Mr. T Experience - ＂Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba＂ Lookout! Records

What this video is

Released in 1995/1996 on Lookout! Records, 'Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba' is a track from Love Is Dead — widely regarded as The Mr. T Experience's masterpiece. The band emerged from the 924 Gilman Street scene in Berkeley, California, contemporaries of Green Day, Operation Ivy, Rancid, and Jawbreaker. The video appeared at the apex of Lookout!'s commercial fortunes, boosted by Green Day's mainstream explosion, yet the band…

Why it matters

Represents the Lookout! Records East Bay pop-punk aesthetic at its commercial and artistic peak: melodic three-chord punk with literary, satirical lyrics by Dr. Frank Portman. The video and its parent album Love Is Dead are considered defining artifacts of the second wave of US pop-punk, sitting…