Velvet Revolver - She Builds Quick Machines

What this video is

Released May 2007 as the lead single from Velvet Revolver's second album Libertad, this video arrives at the twilight of the mid-2000s hard rock supergroup moment. The band — comprising former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum alongside Dave Kushner and Stone Temple Pilots vocalist Scott Weiland — embodied the commercial apex of legacy-rock recombination. The video's spaghetti western /…

Why it matters

Represents the apex of mid-2000s hard rock supergroup video production: a fully cinematic, stunt-driven, narrative-heavy treatment funded at major-label scale (RCA Records). The spaghetti western aesthetic synthesizes American rock mythology with Sergio Leone visual grammar, functioning as a…

The director

Dean Karr (born 22 February 1965, Seattle, WA) is an LA-based American photographer, music video, commercial, and film director. He attended Washington State University (BFA) and Art Center College of Design, Pasadena. His 1996 Marilyn Manson 'Sweet Dreams'…