IN PRODUCTION: Falling In Reverse - Zach Merck, dir.

• artist: Falling In Reverse
• song: "Good Girls, Bad Guys"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Zach Merck
• production co: BLVD. Industries
• commissioner: Matt McGreevey

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IN PRODUCTION: Falling In Reverse - Zach Merck, dir.

• artist: Falling In Reverse
• song: "Good Girls Bad Guys"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Zach Merck
• production co: BLVD Industries
• commissioner: Matt McGreevey

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WATCH IT: Islands "Hallways" (Lex Halaby & Toben Seymour, dir.)

Islands singer Nicholas Thorburn discovers that skeleton relics exist within an antique phonograph and that they make for about as good a backup band as you could find. --> watch "Hallways"

Islands "Hallways" (Anti)
Lex Halaby & Toben Seymour, director | Doomsday, production co | Alex Lehmann, DP | Monster Effects, production designer | Keith Webster, vfx

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QUICK CLIP: Every Time I Die "Underwater Bimbos..." (Keith Buckley, dir.)

This collection of bizarro freak show and religious clips may look like just another political ad from Iowa, but it's actually a video culled together by singer Keith Buckley for his band Every Time I Die. --> watch "Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space"

Every Time I Die
"Underwater Bimbos From Outer Space" (Epitaph)
Keith Buckley, director 

WATCH IT: Man Man "Piranhas Club" (Lex Halaby, dir.)

Don't mess with The Piranhas Club, the toughest gang of greaser punk little kids out there. (Alternately, this video can be viewed as why you shouldn't let your kids watch John Waters movies.) --> watch "Piranhas Club"

Man Man "The Piranhas Club" (Anti)
Lex Halaby, director | Mark Staubach, producer | Johnny Ching, DP | Doomsday, rep | Hank Friedmann, editor | Marshall Plante, colorist 

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QUICK CLIP: Big Talk "Big Eye" (Robert Schober, dir.)

Because maybe the afterworld is like a glorious Whitesnake video. --> watch "Big Eye"

Big Talk "Big Eye" (Anti)
Robert Schober, director | Doomsday Ent, rep

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IN PRODUCTION: letlive. - Ryan Kohler, dir.

• artist: letlive.
• song: "Muther"
• label: Epitaph 
• director(s): Ryan Kohler
• production co: Revv Pictures
• producer: Bryson Pintard
• production design: Logan Noh

QUICK CLIP: Dangerous! "Not One Of You" (Alan Farkas, dir.)

Get in the Mexican wrestling ring with Dangerous. --> watch "Not One Of You" 

Dangerous!
"Not One Of You" (Epitaph)
Alan Farkas, director | Allison Freitas & Robert Bartolome, producers | Rab Media, production co. | John Matysiak, DP | Michael Ashton, compositor  | Randy Starnes @ West Wind Media, colorist | Tom Osborn, commissioner

WATCH IT: Big Talk "Replica" (Robert Schober, dir.)

The Killers drummer Ronnie Vannucci puts another dagger into the hearts of drummer jokes with a solo project Big Talk that's pitch-perfect with its spin on The Cars new wave formula. The video keys into the "Replica" song title, seeming like a missing person sort of thing until it hits a sci-fi twist. --> watch "Replica" 

Big Talk "Replica" (Epitaph)
Robert Schober, director | Jamie Qualtrough, producer | Super!Alright!, production co | Doomsday, rep  | Drew Bienemann, DP | Jackie London @ Bonch, editor | Chris Butler, exec. producer | Tom Osborne, commissioner

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IN PRODUCTION: Dangerous! - Alan Farkas, dir.

• artist: Dangerous!
• song: "Not One Of You"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Alan Farkas
• production co: Rab Media
• commissioner: Tom Osborn

WATCH IT: Social Distortion "Machine Gun Blues" (Jeremy Alter, dir.)

Social Distortion frontman Mike Ness doesn't have to stretch his usual look and attitude to transform himself into a Depression-era gangster for this short film of a music video. --> watch "Machine Gun Blues"

Social Distortion "Machine Gun Blues" (Epitaph)
Jeremy Alter, director | Jeremy Alter, Meiert Avis, Anton Pardoe, producers | Pusher Media, production co | Charles Papert, DP | Cameron Alex Braden, Mike Evans, editors | Philip Duffin, production designers |  Matt McGreevey, Shane Trulin, exec. producers 

WATCH IT: N.A.S.A. "Strange Enough" (Lorna T + Studio Giblets, dir.)

