Videos: Music Videos

BENTMEN are legendary and notorious for their apocalyptic live shows, a sonic and visual assault on the senses. Since 1983, BENTMEN have been thrilling and bewildering audiences with their intense tribal drumming, pyrotechnic guitars and mind-bending immersive theatrics. This special presentation, featuring performances from our most recent appearances, along with rare and previously unreleased footage, is an all-new, career-spanning retrospective. Edited by Frank Coleman with Bill Desmond (c) 2020 Sound Museum Records For more, visit bentmen.com BENTMEN Des - Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond - Keyboards, Guitar Crazy Eddie Nowik - Guitar Scott Collins - Guitar George Hall - Guitar Andrew Padua - Bass Geoff Chase - Drums Frank Coleman - Drums, Multimedia Paul Robicheau - Drums Chris Burbul - Backing Vocals, Crowd Agitation Officer Ross Kennedy - Crowd Agitation Officer Tracey Stark - Crowd Agitation Officer Alumni and co-conspirators: Woody Trenholm Reeves Gabrels Adrian Belew Dark Mark White Jeff Friedman Dave Tronzo Greg McMullen Keith "Kato" Martinelli Ken Winokur Larry Dersch Larry Harvey Matthew Gruenberg Patty Barkas Scott Getchell Tom Hall Cynthia von Buhler Leesa Coyne and many more

SECRET AGENT is original music in the Spy genre, an exciting, highly danceable mashup of electronica, psychedelia, lounge and surf, all mixed together like enemy agents in a vat of piranhas. This set was livestreamed as part of a benefit for ONCE Somerville (https://www.oncesomerville.com/virtual-venue/). Includes the previously unreleased bonus track, "Istanbul." No, not Constantinople. More at http://secretagentband.com

Plight of the Planemo is the first of three songs in the story that is "Project Serpo" the debut EP from Jacksonville, FL based Surf Rock band The Surfer Novas.

Music and Graphics by Frank Coleman. I took the largest print I could find of Jackson Pollock's "Summertime 9a," broke it out by color spectrum in Photoshop, exported the pieces as separate PNGs with transparent backgrounds, imported those into a virtual reality environment (Tilt Brush), built a “room” out of the pieces in 360 space, then did a fly-thru, in one unbroken five minute take, using Tilt Brush's handheld virtual camera, which saves it out as standard 720p video. So it's "shot on location" inside VR. The music came from an undeveloped song idea I wrote for Satellite Paradiso a few years ago. Everything you hear is me, multi-tracked, all from one keyboard. For more, visit http://frank-coleman.com

Killing Joke - Money is Not Our God (Babylon Dub by Youth) from the album "In Dub" Visuals by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with Microdose VR

SATELLITE PARADISO - ANGELIC From the critically acclaimed first album. Buy it now on iTunes: http://apple.co/28R8UcI or Amazon: http://amzn.to/28UoO8H Fred Schreck - Vocals John Ashton - Guitars Paul Garisto - Drums Sara Lee - Bass Mars Williams - Sax Amanda Kramer - Keys Written, Arranged, Engineered & Produced By John Ashton Lyrics By Fred Schreck Mixed By Anthony Molina & John Ashton Mastered By Anthony Molina Video by Frank Coleman (c) 2014 Original Sound Recording (p) 2014 Super Anti Hero All Rights Reserved For more, visit http://SatelliteParadiso.com

John Ashton formerly of The Psychedelic Furs brings his new band to the Iridium. Check out our VLOG Episode 1 an interview with John Ashton before the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gH1vN8vFoI Video and Audio produced by Lance McVickar for Iridium Live

John Ashton formerly of The Psychedelic Furs brings his new band to the Iridium. Check out our VLOG Episode 1 an interview with John Ashton before the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gH1vN8vFoI Video and Audio produced by Lance McVickar for Iridium Live

SATELLITE PARADISO - TOUCH THE SKY From the critically acclaimed first album. Buy it now on iTunes: http://apple.co/28R8UcI or Amazon: http://amzn.to/28UoO8H Fred Schreck - Vocals. John Ashton - Guitars, Samples, Loops. Frank Coleman - Drums, Tablas, Piano. Gail Ann Dorsey - Bass. Duncan Kilburn - Sax. Jo Quail - Cello. Roger Morris - Additional Guitar. Written, Arranged, Produced and Engineered by John Ashton. Lyrics by Fred Schreck. Video by Dave Furneaux. Through the windows of a foreign train Look around Look around Destinations with unfamiliar names At the speed of sound Nowhere bound In the distance I see lighted signs Advertising the life I want to leave behind Looking forward to the other side Where no one can sell you Night falling and I see Apollo rise Hand into heaven Turn away with a heavy sigh How can I Touch the sky? I lay back in my seat and dream No way of knowing Where this foreign train is taking me Taking me Taking me Touch the sky (c) 2014 Interstellar Sound. Original Sound Recording (p) 2014 Super Anti Hero. All Rights Reserved. Satellite Paradiso is the new all-star music project from John Ashton, formerly of The Psychedelic Furs. Featuring past and present members of David Bowie; Iggy Pop; Killing Joke; Gang Of Four; Mercury Rev; X-Ray Spex; Lou Reed; The Ancients; The Bentmen and of course, The Psychedelic Furs... For more info, visit http://satelliteparadiso.com

