October 2005

Melissa Etheridge "Refugee" Island Def JamJames Frost, directorMark Hall, producerStrato Films, production coStompbox Media, repDescription: Breast cancer survivor Melissa Etheridge covers this Tom Petty tune for her new greatest hits album. The veteran rocker performs in a couple of hotel rooms where she hides under the beds and imagines that the TV newscasters are singing the response tag of the chorus.

artist: Opethsong: "The Grand Conjuration"label: Roadrunnerdirector(s): Bill Yukichproduction co: Factory Features

Fort Minor "Petrified" Machine Shop/Warner Bros.Robert Hales, directorSkot Bradford, producerHSI, production coKitel Dietrichson, DPKen Mowe, editorDescription: Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda unveils this hip-hop side project with a b&w video for "Petrified." An drastic widescreen aspect ratio, strobe effects and camera mounted lighting rigs give this video the look of a stylish horror flick. Performance takes place in and around an abandoned train car in the middle of the desert.

VH1 Adds:3 Doors Down "Here By Me"( Republic/Universal)Alanis Morissette "Crazy" (Maverick/Reprise)Destiny's Child "Stand Up For Love" (Sony Urban/Columbia)The Pussycat Dolls "Stickwitu” (A&M/Interscope)The Rolling Stones "Streets of Love" (Virgin)