Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 57 minutes ago
Released in 1999 as the lead single from XTRMNTR, Swastika Eyes arrived as a politically charged visual; complete with Red Army styling, Sophie Dahl cameos, and a sharp critique of militarism, neo-colonialism, and the perversion of Western democracy through corporate influence.
The video’s director of photography, Alan Sherrod, had previously worked on Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, giving the chaos a cinematic precision.
Bobby Gillespie described the title as “a metaphor for the militarism and neo-imperialism of the West, and how corporate interests have corrupted democracy.”
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Released in 1999 as the lead single from XTRMNTR, Swastika Eyes arrived as a politically charged visual; complete with Red Army styling, Sophie Dahl cameos, and a sharp critique of militarism, neo-colonialism, and the perversion of Western democracy through corporate influence.
The video’s director of photography, Alan Sherrod, had previously worked on Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, giving the chaos a cinematic precision.
Bobby Gillespie described the title as “a metaphor for the militarism and neo-imperialism of the West, and how corporate interests have corrupted democracy.”
🔴 When did you first see this video, and what did you make of it then?
#PrimalScream #RockNRoll #Archive #SwastikaEyes #TheStoryOf
