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KMFDM is an [[Industrial]] rock/[[Industrial Metal|metal]] band, formed in Paris on February 29<sup>th</sup>, 1984. It was originally a performance art group started by Sascha Konietzko and Udo Sturm, but as Konietzko was more interested in studio recordings he began collaborating with Raymond Watts and En Esch (real name Nicklaus Schandelmaier).
They released eleven albums and split up in 1999, citing creative differences. Konietzko was joined by former contributor Tim Skold and vocalist Lucia Cifarelli as MDFMK, and released one self-titled album, before reforming as KMFDM in 2002 - since then they have released five albums, and remastered versions of their previous discography.
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The band usually has a revolving lineup - but their latest lineup has been stable for the last four albums - which consists of Sascha Konietzko, Lucia Cifarelli, Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway and Steve White. Additionally, Konietzko is the only member to appear on every album.
* ''Opium'' (1984)
* ''What Do You Know, Deutschland?'' (1986)
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* ''Greatest Shit'' (2010) (also released as ''Würst'' with edited cover art)
* ''WTF?!'' (2011)
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* [[A Good Name for A Rock Band]]: Their name is an acronym of Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, the nonsensical German phrase meaning 'no majority for the pity' - though it's often translated roughly as 'no mercy for the masses'. [http://web.archive.org/web/20071009101108/http://www.sonicenvelope.com/thread2.html And then there's all the fan-suggested names...]▼
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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: "Juke Joint Jezebel"▼
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* [[Altum Videtur]]: The choruses of "Tohuvabohu"
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Sascha "Käpt'n K" Konietzko
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do '''NOT''' mention Nazis or Columbine around Sascha.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Among other languages, some songs are in German ("Leid und Elend"), Italian ("Panzerfaust"), Latin (the chorus of "Tohuvabohu"), Russian ("Davai"), Spanish (their cover of "Los Niños Del Parque"), et cetera. Sascha himself speaks English, Russian, and German fluently.
* [[Careful
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "KMFDM Sucks!" has become popular with the fans.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Sascha's.
* [[Greatest Hits Album]]: ''Greatest Shit''/''Würst'' is a collection of remixed versions of some of KMFDM's best known tracks.
* [[Hey,
* [[I Am the Band]]: Sascha and En Esch are this, as well as the [[Face of the Band|Faces Of The Band]], as noted above.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Starting with ''UAIOE'' and breaking the chain with ''Hau Ruck'' (originally named FUBAR, which would have kept the five-letter album title tradition going). ''Tohuvabohu'' came close to resuming the tradition with five syllables in the title. Their most recent album ''Blitz'' returned to the tradition.
* [[Ironic Nursery Tune]]: "The Death And Burial of C.R." from ''WTF?!'' is the nursery rhyme "Who Killed Cock Robin?" set to [[Ominous Music Box Tune|really fucking creepy music]].
* [[Kangaroo Court]]: "Rebels In Control" mentions this in a later part of the song resembling a news broadcast, which says that "the world's political leaders have been detained and will be tried by kangaroo courts for their committed crimes against humanity". The segment ends with Lucia screaming 'Make the rules up as we go!'
* [[List Song]]: "Inane". Also a [[Song of Song Titles]] as it includes the name of every album and single they had released at the time.
* [[Loudness War]]: Particularly their latest three albums.
* [[New Sound Album]]: ''UAIOE'' marked the band's transition from straightforward [[Industrial]] to [[Industrial Metal]].
* [[Self
* [[Slasher Smile]]: The cover of ''UAIOE''
* [[Stupid Statement Dance Mix]]: "We Must Awaken", possibly "What Do You Know?".
* [[Symbol Swearing]]: The ''Symbols'' album.
** The symbols are used in the track "Down And Out" as a [[Sound Effect Bleep]].
* [[Take That Me]]: As mentioned earlier, "KMFDM sucks" is common among the fans thanks to the song "Sucks" off of the ''Angst'' album; it's typically chanted live to announce the audience wants an encore or on [[YouTube]] videos. Like "[[Primus]] sucks", it usually upsets some fans that aren't aware of the joke.
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