Supersuckers - Born With a Tail (2025 Remaster)

What this video is

Released in 1995 on Sub Pop Records — the Seattle label that had defined the grunge explosion — 'Born with a Tail' arrived as the Supersuckers positioned themselves within a post-grunge underground that prized raucous punk energy and irreverent devil-rock iconography. The video's B-movie horror-camp theatrical staging and rapid-cut editing reflect the mid-90s moment when alternative rock videos were embracing…

Why it matters

The video is a canonical example of 1990s Sub Pop underground punk visual language: rapid editorial pace, theatrical devil-rock staging, warm-amber film grain aesthetics, and deliberate camp sensibility. It documents the visual grammar of a punk subgenre that resisted MTV polish in favor of…

The director

Rocky Schenck (born April 18, 1955) is an American photographer and music video director raised on a ranch outside Dripping Springs, Texas. He has written and directed over 150 music videos and has photographed album covers and editorial work for Vogue,…