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**Life of Agony Release Live Music Video for “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — A Darker Reimagining of the iconic Breakfast Club hit**

Brooklyn, NY’s Metal Hall of Famers Life of Agony have released a powerful new live music video capturing their emotionally charged cover of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)”, the Simple Minds anthem made famous by its appearance in the 1985 John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.

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Filmed during the band’s ‘30 Years of Ugly’ anniversary tour in Europe, the video captures Life of Agony at a defining moment in their career. While honoring the spirit of the original, the band delivers a distinctly Life of Agony–sounding interpretation — darker, heavier, and more emotionally weighty than the original recording, transforming the song into something raw, brooding, and deeply personal.

The video was filmed and directed by Leigh Brooks of Firebelly Films, a longtime visual collaborator who has also directed several Life of Agony music videos, as well as the band’s acclaimed documentary The Sound of Scars. Brooks’ immersive live-performance approach places viewers directly inside the venue, capturing the intense connection between band and crowd.

Audio for the performance was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Life of Agony guitarist Joey Zampella, delivering incredible clarity while preserving the grit and immediacy of the live experience.

“Even though our studio version of ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ appears on Ugly, we had never performed the song live until the ‘30 Years of Ugly’ anniversary tour,” bassist Alan Robert shares. “Bringing it to the stage after all these years — and experiencing the live energy of the crowd — made the song one of the highlights of the set every night.”

Originally released in 1985, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” defined a broken generation through The Breakfast Club, symbolizing youth, alienation, and connection — themes that have long aligned with Life of Agony’s own body of work. This live rendition underscores the song’s enduring relevance while showcasing the band’s ability to fully claim and transform familiar material through their own uncompromising lens.

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About Life of Agony

Metal Hall of Fame inductee Life of Agony formed on the streets of Brooklyn, NY in 1989 by cousins Keith Caputo and Joey Zampella alongside bassist Alan Robert, emerging as one of the most influential and emotionally resonant bands of the early nineties. Their groundbreaking debut album, River Runs Red, was later named one of Rolling Stone’s “Greatest Metal Albums of All Time,” cementing its legacy as a landmark release in alternative metal. Rolling Stone also included the album’s opening track, This Time, on its list of the “100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time.”

Over the course of more than three decades, Life of Agony built a fiercely loyal cult following while touring extensively and sharing stages with some of the biggest names in metal, hardcore, and hard rock. Their powerful blend of raw emotion, crushing riffs, and deeply personal songwriting helped define a generation of heavy music fans.

The band’s acclaimed discography includes River Runs Red (1993), Ugly (1995), Soul Searching Sun (1997), Broken Valley (2005), A Place Where There's No More Pain (2017), and The Sound of Scars (2019). The latter was named Album of the Year by The Aquarian and inspired the critically acclaimed full-length documentary The Sound of Scars, directed by Leigh Brooks. The film was released through Raven Banner Entertainment, Firebelly Films, and Cinedigm.