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KMFDM
Origin Hamburg, Germany
Genre(s) Industrial rock
Industrial metal
Years active 1984–1999
2002–present
Label(s) Z
Skysaw
Wax Trax!
Metropolis
Sanctuary
KMFDM
Associated acts MDFMK
Excessive Force
PIG
KGC
Slick Idiot
Website http://www.kmfdm.net/
Members
Sascha Konietzko
Lucia Cifarelli
Jules Hodgson
Steve White
Andy Selway
Former members
Raymond Watts
En Esch
Günter Schulz
Tim Skold
Bill Rieflin
Mark Durante

KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko which sold well over 2 million records world-wide. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Wax Trax! Records was a Record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based Record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the Electro-industrial Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. KMFDM are a German Industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. MDFMK was formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold. Excessive Force is a musical Side project started in 1991 by Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM and Buzz McCoy of My Life Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. KGC is an electro/rock group from Germany the United Kingdom and the United States Slick Idiot is a German Electronic music band in the Industrial music genre Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany) also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of Lucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist for the Industrial music group KMFDM. Jules Hodgson, also credited as Joolz or J Hogstorm, is the Guitarist for KMFDM, an industrial band Steve White (born 1965 is an English Guitarist for KMFDM, first joining the band in 2002 for the Sturm & Drang Tour, and later appearing on several Andy Selway is the drummer for KMFDM, a German industrial band Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. En Esch (born Nicklaus Schandelmaier) is a contemporary musician and has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot. Guenter Schulz, born Günter Schulz, is a German -born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM. Tim Skold (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a multi-instrumentalist William "Bill" Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is a contemporary musician and is currently drumming for R Mark Durante is a Guitarist who is currently based in Chicago. Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany) also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of [1] KMFDM was founded in Paris, France on February 29, 1984 as a joint effort between Konietzko and German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm to perform for the opening of an exhibition of young European artists at the Grand Palais. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Leap years Although the modern calendar counts a year as 365 days a complete revolution around the sun takes approximately 365 days and 6 hours Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Grand Palais ("Grand Palace" is a large glass Exhibition hall that was built for the Paris Exhibition of 1900. Sturm had no lasting musical aspirations, and Konietzko was more interested in studio recordings than the occasional art performance, so he began collaborating with then-Hamburg-based studio owner Raymond Watts and drummer Klaus Schandelmaier, who adopted the stage name En Esch. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. En Esch (born Nicklaus Schandelmaier) is a contemporary musician and has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot. After working the Hamburg underground music scene and releasing three albums on European labels, the band began its long-standing relationship with Wax Trax! Records when their 1988 album Don't Blow Your Top was licensed to the label for US distribution. Wax Trax! Records was a Record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher Don't Blow Your Top is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's third album released in 1988. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the After touring with Ministry in 1989–1990, they signed directly to Wax Trax! and quickly became a part of the industrial music scene in Chicago that included Ministry, Front 242 and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Ministry was an American Industrial metal band founded by Frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981 Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian Electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK is an American electronic industrial band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois. Konietzko then moved to Chicago in early 1991, and Esch followed a year later. After close friend and president of Wax Trax! Records Jim Nash died of an illness complicated by AIDS, KMFDM relocated to Seattle, Washington. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

The current line-up of KMFDM consists of Sascha Konietzko, Lucia Cifarelli (vocals), Andy Selway (drums), Steve White (guitars), and Jules Hodgson (guitar). Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany) also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of Lucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist for the Industrial music group KMFDM. Andy Selway is the drummer for KMFDM, a German industrial band Steve White (born 1965 is an English Guitarist for KMFDM, first joining the band in 2002 for the Sturm & Drang Tour, and later appearing on several Jules Hodgson, also credited as Joolz or J Hogstorm, is the Guitarist for KMFDM, an industrial band En Esch, Raymond Watts, and guitarist Günter Schulz are notable key members in the band's history. Guenter Schulz, born Günter Schulz, is a German -born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM.

