ARCHIVE
1992
NINETEENNINETYTWO
THE NEWS
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Launch of Cream in Liverpool and Renaissance in Mansfield
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20,000 ravers descended on Castlemorton Common for the biggest illegal rave ever held in the UK. It resulted in a £4m trial and the passing of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act.
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Manchester punk & electronic music label Factory Records declares bankruptcy. The label spent all their funds recording the Happy Mondays album, Yes Please!, which flopped.
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The Shamen’s Ebeneezer Goode, widely criticised for containing many allusions to the drug Ecstasy, stayed at the top of the UK charts for four weeks.
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ITV show The Hitman and Her comes from the Eclipse in Coventry.
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The KLF performed a thrash metal version of ‘3am Eternal’ with Extreme Noise Terror at the Brit Awards, then delivered a dead sheep to the afterparty. The band then announce their retirement and delete their back catalogue.
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Larry Levan, legendary for his residency at New York's Parardice Garage dies aged just 38.
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Notable albums:
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Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92 [Apollo]
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Jeff Mills – Waveform Transmission Volume 1 [Axis Records, 1992]
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The Shamen - Boss Drum [One Little Indian]
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Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells II [WEA]
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The Future Sound Of London – Accelerator [Jumpin’ & Pumpin]