I’ve been reading the KLF book (Chaos Magic Music Money) all week, and here’s the thing: you never know what you’re gonna be remembered for, especially if you come unglued while wading in the snake-infested waters of the music industry.
Realistically, what we should remember about the KLF is the remarkable rock’n’roll swindle they pulled. On a hunch, after hearing some early hip-hop, they threw some samples together and wrote two or three songs, all of ‘em cracking the UK top ten. Somehow or another, they managed to rewrite and remix those three songs into about seventeen albums, emptying many punter pockets in the process. And one of the songs was about Doctor Who, for chrissakes. I mean, the balls on those two.
