KMFDM
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KMFDM Biography
Such industrial alt-metal outfits as Nine Inch Nails and
Ministry received the lion's share of press and commercial success
during the '90s, but there were a handful of other bands that were
slugging it out for just as long (if not longer), including KMFDM. The
band's name has been the subject of countless debates amongst fans over
the years as to what it stands for (their record company even went as
far as holding a contest in 1994 for fans to submit possible meanings,
resulting in more than a thousand entries), but the confirmed meaning
is Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit, when translated in English means No
Pity for the Majority. The German band has included countless members
over the years, but through it all, their leader has remained Sascha
Konietzko, whose multi-tasks have included songwriter, producer, mixer,
programmer, sampler, vocalist, percussionist, bassist, and electronic
gadgets.
Originally formed in Paris, France, KMFDM was founded by Konietzko and
German painter/multi-media performer Udo Sturm. The duo made their
in-concert debut on February 29, 1984, when they performed at an
opening for an exhibition of European artists at the Grand Palais in
Paris (with the show consisting of Sturm playing a synthesizer that
would play feedback and Konietzko playing a five-string bass). The same
year, KMFDM issued its debut release, Opium, but Sturm exited the group
shortly thereafter (around the same time, Konietzko was joined by
drummer En Esch, who would remain with the group from then on out).
With Sturm out of the picture, Konietzko and Esch put KMFDM on hold at
first and joined up with New York industrialist Peter Missing to form
the outfit Missing Foundations. But before the new outfit could issue
any recordings, both Konietzko and Esch had dropped out and returned
back to KMFDM (Missing Foundations would carry on with replacement
members and go on to issue albums on their own from the late '80s
through the early '90s).
KMFDM's sophomore effort, What Do You Know Deutschland?, came in 1986
and was the group's first of many for Chicago's famed industrial label
Wax Trax! But instead of if being an album of all new tracks, it was
comprised of selections spanning from 1983 through 1986 (in fact,
several were from prior to Esch's joining). Around this time, KMFDM
struck up a relationship with artist Aidan Hughues (aka Brute!), who
would steadily supply cover artwork for the group the images would
become synonymous with KMFDM's hard-hitting music. Konietzko and
company pushed forward with such further '80s releases as 1988's Don't
Blow Your Top and 1989's UAIOE, during which KMFDM found themselves in
the middle of an underground industrial movement (it didn't hurt
matters that Wax Trax! quickly became one of the leading industrial
labels in the world, as they were the home to such other similarly
styled acts as Ministry, Revco, Front 242, My Life With the Thrill Kill
Kult, etc.).
But KMFDM had yet to tour America by 1989 (having heavily toured Europe
with the likes of Einstrüzende Neubauten, the Young Gods, and
Borghesia, among others), something they sought to correct when they
were offered a slot opening a U.S. tour for labelmates Ministry, who at
the time were readying their classic The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to
Taste release. With the tour lined up for a summer launch, it was
pushed back several times (due to Ministry leader Al Jourgensen falling
ill) and the tour finally got underway in December 1989. The tour
successfully established KMFDM as a band to watch in the industrial
underground, as they returned back to Europe after the tour's
completion to work on their fifth full-length release overall, 1990's
Naïve. Realizing that industrial's future lay in the U.S., Konietzko
relocated KMFDM's homebase from Hamburg to Chicago during 1991. The
same year, KMFDM's side-project Excessive Force was formed, issuing a
debut release, Conquer Your World, in 1992, the same year that KMFDM
issued a new release as well, Money.
But just as it appeared as though KMFDM was about to break through to a
wider audience, Wax Trax! suddenly found itself on hard times,
resulting in the label being bought out by TVT Records. What followed
for KMFDM were some of its best-known and strongest releases: 1993's
Angst (which earned the group their first real exposure on MTV via the
video clip for the track Drug Against War ), 1995's Nihil, and 1996's
XTORT. During the same time, Excessive Force issued a second release,
1994's Gentle Death, while Konietzko relocated once more, this time to
Seattle. Further releases followed in the late '90s (1997's Symbols,
1998's Agogo, and 1999's Adios), before KMFDM disbanded on January 22,
1999. In the wake of the group's split, Konietzko assembled a new
outfit, MDFMK (yep, KMFDM spelled backward) and issued a lone
self-titled release in 2000 before KMFDM reunited in 2002 for an
all-new album, Attak, and the live album Sturm & Drang Tour 2002.
2003 saw the release of WWIII followed by WWIII Live 2003 a year later.
Released on KMFDM Records, 2005's Hau Ruck was classic KMFDM with its
aggressive industrial power. The Ruck Zuck EP followed in 2006. In
addition to leading KMFDM, Konietzko has also worked with other artists
either playing, producing, or remixing tracks/albums by Die Krupps,
Front 242, kidneythieves, M People, Peter Murphy, Pig, Schwein, Sister
Machine Gun, and Swamp Terrorists, among others. ~ Greg Prato, All
Music Guide
Written by Greg Prato