Life's Addiction - Jesus coming in for the kill

What this video is

Released in 1997 on London Records, 'Jesus Coming in for the Kill' by Life's Addiction sits at the intersection of UK trip-hop's commercial peak and the darker electro-rock underground. The act — a duo of writer/producer Tim O'Riordan and singer Alison David — released a single album, Inner Shade, and dissolved shortly after. The video's direction by Chris Cunningham at Black Dog Films places it within the same…

Why it matters

A rare documented example of Chris Cunningham's directorial work outside the Warp Records/Aphex Twin axis. As a pre-'Come to Daddy' Cunningham production, this video holds archival significance as an artifact from the precise moment his aesthetic vocabulary was crystallising. It also documents the…

The director

Chris Cunningham (born 15 October 1970, Reading, Berkshire) is an English video artist and music video director. Before directing, he worked in film prosthetics and animatronics, including work for Stanley Kubrick's A.I. pre-production. He directed acclaimed…