Buffalo Tom - Sodajerk HD

What this video is

Released in 1993 on Beggars Banquet/Atlantic, 'Sodajerk' arrived at the crest of the alternative rock commercial wave catalyzed by Nirvana's Nevermind (1991). Buffalo Tom, a Boston trio shaped by Dinosaur Jr. and Hüsker Dü, represented the college-rock tier of that boom: critically lauded, modestly charting, and deeply embedded in Generation X cultural infrastructure. The song's subsequent placement on the My…

Why it matters

A defining artifact of early-90s American alternative rock's commercial and cultural peak, 'Sodajerk' bridges college-rock insularity and MTV-era mass visibility. Its fast editing, warm-but-stark visual palette, and performance-driven structure codified an aesthetic template for the genre — raw…

The director

Jan Kounen (born Jan Coenen, 2 May 1964, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch-born French film director and producer. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in Nice and built an early career directing experimental shorts and music videos before…