Written by Scott Collins, VR graphics by Frank Coleman. Excerpt from The Dark Art of BENTMEN, featuring performances from our most recent appearances, along with rare and previously unreleased footage, is an all-new, career-spanning retrospective. Watch The Dark Art of BENTMEN here: https://youtu.be/EG4dsaZrP3A

A compendium of classic Bentmen footage, assembled for a 20th anniversary tribute at the Boston Music Awards. Music: "Stress for Success" (Live) Photography by Michelle Forrestall, Franchot Lubin, Dave Gutt, Ted V. Mikels, many others. Video Editing by Frank Coleman. Bentmen: Des - lead vocals, words, hammer dulcimer, keyboards, programming, found objects Katherine Desmond - keyboards, guitar, guitar/synth, vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik - lead guitar George Hall - lead guitar Andrew Padua - bass Geoff Chase - drums Frank Coleman - drums, samples, interactive video, vocals Ross Kennedy - human prop, crowd agitation officer Alumni and co-conspirators: Reeves Gabrels Adrian Belew Dark Mark White TXP (Neil E. Graham) Scott Collins Larry Dersch Matt Gruenberg Greg McMullen Keith Martinelli Paul Robicheau Patty Barkas Tracey Stark Leesa Coyne Peter Choyce Scott Getchell Ken Winokur Woody Trenholm Tim Halle Bill T. Miller John Breglia Tiny Tim Genre: Rock, Weirdass. Hometown: Boston, MA. Record Label: Sound Museum (Indie) More: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen/104344652141 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45138426993

"Rumors Abound" by BENTMEN, recorded live at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Dec. 6th, 2002. Part of the original rock opera, ULCER GULCH. Broke and broken, John falls in with an unruly pack of vagrants, whose antics place him under suspicion by the local constable. John narrowly escapes incarceration when a brawl erupts between the bums and the law over artistic differences. BENTMEN: Des - Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond - Keyboards, Guitar/Synth, Vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik - Lead Guitar Dark Mark White - Bass, Vocals Geoff Chase - Drums Frank Coleman - Drums, Vocals, Interactive Video Ross Kennedy - Human Prop Special Guest appearance by Peter Choyce. Cameras: Dave Gutt, Annette Narciso, Luka & Miranda Video Editing: Frank Coleman Audio Mix & Mastering: Geoff Chase Lighting: Lexi Kahn, Hub Sinnock Live Sound: Jack Younger Set Design & Fabrication: James Edwards and a cast of thousands from Mass Art More: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen/104344652141 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45138426993

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY by BENTMEN Produced, arranged and performed by Bill Desmond and Jeff Friedman Larry Dersch, Percussion Casey Desmond, age 4, Opening Prayer Recorded at The White Room, Boston Eric Masunaga, Engineer From the album "Gross Santa's Yuletide Favorites" (c)(p) 1990 Sound Museum Records Video by Frank Coleman with Bill Desmond for 21st Century Art http://www.21ca.com (c) 2011 All Rights Reserved http://www.bentmen.com

The nice people at Dyckman Electronics have a new Tama kit in their window, and they let me come in and blow off some steam from time to time. Nothing beats real drums, but I love all the different flavors of electronica, and Drum n Bass beats are massive fun for the drummer. Big fan of Jojo Mayer. Bear in mind, the kit is set up backwards for me (I play left-handed).

Drummer Frank Coleman gives an examination of how to think about playing odd meters in a musical, aesthetically pleasing way. Topics include Take 5 (Brubeck), America is Waiting (Byrne/Eno), Tomorrow's World (Killing Joke), Tattooed Love Boys (Pretenders), Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck), 13/8, 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 31/8, and nested rhythms.

Rare footage of "Holy Man" by BENTMEN, recorded live at The Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY, Dec. 30th, 2000, on the Immaculate Contraption Tour. BENTMEN: Des - Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond - Keyboards, Guitar/Synth, Vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik - Guitar Andrew Padua - Bass Geoff Chase - Drums Frank Coleman - Drums, Vocals, Interactive Video Ross Kennedy - Human Prop Cameras and Editing: Water Street Music Hall Additional Editing: Frank Coleman Set Design & Fabrication: Bentmen with James Edwards More: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen... Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid...

