I Don’t Want to Die a Virgin
Hello dear Interwebs and fans of YBH,
In case you hadn’t seen it, we have produced our first music video entitled (as the title of this blog entry suggests) I Don’t Want to Die a Virgin. Which you can watch HERE or in the blog entry below.
This song was written for director Joe Lynch’s film, Zom-B Movie, just one part of the infamous horror anthology film, CHILLERAMA (which Brendan actually stars in)… The video was featured during the end credits as a sort of aperetif to the very savory imagery portrayed on screen. If you are a fan of the horror genre, or a fan of YBH or both, it may be worth your time to see this debaucherous honorarium to drive in B-rated horror schlocky goodness!
The story behind this video is quite fantastic actually. Joe Lynch, the aforementioned director, called us on Saturday, and said he needed something for the end credits of the film. By Sunday, the concept was in place, which was: what if Brendan was playing the song, and a bunch of zombies came and ate the band? Hilarity ensues!
Ward Roberts and Deric Hughes aka Boom Mic Operator and Zombie
By Tuesday evening the video was shot. In total, we took maybe 4 hours at the most to shoot it. A good friend graciously donated his downtown loft as a location, which worked out perfectly because the walls were tiled in a sort of old timey mental hospital sort of way…very chique. We rehearsed the shots, and performed the song for a total of probably 10 takes. Obviously, this isn’t representative of the whole band. Sadly, Merrick and Sam couldn’t make it due to the short notice of the thing. But Bryan made it, and did so with flying colors. He stole the show completely, as evidenced by these incredible screen caps.
The best part of Bryan’s performance in addition to being hilarious, if you look closely, he keeps playing the drums even as he’s being dragged to the floor and eaten alive. What a trooper.
In addition to Bryan plus a ton of zombies, we brought in some beautiful ladies to sing the backing vocals whom many of you may recognize:
Magda Apanowicz about to be eaten by a very luck Michael Beach, zombie extraordinaire. 
The infamously talented singer Raya Yarbrough joined in the excitement, also being eaten by a very lucky Michael Beach, with an assist from Deric Hughes.
Bear McCreary (Brendan’s brother) set off on his directorial maiden voyage for the video…and did a knock out job of it. 
Joe Lynch also showed up and “Director of Photographied” for us, and it was splendid!
This was Brendan’s favorite part of the video. Though getting eaten by zombies is not a fantasy of his, he says it was pretty surreal singing and emoting with all those creepy hands surrounding him. However, cleaning the chocolate syrup (which we used for blood) out of his shirt was no easy task.
PEACE OUT KIDDIES! 
Love,
YBH
PS: I Don’t Want to Die a Virgin is not so coincidentally featured, as the opening track to the Zom-B Movie soundtrack…not so coincidentally written by Brendan McCreary’s brother, Bear McCreary! It is also not so coincidentally available for purchase, exclusively on iTunes! Check out the Zom-B Movie soundtrack here!
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