Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Alternative: 19 Films to Rent on VHS
- Fugazi - Instrument (1999)
- Dir. Jem Cohen, Fugazi
- Culled from concert, interview and home footage, this portrayal of fiercely independent rock–bank Fugazi transcends the…
- Marilyn Manson (1998)
- The sinister goth–metaller does his spooky–schtick across the stadiums of the world in this live compilation. Also contains…
- Radiohead - Meeting People Is Easy (1998)
- Dir. Grant Gee
- The album OK COMPUTER took the Oxford quintet into the rock stratosphere, a place where, on this evidence, they'd often rather not be.…
- Pop Eyed (1997)
- Extensive coverage of recent music–videos from current Flying Nun bands. Includes Superette, The Chills, Bike, Garageland etc.
- Ritual Habitual - Big Day Out (1996)
- Dir. Peter Critchley
- Celebration of the Antipodean Big Day Out festival in its final year. With performances by overseas acts such as Porno for Pyros, Prodigy and Nick…
- P.J. Harvey - Reeling (1993)
- Feat. Polly Jean Harvey
- Darlings of the indie rock press, Polly Jean Harvey and band, captured on stage and off during her Euro–American tour of 1993.
- Cure, The - Picture Show (1991)
- Dir. Tim Pope
- Subtitled An Improbable Collection, and picking up where Staring at the Sea left off, 10 songs, plus lots of other bits.
- Hunters and Collectors - Collected Works (1990)
- Encyclopedic compilation of these long–lived Aussie post–punks, ranging from the weird early stuff to Throw Your Arms Around Me. 17 tracks
- Sugarcubes (1989)
- Compilation of interviews and live performances in London, Alabama and Reykjavik, dating from the Icelandic group's heyday.
- It's Clean It Just Looks Dirty (1987)
- Dir. Various
- Eclectic compilation of 1980s 'alternative' music incl. videos by Husker Du, Diamanda Galas, Einsturzende Neubauten, Swans and Psychic TV among…
- Cure, The - Staring at the Sea (1986)
- Dir. Tim Pope
- Definitive video compile of early Cure videos, ranging from Killing an Arab to Close To Me. 17 songs.
- Cabaret Voltaire: Gasoline in Your Eye / CV (1983)
- Industrial revolutionists of the musical kind, the U.K. duo provide two compilations of eye–popping visuals, cut–up from a variety of…
- Bauhaus - Shadow of Light
- Dir. Christopher Collins
- Compile of live stuff and videos from these gothic new wavers.
- Indie Top Video
- Compilation of 14 music clips from alternative rock bands including The Charlatans, Buffalo Tom, Pale Saints, Front 242 and Teenage Fanclub.
- No Alternative
- Dir. Hal Hartley, Derek Jarman
Feat. Lou Reed
- A benefit for AIDS education and relief, indie bands (Smashing Pumpkins, Breeders etc.) and directors (Hal Hartley, Derek Jarman etc.) fuse their…
- Noisyland
- 17–track compilation from New Zealand's Flying Nun records – includes classic clips from Skeptics, NRA, The Gordons, Tall Dwarfs, The…
- Snub TV
- Highlights from the British alternative rock music programme, featuring interviews and music clips from the likes of The Fall, Tackhead, Happy…
- Sonic Youth - Goo
- An eleven song video version of the album from New York's godfathers of grunge.
- Sonic Youth - Screaming Fields...
- Collection of live material and video 'hits' from their early career, incl. Death Valley 69, Addicted to Love and Teenage Riot.