This Is What KLF Is About. Also Known As The Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu. Furthermore Known As The JAMM.

I have just recently rediscovered the KLF's The White Room. The fact that I haven't listen to this album in like 10 years baffles me. It really is as good as I first remember it with unbelievable jams such as "3Am Eternal" and "Last Train To Trancentral."

Now, the KLF had a ridiculous past in the music industry. Although they had little impact in the US, the British Duo of Bill Drummond (King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (Rockman Rock) had an interesting and somewhat shocking career as the KLF. They were one of the first big bands of the Rave scene in the UK. (A good move on the rise of that scene, even though there is no mention of the KLF, is 24 Hour Party People. This movie is worth a watch).

One of the great stories I remember about them is when upon receiving a cease and desist order from ABBA for sampling "Dancing Queen." Instead of complying with the order they decided to travel to Sweden with an NME reporter in hand to confront ABBA to convince them to allow them to use the sample. Along with the NME reporter, the duo brought along all known copies of that single that they had pressed with them. They were ultimately unsuccessful in meeting with ABBA so in protest they took the albums and burned them in a field in Sweden. They then took the remaining records and dumped them off of a ferry in the North Sea. Amazing...

Another story is how they ultimately retired. The KLF were always "anti-establishment" and "anti-music industry" so many were shocked to hear that they agreed to perform at the 1992 Brit Awards. Along with Drummond and Cauty, the hard core band Extreme Noise Terror, played a rendition of "3am Eternal." During the performance Drummond loaded a real machine gun and fired a whole round of blanks at a terrified crowd. The original plan was to also throw buckets of sheep blood at the crowd, but the blood was confiscated before they were able to go through with the act by Brit Award security. At the end of the performance, they had a member of their entourage hijack the PA system of the theater and announced, "The KLF have now left the music business." The announcement wasn't truly believed at that time, but a week or two later Drummond destroyed all of the master tapes and back catalogue of any KLF material that existed. That makes it difficult for any remastered new releases of any of their material...

Their most noted antic would be the time they decided for the sake of art they would burn the remaining 1,000,000 pounds they had left in earnings from their days as the KLF. This was to give notoriety to their newly established K Foundation which was to give a prize annually to the worst artist of the year.

Here are some of singles off of The White Room...