Counterclockwise: A White Flag music video

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written, directed and edited by Kendall Bruns & Josh Flowers
camera operators: Pat Fear, Kendall Bruns & Josh Flowers
running time: 2:51 minutes

Who is White Flag? Over the years, several musicians have joined and left White Flag. Pat Fear and Doug Graves founded the band in 1982. The band's recordings or live performances have at one time featured both Ken Stringfellow (who appears under the name Kim Crimson) and Jon Auer of the Posies, Kim Shattuck and Ronnie Barnett of the Muffs, Jeff McDonald and Steve McDonald of Redd Kross, Greg Hetson from Bad Religion, Dale Crover from the Melvins, Eric Erlandson from Hole, Javier Escovedo of legendary Los Angeles punk band The Zeros, and Rancid's Tim Armstrong to name only a few.

So we had them film themselves performing the song in California and then send us the footage.

more about the members of White Flag...

Pat Fear has worked as a songwriter and producer for such artists as Courtney Love's band Hole, NOFX, Pat Smear (of Nirvana/Foo Fighters and The Germs fame), The Go-Go's, Bangles, Redd Kross, Sean Lennon, Ace Frehley of KISS, and Swedish garage punk legends The Nomads. He is also a technical advisor on the currently in production film "What We Do is Secret," (starring two long time White Flag fans: "E.R." actor Shane West, and Bijou Phillips), as well as being vegetarian, and a member of PeTA.

Kim Crimson,(under his real name of Ken Stringfellow) is a sought after producer, when not busy fronting his full time band The Posies, and is one forth of the revamped lineup of the legendary band Big Star, and tours as keyboardist for R.E.M.

Doug Graves is a professional surfer on the band supported Team Clecoin Snow and Surf team, and a member of the internationally known 70's disco tribute band "The Boogie Knights", who were single handedly responsible for starting the campy disco revival fad in The United States. The Boogie Knights are an established club act, with a large "following," r or rock and roll and punk fans who enjoy the band's irreverent approach to the once hated dance music, as well as much sought after entertainers for private events, They have performed for parties such varied public figures as Tom Cruise, Mick Jagger, and former US President Gerald Ford.

El Swe is a member of the popular Swedish band Sator, and is a well respected producer in Scandinavia, having worked on releases by The Hellacopters, The Hives, The Nomads, and former ABBA member Bjorn's solo albums.

Victor M. Surrounded was the drummer in the final version of Goth punk pioneers Christian Death that featured the late front man Roz Williams, and produces music for the "Teletubbies" children's television series. He also played in the band Test Pattern, which featured founding White Flag members Pat Fear, Pick Z. Stix and Jello B. Afro. In 1980, when he was 14 years old.

PRODUCTION DIARY

09-12-05 - bad SFX tests

08-22-05 - pre-production