The ''M.A.D. EP'' is a 2009
EP by
new rave
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band
Hadouken!. It was released on 14 September 2009. It was released in the
UK as a
digital download EP, however, a
CD single
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is available in Japan. M.A.D. stands for
Mutually Assured Destruction. The title track later appeared on the band's second studio album,
For the Masses.
Track listing
#"M.A.D." - 3:26
#"Something Very Bad" - 3:04
#"Ugly (Dub Mix)" - 4:08
#"M.A.D. (Detboi Remix)" - 4:32
#"M.A.D. (
Plastician
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History
Plastician, real name Chris Reed is a DJ from Croydon in South London. H ...
Remix)" - 4:10
#"M.A.D. (
Phace Remix)" - 6:19
Music video
The music video for the Hadouken! song M.A.D. shows a man dressed in a mouse outfit, who appears to be a public menace. He intentionally trips an elderly woman and harasses two women on the street. The mouse then walks into a shop where he tries to buy a bottle of alcoholic
cider
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from the shopkeeper, but the shopkeeper refuses to sell alcohol to him, leading to an argument that causes the mouse to beat him up. The mouse drinks the cider and starts to feel bad about his actions. Finally a cat, who is a man dressed in a cat outfit being a public hero, chases and wins a fight against the mouse, presumably killing him with a brick as the music video ends.
The music video was directed by Martyn Thomas with Tim Mo'Gridge as director of photography & produced by Marie Claire Denyer. George Herse portrayed the mouse, and Tom Harris portrayed the cat.
References
External links
Official ''M.A.D.'' Music Video
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Hadouken! albums
2009 EPs