Age Of Chance - Kiss

What this video is

Age of Chance's 'Kiss' emerged from Leeds's fiercely independent music scene and was recorded at Sheffield's Fon Studios in 1986 — the same ecosystem that produced Cabaret Voltaire and Chakk. The band covered Prince's then-current UK chart hit while it was still on the radio, stripping out its sensuality and replacing it with industrial percussion and hip-hop cadence. The move was a polemical act of subcultural…

Why it matters

This video marks a pivotal crossroads between UK post-punk, industrial hip-hop, and the emerging sample-based pop that would define the late 1980s. Age of Chance were described at the time as 'the first white band on an independent label to deliver a record that successfully crosses the alertness…

The director

British director, writer, and producer born 1961 in London. Graduated from the National Film and Television School in 1982, then built a prolific 1980s music video career directing promos for artists including Eurythmics, Bob Geldof, Swing Out Sister, Debbie…