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KMFDM

KMFDM ( acronym for grammatically incorrect German. K ein M ehrheit F ür D ie M itleid [1] ; see also origin of the name) Is a German-American industrial rock band formed in Paris in 1984. During its existence, the composition of the group has repeatedly changed, its only permanent member is the frontman - multi-instrumentalist musician Sasha Konetsko .

KMFDM
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Group performance in 2011
basic information
Genresindustrial rock
industrial metal
electro industrial
Years1984 - 1999
2002 - to this day
Country Germany
USA
Where fromHamburg
Language of songsEnglish
Deutsch
French
Spanish
Italian
Russian
Labels
  • KMFDM
  • Metropolis
  • Z
  • Skysaw
  • Wax Trax!
  • Sanctuary
  • Tvt
CompositionSasha Konetsko
Lucia Cifarelli


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The composition of the group, which took shape in the early years of its activity, included, in addition to Konetsko, German drummer and British vocalist ; the latter subsequently repeatedly left the group and joined it again. In this form, the band recorded their first studio albums in West Germany. . In 1991, Konetsko and Ash moved to the United States, where the group gained fame by publishing on the influential ; earlier in 1990, the German guitarist joined the group, and he and Ash participated in the group until its dissolution in 1999. Konecko revived the group - without the participation of Ash and Schultz - in 2002; by 2005, the renewed group took shape as a quintet, in addition to Konetsko including American vocalist Lucia Cifarelli and a trio of British musicians: drummer , guitarists and . In addition to the above, many other musicians participated in the studio and concert activities of the group. For more than thirty years, KMFDM has released twenty studio albums and more than two dozen companion singles; In total, the sold circulation of the group’s releases amounted to more than 2 million copies. .

KMFDM is considered by critics to be one of the first groups to popularize “industrial” music in the mainstream environment. The sound of the group, defined by its frontman, the term "ultra-heavy beat", includes the simultaneous use of male and female vocals; a combination of “ metal ” riffs with “electronic” synthesizers and sampling techniques; strong political component in the lyrics . KMFDM performs a concert tour at least once after the main release; members of the group are known for their access to communicate with fans both “live” and on the Internet ; they also, individually or jointly with each other and other musicians, compose related projects such as Pig, and .

History

Start of business (1984)

The KMFDM group at the time of its foundation was a performance project that took shape as a duet by Sasha Konetsko on the one hand and multimedia artist Udo Sturm ( German: Udo Sturm ) on the other. At the first performance, which took place on February 29, 1984, at the opening of the exhibition of young artists in the Paris Grand Palace , Sturm played on the ARP 2600 synthesizer, while Konetsko played on vacuum cleaners and five bass guitars with amplifiers located throughout the building; Four Polish miners who met Konetsko in a brothel [2] [3] [1] also became “participants” in the speech.

Title

 
Sasha Konetsko at the KMFDM concert in Bolkow in 2009

The name KMFDM is an acronym made up of the grammatically incorrect phrase “Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid”, which, if you keep the reading order, literally translates as “No majority of pity”; at the same time, traditionally (including in the materials of the group), a “free” translation of this expression into English is used “no pity for the majority” (literally from English - “no pity for the majority”) [4] [5] [6 ] ] [7] . In the original phrase, the articles preceding the nouns Mehrheit and Mitleid are given in the wrong genus , while with the correct declension the phrase will look like Keine Mehrheit für das Mitleid ; when you rearrange the nouns in the phrase, you get the grammatical correct version of Kein Mitleid für die Mehrheit .

In an interview for MK Magazine in 2003, Konetsko explains:

On the morning of February 29, 1984, I wake up and go for breakfast at a Paris hotel. That night we had a speech at the opening of an exhibition of young artists. We needed a motto that could be printed on flyers ... There was a newspaper in German on the table, and from there I cut out the words and put them in the lid. We took out some words, folded them and got: “Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid”. Not the most correct expression regarding translation, if we talk about grammar, but excellent for a Dadaist ( sic! ) Morning mood. Then, when I returned to Hamburg, I mentioned this to Raymond [Watts]. He liked it, but he had problems with the correct pronunciation. And so he suggested: “Why don't you just name it KMFDM?” Something like that. We were KMFDM ... [8]

Original text
On the morning of February 29th, 1984 I woke up and went down to breakfast at a hotel in Paris. We had a show that night opening for an exhibition for young European artists. ... we needed a motto for the night so that we could make up some fliers and post them around. There was a German newspaper on the table and so I started cutting out words and threw them all into a cap. We picked a few of them out and it read "Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid". It's kinda improper German in regards to its translation but in the DA-DA-esque [sic] mindset of the early morning it made perfect sense. So when I was on my way back to Hamburg I'd mentioned it to Raymond [Watts]. He liked it but he was having difficulty pronouncing it correctly. So finally he said, 'Why don't you just call it KMFDM?' So that was it. We were KMFDM.