Other notable musicians that have contributed to KMFDM projects include Bill Rieflin of Ministry/R.E.M., Nivek Ogre from Skinny Puppy and ohGr, John DeSalvo of Chemlab, Tim Skold of Shotgun Messiah/Marilyn Manson, F.M. Einheit of Einstürzende Neubauten, Nina Hagen, and spoken word artist Nicole Blackman. William "Bill" Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is a contemporary musician and is currently drumming for R REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar Nivek Ogre (real name Kevin Graham Ogilvie) born December 5, 1962 is the vocalist best known for his work in the industrial band Skinny Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ohGr is a band formed by Nivek Ogre, of Skinny Puppy, and musician/engineer Mark Walk. Chemlab is an Industrial rock band formed in Washington DC, USA in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More Joe Frank (not the Radio personality) and Jared Louche Tim Skold (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a multi-instrumentalist Shotgun Messiah were a 1980s Glam metal band originally from Sweden, they went on to dabble in Industrial rock music during the early to mid 1990s Marilyn Manson is an American Alternative metal band based in Los Angeles California. FM Einheit (also known as FM Einheit, FM, Mufti, real name Frank Martin Strauss, born December 18, 1958, in Dortmund Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980 Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany. Nicole Blackman ( November 30, 1971) is a New York City -born Performance artist, Poet, Author, Vocalist, Additionally, Chemlab, Die Warzau, Nine Inch Nails, My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult, and Giorgio Moroder have remixed music for KMFDM. Chemlab is an Industrial rock band formed in Washington DC, USA in 1989 by Dylan Thomas More Joe Frank (not the Radio personality) and Jared Louche Die Warzau, (originally referred to as Die Warzau Synfony is an Industrial music band formed in 1987 by performance artists Jim Marcus and Van Christie My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult (TKK is an American electronic industrial band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois. Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder (born on April 26 1940 in Urtijëi, Italy) is an Italian Record producer, songwriter

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Musical style

While recognized within the ranks of Nitzer Ebb, Ministry, and Skinny Puppy as pioneers in introducing industrial music to mainstream audiences, KMFDM describes their sound as "the Ultra-Heavy Beat". Nitzer Ebb (pronounced night-zer or nit-zer &mdashthe band pronounces it both ways are a British music group formed in 1982 by Essex school friends KMFDM's earliest output is more accurately described as performance art, as Konietzko incorporated not only visuals but non-musical devices (e. This article is about Performance art For other uses see Performance (disambiguation g. vacuum cleaners) as instruments. Their albums from the 1980s featured heavy sampling and studio manipulations, and the primary instruments used were synthesizers and drum machines. In Music, sampling is the act of taking a portion or sample, of one Sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or element of a new recording For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an With the addition of guitarist Günter Schulz, KMFDM shifted to a more "industrial metal" style, with heavy guitar riffs driving their sound. Industrial metal is a Musical genre that draws from Industrial music and heavy metal. In Music, a riff is an Ostinato figure a repeated Chord progression, pattern refrain or melodic figure, often played by the Rhythm With the release of Angst in 1993, KMFDM were discovered by the mainstream with their hit single "A Drug Against War". Angst is the seventh album released by Industrial rock band KMFDM in 1993 on TVT / Wax Trax! Records in the United " A Drug Against War " is a song by KMFDM, released as a single from their 1993 album Angst. Despite the band's "anti-MTV", "anti-mainstream" attitude, the video of "A Drug Against War" was circulated in heavy rotation on MTV and was even featured on the MTV cartoon Beavis & Butt-head. MTV ( Music Television) is an American Cable television network based in New York City. Beavis and Butt-head is an American Animated television series created by Mike Judge.

Since the release of 1989's UAIOE, KMFDM's music has been a fusion of electronic and heavy metal, with occasional elements of reggae, ska, and even rap. UAIOE is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's fourth album released in 1989. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Many songs feature prominent backing vocals by female singers, notably Dorona Alberti, Cheryl Wilson, Christine Siewart, Sigrid Meyer, Jennifer Ginsberg, Abby Travis, and Lucia Cifarelli. Dorona Alberti (born 1975 is a singer and actress whose projects include KMFDM, Hobson Fairocious Old Shoes Pick up the Pieces and Briskey Abby Travis (b November 10, 1969 in Los Angeles California) is an American musician Lucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist for the Industrial music group KMFDM. Frequent KMFDM contributor Raymond Watts incorporates the style of his own musical project PIG, which features macabre lyrics, guttural vocals, and heavy, guitar-laden arrangements. Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. Macabre is a quality of certain artistic or literary works characterized by a grim or ghastly atmosphere

After the band's three-year hiatus which ended in 2002, KMFDM adopted a more "traditional" rock sound, that is, recording and performing with a typical band lineup — lead vocalist, lead and rhythm guitarists, bassist, and drummer — while continuing to incorporate electronics and sampling.

