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1. BAND INFORMATION (both current and previous)
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Note: additional information regarding KMFDM
can be obtained from the KMFDM FAQ:
http://www.amnin.net/KMFDM
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1.a) Before KMFDM
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Skold was in Kingpin/Shotgun Messiah and recorded a solo album
before joining KMFDM.
Lucia was in Drill before joining MDFMK.
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1.b) During KMFDM
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En Esch recorded with Pigface as a rotating member as well as
going solo.
Sascha recorded as Excessive Force for two albums, and also
with Schwein.
Raymond Watts records as Pig and has been involved with
Einsturzende Neubauten, Foetus, Schaft, 2-Kut & Schwein.
Lucia has recorded a solo album.
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1.c) Present KMFDM
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KMFDM are back!
After one album as MDFMK Sascha has begun writing songs for KMFDM
once more. A new single and album will be released in the new year.
The exact line-up of the new KMFDM is currently unclear although
many past members have been mentioned in interviews. En Esch and
Guenter Schulz however, are in no way involved.
En Esch and Guenter Schulz have released an album as Slick Idiot,
and are currently running their own record label.
As the lineup for KMFDM continually changed the past members section
includes people that were considered to be a fully-fledged member of
KMFDM, guest members include people who have guested on only one or
more tracks but have never been considered a member of KMFDM.
The static members currently in KMFDM:
Sascha Konietzko (vocals, keyboards, drums, loops.)
Tim Skold (vocals, guitars, keyboards.)
Raymond Watts (Vocals, programming)
Lucia Cifarelli (Vocals)
Dorona Alberti (Vocals)
Past members include:
En Esch (Vocals, percussion, guitars, keyboards. With
KMFDM for their entire career up to Adios.)
Gunter Schultz (Guitars. Gunter has also been around since
the beginning, although he was at that time known as
Svet Am. Left after Adios to pursue projects with
En Esch.)
Svet Am/Svetlana Ambrosius (A.K.A. Gunter Schultz)
Raymond Watts (An original member, appearing on What Do You
Know, Deutchland? and Don't Blow Your Top. Joining
up again to provide guitars & vocals on Beat-by-Beat
tour and Nihil album, co-wrote and played on 'Spit
Sperm' and 'Unfit' from Symbols. Has his own band,
. Is back for Attak.)
Nainz Watts (A.K.A. Raymond Watts)
Mark Durante (With KMFDM for Angst, also appears on Nihil and
Xtort. Plays pedal steel guitar for the Waco Bros., a
side project of the Mekons).
Morgan Adjei (With KMFDM for UAIOE. Need more info.)
Sigrid Meyer (Thanked on Don't Blow Your Top! before joining up
for
UAIOE. Need more info.)
Rudolph Naomi (Drummer with KMFDM for the UAIOE and Naive albums.
Insane laugh on Naff Off.)
Jr. Blackmail (A member for the What Do You Know, Deutschland?
album. Guests on Xtort track 'Wrath'. Co-wrote 'Itchy
Bitchy' and 'Lufthans'. Thanked on Don't Blow Your Top!
Need more info.)
Past collaborators include:
Dorona Alberti (Female voices on Angst, backing vocals on some of
Nihil, vocals on 'Craze', 'Son Of A Gun' and 'Ikons' from
Xtort.)
Paul Barker & Lee Popa (Producers of 'Godlike' and 'Crazy Horses'.
Paul Barker is one half of Ministry.)
Bruce Breckenfeld (Hammond B3 on 'No Peace' from Angst and 'Rules'
from Xtort, and voice over on 'Inane', also from Xtort.)
Jim Christiansen (Trombone on 'Disobedience' from Nihil.)
Mike Cichowicz (Trumpet on 'Blame' from Xtort.)
Paul De Carli (Digital editing on 'Today' from Adios.)
Frank Chaota (Additional programming on 'Today' from Adios.)
Amy Denio (Saxophones on 'Down And Out' from Symbols.)
Evie Camp (Backing vocals on 'Mysterious Ways' found on Agogo,
also
on Divebomb and Gentle Death from Excessive Force's 'Gentle
Death'.)