First albums (1984-1989)

 
En Ash (in the frame - as part of Slick Idiot in 2006) was a regular member of the group for 13 years - from 1986 to 1999

Sturm soon left the team, but Konetsko continued to speak; at one time in the group with Konetsko there were up to twenty people doing various tricks on the stage, such as swallowing fire or throwing fake entrails into the audience [2] . Returning to Hamburg, Konetsko joined in his new band, the . Soon they were joined by drummer Nicklaus Chandelmaier ( German: Nicklaus Schandelmaier ), who moved to Hamburg from Frankfurt [9] ; he soon adopted the pseudonym . Although the group with this line-up managed to give concerts [10] , Konetsko and Ash left it before recording any material, and continued cooperation, already within the framework of KMFDM, along with from England the owner of a recording studio in Hamburg, collaborating with the groups Psychic TV and Einstürzende Neubauten , as well as with the projects of Jim Turwell [1] . In this composition, the group releases its first cassette album, Opium , which brought the group a little fame among visitors to underground clubs in Hamburg [1] . In 1986, Z Records released their second album, What Do You Know, Deutschland? [1] . Songs from this album were recorded between 1983 and 1986; some of them relate to the period preceding both the creation of the group and the appearance of En Ash in it [4] . In early 1987, the single " Kickin 'Ass " was released; tracks from this single were included in the British edition of the album, released in 1987 by SkySaw Records. The cover of the British edition of the album was authored by artist Aidan Hughes, better known under the pseudonym Brute! and subsequently became the designer of almost all subsequent releases of the group (see below ) [4] [1] .

Watts, taking part in recording only three songs for the 1988 album Don't Blow Your Top , left the band to launch his own project called Pig [11] [12] . Having taken part in the activities of the Hamburg underground scene and published on European labels, KMFDM has established links with the influential , when the latter licensed the album Don't Blow Your Top [1] for distribution in the USA. The album, produced by , was described by AllMusic portal columnist Dave Thompson as "equally emphasizing the group and the producer" [13] .

Success in the United States (1990-1994)

The fourth studio album, KMFDM, dubbed UAIOE , was recorded and released in 1989 in Europe and the USA; On December 16, 1989, the group first flew to the USA [14] [1] , where they conducted a joint tour with the Ministry group [10] ; the frontman of the latter, El Jorgensen , introducing KMFDM, described her as “a guitar battalion marching across Europe” [13] . On the same tour, the group members began to use the phrase “Kill Motherfucking Depeche Mode ” as an acronym for decoding, teasing the journalists who did not understand German [15] . KMFDM later signed with Wax Trax! Records for the release of its subsequent releases; the first of these was the Naïve album, released in November 1990. Recorded in Hamburg after returning from the United States, this album was the debut for guitarist , who was then acting under the pseudonymSvetlana Ambrosius [1] . The remix for the title track of the album was the group’s first hit, reaching No. 21 on Billboard’s Dance / Club Play Songs charts. [16] The album was later recalled due to copyright issues related to the use of Karl Orff 's cantata “ Carmina Burana ” in the song “Liebeslied” [17] [18] . A new version of the album, entitled Naïve / Hell to Go, was released in 1994, including, in addition to tracks from the original album, several remixes [1] ; the remix for “Liebeslied” included in this release did not contain a problematic sample - it was replaced with a melody based on it [19] .

In 1991, Konetsko moved to Chicago; Ash moves there the following year, and soon KMFDM becomes part of the Chicago “industrial” scene, in which the most influential groups were Ministry, Revolting Cocks and My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult [20] . According to Konetsko:

We came from Germany, and we had to have some work to allow ourselves to be KMFDM, and suddenly - everyone ends up in the States and sells thousands of thousands (sic!) Of damn records there! [15]

Original text
We came from Germany and we all had to have day jobs and work our asses off to afford to be KMFDM and all of a sudden were in the states and were selling thousands of thousands of [ sic ] fucking records!

In June 1991, the single " Split " was released, which was not as successful as the previous one, reaching in July 46th position in the charts Dance / Club Play Songs [16] . In the same year, Konetsko teamed up with of TKK; in the framework of their project in 1991, the album was released; another album of this project, entitled , was recorded and published in 1993 [21] . At the end of 1991, Konetsko and Ash began to separately record material for the sixth studio album, which resulted in the appearance of two separate releases - the material rejected by the label for authorship by Ashe formed the basis of his debut solo album Cheesy ; KMFDM's official album, released in early 1992 under the name Money , used material based on the authorship of Konetsko [22] . The single for the song “ Vogue ”, released in January 1992, reached May 19th in the Dance / Club Play Songs charts; the single “ Money ” that followed in April reached the 36th position in July in the same charts [16] . In support of the album, KMFDM went on a concert tour called “Aloha Jerry Brown”, which was attended by Chris Vrenna (at that time - drummer of the concert lineup Nine Inch Nails ) [23] . Back in Chicago, KMFDM, joined by guitarist during the tour, found out about the imminent bankruptcy of Wax Trax! and the reorganization planned in November 1992 under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code [1] [24] . Having started studio work in early 1993, KMFDM recorded their seventh studio album, titled Angst , released in October 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies over the next two years [9] ; according to An Ash, when comparing two albums - Money and Angst - the latter seemed to him more attractive [Ts 1] . The group first gained fame in mainstream media when a video clip for the song “ A Drug Against War ”, despite the group’s sharp rejection by the MTV channel [15] , received a broadcast on the latter [4] and subsequently appeared on the series “ Beavis and Butt-head ” [26 ] . The opening track of the album Angst - the song " Light " - reached in May 1994 the 31st position in the charts Dance / Club Play Songs [16] .

The Wax Trax! Label, saved from bankruptcy by injecting funds from TVT Records [1] [4] , in March 1994 announced the release of Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years [24] ; the songs “ Virus ” and “ Godlike ” included in this collection [27] , Thompson calls “defining” [13] .