From KMFDM's inception, the band has been highly political. Their lyrics typically call for the rejection of and resistance to incompetent rule in capitalist society, as well as outrage over terrorism, violence, oppression, censorship, and, most explicitly, war. Capitalism is the Economic system in which the Means of production are owned by private Persons and operated for Profit and where Their songs often feature samples of news broadcasts and speeches by political leaders, usually in an expression of irony. Irony is a literary or Rhetorical device, in which there is an incongruity or Discordance between what one says or does and what one means or

KMFDM are not without a sense of humor, however. Nearly every album features a song in which they lampoon themselves, particularly evident in the lyrics to "More & Faster", "Sucks", "Light", "Inane", and "Megalomaniac". Their knack for self-parody came to a head in 2003 with the song "Intro" from the album WWIII, in which Konietzko takes a jab at each band member — including himself — with a tongue-in-cheek and slightly irreverent verse. WWIII is KMFDM's thirteenth studio album It follows the common KMFDM practice of naming albums and many songs with five-letter words Often the band performs the encore after the crowd repeatedly chants "KMFDM SUCKS!".

Konietzko has cited T. Rex, David Bowie, and Frank Zappa as inspiration in the early stages of KMFDM. TRex (occasionally spelled T Rex or T-Rex) were an English rock band fronted by guitarist singer and songwriter Marc Bolan. David Bowie (ˈboʊiː born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 is an English Musician, actor producer, and arranger. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Zappa is heavily referenced on the albums Don't Blow Your Top and UAIOE. [2]

Recording, performance, and fanbase

KMFDM guitarist Jules Hodgson
KMFDM guitarist Jules Hodgson

Since the beginning, KMFDM has been one of the hardest working industrial bands in the business. Jules Hodgson, also credited as Joolz or J Hogstorm, is the Guitarist for KMFDM, an industrial band They have released at least one album or EP every year since 1986 and toured extensively for nearly every release. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Even during their brief hiatus (1999–2002), Konietzko and other band members engaged in a number of side projects (see below). In Popular music, a side project is a project undertaken by one or more persons already known for their involvement in another band

The early albums were recorded in Hamburg, Germany. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany In 1988, KMFDM began working with the famous (yet now defunct) industrial label Wax Trax! Records and relocated to Chicago the following year. Wax Trax! Records was a Record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. After reforming in 2002, KMFDM worked with the Metropolis and Sanctuary record labels. Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia Pennsylvania based Record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the Electro-industrial Sanctuary Records is a Record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In 2004, Konietzko started his own record label, aptly titled KMFDM Records.

Previously confined to touring the United States and only portions of Europe and Japan, KMFDM embarked on a 2004 world tour in which they performed in Australia, Russia, Canada, and much of Europe in addition to the US.

KMFDM has had a longstanding commitment to their fans, striving to present themselves as personable and approachable entertainers. Konietzko and most KMFDM members both past and present often converse with fans via e-mail and chat rooms. Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used by Mass media to describe any form of Synchronous conferencing, occasionally even Asynchronous conferencing The band tours seemingly non-stop, pausing briefly to record an album. At most concert venues, KMFDM typically mingles with the fans before and after the show to sign autographs, pose for photos, and answer questions. Konietzko and the band's representatives have experimented with ways for fans to interact directly with the band. In 2002, KMFDM launched the "Horde", an exclusive fan club in which members had the opportunity to attend a private meet-and-greet with the band before every show, as well as gaining access to members-only music and footage online. In 2004, they experimented with "FanKam", a project in which a member of the audience was selected to record that night's show, as well as some back-stage antics, with a hand-held digital video camera. The resulting footage was incorporated into the 20th Anniversary World Tour DVD the following year, which also included fan photos submitted to the KMFDM official website. In March 2007, KMFDM encouraged fans to call a special "FanPhone" and leave a voice message. The song "Superpower" from 2007's Tohuvabohu includes sound-clips from these messages.

