"Well, she lives in a fairy tale," declares Hayley Williams in the opening lyric of "Brick by Boring Brick," a 2009 single by Paramore, initially released as part of their third album "Brand New Eyes." Williams continues belting out, "Somewhere too far for us to find, forgotten the taste and smell of a world that she's left behind."
As the song continues on for another four minutes, the fairy tale allusions continue; one of them is a title drop: "Well, make sure to build your home brick by-by boring brick, Or the wolf's gonna blow it down."
However, the opening verse establishes the song's key theme right off the bat: retreating into your imagination is like refusing to grow up. The Pov character realizes she must bury her childhood fantasies to escape her dream world. The song's music video reflects this, alternating in focus between Williams herself and a young girl...
As the song continues on for another four minutes, the fairy tale allusions continue; one of them is a title drop: "Well, make sure to build your home brick by-by boring brick, Or the wolf's gonna blow it down."
However, the opening verse establishes the song's key theme right off the bat: retreating into your imagination is like refusing to grow up. The Pov character realizes she must bury her childhood fantasies to escape her dream world. The song's music video reflects this, alternating in focus between Williams herself and a young girl...
- 2/10/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
“What You Want”, the first single/video from Evanescence’s upcoming self-titled third album, can be viewed below. The clip was filmed on July 30 on a makeshift stage inside a Brooklyn warehouse. The video was helmed by director Meiert Avis, who’s made iconic clips for the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. “This video is sort of, like, the history of the band,” Evanescence singer Amy Lee told MTV News. “This club [set] is emulating old shows we used to play in the beginning — we used to play this club called Vino’s in Little Rock — it’s sort of like back then, the gritty, dirty club, sweaty. And...
- 9/26/2011
- by nperez
- ShockYa
Gritty performance footage mix with dramatic New York scenes that illustrate the band's history and future.
By James Montgomery
Evanescence
Photo: Wind-up Records
In late July, Evanescence — and fans — crammed into a sweltering Brooklyn warehouse to hammer out the video for "What You Want," the first single off their much-anticipated new album (and, for anyone keeping score at home, their first video in almost four years).
In between takes, frontwoman Amy Lee told MTV News that the clip, directed by longtime pro Meiert Avis (U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name"), was meant to show "the history of the band." They wanted it to evoke the times when Evanescence used to play in Little Rock's "gritty, dirty club" Vino's as well as the band's more recent hiatus, which saw Lee and bassist Tim McCord relocate to New York City.
On Tuesday (September 13), we finally got to see the final product,...
By James Montgomery
Evanescence
Photo: Wind-up Records
In late July, Evanescence — and fans — crammed into a sweltering Brooklyn warehouse to hammer out the video for "What You Want," the first single off their much-anticipated new album (and, for anyone keeping score at home, their first video in almost four years).
In between takes, frontwoman Amy Lee told MTV News that the clip, directed by longtime pro Meiert Avis (U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name"), was meant to show "the history of the band." They wanted it to evoke the times when Evanescence used to play in Little Rock's "gritty, dirty club" Vino's as well as the band's more recent hiatus, which saw Lee and bassist Tim McCord relocate to New York City.
On Tuesday (September 13), we finally got to see the final product,...
- 9/13/2011
- MTV Music News
A teaser for “What You Want”, the first single/video from Evanescence’s upcoming self-titled third album, can be seen below. The clip was filmed on July 30 on a makeshift stage inside a Brooklyn warehouse. The video was helmed by director Meiert Avis, who’s made iconic clips for the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan. “This video is sort of, like, the history of the band,” Evanescence singer Amy Lee told MTV News. “This club [set] is emulating old shows we used to play in the beginning — we used to play this club called Vino’s in Little Rock — it’s sort of like back then, the gritty, dirty...
- 9/10/2011
- by nperez
- ShockYa
MTV News visited the Brooklyn set of the clip, which Amy Lee says shows 'the real us.'
By James Montgomery
Evanescence on the set of their "What You Want" music video
Photo: MTV News
Brooklyn, New York — Last Saturday, on a makeshift stage inside a cavernous (and slightly decrepit) Brooklyn warehouse, Evanescence took another step down the comeback trail: shooting the video for "What You Want," the first single off their upcoming self-titled album.