Peak of Popularity (1994-1998)

The middle and end of the 1990s became the most successful for KMFDM both commercially and in terms of public popularity. Following the release of Angst, Konetsko and Ash moved to Seattle and New Orleans, respectively. [17] In Seattle, the band, joined by returning Watts and newcomer drummer William Riflin , recorded their eighth studio album, Nihil . Published in April 1995, the album reached sixteenth position on Billboard magazine's Heatseekers charts ; as of autumn 2016, its total sales amounted to 209 thousand copies [28] . The opening track of the album - the song "Ultra" - was included in the soundtrack of the American video release of the anime film . The song “ Juke Joint Jezebel ”, released by the debut single from the album, became one of the most recognizable for the entire existence of the group, appearing in the films “ Bad Guys ” and “ Mortal Kombat ” [29] [30] ; at the same time, Konetsko himself said in a commentary on Billboard in September 2016 that he was not happy with the popularity of the song [Ts 2] .

Commenting on the frequent change of musicians after the release of Nihil , Konetsko says the following: “It is as if I and En [Ash] were stars, and other musicians were planets that come and revolve around us.” Regarding the dynamics in the duet, he and Ash say that despite the fact that there are differences between them as authors, they support them as a team [Ts 3] [Ts 4] .

At the end of 1995, the head of Wax Trax! Jim Nash, a close friend of the group, died of HIV-related disease [20] ; Seattle then becomes the main base of KMFDM. Watts, taking part in a tour in support of Nihil , left the group and returned to activity in Pig. Ash also separated from the team, and the Xtort album, released in the summer of 1996, the ninth in the group’s discography, was recorded almost without his participation [32] [33] ; instead, Konetsko invited other musicians from the “industrial” scene and studio musicians from other genres to record [33] . Having sold over 200 thousand copies, Xtort became the first KMFDM album to hit the Billboard 200 hit parade [34] ; reaching the last 92nd position, Xtort also became the group's highest achievement within the charts [35] . The opening track of the album - the song "Power" - was the most popular in the history of the group - it was included on the free distributed by Wax Trax! in an amount of more than 100 thousand copies. By Konetsko’s own admission, Xtort is his favorite album of the 1990s [36] .

Ash returned to the team to record the tenth studio album; Known by the formal name of Symbols , it was published in the fall of 1997. In addition to Ash and the newly returned Watts, guest musicians took part in the recording: Nivek Ogre from Skinny Puppy , who was unraveling at that time, and bassist [37] ; the Swedish musician Tim Schöld also appeared on this album for the first time, performing as a co-author and vocalist in the song “ Anarchy ” [38] [39] . The opening track - the song "Megalomaniac" - was included in the soundtrack of the movie " Mortal Kombat 2: Extermination " [40] .

In 1998, KMFDM released two collections: the first, called Retro , included the group’s most popular tracks from albums from 1988-1996 [41] ; the second, called Agogo - studio rarities and previously unreleased compositions (including a cover version of the song “ Mysterious Ways ” by the Irish band U2 ) [42] .

Dissolution (1999)

The eleventh studio album KMFDM, recorded in 1998, was supposed to be the last under a contract with Wax Trax! / TVT, as indicated by its name - Adios [43] ; almost all the songs for him were written and performed jointly by Konetsko and Schöld [44] , while the role of Ash and Schultz was minimized [44] ; as previously on Symbols , Ogre and Riflin participated in the recording, joined by German singer Nina Hagen [44] . Ultimately, this album was the last for the team in its then form [44] ; according to Konetsko and Ash, the tension in the group that was brewing during the recording of Symbols [Ts 5] , ultimately did not allow further support for joint activities [Ts 6] ; January 22, 1999 it was announced the dissolution of the group [7] . Three months later - on April 20 of that year - the Adios album was released, reaching 189th position in the Billboard 200 charts ; the title track, according to AllMusic columnist Gina Boldman, was a “bitter farewell” [47] .

By chance, the release date of the album coincided with the birthday of Adolf Hitler and, as it turned out later, the day of the massacre at Columbine School [47] [48] ; in the light of the latter, it became known that the texts of some KMFDM songs - “Son of a Gun”, “Stray Bullet”, “Waste” - were posted on Eric Harris's personal page [49] . Among the journalists, there were speculations about the connection of the incident with “heavy” music and Nazism, although one of them also wrote: “The group composed some songs with such lyrics that any person who does not understand irony can easily see a call to violence in it” [50] . In response, Konetsko released the following statement on the group’s website:

First of all, we (KMFDM) would like to express our sympathy to the families of the victims in Littleton. We, like many in the country, are deeply shocked by what happened there yesterday. KMFDM are not a political party, but a form of art. From the very beginning, our music was a protest against war, oppression, fascism and violence against others. Although some (including former) members of the group are Germans, as was noted in the media, none of us accepts Nazi ideology [51] [52] .

Original text
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.

Activities of side projects. Revival (2000-2002)

After the dissolution of the group, Ash and Schulz assembled the group ; their debut studio album, DickNity, was released in 2001 via Itchy Records. [53] Konetsko and Schöld, joined by vocalist Lucia Cifarelli from the "alternative" team , continued their activities under the MDFMK project [54] . The only studio album of the same name was released in March 2000 via Republic Records ; An accompanying concert tour took place in North America that same year. Konetsko refused to continue the contract with Republic Records because of his disagreement with the position of the label on the recording of "commercially available" music [Ts 7] . As Konetsko goes on to say, having freed himself from the contract, he contacted representatives of the Metropolis Records label by telephone and asked the latter about the possibility of accepting KMFDM. The label agreed, although at that time only Konetsko himself was ready to participate [Ts 8] . “Public inquiry” also played a role [39] ; Konetsko admits that he received in his mail a lot of messages from fans asking him to return the group [45] .

