Artist: Bill Drummond
Genre(s):
Pop
Discography:
The Man
Year: 1990
Tracks: 11
South Africa-born and Scotland borderlands-raised Bill "Rex Boy D" Drummond has been shocking audiences since the late '70s. Together with his recollective time collaborator, Jimmy "Rockman Rock" Cauty (erst with Killing Joke and the Love Reaction), he appalled audiences at the BRIT Awards ceremonies when he performed a slash metal version of "3 AM Eternal" with Extreme Noise Terror in 1992. They as well attracted international care when they burned-out one million pounds of their possess money at a boathouse on the Scottish Isle of Jura, 2 age by and by. Their motives for the combustion were explored on a BBC Omnibus documental. Launching the K Foundation, in 1993, they created a "worst fine art" contest in which a plunder of forty thousand pounds was awarded to Rachel Whitbread.
Drummond has been veering away from the mainstream since running aside to become a fisher off the Northeast coast of Scotland, as a stripling. Relocating to Liverpool, to study fine art, he worked on Ken Campbell's Science Fiction Theater's the stage output of the cult book, Illuminati. As a fellow member of Liverpool-based tough rock banding, Big In Japan, on with Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds, Drummond made his recording debut, in 1977, with various singles. He affected into output after first appearance Zoo Records, with previous Big In Japan band-mate, Dave Balfe. Moving to WEA, in the mid-1980s, Drummond oversaw recordings by Strawberry Switchblade, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, the Proclaimers and Brilliant, featuring Jimmy Cauty. With the commercial loser of Brilliant's number one recordings failed to pull in care, he resigned from the label and focused his efforts towards a solo vocation. His debut solo album, The Man, included an answer to Julian Cope's strain, "Flier Drummond Said", "Flavius Claudius Julianus Cope Is Dead", suggesting that Cope dedicate self-destruction as a way to boost record gross revenue.
After a self-imposed hiatus from medicine, Drummond briefly worked with Zodiac Mindwarp as King Boy D. Forming the Jams, with Cauty, he released a geminate of singles, "1987 (What The Fuck Is Going On)" and "WHO Killed The Jam" in 1987. Their third waiver, "It's Grim Up North", reached the British top tenner. Determined to get a turn one hit record, Drummond and Cauty changed their name to the Timelords in 1988. Their single, "Doctorin' The Tardis", reached the top stead on the British charts and inspired them to write a record, The Manual (How To Have A Number One The Easy Way). Continuing to work with Cauty, Drummond formed the Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu, transcription their first unmarried, "All You Need Is Love", in a week.
Changing the group's list to KLF, Drummond and Cauty experient their sterling success. Their debut full-length album, Chill Out was dubbed, "the number 1 ambient house recording", and included a round top five British pip, "What Time Is Love?". Their indorsement album, The White Room, featured tunes originally intended for an unreleased film. A video, Stadium House (The Trilogy), was released with a short feature of speech film, This Is What The KLF Are About. By the ending of the year, they had sold more singles around the globe than whatever other British act. They received a "Best British chemical group" BRIT accolade in 1992. Setting up the K Foundation in 1993, Drummond enlisted the Red Army Choir to record an interstellar anthem, "K Cera Cera (State of war Is Over If You Want It)" for the chemical group. He later on announced that the recording would not be released until populace peace is achieved.
Drummond has continued to be involved with a miscellany of projects outside of music. He produced a short pic, Rites Of Mu, narrated by American worker Martin Sheen, on the Isle of Jura, and co-authored a book, Sorry Wisdom, with Mark Manning of Zodiac Mindwarp & Love Reaction, based on their tripper to the North Pole. In 1998, he published two extra books, Yearly Report To The Mavericks, Writers And Pop Festival and From The Shores Of Lake Placid And Other Stories.
Mindless Self Indulgence