Teaming with director Meiert Avis — who's made iconic clips for the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan (to name just a few) — the band and an army of their die-hard fans braved the sweltering temperatures and worked long into the night. They filmed a video that, like much of the forthcoming Evanescence album, is biographical, following them from their early days to their rise to fame and their recently concluded hiatus. ... And beyond,...
By James Montgomery
Evanescence on the set of their "What You Want" music video
Photo: MTV News
Brooklyn, New York — Last Saturday, on a makeshift stage inside a cavernous (and slightly decrepit) Brooklyn warehouse, Evanescence took another step down the comeback trail: shooting the video for "What You Want," the first single off their upcoming self-titled album.
Teaming with director Meiert Avis — who's made iconic clips for the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan (to name just a few) — the band and an army of their die-hard fans braved the sweltering temperatures and worked long into the night. They filmed a video that, like much of the forthcoming Evanescence album, is biographical, following them from their early days to their rise to fame and their recently concluded hiatus. ... And beyond,...
- 8/1/2011
- MTV Music News
Following a short teaser earlier this week, Crystal Bowersox fully unveils an official music video for her debut single "Farmer's Daughter". She bares her troubled past and the "healing circle" she has gone through, in this Meiert Avis-directed music video.
Written by herself and produced by David Bendeth, the song is taken from Bowersox's newly-released first studio album of the same name "Farmer's Daughter". It is "bluntly and brutally honest" in detailing her tumultuous and abusive relationship with her mother.
In the music video, the dreadlocked singer shows what makes her different from her mother and how her dark past helps her to be a better person. While her mother seemed to always hold her in arms length, Bowersox makes sure her child doesn't go through the same experience.
"When I wrote the song is when all of those emotions left me," she once told MTV. "I don't carry them around in my heart.
Written by herself and produced by David Bendeth, the song is taken from Bowersox's newly-released first studio album of the same name "Farmer's Daughter". It is "bluntly and brutally honest" in detailing her tumultuous and abusive relationship with her mother.
In the music video, the dreadlocked singer shows what makes her different from her mother and how her dark past helps her to be a better person. While her mother seemed to always hold her in arms length, Bowersox makes sure her child doesn't go through the same experience.
"When I wrote the song is when all of those emotions left me," she once told MTV. "I don't carry them around in my heart.
- 12/17/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
A short snippet of Crystal Bowersox's music video for her debut single "Farmer's Daughter" has been unleashed. It gives a quick look at the runner-up of "American Idol" season 9 singing the title track of her upcoming album while playing her guitar.
Directed by Meiert Avis, the video will air on January 3, 2011 and depict a "healing cycle" she has gone through. She said when interviewed by Access Hollywood on the video set, "It starts with a little girl, who I guess is symbolically me...her mother is pushing her away and they go through the whole video and these obstacles and things."
Of how the video will end, Bowersox is generous enough to give her fans a clue. "At the end it comes to a resolution of, I guess, my acceptance of my mother and being a mother," the 25-year-old singer/songwriter explained. "It ends where I am today."
"Farmers...
Directed by Meiert Avis, the video will air on January 3, 2011 and depict a "healing cycle" she has gone through. She said when interviewed by Access Hollywood on the video set, "It starts with a little girl, who I guess is symbolically me...her mother is pushing her away and they go through the whole video and these obstacles and things."
Of how the video will end, Bowersox is generous enough to give her fans a clue. "At the end it comes to a resolution of, I guess, my acceptance of my mother and being a mother," the 25-year-old singer/songwriter explained. "It ends where I am today."
"Farmers...
- 12/16/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
"I'm not a pop artist. It's absolutely a rock record, and I get that people probably aren't expecting that, but, buy the record and check it out. If you like loud music, you'll like it. Hopefully. It's very loud. If you're not scared of guitars screaming at you and a 16-year-old girl yelling at you, then you'll like the record."
-Rock frontwoman and "Gossip Girl" actress Taylor Momsen, pitching the idea of her upcoming debut album with her band the Pretty Reckless. Momsen talked to MTV News' James Montgomery at the annual Bamboozle festival in New Jersey over the weekend, and she said she has big plans for the still-untitled record (which she co-wrote with Pretty Reckless guitarist Ben Phillips). "It's a record about life. It focuses on all the negatives — and the positives — of life, but it's not 'Go to a club and dance.' It's not an escape record,...
