The Durbin team has issued two singles for the release: “Stand Up" for rock radio, and the mid-tempo "Love Me Bad" for Top 40 stations.
James has been doing press and performing “Love Me Bad” in some of the sessions.
Now, Durbin is offering up a preview/trailer of the video for the song, which he tells Loudwire, was a pretty intense experience.
“We shot the video for ‘Love Me Bad’ in dry lake bed out in the desert of Barstow, California,” says James. “We were, like, 90 minutes away from Las Vegas and it was a day full of rock ‘n’ roll debauchery. I accidentally blew up a 1971 Dodge Charger by driving it too hard! The hood was on fire and there was smoke everywhere. I just remember the fire department guys we had on set running towards me screaming, “Get the f— out!” It was insane.”
“We had to finish the rest of the video with the car on a flatbed truck being pulled on a Uhaul,” James added. “We actually lit up a lot of things on fire during the shoot. I even got some gasoline on myself at one point. At the end of the video I drop a torch and destroy the whole set. Just wait till you see this dude – it is full-on heavy metal!”
The full clip premieres on Vevo on November 16, and will be available for purchase on iTunes on November 29.
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James Durbin – Love Me Bad (trailer)
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