Red Hot Chili Peppers - Brendan's Death Song [Extended Music Video]

What this video is

Released June–August 2012 as the fifth and final single from RHCP's tenth studio album I'm With You (2011), 'Brendan's Death Song' is a tribute to Brendan Mullen, founder of The Masque punk club in late-1970s Hollywood and a pivotal early supporter of the band. Mullen died in October 2009 on the very first day the band rehearsed with new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, making the song a founding artifact of that…

Why it matters

Represents a rare introspective register for RHCP within their funk-rock canon—an acoustic-leaning, mournful ballad elevated by the video's jazz-funeral framework. The extended video format (5:35 vs. album's ~5:54) and single-day New Orleans location shoot demonstrate early 2010s major-label…

The director

American music video director and NYU Tisch School of the Arts graduate. Has directed over 200 music videos for artists including Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foo Fighters, Britney Spears, Aerosmith, and Wiz Khalifa. Founded Rockhard Films, a…