The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier - The Raconteurs – Broken Boy Soldier

What this video is

Released in September 2006 as the third single from The Raconteurs' debut album Broken Boy Soldiers (XL Recordings, May 2006) — itself a landmark of the mid-2000s garage rock revival led by Jack White. The band, formed in 2005 by White and Brendan Benson alongside Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of The Greenhornes, represented the supergroup model at its creative peak. The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best…

Why it matters

Emblematic of the mid-2000s garage rock revival's visual language: raw energy channeled through artisanal, handcrafted aesthetics rather than digital spectacle. The video reinforces The Raconteurs' positioning as classicist rock revivalists while demonstrating that the era's leading music video…

The director

Italian-Canadian director and photographer (b. 1965, Pescara, Italy; raised Hamilton, Ontario). Studied painting and illustration at Ontario College of Art and Design; graduated 1987. Transitioned from fashion photography to music video direction via The…