WATCH: “Don’t Frack My Mother”

Sean Lennon, Yoko Ono, and Artists Against Fracking Present an Anti-Fracking Anthem

Directors: Sarah Sophie Flicker, Maximilla Lukacs and Tennessee Thomas
Video Producer: Rebecca Fernandez
Editor: Maximilla Lukacs

The artists of Artists Against Fracking worked together to create this music video for “Don’t Frack My Mother,” Sean Lennon’s very own anti-fracking anthem.

Recognize anyone in the video?

We thought you might. Here’s a list of all the artists who appear in it:

  • Adrian Grenier
  • Alexa Chung
  • Ben Lee
  • Carrie Fisher
  • Daniel Pinchbeck
  • Devendra Banhart
  • Eric Biondo
  • Fred Armisen
  • Ione Skye
  • Joseph Gordon-Levitt
  • Josh Fox
  • Liv Tyler
  • Lindsey Wixson
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Mark Ronson
  • Melissa Auf Der Maur
  • Michael Skolnik
  • Natasha Lyonne
  • Nels Cline
  • Penn Badgley
  • Reggie Watts
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto
  • Sean Lennon
  • Stuart Bogie
  • Susan Sarandon
  • Yoko Ono
  • Zoë Kravitz

And band members from:

  • Au Revoir Simone
  • Black Lips
  • Cibo Matto
  • The Citizens Band
  • The Like
  • The Strokes
  • Wilco
  • Wild Belle
  • http://www.facebook.com/jshatan Jeremy Shatan

    Thanks to Sean & everyone else who participated!

  • http://twitter.com/drynberg Dan Rynberg

    Well done, may this help keep NY State FrackFree!

  • Gail Neustadt

    Interesting that the words to this important song are sung to Dylan’s “The Times they are a Changin!” In my story Sebastian’s Tale (a fantasy and somewhat political allegory) by Dylan Weiss, the end suggests the solution to the issue with another of Dylan’s songs! Thank you for all you are doing to fight what seems to be an unprecedented foe. Please read my story which I’m blogging for free at http://www.sebastianstale.com. It will make a fantastic animation. It needs to be discovered by one of you!!!! “G” AKA Dylan Weiss

  • Bertus Buizer @bbuizer

    A fantastic good act. Thank you. I’m against fracking, like you. We don’t need shale gas!

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=668146617 Caitlin Johnson

    This is great. We could use some help in Ohio!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jill.mccall.7 Jill McCall

    Take heart – our local community in Australia turned it around. #CSGnorthernrivers #metgasco

  • Cody

    Yes because we need to remain dependent on the middle east for oil and gas

  • http://twitter.com/javieryearson Javier Yearson

    Don’t frack my mother, don’t frack my heart!

  • The Elusive Dr. X

    Apparently, when you are a member of the “beautiful people”, the high cost of energy doesn’t really matter. What about the rest of us that have to actually work for a living and purchase oil and gas to keep our kids warm at night? Never mind the fact that there is little (if any) scientifically defensible evidence that hydrofracking is actually a quantifiable problem……
    What a bunch of self absorbed f’ing idiots. Guess I’ll have to go burn my collection of Plastic Ono Band LP’s…..

    • http://www.facebook.com/misriel Mis Riel

      saving money and keeping your family warm is worth killing environment for the next generation?

      • The Elusive Dr. X

        And what do you propose as the alternative?… If your reply is “its nuclear, silly” then I will be forced to agree with you. If your first instinct is to respond with the typical wind/solar response, i would suggest reading this article to put things in perspective.

        http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/03/the_dream_of_a_world_without_oil.html

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ali-Babba/670457795 Ali Babba

        It is not destroying the environment moron.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ali-Babba/670457795 Ali Babba

    That fat crack head Carrie is going to ruin star wars. Call disney today and ask for her to not be cast.

  • LAURIE IMHAUSER

    To the Elusive Dr. X,
    If you live in NY state, then you should be concerned. There will be tons of toxic waste being transported to who knows where to be dumped, the water supply will be at high risk and there is a higher risk of earthquake activity (NYC is 35 miles from a nuclear plant on a fault line). Not to mention the amount of natural gas that can be obtained is too inadequate to take this much risk.

    Maybe YOU need to conserve more – as most of us do! We have enough gas now to warm the kids.

  • Frank Chernega

    Your total lack of science, statistics, and analysis makes your efforts a
    joke. You’re fooling no one. The real reason you want fracking banned
    is to drive down the price of real estate to the pre gas levels so you
    can continue to prey on poverty stricken landowners who will no longer
    need your money once they start collecting gas royalties. Go somewhere
    else (NYC or Hollywood) and sell your snake oil.
    .

