KLF & the a history from 6000BCE to 1992 (Part 1 of 4)

The KLF (aka The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu, The Timelords) were a British acid house band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. With The KLF’s profits, Drummond and Cauty established the K Foundation and sought to subvert the art world, staging an alternative art award for the worst artist of the year. Then they did something no artist has ever done before or since. Watch Part 4 to see what they did...... From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novel series The Illuminatus! Trilogy, gaining notoriety for various anarchic situationist manifestations, including the defacement of billboard adverts, the posting of prominent cryptic advertisements in NME magazine and the mainstream press, and highly distinctive and unusual performances on Top of the Pops. The duo also published a cynical book, The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way), and succeeded in producing 2 UK No.1 hits and had over 5 Singles in the Top
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