Bigger and Russianer: The “Mikhail Gorbachov” Video (Video of the Day)

In case you haven’t seen the video for Russian metal band ANJ’s song, Mikhail Gorbachov yet, I’ve posted it below. This one’s got everything — a band that sounds like Gogol Bordello-meets-early Metallica-perfroming-Trogdor, cute Russian peasant and factory worker women showing a lot cleavage, zombie Stalins, a conan-like Mikhail Gorbachev, English lyrics sung in a “makink beeg trouble for Moose and Squirrel” accent, communism getting its ass kicked by a guy with a giant axe and assault rifle, and the free market symbolized by cola, Twinkies and hot dogs raining from the sky like manna from Heaven. What more can you ask for?

GORBACHOV: THE MUSIC VIDEO – BIGGER AND RUSSIANER from Tom Stern on Vimeo.

The video’s director, Tom Stern, has this to say:

I did this video for a Russian Metal Band called ANJ. It is pretty crazy. When I saw the lyrics it seemed to be an earnest tribute to Mikael Gorbachov (that’s how the Russians spell it), so I was a bit confounded about what the video concept should be, but then I had a brainstorm to take it way over the top and I think it was just the thing. Suffice to say it’s half Russian History allegory as told through an old zombie movie made in the Soviet Union, and half animated Soviet Propaganda posters.

Want to know more about the band ANJ? Here’s their MySpace page.