The Ex-Bombers – “He’s a Bad, Bad Man” – Official Music Video (w/ Jeremiah Plunkett [NWA])
After 14 years of being a vinyl-only cult band, The Ex-Bombers released their first digital single with “He’s a Bad, Bad Man.” It represents the first time the fabulous rock n roll duo brought their unique garage / blues / psychedelic / glam rock sound to a global audience and it resonated. It received substantial radio play (over 400 stations in 33 countries) on notable shows like “Sound Opinions” (where it was named the #1 hot song of the summer by legendary rock critic Jim DeRogatis), the Mike Rogers show, Estación Rock, The Hard, Heavy & Hair Show, Whole Lotta Shakin’, Bont, Mr Rocks Show, Voix de Garage, and dozens of incredible garage / psych / punk / glam specialty shows. It quickly became a highlight of live shows as audiences shouted along with the utterly infectious chorus.
The song is dirty, sleazy, and oh so catchy; everything that a great rock song should be so it made perfect sense when professional wrestler Jeremiah Plunkett (the National Wrestling Alliance Mid America champion) started using it as his ring entrance music. When it came time to make a music video, The Ex-Bombers reached out to Plunkett, who had been using the song at all of his matches for Billy Corgan’s National Wrestling Alliance. The result is a wild and compelling New Hollywood style story shot in the dirty streets of Murfreesboro, TN about the actions of one bad, bad man.
The music video is part New Hollywood and part Guy Ritchie film featuring the A-story of the bad, bad man (played by Jeremiah Plunkett) and the contrasting performances of the garage rock pair extraordinaire The Ex-Bombers (Keri “Kitty” Cousins on drums & lead vocals and S.M. Nancy Walus on electric 8-string bass & backing vocals). The A-story takes place in the seediest places of Murfreesboro and uses vectors that go left to right (when the bad, bad man is on a mission) and right to left (in moments of choice). The performance by The Ex-Bombers takes place in two contrasting spaces, a leather-clad world in some twisted cabaret with flowing left to right dolly shots, and an infinite white space where Cousins is the sole occupant.
In addition to Jeremiah Plunkett, it also features other notable professional wrestlers Frank Wyatt (Zero1 USA world champion), Chris Norte (NWA Main Event), and a wrestler they are not allowed to mention. The video and world were produced and constructed by The Ex-Bombers, it was directed by S.M. Nancy Walus, dolly camera operation done by Josh Grube (Is In the Heart), and the leather was all DKNY.
If you would like behind the scenes photos and more information about The Ex-Bombers, visit www.theexbombers.com, join their free electronic monthly mailer, or follow @theexbombers wherever you get social. If you really like what they do, support their mission buy picking up a shirt, record, CD, or other magic ephemera (all shipped directly from the band, going to a live date, or putting a few dollars in their tip jar to make the next record / music video happen sooner than later.
Instruments used: 1960s Trixon Telstar drums, 1960s Hagstrom 8-string bass model H8, Kustom 2×15 cabinet, Sovtek MiG 60 Russian-made tube amplifier.
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