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8 unusual facts about KMFDM


120 Tage

120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence is an electro-industrial studio collaboration between German musicians Mona Mur and En Esch (of KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot).

120 Tage was released on February 15, 2009, through Pale Music's web site, and later digitally through KMFDM's web store with two additional bonus tracks.

Aidan Hughes

Aidan Hughes is best known for creating most of the album covers for the industrial band KMFDM.

Columbine High School massacre

Blame for the shootings was directed on a number of metal or 'dark music' bands such as KMFDM and Rammstein.

Gothic Beauty

Issues have included interviews with such Goth and Goth-friendly musicians as Alice Cooper, Diamanda Galás, KMFDM, Rasputina and Peter Murphy.

Patlabor

Animations from Patlabor were used extensively in the music video "Juke Joint Jezebel" by KMFDM.

PROLET•KULT

PROLET•KULT is the debut release by Sascha Konietzko (of KMFDM) under the name of his solo project, OK•ZTEIN•OK.

Skold vs. KMFDM

Skold vs. KMFDM is a full-length album featuring Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM and Tim Sköld.


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Alexei Rodriguez

While briefly residing in Los Angeles, he met Tommy Victor (Prong, Danzig, Ministry), who invited him to play drums for a KMFDM remix he contributed to their recent album, "Krieg", as well as to join an updated version of Prong with Victor and newly-recruited bassist, Tony Campos (Static X, Asesino, Ministry).

F.M. Einheit

While primarily known for his percussion work with the influential industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten, he has also collaborated with KMFDM, Goethes Erben and recorded several albums in collaboration with other musicians (such as Diamanda Galás, Mona Mur, Andreas Ammer, Ulrike Haage) and solo.

Ivan de Prume

In 2010, Ivan completed a remix for "Never Say Never" by KMFDM on 13th Planet Records.

Missing Foundation

The earliest incarnation of the group, which was founded in Hamburg in 1984 by Peter Missing, included Sascha Konietzko and En Esch of industrial act KMFDM, who were only with Missing Foundation briefly before going their own way.

Schwein

Members Raymond Watts (vocals, programming, guitar) and Hisashi Imai (Buck-Tick; guitar and noise), both having worked together in Schaft, were joined by Atsushi Sakurai (Buck-Tick; vocals), Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM; vocals and programming) and Lucia Cifarelli (KMFDM; vocals).

The Projection People

The album was self-produced, engineered, and mixed with assistance on percussion engineering from Chris Shepard (Smashing Pumpkins, Wilco, KMFDM) at Chicago Recording Company.

Xtort

En Esch, one of the longtime core members of KMFDM, had almost nothing to do with Xtort, contributing to just two songs.


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