The KLF

Chaos, Magic and the Band who Burned a Million Pounds

By: John Higgs

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Hardcover | 26 September 2023 | Edition Number 1

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336 Pages

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25 x 16.5 x 3.5

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They were the bestselling singles band in the world. They had awards, credibility, commercial success and creative freedom. Then they deleted their records, erased themselves from musical history and burnt their last million pounds in a boathouse on the Isle of Jura. And they couldn't say why.

This is not just the story of The KLF. It is a book about Carl Jung, Alan Moore, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Campbell, Dada, Situationism, Discordianism, magic, chaos, punk, rave, the alchemical symbolism of Doctor Who and the special power of the number 23.

Wildly unauthorised and unlike any other music biography, KLF: CHAOS MAGIC MUSIC MONEY is a trawl through chaos on the trail of a beautiful, accidental mythology.

About the Author

John Higgs is the author I HAVE AMERICA SURROUNDED, THE KLF, STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE, WATLING STREET, THE FUTURE STARTS HERE, WILLIAM BLAKE NOW, WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD and LOVE AND LET DIE. He lives in Brighton with his wife and their two children.

Industry Reviews

The best non-fiction book I've ever read. It's magical. Stunning

Like Adam Curtis brainstorming with Thomas Pynchon . . . as playful and sui generis as the KLF themselves - Guardian

A thing of endlessly fascinating, utterly demented genius

The best music book of the 2010s . . . utterly irresistible and totally brilliant - The Quietus

Wildly entertaining - Mojo

By far the best book this year, brilliant, discursive and wise

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