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Airdate: Who Killed The KLF?

This could be a must-see for all youse 90s music addicts.

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They’re justified and ancient, and they drive an ice-cream van…

Music documentary Who Killed The KLF?, which screened last year as part of MIFF, will air this Saturday on SBS VICELAND.

Who Killed the KLF? explores the history of the band sometimes known as the KLF, a band whose enigmatic output made them both darlings and pariahs of modern music. Not shying away from personal backstories, unseen archival footage gives us an insight into Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty’s backgrounds and the burgeoning events that made the KLF so bizarre – the band who completely undermined the music industry in such a daring way.

Saturday, 21 January at 9.30pm on SBS VICELAND

 

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  1. I was a musical conservative in those times and KLF didn’t register but I was a fan of Kraftwerk and Pet Shop Boys. I describe RAP as Reading-A-Paper to a drum machine. It seems that KLF were 2 eccentric lads who were never satisfied, remixing and remastering their own work. Sampling other people work always seemed like cheating, although I admit there’s some talent in the mixing of samples and tape loops. I will record the show if only to see their pranks and all that money going up in smoke. 20 23 seems an appropriate year.

  2. Thanks for the heads up! I’ve been as much of a KLF ‘fan’ as they’ve allowed anyone to be (which is pretty difficult) and I haven’t had the opportunity to watch this yet.

  3. Music has been in my bones since the day I was born thanks to my brothers, Justified and Ancient is in my YouTube Music playlist playing everyday with all and every other genres music provides. Without music going in the background I wouldn’t get anything done of a day. I watched a documentary on KLF when Foxtel launched their Doco channel but it was on in the middle of the night and no “more times.” Presumably a one off and not the same as this.
    Totally agree with Mike and Viceland lately showing some great docos.
    Thanks David you’ve made this camper happy again.

  6. Thanks for the heads up on this one, should be a fascinating one as I’ve read the John Higgs book: The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds and it’s a truly wild and wonderful story, there is just so much to it (have read it a few of times).

    1. Before KLF “King BoyD” and “Rockman Rock” as The Dardis sang “Doctorin the Tardis”. They documented the process in a book called How to (Make a Number One the Easy Way) which states you must be skint and on the dole. Now that philosophy is in practice still today. I can highly recommend it as another good read.

      1. The Timelords and Doctorin’ the Tardis with that song being such a huge hit actually where instrumental in getting Doctor Who renewed, it was on the edge and we may not have got Season 25 in 1988 and then due to it’s somewhat success Season 26 in 1989 (good Chapter in the Book I mention above on all that0. They started out with JAMs and the single “All You Need Is Love” which ended up having to be edited and changed, then theyy became the Timelords and then KLF.

        Will have a look for the book you mention as well.

          1. Yep and that’s a good story as well albeit a simple one but will leave it in case it’s in the Doco, don’t want to spoils. Just remembered as well that book you mentioned Make a Number One the Easy Way, was apparently used by Chumbawamba for their one and only hit Tubthumping (I get knocked down but I get up again etc).

            I best leave it there as getting way off chats about TV Shows.

  7. Thanks for the heads up on this. It’s right up my street. The genre was described as being ‘Stadium House’, house music that was designed for the stadium stage to be live in concert. They would include electric guitars and other instruments more associated with rock concerts. KLF and Utah Saints pioneered the genre.

    1. I just want to add that if you don’t remember KLF, you may remember N-Trance, of which one of the KLF members Ricardo da Force went on to perform for N-Trance, of ‘Stayin’ Alive’ (the chart hit cover of The Bee Gees song) and ‘Set You Free’ fame that were big ’90s hits. So this definitely sounds like a documentary for the ’90s music fans.

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