The Refreshments - Down Together

What this video is

Released in 1996 as the second single from Fizzy Fuzzy Big & Buzzy, 'Down Together' emerged during the commercial apex of post-grunge alternative rock on American radio and MTV. The Refreshments were part of a cluster of Tempe, Arizona acts — alongside the Gin Blossoms and the Meat Puppets — who represented a distinctly Southwestern strain of guitar rock. Signed to Mercury Records after winning a national…

Why it matters

Represents the Southwestern alternative rock microgenre of the mid-1990s, a regional variant of post-grunge characterized by jangly guitars, narrative lyricism, and desert-inflected warmth. 'Down Together' charted at Modern Rock No. 38 and demonstrates the period's reliance on MTV rotation as the…