Beginning in 1987 in London, England, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) and Jimmy Cauty (alias Rockman Rock) released hip hop-inspired and sample-heavy records as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and, on one occasion (the British number one hit single "Doctorin' the Tardis"), as The Timelords. As The KLF, Drummond and Cauty pioneered the genres "stadium house" (rave music with a pop-rock production and sampled crowd noise) and "ambient house". The KLF released a series of international top-ten hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the highest internationally selling UK band of 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual, and worked on a road movie called The White Room.
From the outset, they adopted the philosophy espoused by esoteric novels 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. Their most notorious performance was at the February 1992 Brit Awards, where they horrified the formal audience with a hardcore thrash version of "3 A.M. Eternal" (performed with the justifiably named Extreme Noise Terror) that also included Drummond spraying the crowd with blanks from an automatic rifle and the post-performance announcement, "The KLF have left the music industry." Topping their already extreme actions, Cauty and Drummond delivered the carcass of a dead sheep -- plus eight gallons of blood -- to the lobby of the hotel after-party. In May 1992 the duo deleted their entire back catalogue.
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 and burning a million pounds sterling. Although Drummond and Cauty remained true to their word of May 1992—the KLF Communications catalogue remains deleted—they have released a small number of new tracks since then, as the K Foundation, The One World Orchestra and most recently, in 1997, as 2K. Cauty has provided remixing services for bands as diverse as Hawkwind and Placebo, under the name Scourge of the Earth.
The KLF catalogue remained absent from digital platforms until January 1, 2021, when an 8-track compilation of their 7" hit singles 1988-1991 - Solid State Logik 1 was released on streaming platforms, marking the 1st installment of a series called Samplecity Thru Trancentral.
Church of The KLF
The KLF Lyrics
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Take me, unh huh, unh huh
Take me, unh huh
Take me, unh huh, unh huh
Take me to the church of the KFL
Take me to the church of the KFL
Love
Love and hate
War and peace
They've all been tried before
The lyrics of The KLF feat. The Children of the Revolution's song "The KLF" convey the idea of taking the listener on a journey to the church of the KLF, a metaphorical place where they preach love, peace, and their unique ideology. The repeated phrase "Take me, unh huh" is a call to action, inviting the audience to embark on this journey with the band. The lyrics "Love, peace, love and hate, war and peace, they've all been tried before" suggest that the KLF believe in a new approach to these concepts, one that they are eager to share with their followers. The song ends on a positive note with the chorus repeating the line "Take me to the church of the KLF," leaving the listener with a sense of curiosity and intrigue.
Line by Line Meaning
Take me, unh huh
I am willing to be taken
Take me, unh huh, unh huh
I am really eager to be taken
Take me, unh huh
I am still willing to be taken
Take me, unh huh, unh huh
I am still really eager to be taken
Take me to the church of the KFL
I want to go to the gathering place of the KFL
Take me to the church of the KFL
I insist on going to the gathering place of the KFL
Love
A feeling of strong attachment or admiration
Peace
A state of tranquility, freedom from disturbance
Love and hate
Both positive and negative feelings
War and peace
Both violent and nonviolent approaches
They've all been tried before
All of these approaches have been experimented with in the past
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: JAMES FRANCIS CAUTY, WILLIAM ERNEST DRUMMOND, ERNEST DRUMMOND WILLIAM
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KLF rules
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Pure class
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This is my jam…89 :-)
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deep...
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Speaker destroyer...
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Just one thing explains it all-Ancients Of MU MU know the Truth
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