Pavement - Spit On A Stranger

What this video is

Released in June 1999 as the lead single from Terror Twilight—Pavement's fifth and final studio album—'Spit on a Stranger' arrived as the band's most conventionally melodic and accessible single to date. Produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead's OK Computer, The Bends), the record represented a commercial and sonic pivot that divided long-time fans. The video, shot in Lance Bangs' signature observational documentary…

Why it matters

Represents the late-period maturation of 1990s American indie/slacker rock—a genre defined by Pavement more than almost any other act. The Matador Records ecosystem that produced this single was central to establishing indie rock's visual and sonic vocabulary throughout the decade. As a final-era…

The director

Lance Bangs (born September 4, 1972) is an American filmmaker and music video director based in Portland, Oregon. He founded the Flicker Film Festival in Athens, Georgia in 1990 and built his career documenting the 1990s indie and alternative rock…