Mark Stoermer, bassist of The Killers, has released a surreal, bloody new video for “Blood & Guts”. The video is a mini psychedelic rock opera based on the Rembrandt painting “The Anatomy Lesson” featuring Adan Jodorowsky and directed by Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger’s Charlotte Kemp Muhl, which sees Stoermer portraying a crazed conductor hell bent on destruction. “It is a theatrical journey that juxtaposes sex and death, the material and the spiritual, the sacred and the profane, the grotesque and the beautiful, the somber and the silly. It is a celebration of life in the face of our mortality, while paying tribute to the forces of creation, preservation, destruction and resurrection,” Stoermer said of the video.
Dark Arts, Stoermer’s second solo album, comprises a mosaic of sixties-induced psychedelia, bluesy desert rock swagger, plaintive lyrical poetry, and lithe and lush cinematic orchestration. Co-produced by David Hopkins of Bombay Heavy and recorded at The Killers‘ Las Vegas headquarters Battle Born Studios and Studio at The Palms, Dark Arts weaves together a twisting and turning trip through a myriad of styles. From: https://ventsmagazine.com/2016/10/25/mark-stoermer-releases-nsfw-blood-guts-video/
Mark Stoermer is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known as the bassist for the rock band the Killers, with whom he has recorded six studio albums. In addition to his work with the Killers, Stoermer has released three solo albums, Another Life in 2011, Dark Arts in 2016, and Filthy Apes and Lions in 2017. Stoermer also joined the Smashing Pumpkins to tour in support of the band's ninth studio album, Monuments to an Elegy (2014), and produced Howling Bells' third studio album The Loudest Engine (2011).
Stoermer mainly plays with a pick. He says "I love the punch and grit of a pick. I do a lot of unconscious palm muting. I love how you can instantly get that clunky tone with shorter notes. It's a great sound." He tries to play the bass as a "half percussive, half melodic instrument". Stoermer feels that "You can add to a song's melodic side without taking away from the vocals. That's my favorite kind of bass playing." His signature bass playing is featured prominently in the Killers' debut and sophomore albums. While his aggressive playing was a focal point in the Killers' first two albums, Stoermer's playing became more funk-driven in Day & Age, and much more reserved and subtle in Battle Born. His style of playing has influenced many other bands and even a genre of music in bass-driven New Wave-synth rock. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Stoermer
