Inexperienced Day have shared the official music video for his or her newest single ‘Corvette Summer season’, starring Mark Hamill. Watch beneath.
The band teased the “turbo-charged” visuals for the ‘Saviors’ music final week, confirming that they would seem alongside Star Wars legend Hamill and actor/comic Hannibal Buress.
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“Rev up these engines, the ‘Corvette Summer season’ music video is right here and it’s one wild trip!!” Inexperienced Day mentioned in an announcement, earlier than occurring to elucidate the idea of the brand new clip.
“The music was named after one in all our favorite cult traditional motion pictures [1978 adventure comedy Corvette Summer], so it solely made sense to pay homage to it with the music video,” they wrote.
“We even took issues one step additional and acquired Mark Hamill – who starred within the unique [as Kenneth W. Dantley Jr.] – to star in our remake alongside us, Hannibal Buress, and a few others.”
The trio continued: “We blew the whole funds on them, so we needed to get inventive with cardboard packing containers, some duct tape and matchbox vehicles we present in Tre’s basement. Directed by the dynamic duo Ryan Baxley & Brendan Walter. Buckle up, and benefit from the trip!”
The low-budget-style visuals start at Coma Metropolis Junior Excessive College the place a category are sharing what they acquired as much as over the summer season. Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool and Mike Dirnt – who painting college students – inform their instructor (Buress) that they made a video, and play a VHS of it for his or her classmates.
Later, we see Armstrong and Cool steal Dirnt’s purple Corvette. The latter band member then tells the police what occurred, however they reply: “Sorry, son. That automobile’s midway to Canada by now.”
The annoyed bassist ultimately joins forces with Hamill, and the pair handle to retrieve the car. Armstrong and Cool vow to “increase it again” earlier than they find yourself enjoying a recreation of rooster with Dirnt and Hamill within the desert.
You’ll be able to watch all of it unfold within the video above.
In a four-star assessment of ‘Saviors’, NME famous that ‘Corvette Summer season’ “channels AC/DC and Skinny Lizzy rock’n’roll hedonism”.
Inexperienced Day launched into the UK and European leg of their ‘Saviors’ stadium tour earlier this summer season, and are scheduled to start the North American leg subsequent week. Find any remaining tickets here.
NME gave Inexperienced Day’s present in Manchester final month a full 5 stars, writing: “With Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, The Smashing Pumpkins and Weezer all enjoying UK reveals over the month, it’s an understatement to say rock followers are spoilt for alternative.
“The decide of the bunch, nonetheless, would possibly simply be Inexperienced Day’s ‘Saviors’ tour: combining class, youthfulness and scruffy punk anthems right into a trademark stadium-rock occasion.”