-Rock frontwoman and "Gossip Girl" actress Taylor Momsen, pitching the idea of her upcoming debut album with her band the Pretty Reckless. Momsen talked to MTV News' James Montgomery at the annual Bamboozle festival in New Jersey over the weekend, and she said she has big plans for the still-untitled record (which she co-wrote with Pretty Reckless guitarist Ben Phillips). "It's a record about life. It focuses on all the negatives — and the positives — of life, but it's not 'Go to a club and dance.' It's not an escape record,...
- 5/4/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
'It's not a concept record, unless you consider life a concept,' she tells MTV News of yet-untitled LP.
By James Montgomery
Taylor Momsen
Photo: MTV News
East Rutherford, New Jersey — Taylor Momsen is quickly learning that making the transition from TV star to snarling rock princess isn't as easy as she'd imagined.
In addition to having to win over fickle audiences on this summer's Warped Tour — the type of crowds that don't exactly take kindly to "actor-slash-musicians" — and make it clear to "Gossip Girl" fans that her band, the Pretty Reckless, isn't just another cookie-cutter pop project, she's already having to undo the damage from a quote she gave last month to Entertainment Weekly, in which she stated: "I don't wanna be Courtney Love — I wanna be Kurt Cobain." It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing, to be honest.
So really, at this point, all she wants to do is...
By James Montgomery
Taylor Momsen
Photo: MTV News
East Rutherford, New Jersey — Taylor Momsen is quickly learning that making the transition from TV star to snarling rock princess isn't as easy as she'd imagined.
In addition to having to win over fickle audiences on this summer's Warped Tour — the type of crowds that don't exactly take kindly to "actor-slash-musicians" — and make it clear to "Gossip Girl" fans that her band, the Pretty Reckless, isn't just another cookie-cutter pop project, she's already having to undo the damage from a quote she gave last month to Entertainment Weekly, in which she stated: "I don't wanna be Courtney Love — I wanna be Kurt Cobain." It hasn't exactly been smooth sailing, to be honest.
So really, at this point, all she wants to do is...
- 5/4/2010
- MTV Music News
Boys Like Girls' single "Two Is Better Than One" which features Taylor Swift has got an official music video. Coming out via MTV, the Meiert Avis-directed video features the Martin Johnson-fronted band when they are rocking out a warehouse. It also follows two unnamed characters as they embark on a love relationship.
"Two Is Better Than One" is taken from on the band's sophomore set "Love Drunk" which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard Hot 200. The track peaked at No. 32 on Billboard Hot 100 since being released in October this year.
On December 11, Boys Like Girls will be performing at Z100 Jingle Ball concert at Madison Square Graden alongside John Mayer, Taylor Swift and many other established artists. They will then invade small screen with appearances on MTV's "It's On with Alexa Chung" on December 15 and ABC's "The View" on December 22. The band's other forthcoming performances can be seen on their MySpace.
"Two Is Better Than One" is taken from on the band's sophomore set "Love Drunk" which debuted at No. 8 on Billboard Hot 200. The track peaked at No. 32 on Billboard Hot 100 since being released in October this year.
On December 11, Boys Like Girls will be performing at Z100 Jingle Ball concert at Madison Square Graden alongside John Mayer, Taylor Swift and many other established artists. They will then invade small screen with appearances on MTV's "It's On with Alexa Chung" on December 15 and ABC's "The View" on December 22. The band's other forthcoming performances can be seen on their MySpace.
- 12/11/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
After giving away on-set pictures, Boys Like Girls now tease "Two Is Better Than One" music video through its behind-the-scene footage. Beside giving a look at the filming which is directed by Meiert Avis, it also provides commentary from the band.
"Two Is Better Than One" features country music singer Taylor Swift and appears on the band's sophomore set "Love Drunk" which reached No. 8 on Billboard Hot 200. Its music video is scheduled to be debuted on MTV this coming Thursday, December 10.
Boys Like Girls are booked for various Christmas concerts across the U.S. this year. On December 10, they will rock Kiss 108 Jingle Ball at Boston's Tsongas Arena and follow it up with another Jingle Ball the next day for Z100 radio station which will hold the gig at Madison Square Garden. The band's other upcoming performances can be seen on their MySpace.
"Two Is Better Than One" features country music singer Taylor Swift and appears on the band's sophomore set "Love Drunk" which reached No. 8 on Billboard Hot 200. Its music video is scheduled to be debuted on MTV this coming Thursday, December 10.
