Leaving the Music Industry

By: Robert Barry

Thirty years ago, the KLF staged a dramatic attack on the music business at the 1992 Brit Awards. How political was that gesture in retrospect, and could we see its like again?

Bill Drummond performing at the BRIT Awards in 1992. (JMEnternational / Getty Images)

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The opening of the BBC’s coverage of the 1992 Brit Awards immediately evokes a bygone era of light entertainment. The exterior shot of the Hammersmith Odeon by night. The gong and drum roll. The old BBC announcer’s voice. A black-tie audience in tiered seating bathed in a warm red glow. It could be the Royal […]

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The opening of the BBC’s coverage of the 1992 Brit Awards immediately evokes a bygone era of light entertainment. The exterior shot of the Hammersmith Odeon by night. The gong and drum roll. The old BBC announcer’s voice. A black-tie audience in tiered seating bathed in a warm red glow. It could be the Royal […]

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The opening of the BBC’s coverage of the 1992 Brit Awards immediately evokes a bygone era of light entertainment. The exterior shot of the Hammersmith Odeon by night. The gong and drum roll. The old BBC announcer’s voice. A black-tie audience in tiered seating bathed in a warm red glow. It could be the Royal […]

The opening of the BBC’s coverage of the 1992 Brit Awards immediately evokes a bygone era of light entertainment. The exterior shot of the Hammersmith Odeon by night. The gong and drum roll. The old BBC announcer’s voice. A black-tie audience in tiered seating bathed in a warm red glow. It could be the Royal […]

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