The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds

The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds John Higgs

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They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom.<br/><br/>They deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura.<br/><br/>And they couldn’t say why.<br/><br/>This is the story of The KLF, told through the ideas that drove them. It is a story about Carl Jung, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Campbell, Dada, Situationism, Discordianism, magic, chaos, punk, rave and the alchemical symbolism of Doctor Who.<br/><br/>Wildly unauthorised and totally unlike any other music biography, ‘KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money’ is a trawl through chaos on the trail of a beautiful accidental mythology.

business Orion Publishing Group, Limited
menu_book Hardcover
calendar_today 2023
qr_code_2 9781399610353
language EN
description 325 pages
The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds

The KLF: Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds John Higgs

info Details

They were the best-selling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom.<br/><br/>They deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura.<br/><br/>And they couldn’t say why.<br/><br/>This is the story of The KLF, told through the ideas that drove them. It is a story about Carl Jung, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Campbell, Dada, Situationism, Discordianism, magic, chaos, punk, rave and the alchemical symbolism of Doctor Who.<br/><br/>Wildly unauthorised and totally unlike any other music biography, ‘KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money’ is a trawl through chaos on the trail of a beautiful accidental mythology.

business Orion Publishing Group, Limited
menu_book Hardcover
calendar_today 2023
qr_code_2 9781399610353
language EN
description 325 pages