Boys Like Girls are booked for various Christmas concerts across the U.S. this year. On December 10, they will rock Kiss 108 Jingle Ball at Boston's Tsongas Arena and follow it up with another Jingle Ball the next day for Z100 radio station which will hold the gig at Madison Square Garden. The band's other upcoming performances can be seen on their MySpace.
- 12/9/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Paramore's "Brick by Boring Brick" music video has been debuted in full. Directed by Meiert Avis, it follows a little girl as she is wandering in the fairy tale world. "Josh [Farro] and I are on the outside, in the real world, and you'll see he's a gravedigger. And I'm more like the storyteller. I'm narrating what's going on," frontwoman Hayley Williams said of the concept to MTV.
"Brick by Boring Brick" comes from Paramore's third studio installment "Brand New Eyes". On what the song is all about, Hayley said, "[It] is about not accepting reality and understanding that you don't have to make everything frilly or pretty-sounding for it to be interesting. Life doesn't have to be some grand production, and some of the boring parts of being alive are actually the greatest. The song is about breaking down those walls and finding out that the centre of it is what really matters.
"Brick by Boring Brick" comes from Paramore's third studio installment "Brand New Eyes". On what the song is all about, Hayley said, "[It] is about not accepting reality and understanding that you don't have to make everything frilly or pretty-sounding for it to be interesting. Life doesn't have to be some grand production, and some of the boring parts of being alive are actually the greatest. The song is about breaking down those walls and finding out that the centre of it is what really matters.
- 11/24/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” movie doesn’t open up for a few months, but the Alice story is alive and well—with a twist—in Paramore’s new video for “Brick by Boring Brick,” the new single off its CD, “brand new eyes.” The gorgeous looking clip, created by legendary video director Meiert Avis and Chris LeDoux (clearly not the late country singer) relies heavily on CGI and picture digitalization and is cast in a beautiful sepia tone. It opens with a girl “who lives in fairy tales,” on a swing. Instead of angels’ wings, she sprouts butterfly wings. Paramore lead singer, Hayley...
- 11/23/2009
- Hitfix
"It's really new for us. We've never done a video that wasn't performance. I'm really excited for our fans to see this side of us. This is the first time we've ever had a real set, where it's not like a stage with instruments and a mic. We've built this whole world."
-Paramore singer Hayley Williams, expressing her enthusiasm about their new video for "Brick by Boring Brick," the second single from the band's excellent new album Brand New Eyes. The clip, which premieres on MTV on Tuesday night (November 17), was directed by Meiert Avis, who has also been responsible for videos for U2 ("With or Without You"), Avril Lavigne ("My Happy Ending") and Flyleaf ("Again"). It features the band stepping outside of their normal video routine to cast themselves as characters. "After we came up with the treatment, we wrote it down in an e-mail, sort of sent it out,...
-Paramore singer Hayley Williams, expressing her enthusiasm about their new video for "Brick by Boring Brick," the second single from the band's excellent new album Brand New Eyes. The clip, which premieres on MTV on Tuesday night (November 17), was directed by Meiert Avis, who has also been responsible for videos for U2 ("With or Without You"), Avril Lavigne ("My Happy Ending") and Flyleaf ("Again"). It features the band stepping outside of their normal video routine to cast themselves as characters. "After we came up with the treatment, we wrote it down in an e-mail, sort of sent it out,...
- 11/16/2009
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Fantastical clip premieres Tuesday night on MTV and MTV.com.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams on set of the "Brick by Boring Brick" music video
Photo: refused.tv
Paramore dreamed up the concept for their "Brick by Boring Brick" video while sitting in a diner in London. So, accordingly, they went international when looking for a director, sending their idea out to a who's who of big-name talent from around the globe.
They ended up choosing Meiert Avis, the Irish director behind U2's legendary "Where the Streets Have No Name" video. And really, the decision was pretty easy.
"After we came up with the treatment, we wrote it down in an e-mail, sort of sent it out, and then we got a few treatments back. One of them was from Meiert Avis, who we recognized, because he's done some awesome videos in the past," Paramore's Hayley Williams explained.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams on set of the "Brick by Boring Brick" music video
Photo: refused.tv
Paramore dreamed up the concept for their "Brick by Boring Brick" video while sitting in a diner in London. So, accordingly, they went international when looking for a director, sending their idea out to a who's who of big-name talent from around the globe.
