Schleprock - Suburbia (Video)

What this video is

Released in 1996 on Warner Bros. Records, 'Suburbia' arrived at the crest of the major-label punk gold rush triggered by Green Day's Dookie (1994) and The Offspring's Smash (1994). Schleprock, a San Gabriel Valley band formed in 1988, embodied the geographic and sociological reality the song describes: the sprawling, bored, disaffected suburbs of Los Angeles. The track received rotation on MTV and MTV2 in the…

Why it matters

A textbook artifact of the 1995–1997 commercial punk moment when major labels aggressively signed SoCal punk bands in the wake of Green Day and The Offspring's crossover success. Schleprock's blend of pop-punk melody with tougher British-influenced punk attack, showcased in this single, represents…