KLF: Chaos Magic Music Money

by J.M.R. Higgs

At first, Generation X was linked to a sense of relief and a feeling that they had overcome the blind spots of the past and were now facing up to things with a refreshing honesty. But as '91 rolled into '92 and '93, this honesty became less invigorating and increasingly unbearable. It started to become apparent that they were not going to find a focus for their narrative, or a way to repair the damage to their mental landscape. The sense of mounting horror came closer and closer to the surface. The nihilism reached its peak in 1994, the period of Kurt Cobain's suicide, the burning of the million pounds, and the year Bill Hicks died. This was the point when the constant creation of new musical genres, as noted earlier, came to an end. That era was over. By this point there was a desperate need for a way out. Any way out.