Staind - Outside

What this video is

Released in May 2001 as the second single from Break the Cycle, 'Outside' arrived at the commercial peak of post-grunge's mainstream dominance. The song originated as an impromptu acoustic performance at the 1999 Family Values Tour, where its live recording became a radio hit peaking at No. 1 on US Mainstream Rock Tracks. The studio video, filmed in October 2001, capitalized on the enormous momentum of Break the…

Why it matters

A canonical document of post-grunge's early-2000s commercial apex, 'Outside' represents the genre's pivot from nu-metal aggression toward emotionally raw balladry. The video's performance-plus-allegory structure became a template for rock videos of this era, while the song's chart trajectory —…

The director

Nigel Dick (born 21 March 1953, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England) is a British-American music video director and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He trained as an architect at the University of Bath before entering the record business at Stiff Records. He…