Cake Like ＂Loraine's Car＂ 1997 - Cake Like ＂Loraine's Car＂ 1997

What this video is

Released in May 1997 to promote Cake Like's second album Bruiser Queen (Vapor Records), 'Loraine's Car' emerged from the intersecting worlds of NYC indie rock, alternative comedy, and the post-Nirvana major-label feeding frenzy. The band—formed in 1993 at NYU's Experimental Theater Wing by Kerri Kenney, Nina Hellman, and Jody Seifert—was signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records at the recommendation of Ric Ocasek of…

Why it matters

Cake Like occupied a niche intersection of riot grrrl ethos, noise pop, and art-rock wit during the mid-1990s. 'Loraine's Car,' described by AllMusic as exhibiting 'Teenage Fanclub-style playfulness,' was the band's most commercially visible single. The video's existence on MTV's 120 Minutes and…

The director

David Benjamin Wain (born August 1, 1969, Shaker Heights, Ohio) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and director. He studied film at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he formed the comedy troupe that became The State, which ran on MTV 1993–95. He is…