During the summer of 2006, Metropolis Records announced that it would reissue KMFDM's entire Wax Trax!-era studio album back catalog, which had been out of print since the early 2000s. The albums were released in chronological order in groups of two or three every couple months from September 2006 to May 2007, and are now all back in print.

In 2007, KMFDM released their sixteenth studio album, titled Tohuvabohu, a word derived from the biblical Hebrew phrase "tohu va bohu" meaning "without form and void" or "chaos and utter confusion". Tohuvabohu is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's fifteenth studio album released on August 21, 2007, on the band's record label [3][4]

Etymology

The cover of 84-86, featuring the original stamp used by KMFDM in 1984.
The cover of 84-86, featuring the original stamp used by KMFDM in 1984.

KMFDM is an initialism for the nonsensical and grammatically incorrect German phrase "Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid", which literally translates as "no majority for the pity" or "no majority for the empathy" but is typically given the loose translation of "no pity for the majority" or "no mercy for the masses". Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. The most common account of the origin of the name involves Konietzko cutting headlines from German newspapers and shuffling around the words to produce the now infamous expression. [5] The name was shortened to "KMFDM" in 1985 in order to simplify the long phrase, with one popular account having Raymond Watts originating the initialism to avoid the difficulties he had in pronouncing the German.

Confusion often arises regarding the correct German expansion of the acronym, primarily stemming from the aforementioned language issues. In German, nouns possess genders that require proper declension of any preceding articles or adjectives. A German noun has one of three specific grammatical genders (masculine feminine neuter and belongs to one of three declension classes only partly dependent of gender In Linguistics, grammatical genders, sometimes also called Noun classes are classes of nouns reflected in the behavior of associated words every noun must belong German declension is the paradigm that German uses to define all the ways words can change shape to reflect their role in the sentence subject object etc German articles have a feature called "strength" which influences the declension of the adjectives In German grammar, the correct Inflection of Adjectives depends on the case number and gender of the Noun phrase, as well as what kind of determiner In the true phrase, the articles preceding the nouns "Mehrheit" and "Mitleid" are inflected for the wrong gender. In Grammar, inflection or inflexion is the way language handles grammatical relations and relational categories such as tense, mood, voice However, swapping the two nouns yields the grammatically correct "Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit", which additionally translates directly as "no pity for the majority". Adding to the confusion is the fact that this "correct" phrase appears within the lyrics to the song "Megalomaniac", which Konietzko revealed was done in order to confuse people who were always telling the band their name was wrong. [6]

When the band first toured the US in 1989–1990, band members and their associates began using alternate English meanings for their name to tease journalists who did not understand German. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The most prominent and most widely repeated was "Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode", which is attributed to Shawn Joyce. Depeche Mode (dəˌpɛʃˈmoʊd are an English Electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. After the release of Angst, TVT/Wax Trax! Records launched a promotion (without consent of the band) in which fans were encouraged to come up with at least 1,001 different meanings for KMFDM. Angst is the seventh album released by Industrial rock band KMFDM in 1993 on TVT / Wax Trax! Records in the United College radio DJs Kinslow and Smith of WKGC Florida won the contest with an entry of more than 1,200 potential meanings. [7]

The lyrics to the song "Moron" feature a slight variant of the traditional translation: "no pity for the masses". Likewise, the song "Light" reveals another possible alternate meaning: "Keiner Macht für dich mehr", which translates as "no power for you anymore". However, "macht" (lowercase m) is the verb "to make" or "to do", thusly translating as "no-one does more for you". This is consistent with the chorus of the song: "What we do for you / so good for you".