The first information about the revival of the group appeared in April 2001 [55] . Later, the composition of the team became known: in addition to the “backbone” of the MDFMK participants: Konetsko, Schelda and Cifarelli, Watts and Riflin again entered it [39] ; Ash and Schulz, although they received an offer to participate, eventually rejected it [Ts 9] [17] . In the material for the Deseret News newspaper, Konetsko says that in the new form KMFDM looks and feels “the same as at the very beginning”, getting rid of the contradictions of the previous period [Ts 10] . Although in an interview with MK Magazine, Konetsko says that he does not exclude the possibility of Ash returning to the team, in later interviews he admits that the established squad is the “best” team he worked with [56] ; in Billboard 's 2016 article, he regards reunion with An Ash as unlikely [C 11] .

The first release of the revived KMFDM was the Boots mini-album, released in February 2002, with a cover version of Lee Hazlewood ’s song “ These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' ”, known by Nancy Sinatra [39] . Following him the following month, Attak was released - the first after a rebirth; Despite mixed press reviews, he lasted four weeks in the Independent Albums charts , reaching 11th position [57] . In the same 2002, the group organized its own label; the first release of the latter - with the number KMFDM001 - was the album Opium [58] .

New squad (2003-2007)

 
Lucia Cifarelli at the KMFDM concert in Bolkuwa in 2009

After the tour in support of Attak, Schöld joined Marilyn Manson [59] ; In subsequent years, Watts's Pig companions entered KMFDM one by one: guitarist , who had already played Attak [60] ; drummer , first playing on the WWIII album in 2003 [61] ; and guitarist , who, after a tour in support of WWIII, took part in the recording of the album Hau Ruck [62] . All three of them, together with Watts and Cifarelli, were indicated as members of the group in the text of the song “Intro” - the final one on WWIII [63] , which was, however, the last release with Watts at the moment. Reaching 3rd position in the Dance / Electronic Albums charts , the album lasted seven weeks in it [64] .

Shortly after the WWIII release, Konecko began recording music for the Spider-Man 2 video game published in 2004 [65] ; in the same year, a compilation of 84–86 was published, containing previously unpublished records from 1984-1986 [66] . Hau Ruck's album, released in the fall of 2005, achieved nearly the same success as WWIII ; having reached the 5th position in the above Dance / Electronic Albums charts, he lasted eight weeks there [64] ; the album also appeared for one week in the charts Independent Albums, reaching the 48th position [57] . In 2006, a companion remix album called Ruck Zuck was released.

Konecko resorted to a new approach on the recording of the Tohuvabohu album, released in 2007. As Konetsko explains in an interview with , in previous albums, the main ideas for the songs came from him (Konetsko) and Hodgson; this time he invited White and Salway to work [Ц 12] . Tohuvabohu entered the Dance / Electronic Albums charts, holding out for three weeks and reaching 4th position [64] ; the album lasted one week in the charts Independent Albums, reaching the 29th position [57] . A companion remix album called Brimborium was released in 2008, appearing for one week in the Dance / Electronic Albums hit parade in 20th position [64] .

In 2006, Metropolis Records announced the re-release of all KMFDM studio albums from the Wax Trax! Catalog, which were released in the early 2000s. All albums that underwent digital remastering were released in chronological order from September 2006 to May 2007 [68] . According to Konetsko, remastering was done due to concern about the loss of catalog rights in the event of a bankruptcy of TVT [TS 13] . Shortly afterwards - in October 2007 - Konetsko announced his imminent move to Germany [15] .

Return to Germany and follow-up (since 2007)

 
Tim Schöld at the Marilyn Manson concert in Florence in 2007.

In 2007-2008, KMFDM again came to the attention of the press in connection with cases of shooting in Finnish schools. As before in the Columbine story, the media tried to find a connection between the criminals and the group; it was noted that both shooters - Pekka-Eric Auvinen and Matti Juhani Saari - indicated KMFDM among their favorite groups [69] [70] [71] . In an interview with NRK, Konetsko commented on these statements; According to him, both incidents were the result of the imitation of the incident in Columbine [TS 14] .

In 2008, in addition to the remix album Brimborium , KMFDM also released a three-part compilation Extra , which included all the songs from the 1988-1998 singles, as well as from the original editions of What Do You Know, Deutschland and Don't Blow Your Top albums . In early 2009, KMFDM Records released the album Skold vs. KMFDM is a joint project of Scold and Konetsko recorded in the summer and autumn of 2008 [73] [74] .

The band’s sixteenth studio album, released in March 2009, was marked by participation in Schöld's recordings, with the very limited role of other members remaining in the United States after Konetsko moved to Germany; in the charts Dance / Electronic Albums, the album lasted four weeks, reaching fourth place [64] ; in early 2010, the companion remix album Krieg was released [75] . In September of the same year, the collections Würst and Greatest Shit were simultaneously released [76] .

On December 9, 2010, an image with the following text was posted on the KMFDM website: “All systems are hacked. The Internet was disconnected ” [77] ; soon the song “Rebels in Control” became available for listening and downloading, written in support of Julian Assange and his project Wikileaks [78] [79] .

Former band members - Watts, Ash, Schulz and Durant - took part in the Wax Trax event in April 2011 ! Retrospectacle held in Chicago in honor of the 33rd anniversary of the Wax Trax! Records [80] [81] ; Together with musicians performed selected KMFDM songs from the albums of the 1980s and 1990s [82] . Konecko expressed a desire to speak with the current group, but it was rejected by the organizers of the event [83] .

