German Industrial Music Groups - D.A.F., Atari Teenage Riot, Kmfdm, Einsturzende Neubauten, X Marks the Pedwalk, Wumpscut: , Crocodile Shop (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: D.A.F., Atari Teenage Riot, KMFDM, Einsturzende Neubauten, X Marks the Pedwalk, Wumpscut:, Crocodile Shop, Oomph , Die Krupps, Cyborg Attack, Haujobb, YelworC, Die Todliche Doris, And One, Feindflug, Vargotah, Slick Idiot, Tanzwut, Genocide Organ, P.A.L, Bigod 20, Von Thronstahl, KGC, Synapscape, MDFMK, The Retrosic, Massiv in Mensch, Excessive Force, Noisex, Onecyze project, Placebo Effect, Morgenstern, Lights of Euphoria, Dkay.com, Sonic Subjunkies, Think About Mutation, Zerstorer, Fusspils 11, Schwein, Schuldt. Excerpt: KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Fur Die Mitleid) 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 seventeen studio albums, and had sold approximately 2 million records in the United States alone as of September 2003, with multiple albums selling more than 100,000 copies, and a number of singles becoming club hits. The band has undergone many line-up changes, including countless guest appearances by other musicians. The earliest incarnation of the band included German drummer En Esch and British vocalist Raymond Watts, the latter of whom would leave and rejoin the group several times over its history. Guitarist Gunter Schulz joined in 1990, and both he and Esch continued with the band until KMFDM broke up in 1999. Konietzko resurrected KMFDM in 2002 (with Esch and Schulz declining to rejoin), and by 2005 a consistent line-up emerged, including American singer Lucia Cifarelli, British guitarists Jules Hodgson and Steve White, and British drummer Andy Selway. KMFDM is considered 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." Their early albums relied heavily on samples, drum machines, and synthesizer...