Lady Gaga has spent the last decade growing into one of the most well-known pop artists on the planet since emerging out of New York City’s rock/pop scene back in the mid-2000s. Another steadily-emerging artist to come out of the vibrant NYC music scene in recent years is country-rock singer and guitarist, Aaron Lee Tasjan.
The music of the two artists could be considered polar opposites, but there was a time when their two worlds collided when Gaga and Tasjan were both up-and-coming musicians helping each other out with their music videos. Tasjan recently gave his followers a reminder of his past collaboration with Gaga, who appeared in one of his music videos back in 2007.
Tasjan had been part of numerous local rock acts before moving to Nashville to launch his currently-blossoming career as an alternative country artist, including The Madison Square Gardeners (Google them immediately) and a garage rock outfit Semi Precious Weapons. The latter released a self-titled, three-track EP in 2009 which featured the single, “Magnetic Baby”. The music video for the single was shared right around that time as well, and featured a wonderful plethora of semi-DIY footage showcasing the band’s primal, raw punk-rock sound. A then-relatively unknown Lady Gaga makes quite the appearance in the video, which was directed by future filmmaker and screenwriter, Pamela Romanowsky.
Gaga, who was still sporting dark hair at the time, appears at certain points throughout the video, covering herself (and others) with malt liquor and partaking in the wild, rock-n-roll antics taking place in the storyline.
Watch the full video below to try and spot a young Gaga in her brief snippets throughout.
Semi Precious Weapons – “Magnetic Baby” – Music Video feat. Lady Gaga
[Video: Nyna Germanotta]
“Lady Gaga opened for my first band, Semi Precious Weapons in 2007 at a club called Rebel in NYC,” Tasjan mentioned in a post shared to his Twitter. “She performed alongside her then partner Lady Starlight. I wore red ladies pants. Everyone kicked a goal that night.”
While the two probably won’t tour together anytime soon, Tasjan will look to close out his 2019 with two more shows supporting Greta Van Fleet in Philadelphia, PA on December 29th and 30th.
Head to Tasjan’s website for tickets and 2020 tour date information.