Break-up, MDFMK, and reforming

KMFDM disbanded, albeit temporarily, on January 22, 1999. According to Sascha Konietzko, the split was due to "a deep rift between some of the co-members and unsurmountable difference regarding visions and objectives for a possible future. Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany) also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of "[8] The album Adios was released three months later, with the title originally intended to symbolize the band's departure from the Wax Trax! label, but later signaling the break-up of the band itself. Adios, the eleventh studio album released by KMFDM, was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label Wax Trax! Records Günter Schulz and En Esch formed the band Slick Idiot, and Konietzko and Tim Skold temporarily regrouped as MDFMK with the addition of singer Lucia Cifarelli. Guenter Schulz, born Günter Schulz, is a German -born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM. En Esch (born Nicklaus Schandelmaier) is a contemporary musician and has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot. Slick Idiot is a German Electronic music band in the Industrial music genre Tim Skold (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a multi-instrumentalist MDFMK was formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold. Lucia Cifarelli is currently a vocalist for the Industrial music group KMFDM. MDFMK released one self-titled album with Republic/Universal Records and toured in the United States and Japan. Republic Records is a Record label subsidiary of The Universal Motown/Universal Republic Group. KMFDM reformed in 2002 with Konietzko, Skold, Cifarelli, and former collaborators Raymond Watts and Bill Rieflin. Raymond Watts (also known as Nainz Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero is the founding and sole member of the Industrial music project PIG. William "Bill" Rieflin (born September 30, 1960) is a contemporary musician and is currently drumming for R According to Konietzko, Schulz and Esch were invited to rejoin the band but declined.

Currently KMFDM comprises Sascha Konietzko, Lucia Cifarelli, Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway, and Steve White. Jules Hodgson, also credited as Joolz or J Hogstorm, is the Guitarist for KMFDM, an industrial band Andy Selway is the drummer for KMFDM, a German industrial band Steve White (born 1965 is an English Guitarist for KMFDM, first joining the band in 2002 for the Sturm & Drang Tour, and later appearing on several

Controversy

Copyright infringement

The song "Liebeslied" from KMFDM's 1990 album Naïve contains an unlicensed sample of "O Fortuna" from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Carl Orff ( &ndash) was a 20th-century German Composer, most famous for Carmina Burana (1937 Carmina Burana is a scenic Cantata composed by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936 The band was threatened with legal action by Orff's publisher (Orff himself died in 1982), and the album was withdrawn from production in 1993. The following year, a new version of the album was released entitled Naïve/Hell to Go, containing remixes of several songs, including the offending track (with the sample removed) which was renamed "Leibesleid (Infringement Mix)" (the modified name is a play of words in German: Liebeslied = "love song", Leibesleid = "physical pain"). A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version Consequently, the original release of Naïve has become highly collectible among KMFDM fans. KMFDM still occasionally performs the original version of "Liebeslied" in concert. Live versions, complete with the controversial sample, can be accessed on both the Beat by Beat by Beat and 20th Anniversary World Tour 2004 DVDs. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is

Columbine High School shootings

In wake of the Columbine High School massacre it was revealed that lyrics to KMFDM songs ("Anarchy", "Power", "Son of a Gun", "Stray Bullet", "Waste") were posted on the website of shooter Eric Harris, and that the massacre coincided with the release date of the album Adios and the birthday of Adolf Hitler. The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday April 20 1999 at Columbine High School in Columbine in unincorporated Jefferson County, Eric David Harris (April 9 1981 – April 20 1999 and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11 1981 – April 20 1999 were the High school seniors who committed Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The media was quick to jump on the apparent connection of the massacre to violent entertainment and Nazism. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German In response, Konietzko issued a statement the following day:

First and foremost, KMFDM would like to express their deep and heartfelt sympathy for the parents, families and friends of the murdered and injured children in Littleton. We are sick and appalled, as is the rest of the nation, by what took place in Colorado yesterday.

KMFDM are an art form — not a political party. From the beginning, our music has been a statement against war, oppression, fascism and violence against others. While some of the former band members are German as reported in the media, none of us condone any Nazi beliefs whatsoever. [9]

Jokela school shootings

On November 7, 2007, nine individuals (six pupils, the school principal, school nurse, and the gunman) died at the Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland. The Jokela school shooting occurred on 7 November, 2007, at Jokela High School (Jokelan koulukeskus a public Secondary school in the town Tuusula (tuːsulɑ in Swedish Tusby ( is a municipality of Finland. Finland, officially the Republic of Finland ( is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. Prior to the rampage, shooter Pekka-Eric Auvinen posted a video on YouTube titled "Jokela High School Massacre 11/7/2007", which used KMFDM's song "Stray Bullet" from the 1997 album Symbols as background music. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable non-alphabetic symbols (see cover art but usually cataloged as Symbols. [10]

