Seether - Broken ft. Amy Lee

What this video is

Released on 19 April 2004 and included on both The Punisher (2004) Marvel film soundtrack and Seether's Disclaimer II, 'Broken' represents a pivotal moment in early-2000s mainstream rock where post-grunge South African band Seether achieved their widest commercial reach through an acoustic duet with Amy Lee of Evanescence — then one of rock's most prominent female voices. The single peaked at #20 on the US…

Why it matters

A landmark crossover document of post-grunge transitioning from aggressive distortion toward acoustic balladry for mainstream pop radio. The inter-band collaboration between Seether and Evanescence's Amy Lee exemplifies the 2003–2005 phenomenon of gothic-inflected rock reaching Billboard Adult…

The director

Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England) is a British-American music video director and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. Trained in architecture at the University of Bath, he entered the music industry via Stiff Records before…