AMERICAN HEARTBREAK Completes New Video

San Francisco-based quintet AMERICAN HEARTBREAK — co-founded by Billy Rowe, onetime guitarist for JETBOY, and featuring former EXODUS bassist Michael Butler — have posted a video for the song "The Last of the Superheroes (of the 1970s)" — the first single from their new self-titled album — at this location.

The video — shot and directed by Bam 13 Films — was filmed at The Arrow, a San Francisco rock bar, as well as the band's own rehearsal space. Guitarist Billy Rowe comments on the shoot: "The song lyrically pays tribute to some of our true rock 'n' roll heroes of the 1970s, which gave us the idea to include animated images of old 8-track players, platform shoes, cool cars and more, along with a mocking intro of the classic '70s late-night TV show, 'Don Kirshner's Rock Concert'. The video starts off with an introduction of the band from bass player Michael Butler portraying the late night host. Dressed in an oversized jean leisure suit coat with a nicely combed-over hairdo and a dry personality, the video is hilarious from the start!

"A few good friends, girlfriends and family members gave us their Sunday afternoon time as our audience for the live footage along with our good pal Mick Cripps (who's best known as rhythm guitarist with the original L.A. GUNS) as the creepy door guy who denies the band to enter the club and then gets flashed by AMERICAN HEARTBREAK's album cover model, Justine Nelson, as the band then sneaks past him. Justine is also seen again throughout the video in some great scenes of her blowing bubbles with images of each band member inside, along with her go-go dancing in her little stars and stripes bikini. The end result is a good fun rock n' roll video with a bit of sex and comedy. We had a blast making it and look forward to filming the next one."

As previously reported, AMERICAN HEARTBREAK's self-titled album was released in Japan this week through Big M.F./B-Gram Records, and the band will perform its first-ever Japanese concerts this fall.