"The electronica genre was taken by surprise when The KLF showed up on the music scene with their purported jolt of punk-shock terrorism into the industry. Giving ""rebellious"" a whole new meaning these provocative and brash musicians rode the acid-house wave through the late 1980's and became one of Britain's best selling artists. Comprised of Bill Drummand and Jimi Cauty, the collaboration rocketed straight to the top of everyone's playlist until they announced their retirement in 1992. What happened next shocked everyone. The duo deleted their entire backlog of material-a loss of millions of dollars-and made a firm statement that until peace was declared throughout the world they wouldn't release another record.Bill Drummond had been present on the music scene for a while before he collaborated with his old friend Jimi Cauty, but the success really started coming after the two recorded the sample tune ""All You Need Is Love."" They referred to themselves as the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu or JAMS and they released their debut full-length album in 1987, called What the Fuck Is Going On? The album release created a stir because the duo had reportedly lifted previously recorded material from bands like the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and ABBA. They went on to release their sophomore effort in 1988, Who Killed the JAMS?, which spawned the highly successful single ""Doctorin' the Tardis."" Their second novelty single called ""Kylie Said to Jason"" did not prove to be as successful, although it spawned a new moniker for the pair, the Kopyright Liberation Front, or KLF.The KLF kept influencing fans on into the 1990's, mostly for their daring antics and their determination to keep snubbing the music industry. Some notable songs that were particularly well received were ""What Time Is Live,"" ""3 A.M. Eternal"" and ""Last Train to Trancentral."" They were subsequently voted the Best British Group by the Brit Awards and were scheduled to perform at the ceremony on February 13, 1992. Instead the group performed a hardcore thrash version of ""3 A.M. Eternal,"" sprayed the crowd with blanks from an automatic rifle, left the carcass of a dead sheep, along with eight gallons of blood in the hotel lobby's after party and declared that they were leaving the music industry. They then deleted their backlog of material and officially retired."
