The KLF, also known as The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (which was often abbreviated to The JAMs), The Timelords and other names, were one of the seminal bands from the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s.
Beginning in 1987, Bill Drummond (alias King Boy D) & 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) & "ambient house". The KLF released a series of international top-ten hits on their own KLF Communications record label, and became the biggest-selling singles act in the world for 1991. The duo also published a book, The Manual, & worked on a road movie called The White Room.
Albums
* The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - 1987 (What the Fck Is Going On?) (The Sound of Mu(sic), 1987)
* The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - Who Killed The JAMs? (KLF Communications, 1988)
* The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu/The KLF - Shag Times (KLF Communications, 1988)
* The KLF/Various Artists - The "What Time Is Love?" Story (KLF Communications, 1989)
* The KLF - Space (KLF Communications, 1990)
* The KLF - Chill Out (KLF Communications, 1990)
* The KLF - The White Room (KLF Communications, 1991)
* The KLF - The Black Room (not completed, unreleased)
UK top-ten singles
* The Timelords - "Doctorin' the Tardis" (KLF Communications, 1988) (UK Singles Chart #1)
* The KLF - "What Time Is Love? (Live at Trancentral)" (KLF Communications, 1990) (#5)
* The KLF - "3 a.m. Eternal (Live at the S.S.L.)" (KLF Communications, 1991) (#1)
* The KLF - "Last Train to Trancentral (Live from the Lost Continent)" (KLF Communications, 1991) (#2)
* The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu - "It's Grim Up North" (KLF Communications, 1991) (#10)
* The KLF (featuring Tammy Wynette) - "Justified and Ancient (Stand by The JAMs)" (KLF Communications, 1991) (#2)
* The KLF - "America: What Time Is Love?" (KLF Communications, 1992) (#4)
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