Warrant - Big Talk

What this video is

Released in 1989 at the commercial zenith of the Los Angeles Sunset Strip glam metal movement, 'Big Talk' belongs to Warrant's debut campaign on Columbia Records. The album Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich reached #10 on the Billboard 200 and the band maintained near-permanent MTV rotation. The video's satirical depiction of a corrupt, amoral music industry executive — drawn directly from the album's Mark Ryden…

Why it matters

Represents a late-cycle glam metal music video that pushes beyond the standard performance-only format by incorporating a satirical narrative villain, anticipating the more concept-driven hard rock videos that would follow as the genre matured into the early 1990s. Charted #30 Mainstream Rock and…