They ended up choosing Meiert Avis, the Irish director behind U2's legendary "Where the Streets Have No Name" video. And really, the decision was pretty easy.
"After we came up with the treatment, we wrote it down in an e-mail, sort of sent it out, and then we got a few treatments back. One of them was from Meiert Avis, who we recognized, because he's done some awesome videos in the past," Paramore's Hayley Williams explained.
- 11/16/2009
- MTV Music News
Six pictures in total which are taken during the shooting of Paramore's "Brick by Boring Brick" music video have been found. The snaps highlight on frontwoman Hayley Williams, guitarist Josh Farro and a kid with red wings. In several photos, Hayley is shown sitting on a swing.
The video is directed by Meiert Avis and will be premiered next week on "The Hills". It will take the band's fans to the fairy tale world. "Josh and I are on the outside, in the real world, and you'll see he's a gravedigger. And I'm more like the storyteller. I'm narrating what's going on," she told MTV.
"Brick by Boring Brick" comes from Paramore's third studio installment "Brand New Eyes" which peaked at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 200 since being released in September.
Most recently, Paramore have been nominated as one of the contenders for Favorite Rock Band at 2010 People's Choice Awards. They are facing off Daughtry,...
The video is directed by Meiert Avis and will be premiered next week on "The Hills". It will take the band's fans to the fairy tale world. "Josh and I are on the outside, in the real world, and you'll see he's a gravedigger. And I'm more like the storyteller. I'm narrating what's going on," she told MTV.
"Brick by Boring Brick" comes from Paramore's third studio installment "Brand New Eyes" which peaked at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 200 since being released in September.
Most recently, Paramore have been nominated as one of the contenders for Favorite Rock Band at 2010 People's Choice Awards. They are facing off Daughtry,...
- 11/14/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
'It's our take on this sort-of dark fantasy world,' frontwoman Hayley Williams explains.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams on the set of the "Brick By Boring Brick" music video
Photo: Brian To/ Picture Group
Last month — against the wishes of his bandmates, it should be noted — Paramore bassist Jeremy Davis revealed some secrets of their upcoming "Brick by Boring Brick" video, telling MTV News the bandmembers play "characters in a fairy-tale land."
"You're giving up the whole video right now!" frontwoman Hayley Williams scolded, while the rest of the band laughed. "Fine, then. ... What happens is the prince comes and he just kisses me, and that's the end of the video."
Honestly, we didn't understand what all the fuss was about, because Paramore were more than willing to talk about the "Brick" video while they were filming it, as MTV News discovered Friday (November 14) when the band sent us some behind-the-scenes footage.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams on the set of the "Brick By Boring Brick" music video
Photo: Brian To/ Picture Group
Last month — against the wishes of his bandmates, it should be noted — Paramore bassist Jeremy Davis revealed some secrets of their upcoming "Brick by Boring Brick" video, telling MTV News the bandmembers play "characters in a fairy-tale land."
"You're giving up the whole video right now!" frontwoman Hayley Williams scolded, while the rest of the band laughed. "Fine, then. ... What happens is the prince comes and he just kisses me, and that's the end of the video."
Honestly, we didn't understand what all the fuss was about, because Paramore were more than willing to talk about the "Brick" video while they were filming it, as MTV News discovered Friday (November 14) when the band sent us some behind-the-scenes footage.
- 11/13/2009
- MTV Music News
'There's a castle in it, but there's no dragons,' bassist Jeremy Davis reveals of fairy-tale clip.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams
Photo: MTV News
Paramore's "Brick by Boring Brick," the second single from Brand New Eyes, is basically an extended fairy-tale metaphor. So, you can probably guess what the video for will feature castles, dragons, faeries, the occasional broadsword and all sorts of medieval props.
Or, at least, that's what we thought when we asked the band about it backstage at the Ulalume Festival in Columbia, Maryland, on Friday. We were right ... and wrong too.
"There's a castle in it, but there's no dragons," bassist Jeremy Davis laughed. "We essentially came up with the treatment and had a bunch of directors send in their other ideas, and each was a little bit different that the others. It's our first video that's not performance based. We're not performing at all.
