Synopsis

Chokebore perform "A Taste for Bitters" in a stark, shadowy setting, with the band's tense playing and Troy von Balthazar's intense vocal presence driving the video. The imagery favors close-ups, restless movement, and a deliberately abrasive visual mood over a conventional storyline. Editing and contrast turn the performance into something claustrophobic and uneasy, matching the song's slow, heavy pulse and melancholic atmosphere. It is a stripped-down mid-1990s alternative-rock video that emphasizes mood, physicality, and the band's uncompromising stage character.

Factoids & Trivia

• "A Taste for Bitters" appeared on Chokebore's third studio album, released by Amphetamine Reptile Records on October 2, 1996.

• The album was recorded at Black Box studio in France during the spring of 1996, while the band was touring Europe.

• This was the first Chokebore album to feature drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo, who had joined the touring lineup in 1995.

• The song was one of two tracks from the album to receive a music video. The other was "It Could Ruin Your Day."

• The official Chokebore site added a higher-quality version of the video in 2006, helping preserve a largely hard-to-find part of the band's 1990s visual history.

• The track is also represented by a live television performance recorded for the French program "Nulle Part Ailleurs" on March 31, 1997, reflecting the particularly strong following Chokebore developed in France.

• The album's CD edition included "The Rest of Your Evening," a twenty-minute spoken track featuring a woman translating the record's lyrics into Swedish over the phone.