Urge Overkill - Sister Havana

What this video is

Released in 1993 during the height of the post-Nevermind alternative rock gold rush, 'Sister Havana' was the flagship single from Urge Overkill's Geffen Records major-label debut, Saturation. The video's Miami/Little Havana setting literalized the song's Cuban-Americana imagery and reflected Geffen's willingness to fund ambitious location shoots for promising alternative acts. The band's ironic retro-lounge persona…

Why it matters

A key document of the early-90s alternative rock mainstream crossover moment, 'Sister Havana' demonstrates how Geffen-era production budgets elevated indie-circuit bands into polished MTV properties without erasing their underground personality. The video's location-based,…

The director

Paul Andresen and George Dougherty were a directing duo active in the early-to-mid 1990s music video industry, credited with videos for multiple major-label rock acts. Their confirmed collaborative credits include videos for Pantera ('Walk,' 1992), White…