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outTunes: Shiny Toy Guns, "Ghost Town"


Goth pop-dance outfit Shiny Toy Guns may not have any gay members, but they've got a long history with gay audiences. Proudly gender-bending, the band has been featured on The L Word and even played the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco and has spoken out many times in defense of gay issues.

Well aside from all that, these kids know how to give good video. Check out the ghoulishly inventive animated video for "Ghost Town", their latest single. Oh, did I mention that it was created by out illustrator Glen Hanson, who brought us the sassy Chelsea Boys comic?

J.Kie's picture

Love the song love the video

Shiny Toy Gun's has always been on my radar (I almost bought a razor 2 because they used the song in that ad, despite it being a crap phone) and this video is awesome. 2 thumbs way up. 

-Chaotic/Devient-

woodroad34's picture

Looks Like Glen Hanson's Work

I love Chelsea Boys and our local station KNBC (Los Angeles) has been showing snipets of this video on their local promos. I've been wondering what that was all about and now I get to see the full video. Very Interesting.
Insideguy's picture

It looks a little too Anime

To be Glen Hanson's work.  His art work is more sculptural.  These look like 2-D drawings pulled over backgrounds.  I can see, however, why you would see a similarity, especially in the facial features.   I went an opeming of Glen's work here in LA and I know he is trying to develop an animated TV show involving his work.

That's all I am saying... 

INSIDEGUY

Campion's picture

Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B22ZigDgHM

Youtube link for those of us geo blocked by the version Brian posted.

Insideguy, Glenn Hanson is listed as the Video Director under the Info section at Youtube.

 

 

Shizuma's picture

Kind of reminds me

of Metalocalypse. Really cool.
DigitalLux's picture

Hrmm

Ah yes, I saw them at Folsom along with the Presents (who were absolutely amazing)...but I had to walk away and go watch Berlinwhen they started playing a cover of Depeche Mode's "Stripped". I have a total crush on the male singer though (well I did when I saw them...he seems very chameleon-like with his appearance not always to pleasing results).

I am so hot and cold with this band. About half of their songs appeal to me while the rest fall really flat. This song here is along the lines of the former, though the video doesn't really seem to do them any justice - they're not very goth in any regards with the exception of maaayyybe the keyboardist applying too much black make-up....

uytyt's picture

  Can anyone create an oil

 

Can anyone create an oil painting for sale using Disney Toys as a subject?

fisher price toys


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