In the same month, KMFDM released its seventeenth studio album - WTF ?! in which, in addition to the main cast, “many guest musicians” took part, as Konetsko put it: returning Riflin, Koichi Fukuda from Static-X , Free Dominguez from Kidneythieves and William Wilson from . The opening track of the album - the song " Krank " - became the debut single from the album, gaining popularity in German and American charts [84] ; the album lasted for one week in the Dance / Electronic Albums charts, falling to the 8th position [64] . In February 2012, work began on the eighteenth studio album [85] , released in February 2013 under the title Kunst [86] ; in support of the album, the group performed concert tours in the USA and Europe in the spring and autumn of the same year [87] ; in October, the Opium and WWIII albums were re-released [88] .

In May 2014, Konetsko announced on KMFDM's Facebook page the release of three new releases: the We Are KMFDM live album, Our Time Will Come studio album and the accompanying single for the song “Genau (The German In You)” [89] . Our Time Will Come went on sale on October 14 of the same year on phonograph records and CDs [90] ; an accompanying concert tour called “Salvation Tour” was held in the summer of 2015 in the USA and Canada [91] .

In the summer of 2016, it became known about the signing of a KMFDM contract with earMusic, part of the record holding [92] ; The first release of KMFDM under the new contract was the Rocks collection - Milestone Reloaded , released in the fall of 2016 [28] . In April 2017, the group announced the release of a new mini-album Yeah! ; new studio album titled Hell Yeah! and a concert tour in his support is scheduled for August and October this year, respectively [93] .

Feature

Music and Lyrics

 
Jules Hodgson at a KMFDM concert at The Starlite Room ( Edmonton , Canada) in 2004.

At first, KMFDM performed in performance format [79] ; Konecko used both non-musical instruments (vacuum cleaners and the like) at performances, as well as related visual practices (burning beds, breaking down TVs) [9] . Designing KMFDM as a musical project, Konetsko was guided by the impressions of hardcore punk and “classic” industrial groups such as GBH and Throbbing Gristle in shaping its sound [31] . Also, according to Konetsko, influential rock performers of the 70s had a significant influence on him: T. Rex , Alice Cooper , Frank Zappa , David Bowie and others [94] [35] ; references to the songs of these artists (up to direct quoting of the text) are in the early compositions of the group.

Albums of the 1980s are characterized by the active use of sampling and studio manipulation of sound; The main instruments in this period were synthesizers and drum machines. At the same time, guitars were also used in compositions, beginning with the album Opium [31] ; on the Angst album, this aspect was maximized [TS 15] . Konetsko, who did not have much interest in “ metal ” music, nevertheless, “became interested in face cutting” while working with the E-Mu Emax sampler in late 1986 [Ts.16] . At the turn of the 1980s – 1990s, the sound of KMFDM was formed in its finished form, primarily characterized by the active use of instruments and practices of both “heavy” music and electronic (including “industrial”) [13] [96] ; in various albums this basis is combined with dub elements, samples from works of academic music [97] and instruments of categories other than those specified [98] . At the same time, female lead and backing vocals appear in many songs [99] (from the significant ones: [32] and Abby Travis in the 1990s; Lucia Cifarelli since the 2000s). Many musicians who played in the group are also multi-instrumentalists, which allows to significantly expand the diversity in the overall sound image [15] .

Music observers KMFDM usually falls into the category of industrial (in the broad sense of the term) [100] ; of more specific genres in the sound of the group are indicated industrial rock [7] , industrial metal [95] , electro-industrial [101] and techno-industrial [102] . In the group itself, its genre is described by the term "ultra-heavy beat" ( Eng. The Ultra-Heavy Beat ) [103] ; according to Konetsko, if possible, he would call the genre of his team the term “industrial-alternative electronic-crossover-rock-n-danceabilly” [13] .

Among the themes in the lyrics of the group, the predominant, although not the only one, is political; in connection with it, the songs contain statements against terrorism, violence and censorship [104] [105] ; actively used samples from news releases on TV and radio, excerpts from speeches of political leaders [96] [106] . In addition to “political” songs, a prominent place in the lyrics is occupied by conditionally “anthem” songs (“Sucks” [32] , “Inane” [33] , “Kunst” [107] ), which are more self-parodies than traditional hymns; in them, according to Heidi MacDonald of CMJ New Music Monthly , noticeably “cynical self-esteem in the spirit of Steely Dan ” [108] .

Concert activity

KMFDM on average releases one album every six weeks and performs a concert tour at least once in support of the corresponding album. At most concerts, members of the group communicate with fans before and after the performance, signing autographs, posing for photographers and answering listeners' questions [15] . Konetsko, who maintains contact with fans via e-mail and the group’s official website [109] , and other representatives of the group experimented with more direct and open interaction with fans. In 2002, KMFDM launched the so-called "Horde" ( English Horde ) - an exclusive fan club, whose members had the opportunity to attend private meetings with the group before each performance; a feature dedicated to the Horde was featured on the WWIII Live 2003 live DVD [110] .

During the tour in honor of the 20th anniversary of KMFDM - in 2004 - the Fankam project was launched, within the framework of which at each concert of the tour one of the audience was selected for the subsequent filming of the performance on a digital video camera [111] . The footage was included in the companion concert DVD released in 2005. In 2011, KMFDM re-introduced this project to record the concerts of the Kein Mitleid tour [111] . In March 2007, KMFDM introduced the so-called “FanPhone” - a special number to which fans could leave voice messages [67] ; some of these messages were used in the song “Superpower” from Tohuvabohu's album [112] .

