Bay Area thrashers EXODUS filmed two videos on April 1st in Los Angeles with director Jon Schnepp (Metalocalypse) on the old set of the television sitcom Night Court.

States video director Jon Schnepp: "Exodus asked me to do a music video for their new album, so I listened to their powerful new album, Exhibit B: The Human Condition. and I ended up making two videos for them: ‘Hammer And Life’ and ‘Downfall’! Gary Holt and the band really dig my ideas. I think their music is incredible and they always give me 100% at the video shoot. Working with these legends of thrash metal again has been a blast!”

Exodus drummer Tom Hunting had this to say about the video shoot: “Jon Schnepp is the MAN! He brought a lot of fun to the day and didn’t want me to play muffled drums because he wanted the cymbals to shimmer like they do in a live performance. With me, I see a drum kit and I have to hit it! [laughter] So yeah, they were the real thing - my new Yamaha Oak Custom Kit with a silver sparkle fade. I love them!”

Bassist Jack Gibson shares: “I loved Night Court… one of the great t.v. show themes. I was playing that bass riff all day long! My girlfriend was in the video dressed in almost nothing! It's cool, she always wanted to be in a rock video. She actually worked it out with Jon by herself… I didn't even get the gig for her. We had a good time checking out the other sets there. The hospital, the office rooms, the houses. We even got it on in one of the jail cells!”

Exhibit B: The Human Condition was recorded this past December in Northern California with producer Andy Sneap. Exodus will play two album release shows with Heathen in Los Angeles and San Francisco before they fly out to Europe to tour the festival circuit:

June

11th - Los Angeles, CA Key Club (with Heathen, Bonded By Blood, plus two local openers)

12th - San Francisco, CA - Slim's (with Heathen, Anvil Chorus, and Passive Aggressive)

Visit Exodus online at this location.

(All photos by Charity Bidegain)