Skunk Anansie - Charity

What this video is

Released in August 1995, 'Charity' emerged during the height of the Britpop/Britrock cultural war in the UK — a moment when Oasis and Blur dominated the mainstream while harder-edged acts like Skunk Anansie carved out a parallel alternative metal lane. Skunk Anansie, fronted by Skin, represented a distinctive intersection of Black female identity, queer politics, and punk-metal aggression that set them apart from…

Why it matters

As Skunk Anansie's third single, 'Charity' consolidates the Britrock sound of their debut 'Paranoid & Sunburnt': heavy riffs fused with soul-inflected vocal delivery. The track is a key document of the mid-1990s UK alternative metal scene and the band's early identity as a politically and…

The director

David Mould is a British music video director active from the early 1990s through the 2000s and beyond. His verified credits include Blur's 'To The End', Oasis's 'Stand by Me' (1997), Evanescence's 'My Immortal' (2003), Texas's 'Say What You Want' (1997),…