Concert Tours

This list shows all the concert tours of the group as a headliner, unless otherwise noted
Time
carrying out		Tour NameVenuesNoteA source
1989-1990"The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste"USAMinistry opening act[one]
1990"Naïve"EuropeJoint tour with My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult[one]
1991"Split"USA[one]
June 1992Aloha Jerry BrownUSA[1] [22]
October-November 1992KMFDM Sucks MoneyUSA[one]
1994"Angstfest"USAand performed at the opening act.[one]
May 1995"Beat by Beat"USAThe band “ ” performed at the “opening act”[1] [113] [114]
fall winter 1995"In Your Face"USA and EuropeThe opening act was performed by and .[one]
1997SymbolsUSA and Europe[60]
2002"Sturm & Drang"USARecordings from the concerts are included in the Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 album.
At the opening act, the group 16 Volt performed.
2003WWIIIUSARecordings from concerts included in WWIII Live 2003 album
2004"20th Anniversary"USA, Canada, Europe, Russia and Australia[115]
2005"Hau Ruck"[76]
2006Hau Ruck Zuck USSA[76]
2009Kein MitleidUSA, Canada and Europe[76]
2010Für Die MehrheitEurope[76]
august 2011UntitledUSA and Canada[116]
fall winter 2011UntitledEurope[116]
summer 2012UntitledGermany, Belgium and France[117]
March 2013USSA 2013USA[87]
April 2013"Europe 2013"Europe[87]
fall winter 2013"We Are KMFDM 2013"USA and CanadaThe band performed at the opening act.[118]
summer 2015Salvation Tour 2015USA and CanadaChant performed at the opening act[119]

Album

 
Album cover Money (1992). In the role of the man to the left Brute! portrayed himself [120] .

Since 1987, KMFDM has been in contact with British artist Aidan “Brute!” Hughes ; the latter, first appearing as the cover author for the British release of What Do You Know, Deutschland? , later became known as the author of "the most memorable collection of covers in the history of rock music" [121] [122] . In addition to albums, Hughes' works were used in video clips for the songs “A Drug Against War” and “Son of a Gun”, as well as on related products.

Hughes' characteristic writing style, described by as "catchy" [123] , was influenced by the Golden Age comic book artists, Soviet constructivists , Italian futurists, and graphic artists Lind Ward and France Mazerel [124] . In an interview with critic Hughes notes that on the covers he reflects how KMFDM "took over the market in industrial postmodern fear" [122] . Initially, Hughes was very limited, developing covers based on music [120] ; later, Konetsko gave Hughes more freedom in developing the cover theme, which was embodied on the cover of the Money album, reflecting the artist’s disappointment in the street lifestyle that he led at that time; the thought contained in the cover, Hughes puts it this way: "No matter what temptation will be in your way - you still pay" [120] .

Of all KMFDM studio albums, only three do not use Hughes material: What Do You Know, Deutschland? in the original version, the “cover” of which was a photograph of the daughter of Mikhail Gorbachev Irina (in the marriage of Virginia); Opium , in the design of which this and other photographs were used; and Nihil , whose design was created by the artist , wife of William Riflin [125] .

Influence and Legacy

As of the summer of 2007, the total sold circulation of KMFDM records was about two million copies worldwide [126] . Critics of the group evaluated the work as a whole positively, although for the most part this applies to works released since the early 1990s. Speaking of What Do You Know, Deutschland albums ? and Don't Blow Your Top , AllMusic reviewers note their much slower and more fragile sound [11] [121] compared to UAIOE , a more “confident” and “representative” record from their position [13] [127 ] ] .

 
Steve White at the KMFDM concert in Bolkow in 2009

The key release in the critical view of the group was Naïve's album - “one of the strongest entries” in the KMFDM catalog, according to Tom Erlevine from AllMusic [100] ; his colleagues and Andy Hinds [128] [129] agree in the same; Spin magazine's Chuck Eddy calls Naïve "the most fun industrial dance album" [130] . Subsequent albums published in the 1990s are considered the most successful in the work of the group [4] [96] [108] , although they have somewhat lost their positions at the end of the decade [131] [132] ; Michael Saunders of The Boston Globe in 1995 called KMFDM “the creators of dense streams of post-industrial noise that are dangerous to the uninitiated” [133] . MacDonald in 1996 admits that "in the conditions when the Ministry slipped into a grindcore, Skinny Puppy broke up, and Nine Inch Nails became a commercial brand, KMFDM remain the bearers of" industrial "music" [33] .

After the band was disbanded in 1999, Greg Roohl stated that KMFDM, having released nine “high-power” records, earned a large number of loyal fans around the world [134] ; Erlevine calls KMFDM “one of the main industrial groups of the 90s” [100] . Albums released in the 2000s were well received by critics, although they were noted for their increasing repeatability [4] [135] [136] . Later albums - Blitz and WTF ?! , - are estimated as moving towards a more electronic sound [137] [138] .

Composition

Active staff
  • Sasha Konetsko - vocals, guitars, programming, keyboards, percussion (since 1984) [139] ;
  • Lucia Cifarelli - vocals, keyboards (since 2002) [140] ;
  • - drums (since 2002) [61] .
Significant former members
  • - vocal, programming (1984-1988, 1995, 1997, 2002-2003) [141] [142] [143] [144] [145] ;
  • - vocals, drums, guitars, programming (1986-1999) [146] [139] ;
  • - guitars, programming (1990-1999) [146] [139] ;
  • - guitars (1992-1997) ;
  • Tim Schöld - vocals, guitars, drums, programming (1997-1999, 2002, 2009) [44] [39] [147] ;
  • - guitars, keyboards (since 2002) [60] ;
  • - Guitars (since 2005) [62] .


