Will they, won’t they and will anyone really give a
fucKLF either way? I’m guessing that few people under the age of 30 will know
much about the KLF/JAMS/K Foundation (or any of the other names that Bill
Drummond and Jimmy Cauty briefly traded under) but for a year or two at the dawn
of the 90s they were arguably one of the more interesting propositions in
pop/dance/art. After selling millions of records they went out in a blaze of ‘gory’,
firing machine guns over the Brits audience and then dumping dead sheep outside
the event. Not content with this they then allegedly took all of the proceeds
from their record sales, a million quid no less, and promptly burnt the lot. I
say allegedly as there’s some doubt as to whether they really did but, having
met Drummond and brought up the subject (yes I know but I just couldn’t help
it) I’m pretty sure they did. Having done all that they then deleted their
entire back catalogue and disappeared into the nether regions of the art world
where they’ve remained ever since. But now, a mere 23 years after their last
significant release, they (in their Justified Ancients of Mu Mu guise) may be
about to return. Apparently they placed a self imposed moratorium on any
activity 23 years ago (the number 23 may be significant...something to do with Discordianism,
a self-declared religion based on the premise that discord and chaos are the
building blocks of life and/or The Illuminatus! Trilogy) and now they’re free
to return but to do what is, typically for a group that thrives on messing with
heads, as yet unclear. One thing that’s certain is that music and art could well
do with a bit of a K-ick up the arse right now. Here's a quick reminder of some of the KLF/JAMS's greatest moments.
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