"My Sister's Eyes" by BENTMEN, recorded live at The Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY, Dec. 30th, 2000, on the Immaculate Contraption Tour. BENTMEN: Des - Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond - Keyboards, Guitar/Synth, Vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik - Guitar Andrew Padua - Bass Geoff Chase - Drums Frank Coleman - Drums, Vocals, Interactive Video Ross Kennedy - Human Prop Cameras and Editing: Water Street Music Hall Additional Editing: Frank Coleman Set Design & Fabrication: Bentmen with James Edwards More: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen/104344652141 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45138426993

Killing Joke - Snakedance (Youth 'Rattlesnake Dub' Remix) from the album "Pylon" Visuals by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with Microdose VR A spontaneous music video I created in virtual reality with Microdose VR, inspired by meeting Youth at last week's double-header Killing Joke shows in NYC. I'm painting in mid-air, and the graphics bounce to the music in real time. The software has been in development for three years and only released for initial testing in the last few weeks. Ultimately, they'll license it to VJs for public performance, so consider this my audition reel. 😉

Orphans of the Storm - Sacred Mushroom of the Shaman Written, Recorded and Produced by William Desmond and Taylor Barefoot Remix and Video by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with MicrodoseVR William Desmond • Acoustic and electric hammered dulcimer, bass dulcimer, psaltery, keyboards, percussion and chants. Taylor Barefoot • Acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and treatments, electric sitar, bass and percussion. Frank Coleman • Additional drums, percussion, loops, keyboards and treatments. Special guest Tony Levin • Bass (c)(p) 2019 Sound Museum Records

Elizabeth McGovern - The Truth (excerpt). The title track from her new album on Mi5/Universal. Video editing by Frank Coleman. Academy Award Nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee film actress Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, Ragtime, Ordinary People) is also an accomplished musician, singer and song writer. Mi5 Recordings (Universal Music Group) have signed Ms. McGovern to a distribution deal and this is the release of her new album "The Truth", produced by Grammy Award winning Guitarist/songwriter Kipper Eldridge (Sting, Gary Numan) and Ted Mason (former Modern English member, guitarist, multi genre producer - Pharrell Williams, Ne-Yo, Common, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Cheb Khaled). Very Special thanks to the guest musicians on the Album include: Samuel L Jackson (The Suburbs), James Walsh (Cold Old World), Jake Morrel (The Truth), Barry Walsh (Accordian) and Smokey Hormel. // 7:30PM, Sunday night. My phone rings. “Hey, we need a music video for Elizabeth by 9AM tomorrow morning. She’s going on TV to promote the new Downton Abbey movie. The only problem is we don’t have any footage.” “That’s not your only problem. It’s 7:30, the night before.” “We know. All we have is four other videos she did previously. The production values are great, but they’re four completely different songs, each with completely different lyrics and tempos than this one. Can you help us?” “Sure. I can give you ONE HOUR. Put everything in a bag and send it to me. I’ll figure it out.” [Two hours later] “Here’s your video.” Elizabeth: “It’s absolutely incredible. I’m amazed.” 🙂 . . . . #DowntonAbbey #ElizabethMcGovern #Mi5 #FinalCut #MusicVideo #TheTruth #NinjaLife #VideoEditing

Joanna Mastroianni Music Video Music: "Point of View" by DB Boulevard Mastroianni Mix & Video Edit by Frank Coleman http://www.21ca.com

Heather 7 - Guitar, vocals Becky 7 - Bass, vocals Frankie 7 - Drums, vocals From the "Feelin' Lucky" EP, (c) 2005

Brian O'Neill - Lead guitar John Chmaj - Keyboards Kevin Foley - Lap Steel, effects Mike Rivard - Bass Frank Coleman - Drums Assistance from Scott Matalon and Karlo Takki. Recorded live while the band watched the movie with the sound off and improvised a score. Most of the musicians had just met for the first time five minutes before we started recording. Later, we went back and cut the video to fit the music. Included as an extra on the definitive CasaNegra DVD of the film (out of print). For fans of King Crimson, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd.

Ryk McIntyre - Words and Voice. Frank Coleman - Roland Juno 60, brush on cymbal, hand drum. Circa 1984. Video from "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."

From the early 1980s. Recorded at home. Robert Holmes - Guitar. Frank Coleman - E-mu Drumulator, Roland Juno 60, penny whistle, editing, treatments. Visuals taken from Street of Crocodiles by The Brothers Quay.