One of my all-time heroes is definitely Bill Drummond of the KLF. I love the music, the concepts, and the art! Here are a few highlights:
- The KLF sampled everything they could get away with. Sampling The Beatles was a step too far, but listen closely to their Number 1 hit “Doctorin’ the Tardis” (under the Timelords moniker) and see which originals you recognize.
- After that hit, they released the book How To Have A Number One The Easy Way, and I followed their recipe for Dutch radio—almost succeeded! Drummond even said we produced “a European hit in the making.”
- Without knowing it, Eton Crop did something similar to Drummond. He recorded singles pretending to be a Finnish punk band and took his kids to Finland just so he could send the record to the UK press with Finnish postal stamps. As Eton Crop, we pretended to be a Russian punk band and ended up with great reviews in NME and MM!
- I also love his crazy art ideas, like driving for 25 hours on the M25 as a statement, or creating art projects where the audience formed a choir. I was even part of the KLF choir once!
There’s so much to love about the KLF—like Justified & Ancient with Tammy Wynette, for example.