The Black Crowes - High Head Blues

What this video is

Released in 1995 from the 1994 album Amorica, 'High Head Blues' appeared during a period when The Black Crowes were actively resisting mainstream alternative rock trends. Amorica was a psychedelic, blues-soaked statement of creative independence, with the band having previously appeared on the cover of High Times magazine and performed at cannabis-culture events. The surrealist alien-abduction video, helmed during…

Why it matters

This video is a significant artifact of mid-90s Southern rock's psychedelic turn, documenting The Black Crowes' Amorica-era aesthetic and an early Michel Gondry commission outside the European art-pop sphere. It bridges blues-rock subculture and surrealist art-video traditions at a moment when the…

The director

Michel Gondry (born May 8, 1963, Versailles, France) is a French filmmaker, screenwriter, and musician. He began directing music videos for his Paris art-school rock band Oui Oui before Björk selected him to direct 'Human Behaviour' (1993), launching his…