KMFDM Originally Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit "loosely" Translated By The Band As "no Pity For The Majority" Is An Industrial Rock Band Led By German Multi-Instrumentalist Sascha Konietzko Who Founded The Group In 1984 As A Performance Art Project In Hamburg Germany. The Group's 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. The Trio Recorded The Band's Earliest Albums In Germany Before Konietzko And Esch Moved To The United States Where They Found Much Greater Success With Seminal Industrial Record Label Wax Trax!. German 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 On Metropolis Records 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. Konietzko And Cifarelli Moved Back To Germany In 2007 While The Rest Of Band Stayed In The U.S. In Addition To These Core Members Dozens Of Other Musicians Have Worked With The Group Across Its Nineteen Studio Albums And Two Dozen Singles With Sales Totaling In Excess Of Two Million Records Worldwide. 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 Including Industrial Rock And Electronic Body Music EBM . The Band Is Fiercely Political With Many Of Its Lyrics Taking Stands Against Violence War And Oppression. KMFDM Normally Tours At Least Once After Every Major Release And Band Members Are Known For Their Accessibility To And Interaction With Fans Both Online And At Concerts. Members Singly Or Working Together And With Other Musicians Have Recorded Under Many Other Names Primarily Watts' PIG Konietzko's Excessive Force And Esch And Schulz's Slick Idiot. KMFDM Discogs Https //www.Discogs.Com/artist/11606-KMFDM KMFDM Facebook Https //www.Facebook.Com/officialkmfdm KMFDM MySpace Https //myspace.Com/officialkmfdm KMFDM Official Site Http //www.Kmfdm.Net KMFDM Reddit Https //www.Reddit.Com/r/kmfdm KMFDM SoundCloud Https //soundcloud.Com/kmfdm_Official KMFDM Store Http //kmfdm.Fulfillmentmerch.Com KMFDM Tumblr Https //www.Tumblr.Com/tagged/kmfdm KMFDM Twitter Https //twitter.Com/kmfdmofficial KMFDM YouTube Https //www.Youtube.Com/user/officialkmfdm ---Current Members--- Sascha Konietzko – Vocals Guitar Bass Programming Keyboards Synthesizer Percussion Lucia Cifarelli – Vocals Keyboards Jules Hodgson – Guitar Bass Keyboards Andy Selway – Drums Steve White – Guitar ---Former Members--- En Esch – Vocals Drums Guitar Programming Raymond Watts – Vocals Programming Günter Schulz – Guitar Programming Mark Durante – Guitar Steel Guitar Tim Skold – Vocals Guitar Bass Drums Programming Classic KMFDM Discography 1984-1999 ---Studio Albums--- 1984 - Opium 1986 - What Do You Know Deutschland? 1988 - Don't Blow Your Top 1989 - UAIOE 1990 - Naïve 1992 - Money 1993 - Angst 1995 - Nihil 1996 - Xtort 1997 - Symbols 1999 - Adios ---Compilations--- 1986 - 84-86 Compilation 1994 - Naïve/Hell To Go Remix 1996 - Retro Compilation 1998 - Agogo Compilation ---Singles--- 1987 - Kickin' Ass 1988 - Don't Blow Your Top 1988 - More & Faster 1989 - Virus 1990 - Godlike 1991 - Naïve The Days Of Swine And Roses Split With My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult 1991 - Split 1992 - Vogue 1992 - Money 1992 - Help Us/Save Us/Take Us Away 1992 - Sucks 1993 - A Drug Against War 1994 - Light 1994 - Glory 1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel 1995 - Juke Joint Jezebel The Moroder Mixes 1995 - Brute 1995 - Trust 1995 - Year Of The Pig 1996 - Power 1996 - Rules 1997 - Anarchy 1998 - MDFMK ---Side Projects/Collaborations--- 1991 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your House 1992 - Excessive Force - Conquer Your World 1992 - En Esch - Cheesy 1993 - Excessive Force - Blizkrieg 1994 - Excessive Force - Gentle Death 1994 - KMFDM Vs. PIG - Sin Sex & Salvation ---Modern KMFDM Discography 2002-Present ---Studio Albums--- 2002 - Attak 2003 - WWIII 2005 - Hau Ruck 2007 - Tohuvabohu 2009 - Blitz 2011 - WTF?! 2013 - Kunst 2014 - Our Time Will Come 2017 - Hell Yeah 2019 - Paradise 2022 - HYËNA 2024 - LET GO ---Compilations--- 2002 - Strum & Drang Tour Live Live 2004 - WWIII Live 2003 Live 2006 - Ruck Zuck Remix 2008 - Brimborium Remix 2008 - Extra Vol. 1 Compilation 2008 - Extra Vol. 2 Compilation 2008 - Extra Vol. 3 Compilation 2009 - Krieg Remix 2010 - Würst Compilation 2010 - Greatest Shit Compilation 2014 - We Are KMFDM Live ---Singles--- 2002 - Boots 2010 - Day Of Light 2010 - Godlike 2010 2010 - Light 2010 2011 - Krank 2011 - Amnesia 2014 - Salvation ---Side Projects/Collaborations--- 2000 - MDFMK - MDFMK 2001 - Schweinstein - Schweinstein 2001 - Slick Idiot - DickNity 2002 - Schweinstein - Son Of Schweinstein 2003 - Slick Idiot - ReDickUlous 2004 - Slick Idiot - Screwtinized 2004 - Lucia - From The Land Of Volcanoes 2006 - Slick Idiot - XSCREWciating 2006 - KGC - Dirty Bomb 2009 - Slick Idiot - Sucksess 2009 - Skold Vs. KMFDM - Skold Vs. KMFDM 2011 - OKZTEINOK - PROLETKULT 2014 - En Esch - SPÄNK