The Vines - Get Free

What this video is

Released June 17, 2002, 'Get Free' arrived at the apex of the garage rock revival, a moment when Anglo-American music media was aggressively seeking the post-Nirvana guitar-rock saviour. The Vines — a Sydney-formed band — received extraordinary press acceleration: both Rolling Stone and NME ran cover features, with NME explicitly framing them as 'the new Nirvana.' The video's spectacle-driven aesthetic —…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of the 2002 garage rock revival, 'Get Free' sits alongside The Strokes, The White Stripes, and The Hives as evidence of a transatlantic guitar-rock resurgence. The video's Roman Coppola direction — who was simultaneously the primary visual auteur for The Strokes — makes it a…

The director

Roman François Coppola (born April 22, 1965, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is an American filmmaker, music video director, screenwriter, and producer. Son of Francis Ford Coppola, he founded The Directors Bureau production company in 1996. His music video work…