The Smith Street Band Recreate Classic AC/DC Video For 'Shine' Clip

Melbourne punks The Smith Street Band have paid homage to legendary Aussie outfit AC/DC with their newest video, for fresh single Shine.

The band, who kicked off their national tour in support of new album More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me in Hobart last night, even recruited the director of AC/DC's seminal clip for It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock'n'Roll), Paul Drane, to help them recreate the imagery of the band being driven down Melbourne's Swanson Street, though the Smithys took to the main street of Footscray instead for their high-def do-over.

The new take features the members of The Smith Street Band (naturally) and a choir comprising the sister of frontman Wil Wagner, Lizzie Wagner, along with Jess Locke, Mel Calia, Laura Quattrocelli, Sara Patrickn and Ciume Lochner. As a sweet little bonus, the brief cameo from the bagpipe-toting Lachlan McSwain makes the visual hat-tip to AC/DC's seminal tune all the more fitting.

"There aren't many more iconic Australian music videos than the one for AC/DC's It's A Long Way To The Top," Wagner said in a statement. "The footage of the band driving down Swanston Street on the back of a flatbed truck to the delight and bemusement of passing pedestrians is such a nostalgic and wonderful image.

"We've talked a lot about recreating that music video and, after living in and falling in love with Footscray for the last few years, we found the perfect place to do it! But what we didn't expect was to get to work with the one and only Paul Drane, who not only directed the famous AC/DC film clip but has also worked with basically every Aussie band worth their salt!

"So, with a lot of help from our friends and the local council, we set up our stuff on the back of a truck and drove through Footscray playing our song Shine. It was a fun, funny and surreal day that was perfectly captured by Paul and his team in this clip!"

Drane, who helped AC/DC film their clip for Countdown, has also previously worked with the likes of Cold Chisel, Little River Band, Supernaut and Skyhooks, among other revered outfits.

Check out the clip, along with its inspiration, below.

The Smith Street Band continue their More Scared Of You Than You Are Of Me tour tonight in Sydney before heading to Brisbane and Melbourne for two shows each, as well as Perth and Adelaide. Details are available in theGuide.