Back in 1993, an alt-metal band from Belfast Ireland by the name of Therapy? recorded a song called "Teethgrinder" about bruxism, a condition that causes patients to grind their teeth together, usually at night. The track featured surging, tinny guitars, a kickin' backbeat and spoken word samples of a woman saying, "I'm a teethgrinder. In My Sleep I grind my teeth." Aside from being the quintessential example of how metal outfits inspired, perhaps, by Ministry, were acquiring the undeserved "industrial" tag for using samples in their music, "Teethgrinder" stands as one of best songs by this vastly underrated band.
Of course, that's got nothing to do with "Toothgrinder" by the San Francisco extreme experimental meta group Animosity -- although listening to their 2007 album, Animal, in its entirety just might cause an extreme case of bruxism. Animal, the band's third record, features "Toothgrinder," which brings us back to where we started. The video for the song (click "more" below to watch the Hedbangers Blog premiere) was directed by singer Leo Miller and centers around his obsession with his hometown.
"It was filmed all over the city, starting on my doorstep and ending at a nearby bar called The Knockout," he tells Heabangersblog.com. "Richie Valdez filmed and edited the video with the help of a friend (he also did the Black Page video in my house). It was a pretty laid back shoot all day until we got to the bar. We played on a Muni train, we strolled around the Mission, had a cup of coffee at Philz and ate burritos at Taqueria Can-Cun...Pretty standard day. I guess the concept was to just show off our wonderful city and our daily life while not on the road. We are all pretty sick of these retarded music videos of bands playing in dark warehouses or on top of snowy mountains and whatnot. It made more sense to make a
video that is more relative to our band and our lives. The whole day was a blast and after the bar closed the whole party moved to my house. Enjoy.
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