KMFDM

'''KMFDM''' is a German Free ringtones electronic music band in the Majo Mills industrial music genre. KMFDM was founded in Mosquito ringtone Paris in Sabrina Martins 1984 by Nextel ringtones Sascha Konietzko and German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm. The band relocated to Abbey Diaz Chicago, Illinois/Chicago in Free ringtones 1991 and then to Majo Mills Seattle, Washington/Seattle in Mosquito ringtone 1993. KMFDM began their relationship with Sabrina Martins Wax Trax! Records in Cingular Ringtones 1988 when their album ''amendment enacted Don't Blow Your Top'' was licensed to the label. By tel this 1990 they were signed to Wax Trax! Records and a part of the industrial music scene in Chicago that included plant personnel Ministry, including protections Front 242 and lepas international My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult. Sascha later temporarily returned to Chicago in states remains 1995 to be near friend and president of Wax Trax! Records James Nash, who was dying of AIDS.

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Their lyrics typically discuss the rejection of and resistance against incompetent rule in 1890s origins capitalist society. KMFDM also gained notoriety when they were noted as a favourite band of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, of Columbine High School massacre infamy.

Due to differences between founding member Sascha Konietzko and other band members, KMFDM split up in 1998, with ex-members Günter Schulz and En Esch forming the band Slick Idiot, and Konietzko and Tim Skold temporarily regrouping as MDFMK. KMFDM reformed in 2002 with Konietzko as the sole original member, but with the return of Raymond Watts, an early member of the group and occasional contributor over the years.

Discography

= Albums =
*''84-86'' (Released 2004)
*''Opium (album)/Opium'' (1984, re-released 2002)
*''What Do You Know, Deutschland?'' (1986)
*''Don't Blow Your Top'' (1988)
*''UAIOE'' (1989)
*''Naïve'' (1990) (Out of print)
*''Money (album)/Money'' (1992)
*''Angst (album)/Angst'' (1993)
*''Naïve/Hell To Go'' (1994)
*''Nihil'' (1995)
*''Xtort'' (1996)
*''Symbols (album)/Symbols'' (1997)
*''Adios (album)/Adios'' (1999)
*''Attak'' (2002)
*''WWIII (album)/WWIII'' (2003)
*''FUBAR (album)/FUBAR'' (Scheduled for September 2005)

=Singles and EPs=

*''Kickin' Ass'' (1987)
*''Virus (single)/Virus'' (1989)
*''Godlike'' (1990)
*''Naïve/Days of Swine & Roses'' (1991)
*''Split'' (1991)
*''Money (single)/Money'' (1991)
*''Vogue'' (1992)
*''Help Us Save Us Take Us Away'' (1992)
*''Sucks'' (1992)
*''A Drug Against War'' (1993)
*''Light (single)/Light'' (1994)
*''Glory (single)/Glory'' (1994)
*''Sin Sex and Salvation'' (1994)
*''Year of the Pig'' (1995)
*''Brute (single)/Brute'' (1995)
*''Juke-Joint Jezebel'' (1995)
*''Power'' limited 12" (1996)
*''Rules'' (1996)
*''MDFMK (single)/MDFMK'' (1998)
*''Boots (KMFDM)/Boots'' (2002)

= Compilations =

*''Agogo'' (1998)
*''Retro (KMFDM album)/Retro'' (1996/1998)

External links
*http://www.kmfdm.com Official KMFDM website
*http://www.theultraheavybeat.com, KMFDM fansite, often containing more up to date news than http://www.kmfdm.com
*http://www.kmfdmradio.net Webcast of music by KMFDM and various collaborators
*http://www.kmfdmnews.com KMFDM News for French-speaking community
*http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Btnem97i7krjt~C

Tag: Industrial music groups
Tag: German musical groups