  • Concerned citizen of the world

    OMG to all those ignorant people who say there is no proof or evidence that hydrofracking is a problem, have you even bothered to look.. there is scientific, quantifiable evidence and plenty of it… .. Wake up.. or do you work for the gas companies? And to those of you who are sooooo concerned about your cheap bills and gas and electricity… you don’t need these to live.. However you do need water to live… maybe you should look into what irreversible damage fracking will do to water and how much of it is used in the process before you start mouthing off with some poor versus rich bullshit… The only rich shit argument that comes into play here is the frackers are making shitloads of money off of a very short term venture that will be paid for by future generations to come…When it comes to what is truly necessary to live ie clean air and water and healthy food, we are all in the same boat, rich and poor. These are the things that need protecting from Fracking which if you look into it, actually affects all 3. And without access to these 3, air water and food, what use is gas or electricity..Get properly informed before you get angry at others who have taken the time to look into this and do something about it before it’s too late…. A big thankyou to Artists Against Fracking for spreading the word..we are doing are best to stop it in Australia too… look into the LOCK the GATE scheme..

  • http://www.facebook.com/nancydenker Nancy Denker

    We are making a little progress in New Mexico, where we have the first county in the country banning fracking. The Democratic Party also passed a resolution to the same end. Please sign my petition in order to increase our collective voice!

    http://signon.org/sign/the-earth-first-initiative

  • http://www.facebook.com/michael.field.9 Michael Field

    Hi, CSG is/will let off bulk Methane , much more dangerous then Carbon to the Atmosphere,
    Melbourne Uni is conducting their own small test ATM but no-one is listening yet
    there is to much money to be made for the Greedy’s and i fear that it will be to late to pull them up when they start pulling in the Big Bucks,
    I really cannot understand why these governments (state and federal) are letting this happen,
    I turned 54 today and when i was in primary school they taught us that the Great Artesian Basin
    was the Largest body of Under-ground water on this Planet
    now these overseas monopoly’s are going to force Poisons under the water to force up gas/salt-water and more poison
    then they are going to store this salt water and poison on the Ground above the Water ?
    probably something i would give the kids a kick up the bum for if they tried it at home
    The thing is Mother Nature will not be forgiving when this goes bad , it will not be the easy clean-up like the Exxon Valdez
    or the little spill that BP had off Florida
    In 100 years time I can see the East Coast of Australia,west of the Great Dividing Range turning into a Waste-Land
    and who-ever is around in those days having to import tinned food from somewhere else
    Because of the Huge amounts of Money involved ( 80% going overseas) I am not sure how this CSG industry can be pulled up till proper investigations can be done
    there is already Methane bubbling up in the Condamine River at Tara in SW/QLD but this is a natural occurrence they say ( even though no-one has seen it before )
    this is from the first noticed leak,, the ABC did a new report about a week ago that showed many leaks over a large section of River
    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-31/engineer-challenges-company-gas-claim/4043342
    This is the overview of QLD governments investigation ,you will notice they say the phenomenon needs a long term study,but no mention of putting the industry on hold ?
    http://www.industry.qld.gov.au/lng/documents/condamine-gas-seep-report.pdf
    Anyway it is nice to see you are promoting Nuclear Power , I see Nuke as a good stop gap for Industry
    wind and solar are OK for houses and street-lights as the cost comes down but probably be a long time till these methods produce power for industry
    All the best ,, Michael ps I support Nuke Power the only safe alturnitve for the immediate Future

  • fredschnaubelt

    Fred Schnaubelt shared a link.
    31 minutes ago

    Fracking has been going on in California for over 50 years. One thing is for sure, without Oil at least half the world’s population would be dead or never have been born since 1865. On June 10th The New York Times reported no global warming… for 15 years. Now even the NYT is guilty of mitigating environmentalist guilt.

    Chapter 13, Romancing The Voters. Oil — finite but inexhaustible

    “The earth will perish in 7 billion years when the sun burns out,” my astronomy professor told the UCSD class. “Repeat that please,” said guy nearby, clearly agitated. After hearing it repeated, with a sigh of relief the student said, “Phew, for a minute I thought you said 7 million years.”

    While we all can agree the sun is finite, the sun’s energy is also undeniably inexhaustible. Oil, like the sun, is also finite and inexhaustible.
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  • Mel Safken

    Just look at our Beautiful state of Colorado… https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200328935883071&set=oa.382747081836631&type=1&theater
    Don’t let this happen to your state… after its allowed, there is no turning back. :(