Violent Femmes - all i want

What this video is

Released in 2000 as a single from Freak Magnet, Violent Femmes' eighth studio album, 'All I Want' appeared after a significant hiatus during which the band was dropped from Interscope Records. The album had originally been planned for a 1998 release before label collapse delayed it. The video arrived as the 1990s alternative rock infrastructure was dissolving and early-digital MTV production norms were taking hold.…

Why it matters

Violent Femmes are considered integral to the underground folk punk and alternative rock movements of the 1980s and influential on folk rock, indie rock, grunge, pop punk, and emo. 'All I Want,' from Freak Magnet (2000), represents the band's late-career pivot toward emotional maturity and is…

The director

Dominic Engel (born 3 December 1963, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) is an American director and writer. He is credited on IMDb primarily as director of the 1998 film Fast Horses. His directorial work spans independent film and music video production around the…