Timeline

 

Discography

Studio Albums

  • Opium (1984)
  • What Do You Know Deutschland? (1986)
  • Don't Blow Your Top (1988)
  • UAIOE (1989)
  • Naïve (1990)
  • Money (1992)
  • Angst (1993)
  • Nihil (1995)
  • Xtort (1996)
  • Symbols (1997)
  • Adios (1999)
  • Attak (2002)
  • WWIII (2003)
  • Hau Ruck (2005)
  • Tohuvabohu (2007)
  • Blitz (2009)
  • WTF ?! (2011)
  • Kunst (2013)
  • Our Time Will Come (2014)
  • Hell Yeah (2017)

Quotes

  1. ↑ “I don't like the [album] Money so much than Angst . <...> Money was recorded in a hurry, and besides, I was on tour with Pigface and therefore had no influence on the result. I really like Angst ; I totally like him. ” [25]
    Original text
    "I didn't like Money too much," "I like this album way more. Money was done in a hurry, and I was doing a major Pigface tour, so I didn't have much influence on the album. I really like Angst. I'm totally down with it. "
  2. ↑ ““ I'm sick of “Juke Joint Jezebel,” says Konetsko, who wrote the song several years before Cifarelli joined the group; Since 2003, the song has not been performed live. - When we were mixing this song in the studio, I thought: “Oh God, this is terrible.” I didn’t want to include it in the [track list of the album] Nihil , but we were convinced of the opposite in TVT, our record label of that time. “This will be a hit!” They said, and I replied that I did not want hits. But she repays us to this day. "" [28]
    Original text
    “I am so sick of 'Juke Joint Jezebel,'” says Konietzko, who wrote the song a few years before Cifarelli joined the band and has not performed it live since 2003. “When we were in the studio mixing that song, I thought , 'This is god awful.' I didn't want to put it on Nihil, but everybody at TVT, our label at the time, wanted it on the album. 'It's going to be a hit,' they said. And I said, 'I don't want no hits!' But it pays the rent, to this day. ”
  3. ↑ “EN Ash and I have always been the cornerstone on which the existence of KMFDM rests. As authors, we are diametrically opposed to each other - “frightening” things are in his direction, “heavy” - in my opinion. ” [31]
    Original text
    "En Esch and myself have always been the cornerstone of KMFDM's existence. And we are diametrically opposed as writers. The angsty stuff generally comes from him. The poppy, hard stuff comes from me."
  4. ↑ “Sasha and I, of course, are different. But this is exactly what works. Our best and worst qualities are contrasted. If in a simple way, then he [Konecko] is more organized and stable, and I am more complex and abstract. ” [25]
    Original text
    "Sascha and myself are different, of course. But that's why we can still make things happen. Our best and worst qualities are contrary. To put it simply, he's more organized and stable, I'm more complicated and abstract."
  5. ↑ “As many KMFDM fans know, the last two albums did not reach the level of quality that Konetsko wanted. “I listened to the Symbols album and began to understand why KMFDM broke up then,” he says. “I saw a story about what went wrong.” There were maybe only two good songs on this album, and the rest was just a bunch of compromise trash. It was something that I should not have done again. "" [45]
    Original text
    As most KMFDM fans know, the last two albums weren't up to the level that Konietzko wanted. "I listened to the 'Symbols' album and heard exactly why KMFDM broke up in the first place," he said. "It told me the story of what went wrong. There were maybe two (good) songs on that album and the others were just a bunch of compromising tug-of-wars. That was something I was not going to do again."
  6. ↑ “ Radio Nietzsche: You left the band [KMFDM] in 1999. What was the reason? / An Ash: Actually, I didn’t leave the group. It would be more correct to say that I did not return when [I] was asked about this. There was a lot of negativity between Sasha, Gunther [Schultz] and me. As a result, we talked on the phone and decided that we would disperse. ” [46]
    Original text
    " Radio Nietzsche : You left the band in 1999, what was the reasoning behind this?
    En Esch : I didn't actually quit, I rather didn't go back when asked. There was a lot of negative energy between Sascha and Guenter Schulz and myself and we all decided on the phone to call the band quits. "
  7. ↑ “- (Hybrid Magazine) MDFMK was published on Universal / Republic Records. Why was the new KMFDM album not on the same label?
    - (Sasha Konetsko) At Universal Records they made it clear that they would not continue to cooperate until I made a “commercially available” product for them. I made it clear that I was not interested in recording such music, which they consider to be “commercially available.” ” [15]
    Original text
    HYBRID: MDFMK was on UNIVERSAL / Republic Records, I was wandering why wasn't the new KMFDM album on that label as well?
    Sascha Konietzko: Universal made it very clear that they did not want to continue work with me unless I was basically delivering a commercially accessible product. I made it very clear that I was not interested in making music according to their opinions that would be "commercially accessible".
  8. ↑ “- (Chris Curry) Fortunately, you were given the opportunity to leave [the label] - not every artist is so lucky.
    - (Sasha Konetsko) Yes, they gave me this opportunity, and you are right that not everyone succeeds. However, I am not like everyone else - I am very frank and usually get what I want. There are some groups that, having concluded a contract, can “get stuck” in it for a long time. This, of course, I would not want, and therefore I made my choice. They agreed, and we, having signed all the papers, were further free from all obligations. And so I thought: “What label should I sign up for now?” Then I called Metropolis Records and asked: “Do you want to host KMFDM?” They answer: “Of course. Who will be in the group? "I reply:" So far only I do not know about the rest. "And they say:" Good. Let’s take it. “ [8] "
    Original text
    CC: Thankfully they gave you the option to leave; most artists don't get that.
