Backyard Babies - Minus Celsius (Video)

What this video is

Released as the lead single from Stockholm Syndrome (2003), 'Minus Celsius' arrived at a cultural inflection point for Swedish hard rock: Backyard Babies had spent over a decade popularising sleaze rock in Scandinavia and now targeted international rock radio via a Los Angeles-shot video helmed by a director embedded in the American hard rock visual establishment. The single charted Top 2 in Sweden and earned the…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of early-2000s Scandinavian sleaze rock crossover. Backyard Babies are widely credited as the primary popularisers of sleaze rock in Sweden and Scandinavia, and 'Minus Celsius' is their most recognisable international single — later featured as a playable bonus track in Guitar…

The director

Dean Karr (born 22 February 1965, Seattle, Washington) is a Los Angeles-based American photographer and director of music videos, commercials, and films. He holds a BFA from Washington State University and also attended the Art Center College of Design in…