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Interview with Sascha Konietzko of KMFDM at the Islington Academy, London.
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid - "no pity for the majority") is an industrial band led by German multi-instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko, who founded the group in 1984 as a performance art project.
KMFDM has released eighteen studio albums and over ten singles, with sales of more than two million records worldwide.
The band has undergone many line-up changes and featured dozens of guest musicians. Its earliest incarnation included German drummer En Esch and British vocalist Raymond Watts, the latter of whom left and rejoined the group several times over its history. Guitarist Günter Schulz joined in 1990; both he and Esch continued with the band until KMFDM broke up in 1999. Konietzko resurrected KMFDM in 2002 (Esch and Schulz declined to rejoin), and by 2005 he had assembled a consistent line-up that included American singer Lucia Cifarelli, British guitarists Jules Hodgson and Steve White, and British drummer Andy Selway.
Critics consider KMFDM to be one of the first bands to bring industrial music to mainstream audiences, though Konietzko refers to the band's music as "The Ultra-Heavy Beat". The band incorporates heavy metal guitar riffs, electronic music, samples, and both male and female vocals in its music, which encompasses a variety of styles. Members have recorded under many other names, primarily Watts' Pig in 1988, Konietzko's Excessive Force in 1991, and Esch and Schulz's Slick Idiot in 2001.
KMFDM has a long-standing relationship with commercial artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes, who creates the artwork for almost all of the band's albums and singles.
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)
Agogo (1998)
Adios (1999)
Attak (2002)
WWIII (2003)
Hau Ruck (2005)
Tohuvabohu (2007)
Blitz (2009)
WTF?! (2011)
Kunst (2013)