The band's album debut, Tin Machine ( 1989 ), was initially popular, though its politicised lyrics did not find universal approval: Bowie described one song as " a simplistic, naive, radical, laying-it-down about the emergence of neo-Nazis "; in the view of biographer Christopher Sandford, " It took nerve to denounce drugs, fascism and TV [...] in terms that reached the literary level of a comic book.

Following the band's reunion in 2008, Weiland once again evolved as a songwriter, explaining: " the ' 90s, I was so overwhelmed with my heroin addiction, and so a lot of the stuff was just from my point of view.

Producer Martin Rushent had heard some of the band's material at Billy's nightclub and financed further recordings with a view to signing the band to his then-new Genetic Records label.

Robert Christgau's retrospective review gave a more negative view, saying of the band's instrumental work, " not only doesn't it cook, which figures, it doesn't quite jell either.

The DVD included Siddharta's videos Rave, Insane and the amazing My Dice, the making-of documentaries, live videos recorded in the big stadium concert, band photos and an exclusive interview, in which the band presented their own view of their music of the past, present and future, the music scene in the band's home country, Slovenia, their music influences, their devoted fan base, their past albums and plans for the future.

Jagger was reportedly so disappointed with his and the band's performance that he cancelled the airing of the film, and kept it from public view.

The band's strength lies in the semantic power of its lyrics, which discuss a wide variety of topics such as politics, drugs and women, but always from a philosophical and existentialist point of view.

In a process begun by the video to " Club Tropicana " on the previous album, Ridgeley changed the band's look from " moody in leather jackets " to smiles and fashionable clothing, with a view to promoting themselves more as hedonistic sex symbols than spokesmen for a disaffected generation, as previously done.

The song " Rough Trade " is about the band's view of the music business as being dishonest but have since claimed it is not about the record label which happens to have the same name.

" Perhaps the most interesting part of O ' Riley's album is his selection of Radiohead songs: he has chosen a broad view of the band's music, including tracks from earlier work (" Black Star ," " Fake Plastic Trees ," " Bulletproof ") as well as more conceptual work, such as " Airbag ," " Subterranean Homesick Alien ," and " Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Since 2011, the band's official website has been completely replaced with a black background with a white logo ; the words " February 2015 " fade into and out of view.

The band's recent video " I Caligvla ", features Caligula and other members of his court that were important in his rule.

A third version of the video, included on the band's compilation of videos, retains the introduction, but loses most of the inserted clips in the main wrestling sequence.

The band released an album and DVD, entitled Live in Texas, which consisted of audio and video tracks of some of the band's performances in Texas during the tour.

The single, " True Faith ", with its surreal video, became a hit on MTV and the band's first American top 40 hit.

During a January 2006 episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song " Right Here ".

The 1979 double album Tusk produced three more US top-20 hits (" Tusk ", which is also the band's first " conceptual " music video, " Sara ", and Christine's " Think About Me "), but it came nowhere near to matching the success of the Rumours album.

In 2000, Bill Viola collaborated with the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails, and its lead singer Trent Reznor to create a video suite for the band's tour.

Meanwhile, the band's video for " Drive " was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award in the category of Best Group Video.

The band's first single, Anna Molly, had a music video which had mainstream success.

The band's influence extends beyond the realm of 1960s psychedelia to such punk and post-punk bands as Television Personalities and The Jesus and Mary Chain, whose William Reid wore a Love t-shirt in his band's video for " Head On " from their Automatic album.

In 1988, Front by Front was released, and in December of that same year, " Headhunter " ( with a video by Anton Corbijn ), became the band's first club hit, reaching # 13 on the US Billboard Dance / Club Play Songs chart.

The album featured another hit " Behind the Mirror ", and the band's popularity continued to grow and a video for " Toxic Trace " was created for MTV play.

This, in turn, led to a decision to utilize video recordings and projections of Steven playing the drums for some of the band's older songs.

'" The band's documentary video, Spittle and Phlegm was released the following year.

The video can be seen on the band's Snakes & Arrows concert video.