Album artwork

KMFDM has a long-standing relationship with commercial artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, who creates the iconic artwork adorning almost all of the band's albums and singles. Aidan Hughes is a Commercial artist He was born in 1956 in Merseyside England, and was trained as an artist by his father himself a Landscape painter Brute!'s artwork is also featured in KMFDM's music videos for "A Drug Against War" and "Son of a Gun", and on the band's promotional t-shirts.

Prior to the 2006-2007 remastering and rerelease of KMFDM's back catalog, the design and packaging of the albums were inconsistent. Upon their release on KMFDM Records, they were repackaged by designer Justin Gammon to be visually similar. These changes included standard organization of the liner notes, lyrics, photos, and songwriting/guest musician credits.

KMFDM "code"

The symbols that served as the title of KMFDM's twelfth album.
The symbols that served as the title of KMFDM's twelfth album.

Around the time the album Naïve was released, a member of the press assumed that KMFDM followed a pattern of naming their albums and certain songs with a single five-letter word. Konietzko adopted the idea and every studio album thereafter was named in this manner, even the compilation albums (Agogo, Retro). In typical KMFDM fashion, the band began mocking their self-imposed conformity by intentionally misspelling words so they would meet the five-letter criteria (Xtort, Attak).

In 1997, they took the concept a step further by adopting five unpronounceable symbols as the album's official title (see image), imitating similar stunts previously done by Led Zeppelin (see Led Zeppelin IV) and Prince (see Love Symbol). Led Zeppelin were Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician The tenth studio album by Prince and the New Power Generation, colloquially referred to as the Love Symbol, was released on October The band, fans, and record executives alike simply referred to the album as Symbols out of convenience, although some listeners — in an attempt to keep the title within the five letter "mold" — referred to the album as either Icons or Curse, alluding to the symbols used in comics to indicate profanity. The original meaning of the adjective profane (from the Latin for "in front of or outside the Temple " was to refer to items not belonging to the church This five-symbol word is also apparently used in the song "Down and Out" according to the printed lyrics included with the album; however, it is bleeped out of the recording the way one would bleep out a "curse" word.

Often, the five-letter album and song titles are portrayed in a distinct color, possibly to convey apparent importance to those particular words.

The tradition of five-letter-word album titles was broken in 2005 with the release of their fifteenth studio album, Hau Ruck, which translates to "Heave Ho". Likewise, none of the album's song titles are five letter words. However, the title of their 2007 release, Tohuvabohu, while not a five letter word, is composed of five syllables. "Tohuvabohu" is a Hebrew phrase from Genesis 1:2, meaning "formless and void. "

Discography

Below is an abbreviated list of studio albums and singles/EPs. For a comprehensive discography including compilations, live albums, soundtracks, and remix work, see KMFDM discography. This is a discography for the industrial band KMFDM. Artwork Beginning with the British release of 1986 's What Do You Know Deutschland?

