BTS - Blame It On The Weatherman - March 1999

This interview has been archived from the former Official B*Witched website.

Had you found yourself in the middle of a desolate warehouse area of London's East End at the beginning of February, you might have caught a glimpse of B*witched scampering over an over-turned truck.

Don't worry - B*witched weren't caught up in some horrific accident. And nope, ex-mechanic Keavy wasn't introducing Edele, Sinead and Lindsay to the joys of engine-tuning. B*witched were actually filming the video to their new single, 'Blame It On The Weatherman'.

The girls spent two days shooting the promo in a hangar-sized studio on top of a real lorry, lying upside down in a pool of water. As Edele sang her heart out, Sinead, Lindsay and Keavy climbed all over the chassis and a crew of minions scurried around, doing everything from making waves in the water to adjusting lighting to completing carpentry work for the set.

In between takes, the girls made their way precariously along a gangway across the water and retreated to a corner of the studio where they wiped the axle grease from their hands, had their make-up retouched and kept warm with the help of some hot tea.

Dressed in a floor-length suede shirt dress, Edele took time out to talk us through the video concept: 'It's really different to our last videos, because those were a lot more active. In this one we're stranded on the submerged lorry, looking at all the houses' contents floating past us from a flooded town.'

As usual, the rest of B*witched were decked out in their trademark denim, but this time with apocalyptic suede trimming. Keeping it clean was a major problem though - especially for Keavy. Having worked in her dad's garage, she was the first one to scamper over the truck and the first to snag a hole in her outfit! And if that wasn't enough, she was pestered with jokes like 'Shouldn't you have got the lorry up and running by now?'

As fun as the shoot was, it had its fair share of drama. Amongst the things floating past the truck was a dog standing on a door. All well and good, or so everyone thought. Uh-uh, it soon got stranded! Fortunately, Sinead came to the rescue: reaching out from the truck, she saved the wet mutt from a real soaking.