IF bands could get to No1 for ingenuity rather than record sales, then cheeky
unsigned trio THE GET OUT CLAUSE would win hands down.
Desperate to make a video for their new single Paper - but with no budget to
hire a crew - the Manchester lads decided to let the state do the filming
instead.
With no cash to splash, they got creative in front of 80 CCTV cameras all over
their hometown.
Guitarist TONY CHURNSIDE said: "We wanted to produce something
that looked good and that wasn't too expensive to do.
"We hit upon the idea of going into Manchester and setting up in front of
cameras we knew would be filming and then requesting that footage under the
Freedom Of Information Act."
To see the boys in action, watch our video below:
The band wrote letters to the companies owning the cameras asking for their
footage - and managed to win back a quarter of the tapes.
The results have been cut into a clever video showing them in 20 different
locations.
Tony added: "We had a number of different excuses as to why we weren't
given the footage, like they didn't have the footage. They delete after a
certain amount of time, so if they procrastinate for long enough, they can
claim it's been deleted."
To promote their novel idea, the band have just hired the man who helped break OASIS,
Manchester PR LIAM WALSH.
Good luck.
