Love And Rockets - ＂No New Tale To Tell＂

What this video is

Released in 1987 on Beggars Banquet Records, 'No New Tale to Tell' emerged during a period when UK post-punk bands were broadening their sonic palette for mainstream accessibility without entirely abandoning their underground identities. Love and Rockets — formed from the ashes of Bauhaus — represented the post-goth pivot toward melodic, acoustic-tinged alternative rock. The song's appearance on 'Earth, Sun, Moon'…

Why it matters

A pivotal example of late-80s UK post-punk's acoustic crossover moment, 'No New Tale to Tell' bridged Bauhaus-lineage gothic rock with folk-influenced indie pop. Its MTV traction demonstrated that alternative acts from the UK goth/post-punk scene could achieve US rock radio viability, directly…

The director

Tony van den Ende is a British-based music video director, filmmaker, and photographer whose career spans from the early 1980s through the 2000s. He directed over 92 music video credits across multiple genres. Notable works include A Flock of Seagulls' 'I…