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What this video is

Released in 1989, this video documents Poopshovel, a Madison, Wisconsin noise-punk and alternative rock quartet operating in the thriving Midwestern underground scene that predated and in part seeded the early 1990s grunge and alternative explosion. Madison's college-town infrastructure supported a robust DIY music ecosystem. The video's warm, low-contrast analog aesthetic and performance-centric framing reflect…

Why it matters

A rare video artifact from the American Midwestern noise-punk underground of 1989, 'One Pass Away' by Poopshovel represents a pre-grunge independent alternative aesthetic—rooted in college radio culture and DIY ethics—that directly informed the sonic and visual vocabulary of early 1990s…

The director

Philip Harder (born 1965) is an American music video and commercial director. He operated Harder/Fuller Films from 1985 to 2005 and was also a director at Quentin Tarantino's A Band Apart Commercials and Music Videos. He directed videos for Prince, Foo…