Great White House of Broken Love Full Version - Great White House of Broken Love Full Version

What this video is

Released in 1989 at the commercial apex of the Los Angeles glam metal movement, 'House of Broken Love' captures Great White at what Songfacts describes as 'a high-water mark for the band,' having produced two multi-Platinum albums from the Sunset Strip hard rock scene. The video's desert Southwest aesthetic — sun-bleached, warm, and naturalistic — distinguishes it from the more theatrically artificial studio-bound…

Why it matters

Represents the mature, blues-inflected strand of late-1980s hard rock that distinguished Great White from purely image-driven glam acts. The full-length video format (5:58 album cut) — rare for MTV rotation — signals artistic confidence. Nigel Dick's direction bridges commercial rock video…

The director

Born 21 March 1953 in Catterick, North Yorkshire, England; BSc Architecture, University of Bath (1976). Worked at Stiff Records before relocating to Los Angeles, where he co-founded Propaganda Films (mid-1980s) alongside David Fincher and others. Has…