Kmfdm
 

These guys are pretty old school, a German industrial band from the 90's. Throw a bit of Techno in there as well. I couldn't find a thread about them! Your thoughts?

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I used listen to them a lot back in the day. Good stuff. They're really good live as well.

Vanilla,

I thought you might like this song, it's writen by Lee Hazlewood and was a #1 hit in the 60's for Nacy Sinatra. Geri Halliwell, Jewel, and Jessica Simpson also did a version plus another two dozen other bands and artist. KMFDM probably did one of the best version of the song - hands down. Their name, KMFDM, disacronymized into German is Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid which could possibly mean No Pity for the Majority.

Oh wow that's awesome! I love the snarly undertone. I'm obsessed with their song Anarchy and Free Your Hate.

I likes me a little KMFDM (I hear that there was a rumor back in the day that their name stood for Kill Mother Fucking Depeche Mode). This song had my soul for a minute.

Have you never heard this Vanilla?

I love "Anarchy" as well. Another great one by them, which is in a completely different style from 99% of all their music, is this:

If you like KMFDM may I suggest Hanzel Und Gretyel:

wow....i have to admit i have always assumed there was a KMFDM thread here

like Janszoon said...they were one of my favorite bands in the 90s....i owned several shirts and posters with the amazing BRUTE artwork....and really enjoyed them up till En Esch left the group in 98 or 99.....them they changed their name for one album to MDFMK....that album was alright but in my opinion lost something....the album Money still gets regular play from me :)

specifically the title track and my personal favorite by them More And Faster

i've always loved their anarchist-capitalist view towards the world and music industry


"i sell drugs to the kids, cause thats what pays"

classic :)

think i may just go listen to this album now

edit

crap i meant to mention them also Lee :)


also look into Sascha's side project Excessive Force

very groovy nihilistic dance music :)

I always preferred MDFMK.

I, too, am not much interested in the post-En Esch/Gunter Schulz era.

Once upon a time I was quite fond of Nihil & the similar guitar driven tracks; however, now I find the sound of these albums to be.... rather annoying - too repetitive & overproduced. Their work which trends towards purer Industrial (What Do You Know Deutschland?) strikes me.... as boring.

Excessive Force is ok for what it is, Slick Idiot is probably my favorite spin off group from them though.

Always dug this song. Unfortunately, it's the only one I know by them. Any reccos?

Pretty bad ass version of Boots there. Thanks for posting it.

I like.

I love!

Sorry to say I'm not feeling this song.

Haha nice.

Does this mean some of you guys like Ramstein?

Good god no. They were the lame pop knockoff of KMFDM.

Well it is kind of a grower. I actually used to hate it back when I first got that album in my teens but it's come to be one of my two favorite tracks on the album, along with the well known "Drug Against War":

Ok just checking haha! I just didn't know where people drew the line. I always found Ramstein's music hilarious.

Yeah that song is good, I love the speed! But maybe the other one will grow on me.

In your opinion what is their best album?

Probably Nihil, though I like Xtort, the symbols album and UAIOE a lot as well.

When I was younger I loved them, but now I just find them to be dull and derivative of KMFDM and Laibach. They still have a few songs that are enjoyable though.

this is pretty much my view of them also.....although like i said some of the key tracks from Money still sound pretty good.....but for the most part i feel there were much better bands coming out on Wax Trax at the time

in short

KMFDM SUCKS!

"and a message from Satan if you turn it around"

still some clever lyrics there :)

hey Vanilla have you looked into any of the other Wax Trax bands?

Rammstein have made some bad tracks in their time but c'mon this is class and so Teutonic it just has to be liked (and yes I know what the song is about):

not really that big a fan but i do like the odd song here and there

favourite one's about "the illegitimate son of God"

^^^ "Stray Bullet" & "Juke-Joint Jezebel" do continue to entertain. Too bad they've such misplaced emphasis on their hard-rock sound....

I love me some KMFDM. 'Nihil' was my favorite album (shoot me now), and I loved the Dependence 2012 compilation which included "Amnesia (Käpt'n K. Mix Edit)". Some prefer the original version, but I loved the remix just as well. Whenever you stray into harsh EBM or aggrotech, you find that the remix is better a lot of the time (VNV Nation, Amnestia, Grendel, etc). But like I said before, Nihil was my favorite album and "Terror" was my favorite track, although KMFDM's new sh!t is looking promising. Just a newb's two cents. :)

I tried to enjoy it but I honestly hated it. Every Rammstein sounds like the same song.

She likes Lady Gaga, while at the same time liking Iron Maiden and KMFDM, and she still has the class to hate Rammstein? If you like the Ramones we can start talking ring sizes.

I do actually! :love:

I want a pink diamond please. :D

OK, you just have to sign this prenup that gives all your stuff to me and absolves me of any child support payments if we get divorced.

If I make you a sandwich will you forget about the pre-nup??

Sure, but God help you if you use yellow mustard instead of spicy brown.