The album spawned one single, " Teenage Whore ", which entered the UK Indie Chart at number one, as well as the band's debut music video for the song " Garbadge Man ".

The music video is a melancholic montage of the band's past, showing childhood photos of the band, while playing in a large warehouse room.

The original version of the video is only available on a few of the band's DVD releases, as well as on YouTube.

Instead, winds swept through the band's performance during the song's chorus, and the house didn't come down during the video.

The video for the song " Shell Games " was released via Saddle Creek Records on both the band's YouTube channel and that of Saddle Creek, and features the band playing against various projections.

13 video updates from the pre-production were made and posted on the band's Myspace page.

The band's old producer, Stephen Street, had returned and produced their new music video.

He would go on to record the drums for the band's next studio release, and was with the band aboard the USS George Washington ( CVN-73 ) to film the music video " When I'm Gone ".

The band's 1984 – 1985 tour was the most lucrative in their history and spawned 9012Live, a concert film directed by Steven Soderbergh with added special effects from Charlex that cost $ 1 million.

On the morning of 20 July 1973, during the band's concert tour of the United States, Peter Grant made a contact with Joe Massot, who had previously directed Wonderwall.

" He has directed a majority of the band's music videos, and is responsible for stage design and lighting for each of their live performances.

Sundazed stated on their website that they were directed to withdraw the three titles by Sony BMG ( inheritors of the band's original label, Columbia ), from whom Sundazed had licensed the recordings.

The music video, directed by Douglas Gayeton, became the band's first hit on MTV.

In April 2008, Stephan Kraemer directed the shoot of the band's first official live CD / DVD in Bordeaux, France.

That summer, commercial popularity heated up, as radio and MTV began playing " Little Miss Can't Be Wrong " and " Two Princes " directed by filmmaker Rich Murray ( who directed many of the band's videos ).

The music videos for several of the band's songs were directed by Steve Barron.

In March, Explosion issued the band's second Mushroom single, " Late Last Night ", accompanied by a promotional video ( directed by Crombie ) which gave them their first major Australian TV exposure.

Longtime collaborator Roger Sargent directed a feature length documentary on the band's 2010 reunion, that is set for release in Spring 2012.

All three films were directed by filmmaker and long-time collaborator Paul Kelly who, over the years, has directed a number of the band's music videos and provided artwork for many of their releases.

A music video for the song was directed by Joe Hahn, the band's turntablist.

The official music video was directed by Joe Hahn, the band's turntablist and keyboardist.

In fall 2006, the band's anti-war satire video " Stick Magnetic Ribbons on Your SUV ", directed by Morgan Higby Night garnered 1, 054, 743 views on YouTube within the first two months of its release.

Featuring the singles " Jam " and the Modern Rock Chart hit " Come Back Down ", the album was still not a success ; but the singles received heavy airplay on college radio stations and the band's first music video ( for " One Little Girl ") was directed by Mark Miremont and aired on MTV's 120 Minutes.

The band's first live DVD, Full Fathom Five, and accompanying CD, produced / directed by Agent Ogden, were released in September 2008.

Christmas on Mars is a science fiction film from the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg, and Fred Armisen.

Niklas Fronda and Fredrik Löfberg of Baranga Film have directed three of the band's videos, all from the Dead Letters album.

Also expected to debut is the band's first video for the single " American Psycho ," which was directed by Adrienne Wanyo and filmed on location at the Houdini Mansion.

In the same month the band's Tim Burton directed video for Bones won Best Video at the NME Awards.

The DVD, directed by American video director Jason B. Bergh, included interviews and exclusive performances and arrangements of many of the band's songs, including reworked versions of " One Headlight " and " 6th Avenue Heartache " as well as an amusing band interview with comedian Jon Lovitz.

It has been announced in March 2010 on the website that " Nowhere to Run " would be the band's upcoming single, and that a video directed by Colin Minihan would be shot by the end of the month.

A promotional film was made for the song, directed by Bruce Gowers, based on a performance clip shot at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York in February, 1977 during the band's US arena headlining tour.