Watching "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" on Kiss Exposed tonight I noticed just how similar it is to Motley Crue's videos off Shout At The Devil , "Looks That Kill" and especially "Too Young To Fall In Love"!
Then I realised there seems to a theme in lots of other hard rock & metal videos around that time! They seem to have the band kind of as a "gang" of tough guys hahaha!
Those 3 videos I mentioned do... and Looks That Kill and All Hell's Breakin Loose are also both set in apocalyptic post-nuclear type settings... Lick It Up is also in a similar setting and starts with the band walking in like a gang...
Ratt's video for "Wanted Man" in 1984 has the 5 of them walking into a western town like a gang of outlaws...
Twisted Sister's videos for "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll", "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" all have the band as a gang who are running from the Taste Squad in the "You Can't Stop.." and standing up against the dad and teacher in the other 2...
That was really a golden era for metal in terms of bands having a really unified image and great spirit in their videos I think. W.A.S.P.'s clips around the same era were similar as well.
I also noticed though that around the mid '80s, Kiss seemed to borrow a bit from Crue! "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" is clearly influenced by the 2 Shout At The Devil videos... and Kiss Exposed (1987) is very similar in its home video style as Motley Crue Uncensored (1986) where they set up funny scenarios where the band is meant to be shown living the wild rock star life but over the top.
Just thought I'd share all that
That waitress by the pool in the French maid outfit is damn hot too hehe.
Then I realised there seems to a theme in lots of other hard rock & metal videos around that time! They seem to have the band kind of as a "gang" of tough guys hahaha!
Those 3 videos I mentioned do... and Looks That Kill and All Hell's Breakin Loose are also both set in apocalyptic post-nuclear type settings... Lick It Up is also in a similar setting and starts with the band walking in like a gang...
Ratt's video for "Wanted Man" in 1984 has the 5 of them walking into a western town like a gang of outlaws...
Twisted Sister's videos for "You Can't Stop Rock & Roll", "I Wanna Rock" and "We're Not Gonna Take It" all have the band as a gang who are running from the Taste Squad in the "You Can't Stop.." and standing up against the dad and teacher in the other 2...
That was really a golden era for metal in terms of bands having a really unified image and great spirit in their videos I think. W.A.S.P.'s clips around the same era were similar as well.
I also noticed though that around the mid '80s, Kiss seemed to borrow a bit from Crue! "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" is clearly influenced by the 2 Shout At The Devil videos... and Kiss Exposed (1987) is very similar in its home video style as Motley Crue Uncensored (1986) where they set up funny scenarios where the band is meant to be shown living the wild rock star life but over the top.
Just thought I'd share all that
That waitress by the pool in the French maid outfit is damn hot too hehe.
