KMFDM: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

KMFDM is a German electronic music band in the industrial music genre. KMFDM was founded in Paris in 1984 by Sascha Konietzko and Udo Sturm. KMFDM has toured and recorded with a number of additional musicians, including Bill Rieflin and Nivek Ogre from Skinny Puppy, Raymond Watts of P.I.G., and spoken word artist Nicole Blackman.

Their name is said to stand for Kein Mitleid für die Mehrheit or "no pity for the majority". This is sometimes said as Keine Mehrheit für das Mitleid, which loosely means "no majority for pity".

When the band first toured the US, the members began using alternate English meanings for their name as a prank on journalists who could not understand German. Amongst these alternate meanings were: Kill MotherFucking Depeche Mode, Keep Madonna From Doing Music, Kylie Minogue Fans Don't Masturbate. The band continued to feed the urban legend surrounding their name through the lyrics of the song "Sucks" on the album Angst: "We hate Depeche Mode. We don't care for Madonna or Kylie Minogue".

Their lyrics typically discuss the rejection of and resistance against incompetent rule in capitalist society.

Due to differences between founding member Sascha Konietzko and other band members, KMFDM split up in 1998, with ex-members Günter Schulz and En Esch forming the band Slick Idiot, and Konietzko and Tim Skold temporarily regrouping as MDFMK. KMFDM reformed in 2002 with Konietzko as the sole original member, but with the return of Raymond Watts, an early member of the group and occasional contributor over the years.

Discography

Albums

• Opium (1984, re-released 2002)
• What Do You Know, Deutschland? (1986)
• Don't Blow Your Top (1988)
• UAIOE (1989)
• Naïve (1990) (Out of print)
• Money (1992)
• Angst (1993)
• Naïve/Hell To Go (1994)
• Nihil (1995)
• Xtort (1996)
• Symbols (1997)
• Adios (1999)
• Attak (2002)
• WWIII (2003)

Singles and EPs

• Kickin' Ass (1987)
• Virus (1989)
• Godlike (1990)
• Naïve/Days of Swine & Roses (1991)
• Split (1991)
• Money (1991)
• Vogue (1992)
• Help Us Save Us Take Us Away (1992)
• Sucks (1992)
• A Drug Against War (1993)
• Light (1994)
• Glory (1994)
• Sin Sex and Salvation (1994)
• Year of the Pig (1995)
• Brute (1995)
• Juke-Joint Jezebel (1995)
• Power limited 12" (1996)
• Rules (1996)
• MDFMK (1998)
• Boots (2002)

Compilations

• Agogo (1998)
• Retro (1996/1998)