KLF Musicians Return

Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, best known as "stadium house" act KLF, are returning to the music business. In their latest incarnation, 2K, they are due to stage a performance Tuesday titled "For 23 Minutes Only" at London's Barbican Centre. The show will be recorded and released Sept. 22 as a single in the U.K. on an undetermined label. KLF (aka Justified Ancients Of Mu Mu) had six top-10 U.K. singles in 1990-92 on its KLF Communications label, including the No. 2 hit "Justified And Ancient" featuring Tammy Wynette. Drummond and Cauty are noted self-publicists: In 1992, they announced that they would delete their entire back catalog; the following year, they set up the K Foundation and moved into the art world; and in August 1994, they publicly burned a large mound of their own money.

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Song Stories

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry | 1984

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.

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