Strokes Get Former Guns 'N Roses Members For New Video

06/27/2002 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Mark Armstrong

(6/27/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- The next video by New York buzz band the Strokes will feature appearances by former Guns 'N Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan, and Matt Sorum. The clip, for the song "Someday," is being directed by Roman Coppola, son of famed film director Francis Ford Coppola.

However, the concept of the video and the roles in it for the famed rockers are not being revealed at this time, the Strokes' spokesperson tells LAUNCH.

Indie-rock heroes Guided By Voices will also appear in the video, but rumored appearances by members of Def Leppard and former Marilyn Manson bassist Twiggy Ramirez were not confirmed by the group's spokesperson.

A release date for the video has yet to be announced.

"Someday" is the next single off the Strokes' RCA Records debut, Is This It.

-- Neal Weiss, Los Angeles

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