The Catheters - Nothing

What this video is

Released in 2002 on Sub Pop Records (SP-568), 'Nothing' was the breakout single from The Catheters' sophomore album Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days. The band, formed in Bellevue, Washington in 1995, had evolved from hardcore punk in the vein of Black Flag and the Circle Jerks into a dirtier 70s glam-influenced garage punk sound by the time of this release. The video arrived during the peak of the…

Why it matters

The video is a primary visual document of the early 2000s Sub Pop garage punk revival — a movement that directly preceded and paralleled the mainstream garage rock explosion of 2001–2003. The Catheters represented a rawer, more hardcore-inflected strand of that revival, distinct from the cleaner…

The director

Rob McConnaughy is a music video director associated with Sub Pop Records' early 2000s video production roster. A YouTube metadata credit attributes the direction of 'The Catheters - 3000 Ways' (from the same 2002 album Static Delusions and Stone-Still Days,…