How Alicia Silverstone became the heroine of a rock band's music videos

"Aerosmith." - one of the most famous hard rock bands. Musicians are often referred to "the bad guys from Boston."However, in reality, this city was just a place where the band was stationed. В 1970 year Steven Tallarico, Joe Perry и Tom Hamilton in the city Sewnapi decided to form a band, and three years later, the guys put out debut album.

In the 1990s. "Aerosmith." released three clips. In addition to starring in all the videos Alicia Silverstonethey've been merged common plot and became trilogy: "Cryin'.", "Amazing.", "Crazy.". If you combine all these names into one, you get the following "Cryamazy." - that's the headline that made them popular. Directed by came forward Marty KallnerThe videos turned out so great that some music lovers still think that they used film footage. The videos turned out so great that some music lovers still believe that the clips used film footage.

In 1993, the band released their eleventh album "Get a Grip.". The first single of the record was the song "Livin' on the Edge". One of his tracks was a ballad "Crazy."which came out a year later as single. The album became a huge success: it entered the top 10 charted in 13 countries, held first places in the UK and US charts.

Trilogy

Working on the first clip from the trilogy "Cryin'." were involved with the famous actorsamong which are Alicia Silverstone, Stephen Dorf и Josh Holloway. The video itself tells the story of various relationships between a man and a woman, about how couples break up and again converge. For Alicia Silverstone co-operation with "Aerosmith." became fruitful: it was her chance to make a name for herself, and she did a great job with it. The actress even had to be on set jump off a bridge (with insurance, of course). This trick cost Kallner dearly: he had to spend ten thousand dollarsso that for a few minutes. overlap motor traffic. TV channel MTV has recognised this clip "the favourite of all time.".

Second clip "Amazing." nor did he leave without the attention of MTV. He was nominated on MTV Video Music Award - it's an award for creativity that's given out director, operator or editor Video. The clip is interesting because the first half of it was filmed by one person and then he was replaced by another. By plot of the clip, the guy puts the disc in his computer and that's how he gets into the different realitywhere he meets the girl of his dreams, played by her Alicia Silverstone. Back then, computers and the internet were rarityso there was a lot of attention to the clip.

Third clip "Crazy." - appeal for teens from Alicia Silverstone and fellow actress Liv Tyler on what it takes to cram и cheerfully having a good time, because youth quickly ends. Two schoolgirls run away from home in a car, falling in love with men along the way. Interesting fact: originally Liv Tyler she wasn't supposed to be in the music video. But one day. Marty Kallner saw her on TV (she was doing a shampoo advert) and invited her to film. He didn't know then that she and Steven Tyler - relatives. The girl danced on a pole in the music video for his father's song. A lot of people were surprised flamboyant of the girl's behaviour. For this clip in 1994. "Aerosmith." received "Grammys.".

At the moment. most popular clip counts "Crazy." (In November 2021, it had more than 500 million views), in second place - "Cryin'." (approx. 270 million views.), on the third - "Amazing." (220 million views.).

Alicia Silverstone

For the first time, the audience saw Alicia Silverstone as Fred Savage's groupie in Fred Savage's "The Wonder Years.". This was followed by her starring roles in the American psychological thriller . "Fascination." 1993. One day she caught the attention Marty Kallnerwho was just working on a trilogy "Cryamazy.". He's the one who made Alicia star. Jumping off a bridge в "Cryin'." was given to the actress is not easy, but it is thanks to him the actress became widely known.

Second video "Amazing." was groundbreaking and also attracted attention. Alicia Silverstone и to Jason London in the clip skydive, speeding down the motorway on motorbikes and kisses with each other. The video emphasises the concept "virtual reality."because they don't do it all from the comfort of their own homes. "Aerosmith." revealed the newest theme of the time. cyberspacesand now the critics couldn't name them outdated a group that doesn't follow fashion trends.

Many viewers come to the conclusion that best video in the trilogy was "Crazy.". Yourself track is considered one of the most grand compositions "Aerosmith's all-time high. The clips in which Alicia starred became successful и for the group, и for herself actresses. After that, the girl even got a nickname. "the Aerosmith chick" (Aerosmith girl).

In his entire career. "Aerosmith." released many recordsI often gave concerts and had large the number of fans. But there were some tough times: group for a while disintegratedbut still reunited and continued to delight their fans. By 2008, they had sold 150 million copies of their albums, of which half - in the United States. At the time, it was record among hard rockers. The band has received four Grammys. В 2016 participants "Aerosmith." made a statement about finalisations musical careers.