Dinosaur Jr - Feel The Pain

What this video is

Released in August 1994 as the lead single from Without a Sound, 'Feel the Pain' arrived at the apex of alternative rock's MTV penetration, months after Kurt Cobain's death reframed the genre's cultural stakes. Dinosaur Jr. — one of the foundational acts of the noise-pop and alt-rock genealogy — achieved their broadest commercial reach with this track, peaking at #4 on Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and #25 in the…

Why it matters

Dinosaur Jr. are a primary transmission vector between 1980s noise-rock/college radio (Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü) and 1990s mainstream alternative. 'Feel the Pain' represents their most commercially distilled moment without abandoning J Mascis's signature high-gain guitar approach. The Jonze video's…

The director

Adam Spiegel (b. October 22, 1969, Rockville, MD), known professionally as Spike Jonze, is an American filmmaker, photographer, and actor. He began his career photographing BMX and skateboard culture for Freestylin' Magazine and co-founded youth culture…