    SK: Yea, I did get the option to leave and you're right not everybody gets that. However, I'm not like everybody else. I'm pretty outspoken and I usually get my way. Of course there are some bands out there that are frozen into some sorta contract and I don't wanna get fucked like that. So I made my points. They agreed and we signed my release papers that day and I was free to go without any further obligations to them. So then I was like, "Who's gonna be my next label home?" I called up Metropolis Records and asked if they'd be interested in taking on KMFDM. They said, "Absolutely. Who's gonna be in the band?" I said, "I don't know other than myself." And they said, "Fine. Let's do it."
  9. ↑ “ En Ash: <...> I was glad of the freedom that I found in my work. Therefore, I abandoned the thought with a quick reunion of the “former” KMFDM. ” [46]
    Original text
    " En Esch : [...] I was happy about my new creative freedom at that time and so I refused the concept of a fast reunion of the original KMFDM."
  10. ↑ “Konetsko says that all the contradictions that tormented the group in the last years of the last century are already behind. “On Attak, the band feels the way it was at the very beginning. And this is not only because it is fun again, but also because we got rid of all the personal fabrications that were once part of the group. "" [45]
    Original text
    Konietzko said all the strife and differences that plagued the band toward the last years of the past century have come to an end. "With 'Attak,' the band feels like what it was in the beginning. Not only is it fun again, but it's devoid of all the personal confrontations due to egos and fractions that were once a part of the band."
  11. ↑ “The only thing that Konetsko does not consider necessary is reunion with former members of the group; this is especially true of En Ash and Tim Schöld. “I don’t think that reunion with An Ash will ever happen,” he says. - We have already diverged too much, besides it is difficult to work with Ash. It’s more convenient for me to work with what is now - with Lucia we are an excellent team. I am not a fan of all reunions. "" [28]
    Original text
    One thing that still doesn't feel quite right to Konietzko is a reunion with past members, particularly co-founder En Esch (also of Pigface, who left in 1999) and more recent collaborator Tim Skold (Shotgun Messiah, Marilyn Manson). “I don't think a reunion with En Esch is going to happen,” he says. “We have ripped ourselves very far apart, and he's difficult to work with and I don't want to subject myself to that. I am quite comfortable with the way things are right now - Lucia and I are an excellent team, and I'm not a fan of reunions. "
  12. ↑ “- (Sasha Konetsko) <...> Before there were two people who invented the song - me and Jules [Hodgson]. On this record, I said to Andy [Salvey] and Steve [White]: “Why don't you guys come up with something?” ” [67]
    Original text
    Principally in the past, there used to be 2 people that would start songs: me and Jules. On this record I said to the other 2 guys, Andy (Selway) and Steve (White), Why don't you guys come up with something?
  13. ↑ “Fear of losing the catalog necessitated a reissue, which, in addition to remastering the sound, includes an extensive commentary by Konetsko. “The albums were recorded and first released on Wax Trax !, [subsequently] sold by TVT. Then TVT went bankrupt, which froze the catalog, ”says Konetsko. - Now, after a three-year trial, I was able to get it back. According to previous agreements, the rights to the catalog would be returned to me in 2008, but TVT and thought to release a collection that would drag out the matter, which I did not want. "” [56]
    Original text
    The fear of losing the catalog sparked the remastering, which also includes in-depth liner notes written by Konietzko. "The albums were originally recorded for Wax Trax, which was sold to TVT. But then TVT defaulted on a loan and that froze the catalog. So, after a three-year battle, I was able to get the catalog back." The original agreement was that the catalog would have reverted back to me in 2008, anyway, but TVT and Rykodisc were thinking of just making a KMFDM compilation, which would have eliminated my catalog, and I didn't want that. "
  14. ↑ “After being shot at Columbine, I was most afraid of imitators who wanted to create something similar in the future. Unfortunately, I was right. ” [72]
    Original text
    One of my biggest concerns immediately following this incident was that there would be copycats repeating such things in the future, as there often are when people commit heinous crimes and acts of violence.
    I was, unfortunately, right
    Original text (Norwegian)
    En av mine største bekymringer umiddelbart [...] var at noen skulle kopiere lignende ting i framtida, som det ofte er når mennesker begår grufull vold.
    Jeg fikk, dessverre, rett.
  15. ↑ “We tried to bring guitarists to the business ... We tried to be a real band, especially in a creative way.” [25]
    Original text
    "We've tried to involve guitar players, we tried to be like a real band, especially in the creative kind of aspect"
  16. ↑ “... It was just interesting to use this as a kind of reinforcement of white noise in our music. All of a sudden, heavy metal freed itself from all these changes in pace and the boring positions that were always in it. What I always hated the most in heavy metal is when good riffs were used only once and were never repeated anywhere else. Therefore, the main thing for us was to take the best riff, make a loop out of it, and play it again and again. ” [95]
    Original text
    It was just interesting to use it as a kind of white noise reinforcement for our music. All of a sudden heavy metal was free from all those tempo changes and boring attitudes it always had. What I always hated most about heavy metal was that the best riffs came only once and were never repeated. So the fascination, actually, was to sample a great riff, loop it, and play it over and over again.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 KMFDM History . KMFDM Inc. Date of treatment August 27, 2017. Archived on April 8, 1997.
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  3. ↑ Notes on What Do You Know, Deutschland? from KMFDM, p. 2. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Metropolis Records , 2006 (MET439).
  4. ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Prato, Greg. KMFDM Biography (neopr.) . AllMusic . All Media Network . Date of treatment August 28, 2017.
  5. ↑ Iwasaki, Scott. No Political Rage, Just 'Life, Normal Stuff' for KMFDM : [ eng. ] // Deseret News . - Jim M. Wall, 1995 .-- 5 May. - P. 1. (Retrieved August 28, 2017)
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