Rip It Up (2018)

S1E2 Success and Excess

Emerging from the remnants of punk and post-punk, Simple Minds embraced synthesizer technology, crafting songs filled with social insights that gained popularity in the 1980s. This wave of music heralded a new era of pop enlightenment. Meanwhile, the avant-garde duo The KLF found themselves balancing the fine line between achieving commercial success and maintaining their artistic integrity.