Notes on Mudhoney video shoot for
"Who You Drivin' Now" and "Fuzz Gun '91"
Shot sometime in the fall of 1991 (I think). Mudhoney
were playing a few So Cal area dates and either they
or someone at Sub Pop contacted me about doing a low
budget video for the song "Who You Drivin' Now?". I
think it was a thousand and a half dollars. I shot
Super-8 film with the same camera I shot my "1991
TYPB" movie with, that was just overhauled and
repaired after (literally) "breaking" on that tour.I was to meet the band in Tiajuana, Mexico for the
first day of the shoot. I brought along a minimal
crew, Dez (Black Flag) Cadena and my producer Tuesday
Deneuve. They mostly hung out in the dressing room
drinking beer, god bless them. I took the band outside
and shot alot of goofy stuff. I liked the leap-froggingsequence best. I also asked them to do their favorite
"HB Strut Slam Dance" moves (as seen in
"The Decline Of The Western Civilzation"). I shot on
stage during soundcheck and at the show that night,
and it is featured prominantly in the vid, especially
the pit.The next night was LA at the Palace. I also shot at
this show and it's featured in both videos. How the
second one came about, I will relate in a moment.
Before the show I took the band around Hollywood and
shot them at the Bronson (Batman) Caves in the hills
near the Hollywood sign. A location I knew from my
"Lovedolls Superstar" shoot six years previously.I had Dez drive my Dodge pickup truck (quite a feat
considering it is probably the only time he has ever
driven a vehicle in his life!) while I shot Mark and
Matt pretending to be driving motorcycles. I like the
scene at the end where Matt gives Mark a peck on the
cheek.That night at the show Dez joined the band on stage
for a couple Black Flag covers ("Nervous Breakdown"
and "Fix Me" I believe) joined by Duff McKegan of the
superhugeatthetimebutInevermuchcaredfor Gun's N Roses.
I remember Dez making fun of him. Quite strange that
years later they would become friends and play in a
band together. Oh well, that's rock 'n' roll baby.After I delivered the video to Sub Pop, one of the
guys, I think it was Jonathan, called me and asked if
I had any leftover footage for a second video. He
offered another grand or so, and I was then busy at
work editing "Fuzz Gun '91", a video at the time I did
not think much of. I think it's even more daft than
"Who You Drivin'". I remember Kim from Sonic Youth
said to me, it reminded her the opening of the
Monkees. But somehow it's aged well. Or at least
better than I remember it.-David Markey