By James Montgomery
Paramore's Hayley Williams
Photo: MTV News
Paramore's "Brick by Boring Brick," the second single from Brand New Eyes, is basically an extended fairy-tale metaphor. So, you can probably guess what the video for will feature castles, dragons, faeries, the occasional broadsword and all sorts of medieval props.
Or, at least, that's what we thought when we asked the band about it backstage at the Ulalume Festival in Columbia, Maryland, on Friday. We were right ... and wrong too.
"There's a castle in it, but there's no dragons," bassist Jeremy Davis laughed. "We essentially came up with the treatment and had a bunch of directors send in their other ideas, and each was a little bit different that the others. It's our first video that's not performance based. We're not performing at all.
- 10/27/2009
- MTV Music News
Mika comes out wearing a bowler hat and holding a cane in the music video for his single "Blame It on the Girls". He is then joined by female dancers who wear half black tuxedo and half orange mini dress.
The video reportedly is directed by Meiert Avis and was premiered Saturday, October 3 in U.K. on Channel 4. "Blame It on the Girls" is taken from Mika's sophomore set "The Boy Who Knew That Much" which has arrived in stores since September.
Coming from production hands of Mika and Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Pink), the album features guest contributions by Imogen Heap and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett among others. It retains a breadth of vision that speaks not only to Mika's extraordinary melodic sensibilities but also to the incredible stories he tells within his songs.
Mika's "Blame It on the Girls" music video...
The video reportedly is directed by Meiert Avis and was premiered Saturday, October 3 in U.K. on Channel 4. "Blame It on the Girls" is taken from Mika's sophomore set "The Boy Who Knew That Much" which has arrived in stores since September.
Coming from production hands of Mika and Greg Wells (Katy Perry, Pink), the album features guest contributions by Imogen Heap and Final Fantasy's Owen Pallett among others. It retains a breadth of vision that speaks not only to Mika's extraordinary melodic sensibilities but also to the incredible stories he tells within his songs.
Mika's "Blame It on the Girls" music video...
- 10/5/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
'The whole theme is that everything comes to an end,' guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya says of the clip.
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Flyleaf's Lacey Mosely in "Again"
Photo: A&M/ Octone Records
Flyleaf are a band on the verge. Following the success of their self-titled 2005 debut (which moved 1 million copies), they are finally ready to release the follow-up, Memento Mori.
For the album's first single, the bracing rocker "Again," they teamed up with director Meiert Avis (who has helmed clips for a diverse list of artists, including Avril Lavigne, U2, Jack's Mannequin, Audioslave and Bruce Springsteen) for a video that acts as a statement of purpose for who they are and what they've been thinking about.
"The whole theme is that everything comes to an end," explained guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya, noting that their album title is a Latin phrase that loosely translates to "remember death." "But...
By Kyle Anderson, with reporting by Matt Elias
Flyleaf's Lacey Mosely in "Again"
Photo: A&M/ Octone Records
Flyleaf are a band on the verge. Following the success of their self-titled 2005 debut (which moved 1 million copies), they are finally ready to release the follow-up, Memento Mori.
For the album's first single, the bracing rocker "Again," they teamed up with director Meiert Avis (who has helmed clips for a diverse list of artists, including Avril Lavigne, U2, Jack's Mannequin, Audioslave and Bruce Springsteen) for a video that acts as a statement of purpose for who they are and what they've been thinking about.
"The whole theme is that everything comes to an end," explained guitarist Sameer Bhattacharya, noting that their album title is a Latin phrase that loosely translates to "remember death." "But...
- 9/30/2009
- MTV Music News
'We talk really openly and honestly about our struggles and about battling inner demons,' frontwoman Lacey says.
By James Montgomery
Flyleaf's Lacey
Photo: MTV News
Flyleaf have basically spent the past seven years on the road. Driven by a seemingly otherworldly determination, they've played hundreds of gigs (including shows in Afghanistan), logged thousands of miles and basically willed sales of their self-titled 2005 debut past the 1 million mark.
Not surprisingly, it hasn't exactly been a picnic.
"We've seen so, so much. Good times, really bad, really trying times, all of it," frontwoman Lacey said. "We've encountered near-death experiences and death experiences so often within these past few years that we've been reminded that we are mortal and our days our precious. That's what we've learned from all this, and that's the message we want to spread."
So, driven once again by that otherworldly determination, and buoyed by a newfound sense of purpose,...
