UTG Time Capsule is a weekly feature in which we showcase a classic music video that we feel left a mark on the music world. When possible, the choices for each week [and the reasoning behind it], will come from a member of the music industry [artists, label people, publicists, journalists, etc] so that we and you at home [or wherever] can get a sense of what influenced the individuals who influence all of us. Also, we will be having bands pick their favorite videos from their own career to see what made that experience more memorable than the rest. If you are one of the people I mentioned earlier and would like to do a UTG Time Capsule, please email info@underthegunreview.net

-This week, Rebecca Frank of The Modern Elite and The Wrecking Coast picks her favorite video-

Beginning with the first time I saw this video for “Stuck in America,” Sugarcult’s music changed my life. They played at the first show I ever went to, along with Maxeen and Reel Big Fish at The Avalon in Boston (which is now the beautiful and amazing House of Blues). I remember being pretty intimidated by the line outside the venue…tons of punk kids with mohawks and torn jeans. After a night of getting shoved around and singing at the top of my fourteen-year-old lungs, the damage was done. I stopped listening to boy bands and manufactured pop stars and became totally submersed in the world of rock music.

The day after the show, I traded in all of my preppy clothes and bought the first volume of Punk Goes Acoustic. Soon after, I would discover the most important bands of my life: Something Corporate, My Chemical Romance, Schoolyard Heroes, Emery and The Early November. And with the discovery of my love for rock music and for going to shows, I decided to start playing in a band myself.

So thanks, Sugarcult…if it weren’t for this music video, I wouldn’t be fronting two amazing bands and having the best time of my life!

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James Shotwell is the founder of Under The Gun Review. He loves writing about music and movies almost as much as he loves his two fat cats. He's also the co-founder of Antique Records and the Marketing Coordinator for Haulix. You should probably follow him on Twitter.

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