History Music / TheKLF

* FunWithAcronyms: The Justified Ancients of Mu-Mu was frequently abbreviated as The [=JAMs=]. Cauty and Drummond gave multiple, contradictory explanations of what The KLF stood for, the most memorable being "the [[XtremeKoolLetterz Kopyright]] Liberation Front".

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: ''1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On?)'' was pulled from the market due to having a massive amount of unauthorized {{sampling}}. In response, the band released ''1987 (The [=JAMs=] 45 Edits)'', which consisted of all of the original material from the album with long stretches of silence where the samples were. The liner notes for ''The [=JAMs=] 45 Edits'' cites what samples would have been there and provides a guide for the listener to replicate the original version of the album themselves. This edited version of the album had such a small amount of actual music on it that it was formally classified as and sold as a 12 inch single. For an idea of how much material was removed from the 41 minute album, the liner notes to ''The [=JAMs=] 45 Edits'' mentions that the second side has "some great wadges of silence": one is filled by playing Music/{{ABBA}}'s "Dancing Queen" "from beginning to end"; and the other by playing a pre-recorded VHS cassette of "last week's ''Top of the Pops''" for "about three minutes". The only sample that remained on ''The [=JAMs=] 45 Edits'' was from "Totally Wired", by Music/TheFall.

->[[TheStinger Ladies and Gentlemen]], [[Music/ElvisPresley The KLF have now Left the Building]]

* RefrainFromAssuming:
** “Doctorin’ The Tardis” isn’t called “Doctor Who”. The KLF even state in ‘’The Manual’’ that it could’ve been a better song title.
** ”Justified & Ancient (Stand By the JAMs)” isn’t “All Bound For Mu Mu Land”, although that was the title to one of its 12” versions.

* LiveAlbum: Subverted. Side one of ''The White Room'' is made to sound like a live show, but is faked using samples of crowd noise from other people's live albums. "Burn The Bastards" is a similarly fake "live" recording, and "America: What Time Is Love" takes it UpToEleven (as indeed it takes everything else Up To Eleven), complete with a fake audience member "commenting" on the performance at the end.

** After quitting the music business in 1992, Drummond and Cauty re-styled themselves as the K Foundation. Finding themselves with about a million pounds in cash as the overall profit from their time as the KLF, they decided to bestow a cash prize on the "worst artist of the year." The announced recipient, Rachel Whiteread, refused to accept the award at first, but changed her mind at the last minute after Drummond and Cauty threatened to burn the money. She said she would distribute it as grants to artists in need.
** At about the same time, Drummond and Cauty tried to set up an art exhibition whose centerpiece would be "Nailed to the Wall," consisting of their million pounds in cash nailed to an easel. When no major gallery showed interest, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid they instead burned it all in 1994.]] And filmed the whole thing, releasing it as ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid]]'' in 1995. They made a brick from the ashes of the fire and filmed it for three minutes, releasing the result as ''This Brick'' in 1997.

** The Lead-off Single from the Original [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly techno-metal]] version of ''The Black Room''

** Jimmy and Bill won't discuss the reason why they burned £1 million for 23 years. Which they burned on 23 August 1994.

** At about the same time, Drummond and Cauty tried to set up an art exhibition whose centerpiece would be "Nailed to the Wall," consisting of their million pounds in cash nailed to an easel. When no major gallery showed interest, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid they instead burned it all in 1994.]] And filmed the whole thing, releasing it as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid'']] in 1995. They made a brick from the ashes of the fire and filmed it for three minutes, releasing the result as ''This Brick'' in 1997.

** First, when Rachel Whiteread refused to accept the K Foundation's award for being "the worst artist of the year", Drummond and Cauty threatened to set fire to the cash prize. Whiteread accepted the cash at the last minute, saying she would donate it to charity.
** Later, Drummond and Cauty found themselves with about a million pounds in cash as their overall profits from their time as The KLF. They re-styled themselves as the K Foundation and tried to set up an art exhibition whose centerpiece would be "Nailed to the Wall," consisting of the money nailed to an easel. When no major gallery showed interest, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid they instead burned it all in 1994.]] And filmed the whole thing, releasing it as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid'']] in 1995. They made a brick from the ashes of the fire and filmed it for three minutes, releasing the result as ''This Brick'' in 1997.

* ''The Man'' (1986) (Bill Drummond's solo record, released a year before forming the KLF. [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent A Scottish Folk album.]])

** Later, Drummond and Cauty found themselves with about a million pounds in cash as their overall profits from their time as The KLF. They re-styled themselves as the K Foundation and tried to set up an art exhibition whose centerpiece would be "Nailed to the Wall," consisting of the money nailed to an easel. When no major gallery showed interest, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid they instead burned it all in 1994.]] And filmed the whole thing, releasing it as [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ''Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid'']] in 1995.

** Later, when the K Foundation's art work "Nailed to the Wall"--which consisted of a million pounds in cash, nailed to an easel--failed to make the impact that they wanted, Drummond and Cauty found themselves with a million pounds and no idea what to do with it. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid So they burned it.]] And filmed the whole thing.