N.A.S.A. co-founder Sam Spiegel aka Squeak E. Clean described this all-animated trip as "a Dante's Inferno of Brazilian art which fits the song perfectly". Indeed. A fine match for "Strange Enough", an aptly titled jam that features vocals by ODB, Karen O and Fat Lip. --> "Strange Enough"

N.A.S.A. "Strange Enough" (Anti)
Lorna T + Studio Giblets, director | Terence Teh, producer | Stephan Doitschinoff, art 

WATCH IT: New Found Glory "Truck Stop Blues" (Matthew Stawski, dir.)

The touring life is Loony Tunes for New Found Glory, both in terms of the Serge Gay Jr cartoon drawings that director Matthew Stawski peppers throughout this video and for the band's mental state as they attempt to refuel themselves at a truck stop. --> watch "Truck Stop Blues" 

New Found Glory"Truck Stop Blues" (Epitaph)
Matthew Stawski, director | Refused TV, production co | Andy Patch, DP | Scrambled Visual, fx 

WATCH IT: Parkway Drive "Sleepwalker"

Ever wonder what goes through a businessman's head as he begins his morning commute? Violence, blood, pestilence, apocalypse, destruction and the growling death metal of Parkway Drive. It's basically the end of the world as we know it in this video co-directed by Parkway Drive singer Winston McCall and Aaron Briggs of Motion Circus; Buildings turn to monsters, flesh explodes and winged creatures descend to infest your every pore. And if you're curious: No, Our guy never makes it to the office. He winds up at the beach. --> watch "Sleepwalker"

Parkway Drive "Sleepwalker" (Epitaph)
Winston McCall & Aaron Briggs, director | Aaron Briggs/Motion Circus, vfx

WATCH IT: Sing It Loud "Sugar Sweet" (Donlee Brussel, dir.)

Director Donlee Brussel recreates a Beach Blanket Bingo shindig for emo-poppers Sing It Loud, but with a twist that has more in common with a Troma flick. Joining the teens for their day at the beach is a fun-loving sea monster, equal parts Swamp Thing and Sigmund And The Sea Monsters. --> watch "Sugar Sweet"

Sing It Loud "Sugar Sweet" (Epitaph)
Donlee Brussel, director | Max Meehan, assistant director | Mackingwell, production co | Frank the Plumber, rep  | Daron Keet, DP | Farah X, editor | Frank Berrios @ Encore Hollywood, colorist | Matt McGreevey, commissioner (note: director Donlee Brussel is now signed with Frank The Plumber)

SHOT: Sing It Loud - Donlee Brussel, dir.

• artist: Sing It Loud
• song: "Sugar Sweet"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Donlee Brussel
• production co: Mackingwell
• producer: Steve Lilly
• DP: Daron Keet
• editor: Farah X
• exec producer: Ryan McNamara
• commissioner: Matt McGreevey

SHOT: Lost In The Trees - CreatoDestructo, directors

Directed by CreatoDestructo for the newly signed Anti band Lost In The Trees...

• artist: Lost In The Trees
• song: "Walk The Lake"
• label: Anti
• director(s): CreatoDestructo
• production co: CreatoDestructo

WATCH IT: Galactic f/ Cheeky Blakk "Do It Again" (Joey Garfield, dir.)

Finally, a booty video I can get behind [no pun intended]. Just be sure to remember that things in this video are never quite what they seem, especially if this is your first brush with Sissy Rap. --> watch "Do It Again" plus an EPK about the video

Galactic "Do It Again" (Anti)
Joey Garfield, director | Stine Chrone Moisen, producer | Ghost Robot, production co | Graham Willoughby, DP | Josh Cramer, editor | Mac Pohanka, art director | Tramaine Montell Ford, choreographer | Tramaine Montell Ford, Major Nesby, Wanda Bey, dancers | Mark De Pace, Zachary Mortensen, executive producers

SHOT: Alkaline Trio - Matthew Stawski, director

Director Matthew Stawski (third from left) on set with Alkaline Trio...

• artist: Alkaline Trio
• song: "This Addiction"
• label: Epitaph
• director(s): Matthew Stawski
• production co: Refused TV
• rep: Matt McGreevey