Alter Bridge - Broken Wings

What this video is

Released in 2005 as the third single from Alter Bridge's debut album One Day Remains (Wind-Up Records, August 2004), 'Broken Wings' arrived during a transitional moment in mainstream rock when post-grunge acts were increasingly producing high-budget, cinematic music videos to compete for MTV2 and active rock radio placement. The video's casting of Paul Guilfoyle—then a prominent face on CBS's top-rated CSI: Crime…

Why it matters

Represents the apex of mid-2000s post-grunge video production values: narrative-driven, high-concept, actor-cast, and director-branded. Typifies the Wind-Up Records aesthetic of cinematic storytelling over pure performance footage. As a Dean Karr production, the video is a document of the…

The director

Seattle-born director and photographer; BFA from Washington State University (1988); attended Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. In 2000, co-founded The Mine LLC, a Los Angeles-based commercial and music video production company. Known for a dark,…