MDC (Millions of Dead Cops) is an American punk rock band formed in Austin, Texas in 1979.
 The band was subsequently based in San Francisco, California, and are currently based in Portland, Oregon.
 Originally formed as The Stains before changing their name, the band also changed their name to a different initialism of MDC with every new record released.
 They play fast hardcore punk music espousing far-left sociopolitical ideals, with singer Dave Dictor expressing his animal rights, gay rights, transgender rights, pro-racial equality and anti-capitalist convictions.
Transmit Now is an alternative/pop rock band based out of Orlando, Florida.
 The band's first live performance was on July 10, 2008 at the Van's Warped Tour 2008, the result of winning an online "Battle of the Bands" event.
 Soon after, Transmit Now went on to win the popular vote in MTV's "I Want My Music On MTV II" contest, and has since had its music featured in several MTV shows.
 In 2010, the band put out a full length album "Downtown Merry Go Round."
 In May 2010 the band shot a video for the album's first single, "Let's Go Out Tonight" directed by Chris Grieder.
 The video won mtvU's Freshman 5 for the week of August 30, 2010 and was added to rotation on the network.
Modest Mouse is an American rock band formed in 1992 in Issaquah, Washington (a suburb of Seattle), and currently based in Portland, Oregon.
 The founding members are lead singer/guitarist Isaac Brock, drummer Jeremiah Green, and bassist Eric Judy.
 Strongly influenced by groups Pavement, the Pixies, XTC, and Talking Heads, the band rehearsed, rearranged, and recorded demos for almost two years before finally signing with small-town indie label, K Records, and releasing numerous singles.
 Since the band's 1996 debut album, "This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About", the group's lineup has centered on Brock and Green.
 Judy performed on every Modest Mouse album until his departure in 2012.
 Guitarist Johnny Marr (formerly of the Smiths) joined the band in 2006, shortly following percussionist Joe Plummer (formerly of the Black Heart Procession) and multi-instrumentalist Tom Peloso, to work on the album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank".
 Guitarist Jim Fairchild joined the band in 2009.
 The band's sixth album, "Strangers to Ourselves", was released on March 17, 2015.
Blue Giant is an American rock band from Portland, Oregon.
 An eclectic mix of country, indie rock, and psychedelic styles, Blue Giant have been called a Portland supergroup.
 The band was originally composed of the songwriters and musicians from Viva Voce, Kevin Robinson and Anita Robinson, Chris Funk of The Decemberists, Evan Railton of Swords, and Seth Lorinczi of The Golden Bears, Circus Lupus & The Quails.
 Musically, Blue Giant could be characterized as rural psychedelic rock, with one music critic calling them a perfect country rock band.
Western Front was an American band formed in 1985 in Portland, Oregon that consisted of Fred Cole on vocals and guitar, Kevin Conner on bass, and Jeff Evans on drums. Cole had been in the garage rock band The Lollipop Shoppe and the punk rock band The Rats, among others.
 Western Front still had some punk influence but was more inspired by country music.
 They released two singles on Cole's Whizeagle label, "Orygun" b/w "Clementine" and "Stampede" b/w "Looking Back At Me."
 On a third single, "Coming on Strong" b/w "Rather Be Your Lover," they backed up Cole's wife Toody, who had been in The Rats.
 By 1986, the band had broken up.
 Fred and Toody went on to form The Range Rats, and later Dead Moon.
Pages is the debut EP by the alternative rock band There for Tomorrow.
 It was released on March 27, 2007.
 Four of the tracks, "Pages", "Waiting", "Addiction and Her Name" and "Taking Chances" were remixed and re-recorded, and appear on the second EP released by the band, the self-titled There for Tomorrow.
 This is also the first release by the band to include lead guitarist Christian Climer, as he joined the band in 2006.
 Along with the EP the band released their first music video for "Pages" directed by Chris Grieder.
Everclear is an American rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1991.
 The band was formed by Art Alexakis, the band's lead songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist; and for most of the band's height of popularity, consisted of Craig Montoya on bass guitar and Greg Eklund on drums.
 After the limited release of their independently released debut album, "World of Noise", the band found success with their first three albums on Capitol Records: "Sparkle and Fade", "So Much for the Afterglow", and "", which were all certified platinum in sales.
 However, the following two albums "" and "Slow Motion Daydream", were not as well received, and as sales suffered, Montoya and Eklund left the band shortly after in 2003.
Chris Grieder (born August 4, 1989) is an American music video director, independent filmmaker, musician, and photographer from Orlando, Florida, currently living in Los Angeles.
 Grieder has directed music videos internationally for artists such as Mutemath, Luna Halo, Modest Mouse, There For Tomorrow, Avery, Stefanie Scott, Transmit Now, and UK Brit-pop band Wall Street Riots.
 After graduating high school, Grieder became adept in guerrilla filmmaking and working independently.
 He is currently working on the debut studio album for his indie rock music project "Thank You and Goodbye," and has shot a music video for one of his demo songs, "Dead Cities in Your Heart."
 Grieder plans on re-recording the track for the full-length album.
The Rats were an American garage punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed by Fred Cole previously of the garage rock band, The Lollipop Shoppe.
 Cole played guitar and sang, his wife, "Toody" played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums.
 Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock with occasional country touches.
 Their self-titled debut album appeared on Cole's Whizeagle label in 1980.
 Soon after, Rod Rat left the band, though he guested on the 1981 follow-up "Intermittent Signals" before his death by suicide.
 (Prior to his suicide Rod Rat (aka Rod Hibbert) also played drums in 1980-81 for Portland power pop band Domino Theory).
 Sam Henry, formerly of the Wipers, played drums on this LP but left to join another Portland band, Napalm Beach.
 Louis Samora was on the drum throne for the 1983 album "In a Desperate Red", still on Whizeagle.
 Samora left in 1984 to concentrate on his rockabilly band, The Jackals.
 The band broke up, but Bill Barker of Profile Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia convinced the band to reunite for a single.
 It appeared under the band name The Desperate Edge later in 1984.
 Soon after, Cole assembled a country band, Western Front, and he and Toody later reunited in Dead Moon.
 The Rats' records have long been out of print and sell for high prices on eBay.
 In 2008, Portland's Mississippi Records reissued the first album on vinyl.
Don and the Goodtimes were an American garage rock band formed in Portland, Oregon, in 1964.
 Fronted by Don Gallucci, former keyboardist of the Kingsmen, the group made a name for itself in the Northwest rock scene performing in a similar style as their contemporaries the Wailers and the Sonics.
 Over time, Don and the Goodtimes developed vocal harmonies and earned two hits on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in 1967, including their biggest hit "I Could Be So Good to You".
 The band released their album "So Good", and later reconstructed itself as the psychedelic rock group Touch, before disbanding in 1969.

Question: Chris Grieder did what for this rock band formed in 1992 and based in Portland, Oregon?
Answer: directed music videos