Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized

What this video is

Released in 1984 as a companion to the 1983 debut album on independent Frontier Records, 'Institutionalized' emerged from the Venice Beach, California scene where skate culture, gang territories, surf subculture, and hardcore punk intersected. The video became the first hardcore punk video to receive substantial MTV rotation, cracking open a mainstream channel that had previously excluded extreme underground music.…

Why it matters

A landmark document of the hardcore punk to crossover thrash transition, 'Institutionalized' is considered among the defining songs of both genres. It was the first hardcore video to achieve significant MTV airplay, fundamentally altering the relationship between the underground punk scene and…

The director

American film director and prolific music video director. Attended N.Y.U., S.F. Art Institute, SUNY Purchase, UCLA, and A.F.I. Founded Fallout Films in 1984. Directed cult feature Tapeheads (1988) starring Tim Robbins and John Cusack, and Car 54, Where Are…