Killing Joke — ＂Money Is Not Our God＂

JUL 01 1991 · 12:00

Killing Joke — ＂Money Is Not Our God＂ (1991) Era: Post-Punk Industrial Resurgence (1990–1991) - UK underground industrial rock at the cusp of the Gulf War era; Killing Joke's return to heavyweight sound on Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions High curatorial value as a rare surviving visual document of Killing Joke's Extremities era — one of their most critically praised and politically charged periods. The video's aggressive editing pace (avg shot length 1.86s), warm-saturated visual identity, and anti-commercial subject matter make it a distinct and archivally significant artifact within the UK industrial post-punk canon, particularly given the band's documented influence on major 1990s rock acts. Context: Released in January 1991 against the backdrop of the first Gulf War and late-capitalist disillusionment, 'Money Is Not Our God' is a defining artifact of Killing Joke's anti-commercial ideology. The single emerged from Extremities, Dirt & Various Repressed Emotions, the band's eighth studio album and a deliberate return to abrasive, heavy instrumentation. The video's rapid-fire visual aggression and warm-saturated palette amplify the track's anti-materialist rhetoric, situating it within a broader UK industrial and post-punk underground resisting Thatcherite consumer culture. The band subsequently disbanded in mid-1991, making this video part of the final documents of this specific era lineup. Director notes: IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33029583/) lists the video as a 1991 UK music video with a 4-minute runtime but carries no director credit in publicly accessible records. No production company, production house, or directorial attribution has been found in any indexed archive.