By James Montgomery
Flyleaf's Lacey
Photo: MTV News
Flyleaf have basically spent the past seven years on the road. Driven by a seemingly otherworldly determination, they've played hundreds of gigs (including shows in Afghanistan), logged thousands of miles and basically willed sales of their self-titled 2005 debut past the 1 million mark.
Not surprisingly, it hasn't exactly been a picnic.
"We've seen so, so much. Good times, really bad, really trying times, all of it," frontwoman Lacey said. "We've encountered near-death experiences and death experiences so often within these past few years that we've been reminded that we are mortal and our days our precious. That's what we've learned from all this, and that's the message we want to spread."
So, driven once again by that otherworldly determination, and buoyed by a newfound sense of purpose,...
- 8/20/2009
- MTV Music News
Ashlee Simpson is joining the CW's "Melrose Place" update. This marks her return to a TV series since her big break on WB's "7th Heaven" back in 2002.The singer will place Melrose Place's newest resident called Violet who is, according to sources, a bright-eyed and shrewd girl form a small town who comes to L.A. with a secret. Her character has similaries to the original series' Sandy Harling character played back then bt Amy Locane.The Darren Star created version is produced by CBS Paramount Television. Simpson-Wentz was last seen in an episode of "CSI NY" and before that in the badly rated Meiert Avis directed "Undiscovered" for Lionsgate. ...
- 3/9/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
She's a New York model hoping to launch an acting career; he's a sensitive New York singer-songwriter looking to snag that elusive record deal. They both come to Los Angeles in search of their dreams and, in, the process end up finding each other.
That's the gist of Undiscovered, an entirely dispensable, soapy caricature of a love story that comes complete with a jukebox full of music industry cliches plus Ashlee Simpson's big feature film debut.
Unleashed by Lions Gate at a time of year when its target teen female audience is going to be preoccupied with back-to-school shopping, the film will unlikely be more than a blip on the boxoffice charts but is bound to pop up on an MTV or VH1 movie night, where it really belonged in the first place.
For his feature directorial debut, Irish video director Meiert Avis, whose body of work includes a number of defining U2 videos, including the Grammy-winning Where the Streets Have No Name, returns to that clip's L.A. setting, albeit one where, thanks to John Galt's script, characters have Spelling-ready names like Brier Tucket and Luke Falcon.
The former, played by Pell James, is the fresh-scrubbed aspiring actress, and the latter, played by Steven Strait, is the hunky, brooding musician who shares an apartment with a bulldog who rides a wicked skateboard (played by Tyson the Skateboarding Bulldog).
It's meaningful glances at first sight for Brier and Luke, but there are the inevitable complications. Brier is theoretically still involved with Mick (Stephen Moyer), a philandering British rocker with an appetite for twin groupies, and she has promised her brassy surrogate mom of an agent (Carrie Fisher) not to make the same mistake again.
Also, in a bid to generate a little career buzz for Luke, Brier and her new best friend, Clea (a subdued, unadorned Simpson), enlist the help of Josie (Shannyn Sossamon), a paparazzi magnet of a Brazilian model, and the resulting media attention doesn't go unnoticed by Garrett Schweck (Fisher Stevens), an obnoxious record producer who signs Luke to his label.
In an attempt to keep it real, the production takes advantage of such locales as the Mint and the Troubadour, but though the location scouts have come up with something more welcome than the usual stock shots of the Hollywood sign, the scripting lends it all the gritty authenticity of a temporary tattoo.
Throughout it all, the young actors emote meaningfully, while the older actors, including Peter Weller as a legendary impresario who dispenses Bob Evans-worthy nuggets of wisdom from behind his sunglasses, appear to have been left to their own, character-driven devices.
Now if you could have spent the entire 90 minutes just hanging with that skateboarding bulldog, you would have got yourself a movie.
Undiscovered
Lions Gate
Credits: Director: Meiert Avis
Screenwriter: John Galt
Producers: Michael Burns, Bic Tran, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Ohoven
Executive producers: Joe Simpson, Michael Paseornek
Eberhard Kayser, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Harley Tannenbaum, Jordan Schur
Director of photography: Danny Hiele
Production designer: Philip Duffin
Editor: David Codron
Costume designer: Jen Rade
Cast:
Brier Tucket: Pell James
Luke Falcon: Steven Strait
Euan Falcon: Kip Pardue
Carrie: Carrie Fisher
Clea: Ashlee Simpson
Josie: Shannyn Sossamon
Mick Benson: Stephen Moyer
Garret Schweck: Fisher Stevens
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 97 minutes...
