Morrissey - November Spawned A Monster

What this video is

Released April 1990 on His Master's Voice (UK) and Sire Records (US), 'November Spawned a Monster' arrived during Morrissey's most commercially and critically fertile solo period, two years after the dissolution of The Smiths. The song engaged directly with disability, bodily deformity, and social exclusion — themes that generated polarised critical reception, with some journalists accusing Morrissey of mockery and…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of British post-punk solo auteurism, the video exemplifies the 1990 alternative rock music video as poetic performance document rather than narrative illustration. Its refusal to represent the song's disabled subject visually — opting instead for an abstract, body-centred solo…

The director

Tim Broad (1955–1993) was a British music video director and cinematographer, best known for his extensive creative collaboration with Morrissey. He directed videos for The Smiths ('Girlfriend in a Coma', 'Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before')…