Friday, May 01, 2009

THE FLESH EATERS MADE A VIDEO & NO ONE TOLD ME

Thanks to Damon H for finding this one in the bowels of YouTube – an actual promotional video for THE FLESH EATERS’ song “The Wedding Dice”, taken straight from the “Forever Came Today” album in 1982. It stars Chris D in a lead role, both as actor and singer, and unfolds pretty much like you’d expect a Chris D-scripted video might: vampires, violence, beds of roses and a burning cross. Add some awesome sleeveless vests, sleeveless shirts, a fog machine and eerie shadow effects and you have something so totally “of its age” it’s almost from another world. I’ve made tracking down Flesh Eaters ephemera from this era a personal crusade, but I had no idea they’d actually shot a video. Please enjoy.

5 comments:

  1. Yep I too only discovered this a few weeks back - who knew this existed? With all them bulging muscles and slicked back hair, you can understand why some felt they held down the horror-rock end of the whole X/BLASTERS spectrum. Oh and dig that Mary Woronov cameo! But just who is playing the lead vampyress?

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  2. Anonymous12:30 PM

    Wow, never knew about this earlier. Fantastic.

    Dave Martin

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  3. Anonymous5:57 AM

    Hi, I read somewhere that the director who made this made a video from the song Poison Arrow also. Correct ? This video is included in the extras of Border Radio DVD.

    Makke Luojus

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  4. This is GREAT! I had no idea. Plus, Mary Woronov is an added bonus!

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  5. Anonymous11:06 PM

    love the store scene

    murderer-"oh my god no!!!"
    chris d-"i'm gonna kill you"


    it's strange that in all of Byron Coley's Flesh Eaters writing this video is never mentioned

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