That's the gist of Undiscovered, an entirely dispensable, soapy caricature of a love story that comes complete with a jukebox full of music industry cliches plus Ashlee Simpson's big feature film debut.
Unleashed by Lions Gate at a time of year when its target teen female audience is going to be preoccupied with back-to-school shopping, the film will unlikely be more than a blip on the boxoffice charts but is bound to pop up on an MTV or VH1 movie night, where it really belonged in the first place.
For his feature directorial debut, Irish video director Meiert Avis, whose body of work includes a number of defining U2 videos, including the Grammy-winning Where the Streets Have No Name, returns to that clip's L.A. setting, albeit one where, thanks to John Galt's script, characters have Spelling-ready names like Brier Tucket and Luke Falcon.
The former, played by Pell James, is the fresh-scrubbed aspiring actress, and the latter, played by Steven Strait, is the hunky, brooding musician who shares an apartment with a bulldog who rides a wicked skateboard (played by Tyson the Skateboarding Bulldog).
It's meaningful glances at first sight for Brier and Luke, but there are the inevitable complications. Brier is theoretically still involved with Mick (Stephen Moyer), a philandering British rocker with an appetite for twin groupies, and she has promised her brassy surrogate mom of an agent (Carrie Fisher) not to make the same mistake again.
Also, in a bid to generate a little career buzz for Luke, Brier and her new best friend, Clea (a subdued, unadorned Simpson), enlist the help of Josie (Shannyn Sossamon), a paparazzi magnet of a Brazilian model, and the resulting media attention doesn't go unnoticed by Garrett Schweck (Fisher Stevens), an obnoxious record producer who signs Luke to his label.
In an attempt to keep it real, the production takes advantage of such locales as the Mint and the Troubadour, but though the location scouts have come up with something more welcome than the usual stock shots of the Hollywood sign, the scripting lends it all the gritty authenticity of a temporary tattoo.
Throughout it all, the young actors emote meaningfully, while the older actors, including Peter Weller as a legendary impresario who dispenses Bob Evans-worthy nuggets of wisdom from behind his sunglasses, appear to have been left to their own, character-driven devices.
Now if you could have spent the entire 90 minutes just hanging with that skateboarding bulldog, you would have got yourself a movie.
Undiscovered
Lions Gate
Credits: Director: Meiert Avis
Screenwriter: John Galt
Producers: Michael Burns, Bic Tran, Marco Mehlitz, Michael Ohoven
Executive producers: Joe Simpson, Michael Paseornek
Eberhard Kayser, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Harley Tannenbaum, Jordan Schur
Director of photography: Danny Hiele
Production designer: Philip Duffin
Editor: David Codron
Costume designer: Jen Rade
Cast:
Brier Tucket: Pell James
Luke Falcon: Steven Strait
Euan Falcon: Kip Pardue
Carrie: Carrie Fisher
Clea: Ashlee Simpson
Josie: Shannyn Sossamon
Mick Benson: Stephen Moyer
Garret Schweck: Fisher Stevens
MPAA rating PG-13
Running time -- 97 minutes...
As three new wide releases opened in the late summer milieu, Universal's The 40-Year-Old Virgin lived up to its reviews and exit poll numbers and captured first place for the second consecutive weekend. The R-rated comedy, starring Steve Carell and directed by Judd Apatow, racked up $16.3 million -- dropping a slim 24% from its debut. Virgin scored well in exit polls, and a high majority of its reviews were positive. The late-summer hit has gleaned $48.6 million after 10 days in release. Dimension's The Brothers Grimm held sway in the second spot with a debut of $15.1 million. The fantasy-horror film from director Terry Gilliam, starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger, opened in 3,087 theaters and arrived at the low end of the area expected. The weekend's two other newcomers -- Screen Gems' The Cave and Lions Gate's Undiscovered -- each had disappointing bows, with Undiscovered receiving the worst of it. The Cave arrived in the fifth spot with $6.1 million, while Undiscovered debuted in the 20th position with a $676,048 from 1,304 sites -- averaging a meager $518 per theater. Pell James and Ashlee Simpson star in Undiscovered, directed by Meiert Avis.
- 8/30/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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