Sixx：A.M. - We Will Not Go Quietly

What this video is

Released October 14, 2016, 'We Will Not Go Quietly' arrived during a politically and socially charged U.S. election cycle, lending its outsider-anthem messaging particular resonance. The track served as the lead single from Sixx:A.M.'s fifth studio album Vol. 2, Prayers For The Blessed — one half of a dual-volume release strategy that reflected the band's deliberate effort to deliver maximum creative output after…

Why it matters

Represents mid-2010s arena hard rock's engagement with social and political anthemic songwriting, channeling call-to-action messaging through stadium-scale production. The Wayne Isham live-capture approach positions this video as a document of the concert-film tradition applied to the digital…

The director

Wayne Isham (born December 2, 1958, Vinita, Oklahoma) is an American music video and film director with over 150 credits since the 1980s. A UC Santa Barbara alumnus, he built his reputation directing arena rock acts including Metallica, Bon Jovi, Mötley…