Alan Goodrick (Gimpo)
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Alan Goodrick is usually known by his nom de guerre Gimpo. He is best known as a friend and collaborator of The KLF
and the K Foundation
. He filmed (and owns the print of) the Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid film, drove Bill Drummond
and Mark Manning to the top of the world (as recounted in Bad Wisdom), and was the ski-masked person fumbling with lighter fluid and matches when Rachel Whiteread
came to claim the K Foundation art award
. He is currently an underground/alternative arts film maker and is frequently involved with both Drummond and Jimmy Cauty
's current projects. Although he has claimed that he has given up the role, he is often described as a roadie.
He also organises an annual 25-hour drive around the M25
called the M25 spin, repeated every year on the weekend closest to 23 March (with many KLF fans from around the world joining in). The first time this took place was in 1997 when he was accompanied by Bill Drummond and artist Dave Green, and has produced a film of this event. The M25 spin can be seen as exploring similar motifs as Iain Sinclair
's London Orbital book.
(although there are rumours that Gimpo himself says he's from Mold in Wales
), and is a 'brother-in-law' to Mark Manning. Gimpo was a squaddie and served with the British Army
in the Falklands War
. After that war he met up with Zodiac and started to work part-time his band The Love Reaction. After a period as a roadie for various Food Records
bands (e.g. Jesus Jones
) he set up Pit Bull management and began to manage the Love Reaction.
The KLF
The KLF were one of the seminal bands of the British acid house movement during the late 1980s and early 1990s....
and the K Foundation
K Foundation
The K Foundation was an art foundation set up by Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty in 1993, following their 'retirement' from the music industry. The Foundation served as an artistic outlet for the duo's post-retirement KLF income...
. He filmed (and owns the print of) the Watch the K Foundation Burn a Million Quid film, drove Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond
William Ernest Drummond is a Scottish artist, musician, writer and record producer. He was the co-founder of late 1980s avant-garde pop group The KLF and its 1990s media-manipulating successor, the K Foundation, with which he burned a million pounds in 1994...
and Mark Manning to the top of the world (as recounted in Bad Wisdom), and was the ski-masked person fumbling with lighter fluid and matches when Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread, CBE is an English artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She won the annual Turner Prize in 1993—the first woman to win the prize....
came to claim the K Foundation art award
K Foundation art award
The 1994 K Foundation award was an award given by the K Foundation to the "worst artist of the year". The shortlist for the £40,000 K Foundation award was identical to the shortlist for the well-established but controversial £20,000 Turner Prize for the best British Contemporary artist...
. He is currently an underground/alternative arts film maker and is frequently involved with both Drummond and Jimmy Cauty
Jimmy Cauty
James Francis Cauty is a British artist and musician born in Liverpool, England, in 1956...
's current projects. Although he has claimed that he has given up the role, he is often described as a roadie.
He also organises an annual 25-hour drive around the M25
M25 motorway
The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London, England, in the United Kingdom. The motorway was first mooted early in the 20th century. A few sections, based on the now abandoned London Ringways plan, were constructed in the early 1970s and it ...
called the M25 spin, repeated every year on the weekend closest to 23 March (with many KLF fans from around the world joining in). The first time this took place was in 1997 when he was accompanied by Bill Drummond and artist Dave Green, and has produced a film of this event. The M25 spin can be seen as exploring similar motifs as Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair FRSL is a British writer and filmmaker. Much of his work is rooted in London, most recently within the influences of psychogeography.-Life and work:...
's London Orbital book.
Background and character
According to Bad Wisdom, he was born and raised in ManchesterManchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
(although there are rumours that Gimpo himself says he's from Mold in Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
), and is a 'brother-in-law' to Mark Manning. Gimpo was a squaddie and served with the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
in the Falklands War
Falklands War
The Falklands War , also called the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was fought in 1982 between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the disputed Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands...
. After that war he met up with Zodiac and started to work part-time his band The Love Reaction. After a period as a roadie for various Food Records
Food Records
Food Records was a record label set up in 1984 by David Balfe, who later took on Andy Ross as his partner. Originally formed as an independent record label with distribution going through Rough Trade Distribution, Food licenced acts to the Polygram offshoot London and Warner's WEA Records, before...
bands (e.g. Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones
Jesus Jones are a British rock band. The Wiltshire-based group, formed in late 1988, recorded and performed in the late 1980s, throughout the 1990s, and into the 2000s. They are best remembered for their track, "Right Here, Right Now", an international hit and subsequently globally appropriated for...
) he set up Pit Bull management and began to manage the Love Reaction.