Nancy Boy - Deep Sleep Motel

What this video is

Released in 1996 on Elektra Records, 'Deep Sleep Motel' arrived as the lead single from Nancy Boy's self-titled second album, a record deliberately positioned against the grunge-saturated American alternative landscape. Formed by Donovan Leitch and Jason Nesmith—sons of 1960s rock icons Donovan and Michael Nesmith respectively—the band channeled David Bowie, T. Rex, Duran Duran, Blur, and Suede into a distinctly…

Why it matters

A rare American-originated neo-glam artifact released during Britpop's commercial apex, 'Deep Sleep Motel' documents the genre's transatlantic tension: LA bands adopting UK-inflected Bowie/T.Rex/Blur aesthetics while competing in a post-Nirvana market. The Coppola-directed video is an early…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and music video director. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he began his career on his father's productions and in the 1990s established…