Steve Finckle (Saxophone on 'Blame' from Xtort.)
Blank Fontana (Engineer through UAIOE, Naive and Money.)
Jennifer Ginsberg (Helped with 'Godlike' on Naive, backing vocals
on
'Juke-Joint Jezebel' from Nihil, vocals on 'Blame' from
Xtort.)
Nina Hagen (Vocals on 'Witness' and 'Bereit' from Adios.)
Nick Head (Vocals on 'Naff Off', sound engineer during UAIOE.)
Mike Jensen (Guitars on Beat By Beat tour.)
Jack Kramer (Trumpet on 'Blame' from Xtort.)
Charles Levi (Who hasn't he worked with? My Life With The Thrill
Kill Kult, Chemlab, Hellbent, Haloblack, Die Warzau, Pig,
Sister
Machine Gun, Pigface and a number of other projects. Bass
on
'Mysterious Ways' found on Agogo.)
Ron Lowe (Drill and vaccuum-cleaner on 'Son Of A Gun' from Xtort.)
Jeff Olsen (Trumpet on 'Disobedience' from Nihil.)
WM Rieflin/Bill Rieflin (Drums on 'Godlike' and some of Nihil and
Xtort, programming on 'Full Worm Garden' from Adios.)
Bob Samborski (Trombone on 'Blame' from Xtort.)
Christine Siewert (Female voices on Money and Naive as well
as'Blood'
from Angst.)
Chris Shepard (Co-producer, mixer, engineer from Angst onward.)
Adrian Sherwood (Mixed various tracks from Don't Blow Your Top and
UAIOE.)
Abby Travis (Backing vocals on most of Symbols, lead vocals on
'Down And Out' and 'Waste', bass-guitar on 'Unfit', all from
Symbols.)
William Tucker (Guitars on 'Godlike' from Naive and found on
Agogo.
Also did guitars for Chris Connelly and Pigface, as well as
a few others. He died earlier this year.)
John Van Eaton (Guests on Xtort track 'Wrath'. Says: "[he] lives
for
Front 242, Nine Inch Nails and KMFDM". Backline technician
on Beat-By-Beat tour. Now working with NIN.)
Fritz Whitney (Bari Sax on 'Disobedience' from Nihil.)
Cheryl Wilson (Vocals on some of Xtort and Adios.)
Guest members include:
Michael Bassin (Guitarist with French Industrialists Treponem Pal.
Guest guitar on 'Mercy', 'Anarchy' (as well as percussion),
'Down And Out', and 'Unfit', all from Symbols.)
Nicole Blackman (Did vocals on Xtort track 'Dogma'. Recorded with
Golden Palominos, Scanner, Bill Laswell, Space Needle,
Recoil, among others.)
Chris Connelly (Guests on 'Rules', 'Craze', 'Blame' and 'Ikons'
from Xtort. Has a successful solo career, has also worked
with the Revolting Cocks and Ministry.)
F.M. Einheit (Guests on Xtort tracks 'Dogma' and 'Ikons' and
produced 'More & Faster' on UAIOE.
Originally from industrial kings Einsturzende Neubauten,
has since embarked on a solo career.)
Nivek Ogre (Kevin Ogilvie of Skinny Puppy. Guested on 'Torture'
on the Symbols album, and on 'Full Worm Garden' and 'That's
All' for Adios. In a recent interview he let slip that
he may be appearing with KMFDM again.)
Tom Oz (From German P-Funk ensemble Krkrzz, appeared on track
'Agogo', which can be found, rather bizarrely, on Agogo.)
Tim Skold (Before joining KMFDM Skold guested vocals on 'Anarchy'
from Symbols.)
A section all for themselves:
Brute! (Cover artwork for nearly all KMFDM releases.)
Chris Zander/Chris Z. (Layout and type for countless releases.)
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1.d) Contact Information
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You can write KMFDM in the U.S.A. at: KMFDM Inc.
1509 Queen Anne Ave. #287
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
E-Mail: kmfdm@kmfdm.net
Web: www.kmfdm.net
www.kmfdm.com
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