Studio albums

Singles and EPs

Side projects

Members of KMFDM have either fronted or supported several side projects throughout the band's activity, often simultaneously with their work in KMFDM. Opium is the debut album by KMFDM released in 1984. There were only 200 cassette copies made What Do You Know Deutschland? is a 1986 album by KMFDM. Indicative of the band's early style the music is relatively crude with a strong drum beat Don't Blow Your Top is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's third album released in 1988. UAIOE is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's fourth album released in 1989. Naïve is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's fifth album released in 1990. KMFDM 's sixth album Money, was released in 1992. The album was originally supposed to be named Apart, as Sascha Konietzko and Angst is the seventh album released by Industrial rock band KMFDM in 1993 on TVT / Wax Trax! Records in the United Nihil is the eighth Album by the German Industrial rock band KMFDM, released in 1995 Xtort is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's ninth studio album released in 1996 The tenth KMFDM album is titled with a string of five unpronounceable non-alphabetic symbols (see cover art but usually cataloged as Symbols. Adios, the eleventh studio album released by KMFDM, was originally conceived as the group's parting shot to its longtime record label Wax Trax! Records Attak, the first KMFDM album following the band's break-up (rather a three-year hiatus during which some members recorded and performed under the name MDFMK WWIII is KMFDM's thirteenth studio album It follows the common KMFDM practice of naming albums and many songs with five-letter words Hau Ruck is the fourteenth Album by KMFDM, released by Metropolis Records on September 13, 2005. Tohuvabohu is Industrial rock group KMFDM 's fifteenth studio album released on August 21, 2007, on the band's record label Brimborium is a Remix album by the Industrial rock band KMFDM. Kickin' Ass is a KMFDM single from the Album What Do You Know Deutschland?. Don't Blow Your Top is a KMFDM single from the Album of the same name. More & Faster is a KMFDM single released in 1989 None of the songs on this release were ever released on an Album, aside from some versions Virus is a KMFDM single preceding the Album Naïve. It features the title track "Virus" as well as "More " Godlike " is a KMFDM single off of the Album Naïve. Naïve/The Days of Swine & Roses is a collaborative single released by KMFDM and My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Split is a KMFDM single released in 1991 between their Albums Naïve and Money. Vogue is a KMFDM single released following the 1992 Album Money. " Money " is a KMFDM song It was released as a single prior to the release of their fifth album Money, in 1992 Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away is a KMFDM single off the 1992 Album Money. Sucks is a KMFDM single released prior to the 1993 Album Angst. " A Drug Against War " is a song by KMFDM, released as a single from their 1993 album Angst. " Light " is a KMFDM single from their 1993 Album Angst. " Glory " is a KMFDM single from their Album Angst. It contains three remixes of the title track "Glory" Track listing "Secret Skin" &ndash 339 "Fuck Me" &ndash 350 "Rape Robbery & Violence" &ndash 543 "Fuck Me Hoghunter" " Juke Joint Jezebel " is a KMFDM single from the 1995 Album Nihil. " Juke Joint Jezebel " is a KMFDM single from the 1995 Album Nihil. " Trust "/" Juke Joint Jezebel " is an import-only KMFDM single from their 1995 Album Nihil. " Brute " is a KMFDM single from their 1995 Album Nihil. " Rules " is a KMFDM single from their 1996 Album Xtort. " MDFMK " is a KMFDM single from their album commonly referred to as Symbols. " Boots " is a Remix single by KMFDM, featuring three Versions of " These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " For the game show of the same name see Ruck Zuck (Game Show. Ruck Zuck (which loosely means "instantly" or "right Former members have also formed new groups.

References

  1. ^ KMFDM: RETURN WITH ‘TOHUVABOHU’ ALBUM OUT AUGUST 21 ON METROPOLIS RECORDS/KMFDM RECORDS review. Brian Gardner. Retrieved on 2008-05-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt.
  2. ^ Engelhart, Tony (2003-10-22). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus KMFDM returns with an Attak. LosingToday Magazine. Retrieved on June 16, 2006.
  3. ^ Sellers, Bob. The Biblical History of Creation, Part 1. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.
  4. ^ Thomas, Sue. Adulterous liaisons: Jean Rhys, Stella Bowen and feminist reading. Australian Humanities Review. Retrieved on March 23, 2007.  “According to the OED Tohuvabohu is 'That which is empty and formless; chaos; utter confusion'. ”
  5. ^ Herrera, Anthony; Roshi B. (2005-01-04). Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. KMFDM Biography. KMFDM. BiohazardMusic. com. AlliancePacificaProductions. Retrieved on June 16, 2006.
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  8. ^ Cross, Jody; Josh Hammonds (2003-12-08). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. KMFDM FAQ. Retrieved on June 27, 2006.
  9. ^ Cross, Jody; Josh Hammonds (2003-12-08). Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1609 - Biblioteca Ambrosiana opens its reading room the second public library of Europe. KMFDM FAQ. Retrieved on June 16, 2006.
  10. ^ Saarinen, Juhani (2007-11-07). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Lukiolaismies jätti verkkoon runsaasti tietoa tulevasta hyökkäyksestä (Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved on December 16, 2007.
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