Brilliant

Brilliant were a British pop/rock group active in the 1980s. Although not commercially successful and mauled by the critics, they remain notable because of the personnel involved – Martin Glover a.k.a. Youth of Killing Joke and subsequently a top producer/remixer; Jimmy Cauty, later to find fame and fortune as one half of The KLF; and (prior to the band signing with WEA) Ben Watkins a.k.a. Juno Reactor. Equally notable was their management (David Balfe), their record company A&R manager (Bill Drummond, the other member of The KLF), and songwriting and production team (Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman known as Stock Aitken Waterman).
Brilliant started in 1982 as post-punk band Killing Joke was crumbling under internal conflicts. Unsatisfied with his bandmates' following of the occult lifestyle, Killing Joke's bass player Youth decided to call it quits and recorded an angry slandering song against his former bandmates. The song, "That's What Good Friends Are For...", a mock of Killing Joke's second album What's THIS for...!, was credited to "Brilliant", which was a name of a Killing Joke B-side and a general 1980s buzzword.
The band had various line ups over the years but finally split in late 1986 with group members continuing working with each other on subsequent years. Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond formed The KLF in 1987. June Montana formed the female duo Disco 2000 with Cauty's wife Cressida, releasing several singles on the KLF Communications label. Youth and Cauty worked together again in the band The Orb.
==Links to Peel==
Peel played the band's debut single, 'That's What Good Friends Are For', in 1982. So impressed, that he invited the group to do a session for his show, where they recorded four tracks in October that year. Further airplay from the group was given by Peel, but by the end of 1986 the band had split up and the group were not played again by Peel on his radio shows.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1982-10-11. First Broadcast: 08 November 1982. Repeated: 24 November 1982, 04 January 1983
*Colours / Break It Down / Bells / Holst
==Other Shows Played==
;1982
*12 October 1982: That's What Good Friends Are For (single) Limelight
*14 October 1982: That's What Good Friends Are For (single) Limelight
*18 October 1982: That's What Good Friends Are For (7") Limelight Music ‎LIME 7-001
*27 October 1982 (BFBS): Push (7" - That's What Good Friends Are For...) Limelight Music 
*27 October 1982 (BFBS): That's What Good Friends Are For (7") Limelight Music 
;1983
*01 May 1983 (BFBS): Scream Like An Angel (v/a album - The Whip) Kamera
*15 May 1983 (BFBS): Scream Like An Angel (v/a album - The Whip) Kamera
*19 May 1983: Colours (12") Risk / Rough Trade 
*20 July 1983 (BFBS): Colours (12") Risk / Rough Trade 
*17 August 1983 (BFBS): Colours (12") Risk / Rough Trade
;1984
*11 June 1984: Soul Murder (single) Food
*20 June 1984 (BFBS): Soul Murder (single) Food
*14 October 1984 (BFBS): Wait For It (7") Food
*15 October 1984: Wait For It (single) Food 
;1985
*23 September 1985 (BBC World Service): It's A Man's Man's Man's World (7") Food
*25 November 1985: It's A Man's Man's Man's World (Night Train Mix) (12") Food
;1986
*24 February 1986: Love Is War (12") Food
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