Let me ask you something: did you ever watch Night Flight on the USA Network back in the 80s? Are you a fan of cheesy sci-fi movies? Would you like to see a Cybertruck get blown up? If you answered yes to any of these questions, keep reading.
If you’ve seen Louisville punk rockers Deady, (consisting of vocalist Mandy Keathley, guitarists Sam Goblin and Chyppe Crosby, bassist Clayton Ray, and drummer KJ Bechtloff), live before, then you know how energetic and fun their shows are. Pair that with the local award-winning independent filmmakers, Boyz House Productions, and you know you’re going to get something great!
The music video for Deady’s latest single “Hot Damn” (their first new song in over a year), does not disappoint on any level! The song, barely clocking in at two minutes in length, is a frantic, thrashy punk rock tune chock full of the catchy riffs and quirky time changes that have become Deady’s signature. If you’re not already familiar with the band, “Hot Damn” is a great place to start, as this is quite possibly their best song yet!
Boyz House Productions—who’ve already made some incredible music videos for Shitfire, Cereal Glpyhs, and So It Was, among others—do an excellent job here of capturing Deady’s energy and humor and immersing it in campy, 80’s-inspired sci-fi cheese that sees the band invading the evil megacorporation World Server to get back all of humanity’s stolen data.
And damned if there isn’t something oddly satisfying about seeing a Cybertruck get blown up, even if it is just a prop model.
After getting a sneak preview of the music video, LEO Weekly obviously had questions, so we fired off a few to the band, and thankfully they had answers!
LEO: Tell us about the new song “Hot Damn.”
Deady: Chyppe wrote the main guitar riffs while sitting on the couch and watching TV at some point in 2023. He had been listening to a lot of Gel. Deady wrote four songs over the course of a weekend in Jan 2024 and this was one of them. We’ve played it live at every show since then
What are the lyrics about and the inspiration behind them?
The lyrics are about how COVID-19 changed people’s involvement in internet apps and how our relationship to apps affects our connectivity to our regular, in-person world. The almighty algorithm determines what we see online and how we perceive our world. There is a narrowing scope of what the government allows to be accessible to us on apps such as Meta, TikTok, etc. “Hot Damn, that’s a hell of a plan” is a satirical flag of surrender regarding the absurdity of complying with internet and government censorship, and dealing with the isolation that this creates for our youth who are fully immersed therein.
Where was the song recorded?
We recorded it ourselves in the same warehouse that the video was shot in. Chyppe recorded and mixed it, and it was mastered by Justin Colletti of Sonic Scoop.
Who came up with the concept for the new video?
When we asked Matt Boyle of Boyz House if they’d be interested in working with us, we sent him an iPhone demo of the track, and he sent back the idea of doing a [Beastie Boys] “Sabotage”-inspired heist video. We showed him around the warehouse that we practice in so he could get ideas for filming locations, and a few weeks later he had a treatment ready for the video.
Who designed the costumes?
As we got to know the storyline Boyz House had in mind, we gathered that it was a retro-future, cyberpunk type of aesthetic. Mandy gathered leather jackets and other accessories for the shoot, featuring items from their pop-up shop, Human Hole. And Mandy, finding any reason to give total “Terminator” vibes, borrowed a robot arm from local drag artist Stevie Dicks for themselves, and tried to tie the Deady Boys together conceptually with elements of leather and 80s inspiration. As far as who we were as characters, we were rebels stealing our data back from the World Server, so as rebels often do, each person tweaked the inspirations individually, got it blessed by Boyz House, and it worked.
Take us behind the scenes of the video. Where/when was it recorded? How long did it take to film? Any funny or interesting stories to tell about the filming?
We recorded the video in our practice space over one very chilly winter weekend. The space itself is essentially a big repurposed storage building with a huge service elevator, which lends itself to the cold fortress kind of vibe of World Server HQ. The whole filming process was a blast, but one that stands out in particular was when Sam and Chyppe corner Andy Fellows, (the 6th member of the band), in the bathroom and give him a (simulated) swirly. He has these long, flowing locks and must’ve poured three entire freezing water bottles over his head while draping toilet paper over his glasses just so. Just a real dedication to the craft which pays off in spades, as you see.
When can we expect more new Deady material? Any plans for another EP or album?
We’ve been working steadily on a full length for months now with our very own guitarist/producer, Chyppe at his studio Makeout Mountain. We’re just about done and are shooting to have it out there in the Summer. Very excited about it!
You can find the music video for “Hot Damn” on Boyz House Productions’ YouTube channel: youtube.com/@boyzhouselouisville. You can find Deady at: linktr.ee/deady183
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This article appears in Feb 28 – Mar 6, 2025.