Bill Drummond

South Africa-born and Scotland borderlands-raised singer/songwriter/producer Bill "King Boy D" Drummond has been shocking audiences since the late '70s. Together with his long time partner, Jimmy "Rockman Rock" Cauty (formerly with Killing Joke and the Love Reaction), he shocked audiences at the BRIT Awards ceremonies when he performed a thrash metal version of "3 AM Eternal" with Extreme Noise Terror in 1992. They also attracted international attention when they burned one million pounds of their own money at a boathouse on the Scottish Isle of Jura, two years later. Their motives for the burning were explored on a BBC Omnibus documentary. Launching the K Foundation, in 1993, they created a "worst art" competition in which a prize of forty thousand pounds was awarded to Rachel Whitbread. Drummond has been veering away from the mainstream since running away to become a fisherman off the Northeast coast of Scotland, as a teen. Relocating to Liverpool, to study art, he worked on Ken Campbell's Science Fiction Theater's the stage production of the cult book, Illuminati. As a member of Liverpool-based punk rock band, Big In Japan, along with Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes To Hollywood and Ian Broudie of Lightning Seeds, Drummond made his recording debut, in 1977, with several singles. He moved into production after launching Zoo Records, with former Big In Japan band-mate, Dave Balfe. Moving to WEA, in the mid-1980s, Drummond oversaw recordings by Strawberry Switchblade, Zodiac Mindwarp And The Love Reaction, the Proclaimers and Brilliant, featuring Jimmy Cauty. With the commercial failure of Brilliant's first recordings failed to attract attention, he resigned from the label and focused his efforts towards a solo career. His debut solo album, The Man, included an answer to...