Filipino directs hardcore group Dead
Cross’ brutal cockfight video
by rick olivares
Filipino filmmaker Dennis
Bersales just finished working on American hardcore band, Dead Cross’ new music
video for “Obedience School”, the first single from their self-titled debut
album that will be out on the 4th of August.
Bersales who previously directed a
video for another hardcore band, Retox, once more got the nod for the first
video of Dead Cross, the hardcore-metal supergroup whose members come from
Retox (guitarist Mike Crain and bassist Justin Pearson), Faith No More
(vocalist Mike Patton), and Slayer (drummer Dave Lombardo).
“Obedience School” brings the
viewer front and center for a brutal cock fight.
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| Dennis Bersales |
“With regards to the video, it has
a project idea that I had quite some ago,” related Bersales. “I even started out
with a photo essay of the cockfights a few years ago to get better idea. “But
recently Dead Cross contacted me to about creating a video for them for their
debut album.”
“I have worked on a number of
projects for one of the band members before,” pointed out Bersales. “We
brainstormed ideas together and settled on this. I was happy about it because I
have been wanting to document aspects cockfighting for quite some time.
The band was happy with the outcome and we will continue to work together. This
was shot in Cebu and in documentary style. There will be follow up video soon
but I plan to shoot more footage first and will edit it in a different style.”
The Academy of Art University (in
San Francisco) alumnus previously directed Retox’s video for “Without Money, We’d
All Be Rich” that featured some young Filipino kids watching two spiders fight
in a cemetery. For Dead Cross’ single, Bersales depicted in stark black and
white, a cock fight, that matches the brutal music of the American band.
In an interview with American
magazine, Fader, Bersales talked about his unusual “subjects” for his music
videos: “This is just one of the many quirks of the Philippines that I have
been trying to share in my work these past few years.”
Bersales also directed a pair of
videos for electro-noise outfit, All Leather that also featured Justin Pearson.
“Dead Cross” will be released by
Ipecac Records that is co-owned by Mike Patton and recording label veteran Greg
Werckman.
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