The Greys: may or may not be a band from New York that are now a one or two-person operation working out of Mexico City. The Greys may or may not be Elvis impersonators high on ketamine disco dancing through neon nights. Then again, the Greys may or may not be suburban revolutionaries waiting for the Communist call. Or, the Greys may or may not be the girl of your dreams in the arms of four Welsh men from Hull. Most probably, they are none of these things.

It doesn’t really matter. All you need to know: The Greys is the name of a band who would rather remain anonymous (or so I’m told). A band who want to be known for their music rather than who they are. And that’s fine with me. Though I’m sure you can dig up the details if you’re so inclined on Discogs. But back to the Greys. They describe their music as “Art Rock, Avantgarde, Deathrock, Krautrock, Space Rock, Punk, Post Rock, Prog Rock.”.

Last year, the Greys released a 12” four-track EP which created some passing interest. They also roped in cult film director, actor, writer and artist Nick Zedd to direct their promos.

It was the Zedd connection that brought me to the band. Good thing too. Zedd shared his director’s cut of the Greys’ most recent track “The Reckoning.” Intrigued by the music and more particularly the visuals, I contacted Zedd to find out more.

Who are the Greys?

Nick Zedd: The Greys were a band twenty years ago in NYC or NJ I think. The band still puts out records which are kind of good but very experimental.

And you worked with the band before “The Reckoning”?

NZ: I shot two previous music videos with the band. On [‘The Reckoning’] I selected the makeup, costumes, locations, the pig, blood and other details and directed everyone and lit the sets. The girl is an artist who does dissections and preservations of dead animals. The two previous videos I did with the Greys were good too. We had bigger budgets to spend on props and locations and a Mexican girl who was an erotic dancer who also sang on one. That one was called “Vive Libre” “Deathless” was one we shot in the hotel I eventually was evicted from, using a drone camera for some shots.

What’s the promo for “The Reckoning” about?

NZ: I wanted to raise awareness regarding the history of U.S. imperialism and the crimes committed by agents of predatory capitalism for hundreds of years around the world. Hypocrisy is cherished and enshrined by the ruling class of the United Snakes of Amerika who control everything we see and hear on controlled corporate media, in our broken educational system and in the dominant political narrative to which we’ve been conditioned. I wanted to break through the propaganda with six minutes of truth.

Sounds good.

NZ: I want the video to reach the widest possible audience.

Check out more of the Greys music here and follow Nick Zedd here.
 

 
Bonus the Greys’ video ‘Deathless’ directed by Nick Zedd, after the jump…