WEAK13 – You Don’t Love Me – Write up
The 8th music video for British band WEAK13 titled You Don’t Love Me was filmed in 2011, produced by Nick J.Townsend and directed by young filmmaker Martyn Kilvert with the assistance of his brother Daniel Kilvert. It was all shot in one day and it was a big challenge for Nick, Neel and Wesley to set up.
“We had to gather about 80 people of different looks, who were all notified 30 days leading up to the shoot, to meet up at one location within a 3 hour period. The location was Base Studios in Stourbridge England. The music video had to be filmed infront of a real crowd and then inbetween takes a boxing ring was assembled next to the stage where a mock fight club style boxing match took place. Most of the extras cast for the music video were either musicians, models or close friends of the band. It was a very talented crowd as some big names in UK underground music were on set to make cameo appearences in the music video. These include band members from Eight Great Fears, Left For Red, Mudball, Through The Ruins, Isolated Atoms, Spearmint 6, Frozen Theory and Last Judgement. Plus solo artists and diva’s Becky Rose and Laura Broad. There were many British alternative models on set including Raven Brookes and Roze Thorn, plus a real full-time professional Dominatrix by the name of Mistress Satine. It was a fun day on set and I think the music video shows a lot of that”
- Nick J.Townsend
There was also a guest appearence at the beginning of the music video from USA radio broadcaster Annie Christ who does an intro for the band music video. In the crowd of the music video was another radio broadcaster, Andy O’Hare from the BBC. The WEAK13 tune You Don’t Love Me was recorded by producer and engineer David Davies
One of the funniest scenes in the You Don’t Love Me music video was the mock fight sequence involving a man being beaten to death by a black 24 inch rubber cock. Also, during the filming of the fight scene Bassplayer Wesley Smith instead of joining in kissed almost everyone on set in the boxing ring including former stage actress Margaret Williams who appears in the music video wearing a 70′s afro wig.
The music video You Don’t Love Me for British band WEAK13 was filmed at a rehearsal and live recording studio called Base Studios which is located in Stourbridge England. The photos here were taken by photographers David Morley and Stephen Owens. The finished music video can be seen here below on YouTube
Behind the scenes
The painter who appears in the official You Don’t Love Me music video is the artist Mike Flight who many years ago was Nick J.Townsend’s former art teacher at College. He was invited by Nick to take part in the music video as he’d been very inspiring to him during his late teeneage years and wanted to say thanks back by allowing him to show others what he does best – Art.
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SPECIAL MOCK ‘LIVE’ VERSION of YOU DON’T LOVE ME
Months before the You Don’t Love Me music video was made, a mock live music video of the same song was created before the official music video was filmed. It was shot and directed by horror filmmaker Thomas Lee Rutter who previous directed the DNA music video for Weak13. It was only made as a quick bit of extra fun whilst waiting to start filming the official music video for You Don’t Love Me. The mock LIVE music video features alternative model Raven Brookes and engineer Ian ‘Crazy Mule’ who recorded the entire ‘Live Ammo‘ album for Weak13.
The mock LIVE music video can be seen below on YouTube.
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