Pearl Jam finally release uncensored version of 'Jeremy' music video
Pearl Jam released the previously-unavailable uncensored version of their 'Jeremy' music video to coincide with National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
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"The increase in gun violence since the debut of 'Jeremy' is staggering," Pearl Jam wrote in a Friday Instagram post. "We have released the uncensored version of the video which was unavailable in 1992 with TV censorship laws."
The video, directed by Mark Pellington, aired in heavy rotation on MTV in the early 1990s, but has not been officially available in unedited form until now. It depicts a bullied teenager who commits suicide in front of his classmates; however, MTV modified a shot showing young actor Trevor Wilson placing a gun in his mouth. The edited version zoomed in so the gun could not be seen, but preserved the imagery that follows, showing Jeremy's classmates covered in blood. The uncensored version restores the original shot, making the video's ending less ambiguous.
Besides the gun at the end and the uncensored "harmless little fuck", the Nazi salute scene in the classroom is also uncut.