Happyhead - Fabulous

What this video is

Happyhead was Carl Marsh's post-Shriekback project, a New York-based act fusing acid house rhythms with loud guitars in the mold of Madchester peers like Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, and Jesus Jones. 'Fabulous' is an explicit satirical broadside against consumer culture and advertising excess, released at the precise cultural hinge point when the UK's Madchester-rave wave was ebbing and American grunge was…

Why it matters

A textbook artifact of the brief Madchester-meets-American-alt-rock crossover moment, 'Fabulous' represents the sonic and visual grammar of a genre that was commercially outmaneuvered by grunge within months of its release. As one of only two singles from Happyhead's sole album, it is a primary…