(At one point during the show, Vedder had even stopped the proceedings, clearly of the opinion that Taft's presence was intrusive. Taft was filming that night not in his capacity as a director, but as a friend of Gossard's. The video consists of performance footage of the band filmed during a Janushow at the Moore Theatre in Seattle, Washington. The original music video for 'Even Flow' was ultimately replaced by a performance clip directed by Josh Taft, who had previously directed the ' Alive' music video for the band, and who would later direct the music video for ' Oceans'. Abbruzzese would drum on the band's European tour with a splint attached to his hands. After shooting had finished, he was taken to the emergency room where he was advised not to put strain on his wrists. Schenck's shoot was considered a waste of time and money by the band it also damaged Abbruzzese's wrists significantly. The shoot took hours, and the band was not pleased with the end result. Along with the animal footage, the members of Pearl Jam were filmed individually and as a band, standing on the side of a cliff and air jamming. He had arranged a nighttime shoot at an old, closed facility, brought in different wildlife, and set up his lights among the cages and in the trees. Schenck filmed Pearl Jam in a zoo setting. The concept for the video was based on an idea by Gossard. On January 31, 1992, on their way to England to begin a European tour, the band members came to Los Angeles to film the video. Pearl Jam originally hired director Rocky Schenck to film a music video for 'Even Flow'. eddie vedder damaged his dude-with-a-message cred significantly when he stood up on that stool and scrawled 'PRO CHOICE' all over his left forearm with a sharpie during the jam 'porch' on mtv unplugged. i'd give my right eye to see that original video.

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