“Gaslighter“, the recently debuted new track from platinum-certified alternative rockers Alien Ant Farm, now has an official music video to accompany it. Former Orgy drummer Bobby Hewitt was once again hired on by the band to helm the directorial duties of this latest visual accompaniment. Vocalist Dryden Mitchell went on to say of this song:
“With hints of Audioslave and Rage Against The Machine, we wrote a razor-edged gem that calls out the liars and manipulators in our lives. Do the ones we love the most end up burning us all in the end? This anthem rocks steadily and races toward a hopeful resolution. Light the fuses and burn all the liars!”
The song initially started out as a play on words, about how liars always speak in code. Native American service members who used their traditional tribal languages to send secret, unbreakable tactical messages during World War I and World War II. I found that interesting. And getting information from a lying loved one almost felt like this. Then Howard really liked ‘Gaslighter’ over ‘Code Talker’. Str8 to the point. I went back in and honed the lyric to cut to the quick and hopefully reach as many people as possible, as I’m sure everyone has dealt with a gaslighter. Telling you you’re crazy, when you know the truth.”
While this song is expected to appear on Alien Ant Farm‘s upcoming new album, it has also just been confirmed as a playable track in the upcoming ‘Guitar Hero‘ spiritual successor, ‘Stage Tour‘.
It joins a wave of tracks to that game from the Judge & Jury stable — a label/production house venture which Alien Ant Farm are currently signed to. Producer Howard Benson (My Chemical Romance, P.O.D.) and Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson co-founded that venture, and tend to handle the production duties on each of the songs the label releases, including this particular track.
“Gaslighter‘s addition to ‘Stage Tour‘ was announced alongside 12 Stones‘ “Golden Child“, Judge & Jury‘s pairing with Tyler Connolly of Theory Of A Deadman on “The Urge“, and Jonathan Young and RichaadEB‘s “Damage Done“. ‘Stage Tour‘ will be out on December 10th.
