1995 CIV ＂Can't Wait One Minute More＂ - 1995 CIV ＂Can't Wait One Minute More＂
What this video is
Released in 1995 on Lava/Atlantic Records, 'Can't Wait One Minute More' represents one of the most commercially successful translations of New York hardcore punk to mainstream MTV culture. CIV formed from the nucleus of Gorilla Biscuits veterans, and the single's major-label backing via Lava Records placed NYHC ethos — self-determination, urgency, communal energy — into the pop-culture airstream. The mock talk-show…
Why it matters
A pivotal document in the brief mid-1990s window when NYHC and post-hardcore acts received major-label promotion and genuine MTV rotation. Alongside contemporaries like Quicksand and Sick of It All, CIV demonstrated that hardcore's melodic strain could penetrate mainstream radio without fully…
The director
Born June 8, 1969, Queens, New York City. Co-founded late-1980s NYC punk band Bad Trip, releasing two full-length albums. Leveraged music industry connections to begin directing videos in the early 1990s, working with Anthrax, Weezer, Blink-182, System of a…
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