Aussie punk band Amyl and the Sniffers drop uncensored version of new music video… complete with FULL FRONTAL nudity
Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers have dropped an X-rated clip for their latest single Jerkin’.
A censored version of the clip is available on YouTube, but the band have taken to their website to upload a no-holds-barred uncensored version which features a barrage of full frontal nudity.
The video begins with a content warning, telling viewers that the purpose of the clip was not titillation but rather the promotion of body positivity.
‘This video contains nudity and adult themes,’ the warning began.
‘The content is intended for artistic expression and body positivity, not for sexual gratification.’
The video then shows firebrand frontwoman Amy Taylor belting out the tune which contains such lines as: ‘You’re a dumb c**t, you’re an a**ehole, every time you talk you mumble, grumble.’
She is flanked by bandmates Bryce Wilson, Declan Martens and Gus Romer, who are joined by an array of male and female models who gradually strip down as the song.
In a statement on the band’s website, director John Angus Stewart said he was perplexed by the offence some people take to nudity.
Australian punk band Amyl and the Sniffers have dropped a very X-rated clip for their latest single Jerkin’
‘The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre,’ he said ‘Once Amy said to me, “If the world wasn’t so f**cked up, I’d never wear clothes.”‘
He continued: ‘It’s the context we stamp onto our sex organs that makes them innately “offensive.” This is why we wanted to strip away the artifice and examine the body in an open, conversational way.’
The director added that the models were allowed to dictate the pace of the shoot.
A censored version of the clip is available on YouTube, but the band have taken to their website to upload a no-holds -barred uncensored version which features a barrage of full frontal nudity
‘From concept to crewing to casting, we [the production] let the project evolve in the most natural way possible, allowing our subjects to dictate their level of input based on their comfort on the day,’ he said.
‘We were learning what it was as we were making it, which is basically the opposite approach I’m used to.
‘But because this idea was driven by people’s personalities, it felt wrong to do it any other way. ‘
He concluded by saying that the entire production walked away from the shoot with a need to be ‘less prudish.’
‘Just as one’s perspective changes with an Amyl song, I want to change in the same way,’ the statement read.
She is flanked by bandmates Bryce Wilson, Declan Martens and Gus Romer who are joined by an array of male and female models who gradually strip down as the song
‘The level of offence that a vagina or penis can generate is absolutely bizarre,’ he said ‘Once, Amy said to me, “If the world wasn’t so f**cked up, I’d never wear clothes,”‘ director John Angus Stewart said in a statement on the band’s website
It’s not the first time an Aussie band has used nudity to augment a tune, either. Aussie dance pop act Confidence Man’s ‘nuded up’ for the video for their 2024 track I Can’t Lose You (pictured)
‘I think we all walked away from the shoot with an innate need to be less prudish and give less of a s**t.’
It’s not the first time an Aussie band has used nudity to augment a tune, either.
Aussie dance pop act Confidence Man’s ‘nuded up’ for the video for their 2024 track I Can’t Lose You.
The clip features totally naked singers Janet Planet (aka Grace Stephenson) and Sugar Bones (real name Aidan Moore) perform the song in a helicopter flying above London.
The band performed the song naked which music historian Ian McFarlane said prompted ‘scores of irate callers to jam the ABC switchboard for 30 minutes.’
