We can't unsee this hot mess.
AC/DC fans were thunderstruck when the veteran rockers released a visually displeasing video for "Play Ball," a track from their upcoming 17th studio album, Rock or Bust.
The band, sans guitarist Malcolm Young who left the group this year due to a debilitating illness, jams out in front of green screen that displays various sports with balls ("Play Ball" is being used in Major League Baseball's post-season campaign on Turner Sports).
Yikes, the green screen shots could use a little work! No expense spared on AC/DC's new video for 'Play Ball'. http://t.co/RbpWlRr1q3 -Watty— Watty (@WatsonRock102) November 12, 2014
@AUXTV I'm the biggest fan of AC/DC and I was shocked to watch this - horrific - execution of the green screen is bad let alone the concept— Kyle Hosick (@kylehosick) November 12, 2014
This new AC/DC music video is just plain sad to watch. So much green screen! http://t.co/HWcQkYWBAf— Jonah Ollman (@jollman4) November 12, 2014
Yes the green screen effects in AC/DC's new video are shit, but that's the point. It's meant to be a throwback to all those old music videos— Anthony Silvestro (@AnthSilvestro) November 12, 2014
"They are the same band they were -- they have never come out with any pretense to be anything else than the best rock 'n' roll band in the world," director David Mallet, who has worked with AC/DC as far back as 24 years ago. "It's just as thrilling doing stuff with them now as it with was all those years ago and that's because the records are just as good."
Mallet and frontman Brian Johnson explained the video in this behind-the-scenes clip:
AC/DC, who formed in 1973, will release Rock or Bust on Dec. 2.
Young's nephew, Stevie, filled in for him for the album's 11 songs and for this music video. He'll continue playing rhythm guitar on the band's tour.
AC/DC's last studio album, Black Ice, came out in 2008.
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