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'Numbskull' Promo Video
Directed by: Darran Tiernan | Filmed In New York, Winter 1999
Video Review
The controversial 'Numbskull' video shocked many fans upon its release, with its disturbing content of drugs, sex and self-mutilation, and destroyed Tim pretty pop boy image. Director Darran Tiernan said of the video in 1999:
"The video was filmed at the Gramercy Park Hotel in Manhattan, New York City, in room 1504 over a 24-hour period. The inspiration for the video came about during several conversations between Tim and myself. The ideas was to deconstruct Tim's present image to look at him under a lens in a completely different light. The song of course is the main inspiration. Taking the raw primal scream and relentless musical power as starting points. It's a lost weekend. It's basically about being wild and free."
What Ash Say
Tim went AWOL in NYC, exorcised a few demons and 'Killed Bambi' in this self made shocker which was swiftly banned. MTV used it as an example of, "what not to do" in seminars with young directors! Inspired the slogan, 'Real Drugs, Real Blood, Real Sex' which backed our T-shirts at that years Glastonbury.
Mark Hamilton added: "I think all the hype about the video is stupid. I think it's an artistic masterpiece promoting a healthy 'back to basics' moral stance.
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