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Artist Biography For Kmfdm

KMFDM Originally Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit "loosely" Translated By The Band As "no Pity For The Majority" Is An Industrial Rock Band Led By German Multi-Instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko Who Founded The Group In 1984 As A Performance Art Project In Hamburg Germany. The Group's Earliest Incarnation Included German Drummer En Esch And British Vocalist Raymond Watts The Latter Of Whom Left And Rejoined The Group Several Times Over Its History. The Trio Recorded The Band's Earliest Albums In Germany Before Konietzko And Esch Moved To The United States Where They Found Much Greater Success With Seminal Industrial Record Label Wax Trax!. German Guitarist Günter Schulz Joined In 1990 Both He And Esch Continued With The Band Until KMFDM Broke Up In 1999. Konietzko Resurrected KMFDM In 2002 Esch And Schulz Declined To Rejoin On Metropolis Records And By 2005 He Had Assembled A Consistent Line-Up That Included American Singer Lucia Cifarelli British Guitarists Jules Hodgson And Steve White And British Drummer Andy Selway. Konietzko And Cifarelli Moved Back To Germany In 2007 While The Rest Of Band Stayed In The U.S. In Addition To These Core Members Dozens Of Other Musicians Have Worked With The Group Across Its Nineteen Studio Albums And Two Dozen Singles With Sales Totaling In Excess Of Two Million Records Worldwide. Critics Consider KMFDM To Be One Of The First Bands To Bring Industrial Music To Mainstream Audiences Though Konietzko Refers To The Band's Music As "The Ultra-Heavy Beat". The Band Incorporates Heavy Metal Guitar Riffs Electronic Music Samples And Both Male And Female Vocals In Its Music Which Encompasses A Variety Of Styles Including Industrial Rock And Electronic Body Music EBM . The Band Is Fiercely Political With Many Of Its Lyrics Taking Stands Against Violence War And Oppression. KMFDM Normally Tours At Least Once After Every Major Release And Band Members Are Known For Their Accessibility To And Interaction With Fans Both Online And At Concerts. Members Singly Or Working Together And With Other Musicians Have Recorded Under Many Other Names Primarily Watts' PIG Konietzko's Excessive Force And Esch And Schulz's Slick Idiot. KMFDM Discogs Https //www.Discogs.Com/artist/11606-KMFDM
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KMFDM Twitter Https //twitter.Com/kmfdmofficial
KMFDM YouTube Https //www.Youtube.Com/user/officialkmfdm ---Current Members---
Sascha Konietzko – Vocals Guitar Bass Programming Keyboards Synthesizer Percussion
Lucia Cifarelli – Vocals Keyboards
Jules Hodgson – Guitar Bass Keyboards
Andy Selway – Drums
Steve White – Guitar ---Former Members---
En Esch – Vocals Drums Guitar Programming
Raymond Watts – Vocals Programming
Günter Schulz – Guitar Programming
Mark Durante – Guitar Steel Guitar
Tim Skold – Vocals Guitar Bass Drums Programming Classic KMFDM Discography 1984-1999 ---Studio Albums---
1984 - Opium
1986 - What Do You Know Deutschland?
1988 - Don't Blow Your Top
1989 - UAIOE
1990 - Naïve
1992 - Money
1993 - Angst
1995 - Nihil
1996 - Xtort
1997 - Symbols
1999 - Adios ---Compilations---
1986 - 84-86 Compilation 1994 - Naïve/Hell To Go Remix 1996 - Retro Compilation 1998 - Agogo Compilation ---Singles---
1987 - Kickin' Ass
1988 - Don't Blow Your Top
1988 - More & Faster
1989 - Virus
1990 - Godlike
1991 - Naïve The Days Of Swine And Roses Split With My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 1991 - Split
1992 - Vogue
1992 - Money
1992 - Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away
1992 - Sucks
1993 - A Drug Against War
1994 - Light
1994 - Glory
1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel
1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel The Moroder Mixes 1995 - Brute
1995 - Trust
1995 - Year Of The Pig
1996 - Power
1996 - Rules
1997 - Anarchy
1998 - MDFMK ---Side Projects/Collaborations---
1991 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your House
1992 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your World
1992 - En Esch - Cheesy
1993 - Excessive Force - Blizkrieg
1994 - Excessive Force - Gentle Death
1994 - KMFDM Vs. PIG - Sin Sex & Salvation ---Modern KMFDM Discography 2002-Present ---Studio Albums---
2002 - Attak
2003 - WWIII
2005 - Hau Ruck
2007 - Tohuvabohu
2009 - Blitz
2011 - WTF?!
2013 - Kunst
2014 - Our Time Will Come
2017 - Hell Yeah
2019 - Paradise
2022 - HYËNA
2024 - LET GO ---Compilations---
2002 - Strum & Drang Tour Live Live 2004 - WWIII Live 2003 Live 2006 - Ruck Zuck Remix 2008 - Brimborium Remix 2008 - Extra Vol. 1 Compilation 2008 - Extra Vol. 2 Compilation 2008 - Extra Vol. 3 Compilation 2009 - Krieg Remix 2010 - Würst Compilation 2010 - Greatest Shit Compilation 2014 - We Are KMFDM Live ---Singles---
2002 - Boots
2010 - Day Of Light
2010 - Godlike 2010
2010 - Light 2010
2011 - Krank
2011 - Amnesia
2014 - Salvation ---Side Projects/Collaborations---
2000 - MDFMK - MDFMK
2001 - Schweinstein - Schweinstein
2001 - Slick Idiot - DickNity
2002 - Schweinstein - Son Of Schweinstein
2003 - Slick Idiot - ReDickUlous
2004 - Slick Idiot - Screwtinized
2004 - Lucia - From The Land Of Volcanoes
2006 - Slick Idiot - XSCREWciating
2006 - KGC - Dirty Bomb
2009 - Slick Idiot - Sucksess
2009 - Skold Vs. KMFDM - Skold Vs. KMFDM
2011 - OKZTEINOK - PROLETKULT
2014 - En Esch - SPÄNK

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