My Head - Humbucker

JUL 01 1996 · 12:00

My Head - Humbucker (1996) Era: Mid-90s Alt-Rock/Grunge Peak (1996) - Capitol Records-era Los Angeles alternative rock; post-Nirvana major-label grunge wave with crossover thrash roots and funk-rock psychedelia High niche value as a surviving artifact of a critically under-preserved stratum of mid-90s Capitol Records alternative rock. The video documents both the visual grammar of the era's performance clip format and the moment of cultural transition between grunge's commercial apex and nu-metal's ascendancy. As the band's sole music video and only VH1 television appearance, it constitutes a primary document of My Head's brief major-label existence. Context: My Head was a Los Angeles-based grunge/alternative rock power trio formed in 1993 by Adam Siegel and Greg Saenz, both veterans of the crossover thrash band Excel. Signed to Capitol Records in 1995 after their first label (Imago Records) collapsed, they released their sole studio album 'Endless Bummer' in April 1996. 'Humbucker' was the album's only single and its accompanying music video debuted on VH1. The band existed at the precise cultural fault line between the commercial peak of grunge and the industry's pivot toward nu-metal; label pressure to add a DJ, change their name, and remodel their image, driven partly by EMI's growing investment in Korn and Limp Bizkit, contributed to their dissolution. The video and single were also featured on a 1996 Doc Martens/Capitol Records promotional sampler, anchoring the band within the mid-90s alternative lifestyle marketing ecosystem. Director notes: The video was filmed in April 1996 at EMI studios and later debuted on VH1, according to Wikipedia. It served as the sole single from My Head's album 'Endless Bummer' (Capitol Records, April 16, 1996). No production company, director, or crew credits have been publicly documented.