Not only has Chris Corner survived, he is thriving and credits his persona with saving his life. “IAMX is basically my public therapy,” he says. “It’s my way of being able to connect with the world, to pour my heart out and dance at the same time. It’s also an excuse for me to play with who I am, to explore certain parts of my personality that I don’t get to explore in everyday life.” IAMX’s exploration has yielded a string of acclaimed albums, beginning with his 2004 debut Kiss + Swallow, and continuing through The Alternative, Kingdom of Welcome Addiction, Volatile Times, The Unified Field and Metanoia.
Summarizing his awakening and subsequent creative outburst, Corner says, “I realised that it wasn’t the music that was hurting me, it was just that I had to reprogram myself to approach things in a different way, and it became very clear to me that I still wanted to make music more than ever.”