Jimmies Chicken Shack Dropping Anchor Official Video circa 1998 - Jimmies Chicken Shack Dropping Anchor Official Video circa 1998

What this video is

Jimmie's Chicken Shack formed in Annapolis, Maryland in 1993 and built a substantial regional following before signing to Elton John's Rocket Records, a subsidiary of Universal/PolyGram. 'Dropping Anchor' was a single from their major-label debut Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope (1997), which launched the band into MTV rotation. The Washington Post described the band as combining 'art-rock and hard-rock with a…

Why it matters

Representative artifact of the late-1990s post-grunge/funk-metal crossover that briefly flourished on MTV's active rock and alternative programming. 'Dropping Anchor' and its companion single 'High' were two of the band's only music videos and document a regional scene achieving national…