Bill Drummond
b. 29 April 1953, Butterworth, South Africa. After relocating to Scotland as a child, Drummond rose to fame in the music business during the late '70s rock renaissance in Liverpool. Drummond formed the Merseyside trio, Big In Japan, which lasted from 1977-78. Drummond subsequently founded the influential Zoo Record label and backed Lori Larty in Lori And The Chameleons. He then enjoyed considerable success as a manager overseeing the affairs of Echo And The Bunnymen and the Teardrop Explodes. When the Liverpool group scene saw artists moving south, Drummond left the city, and during the next decade was involved in a number of bizarre projects, which testified to his imagination and love of novelty. The controversial JAMMS (Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu), whose irreverent sampling was extremely innovative for the period, was a typical example of Drummond's pseudonymous mischief. The chart-topping Timelords was another spoof and, by the '90s, Drummond found himself at the heart of the creative sampling technology with the critically acclaimed and best-selling KLF. Along the way, the eccentric entrepreneur even managed to record a minor solo album, most notable for the track ‘ Julian Cope Is Dead’, an answer song to the former Teardrop Explodes singer's witty Bill Drummond Said.