KMFDM discography

KMFDM discography

Sascha Konietzko performing live
Studio albums 19
Live albums 3
Compilation albums 10
Video albums 6
Singles 23
Soundtrack albums 13
Remix albums 4
Collaborations 2
Other appearances 3
Remixes ~100

The industrial rock band KMFDM has released more than two hundred songs in their over thirty-year-long career spanning more than fifty unique releases.

Artwork

Beginning with the British release of 1986's What Do You Know, Deutschland?, British artist Aidan "Brute!" Hughes has designed the artwork for fifteen of KMFDM's seventeen studio albums, and all but two of their singles. He has also designed the artwork for their three remix albums and two live albums, and their 2010 compilation releases.

All of his work shares a distinct visual style inspired by Golden Age comic artists, Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists, and woodcut artists.[1] The design and complexity of the works have varied over time from primarily simple mono- or bi-color motifs (early albums) to highly detailed multi-color schemes (Attak, WWIII).

The remaining cover artwork has been a mixture of photos and work done by other artists.

Albums

Studio albums

Release date Title Label Notes
1984 Opium Initially sold as cassette tapes at live venues. Released in 2002 on First World Records.
1986 What Do You Know, Deutschland? Z Records, Skysaw Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
1988 Don't Blow Your Top Skysaw, Wax Trax! Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
1989 UAIOE Wax Trax! Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
15 November 1990 Naïve Wax Trax! Naïve was removed from distribution in 1993 due to an unlicensed sample of Carl Orff's "O Fortuna" on the track "Liebeslied". It was reissued as Naïve/Hell to Go in 1994 with several tracks remixed, and reissued again in 2006 with tracks from both releases on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. Only the original release of Naïve contains the original version of "Liebeslied" and has become a collector's item.
17 September 1992 Money Wax Trax! Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
12 October 1993 Angst Wax Trax!/TVT Reissued in 2006 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
4 April 1995 Nihil Wax Trax!/TVT Nihil is one of only a handful of KMFDM releases that do not feature cover artwork by Brute!. The cover features a painting by Francesca Sundsten, wife of drummer Bill Rieflin. Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. 209,000 copies sold.[2]
25 June 1996 Xtort Wax Trax!/TVT Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records. 200,000+ copies sold.[3]
23 September 1997 Symbols Wax Trax!/TVT Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
20 April 1999 Adios Wax Trax!/TVT Adios was intended to be KMFDM's final album due to an escalating rift among the core members of the band. It marks the last appearance of core members En Esch and Günter Schulz on a KMFDM record. Reissued in 2007 on Metropolis/KMFDM Records.
5 March 2002 Attak Metropolis Attak marked the return of KMFDM after a three-year hiatus. See also MDFMK.
23 September 2003 WWIII Sanctuary
13 September 2005 Hau Ruck Metropolis/KMFDM While it was initially promoted with a working title of FUBAR, Hau Ruck broke a long-standing KMFDM tradition of five-letter album titles. It includes a cover of "Mini Mini Mini" by Jacques Dutronc.
21 August 2007 Tohuvabohu Metropolis/KMFDM In biblical Hebrew, the phrase "tohu va bohu" means "without form and void" or "chaos and utter confusion".
24 March 2009 Blitz Metropolis/KMFDM Includes a cover of "Being Boiled" by The Human League.
26 April 2011 WTF?! Metropolis/KMFDM Originally titled Zilch
26 February 2013 Kunst Metropolis/KMFDM #10 Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums
14 October 2014 Our Time Will Come Metropolis/KMFDM #12 Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums

Live albums

Release date Title Label Notes
3 June 2003 Sturm & Drang Tour 2002 Metropolis Includes highlights from KMFDM's comeback world tour in support of their album Attak.
27 July 2004 WWIII Live 2003 Sanctuary Chronicles KMFDM's world tour in support of their album WWIII.
4 September 2014 We Are KMFDM Metropolis/KMFDM

Compilation albums

Release date Title Label Notes
1995 Year of the Pig Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of four previously released songs. Released on 12" vinyl.
1995 The Year of the Pig Collection Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of seven previously released songs included as a bonus disc with the Canadian release of Juke Joint Jezebel.
17 November 1998 Agogo Wax Trax!/TVT Collection of rare and unreleased tracks. It includes a cover of U2's "Mysterious Ways".
17 November 1998 Retro Wax Trax!/TVT Retro was originally a promotional disc released to radio stations as a playlist. It was reissued as a "greatest hits" compilation in 1998. All tracks are taken from earlier KMFDM albums.
11 October 2004 84–86 KMFDM 84–86 is a two-disc collection of previously unreleased material from KMFDM's early career. It includes cover versions of "Get It On/Bang a Gong" by T. Rex and "Too Much Monkey Business" by Chuck Berry.
3 June 2008 Extra, Vol. 1 Metropolis/KMFDM First in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles and other rare tracks not otherwise available on the studio albums.
5 August 2008 Extra, Vol. 2 Metropolis/KMFDM Second in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles.
8 October 2008 Extra, Vol. 3 Metropolis/KMFDM Third in a series of three two-disc collections of songs from out-of-print singles.
28 September 2010 Würst Metropolis/KMFDM Single disc greatest hits compilation.
28 September 2010 Greatest Shit Metropolis/KMFDM Double disc greatest hits compilation; first disc is identical to Würst.
9 September 2016 Rocks – Milestones Reloaded earMUSIC CD+DVD media book, including the DVD We Are KMFDM

Remix albums

Release date Title Label Notes
1 March 1994 Naïve/Hell to Go Wax Trax!/TVT Reissue of Naïve with several tracks remixed and the unlicensed sample removed. Unique tracks included on the 2006 reissue of Naïve.
9 May 2006 Ruck Zuck Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2005's Hau Ruck. Includes a cover of "Der Mussolini" by D.A.F..
19 February 2008 Brimborium Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2007's Tohuvabohu.
5 January 2010 Krieg Metropolis/KMFDM Remixes of songs from 2009's Blitz.

Collaborations

Release date Title Label Notes
1 December 1994 KMFDM vs. Pig: Sin Sex & Salvation Wax Trax!/TVT Collaborative EP with PIG; out of print.
24 February 2009 Skold vs. KMFDM KMFDM Joint project between Sascha Konietzko and former KMFDM/MDFMK member Tim Skold.

Singles

Most of these singles have been reissued as special edition 7" records (limited to 250 copies each) from March 2008-February 2010 in a series called 24/7.

Release date Title Label 24/7 series number Notes
1987 "Kickin' Ass" Z Records 1, 25 Out of print.
November 1988 "Don't Blow Your Top" Wax Trax! 2 Out of print.
June 1989 "More & Faster" Wax Trax! 3 Out of print.
August 1989 "Virus" Wax Trax! 4 Out of print.
August 1990 "Godlike" Wax Trax! 5 Out of print. Includes a cover of The Osmonds' "Crazy Horses".
June 1991 "Naïve"/"Days of Swine & Roses" Wax Trax! 6 Split single with My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult; out of print. No. 46 Billboard Club Play Songs
25 June 1991 "Split" Wax Trax! 7 Out of print.
24 April 1992 "Vogue" Wax Trax! 8 No. 19 Billboard Club Play Songs; out of print.
28 April 1992 "Money" Wax Trax! 9 No. 36 Billboard Dance Club Songs - Out of print.
15 September 1992 "Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away" Wax Trax! 10 Out of print.
October 1992 "Sucks" Wax Trax!/TVT 11 Out of print.
September 23, 1993[4] "A Drug Against War" Wax Trax!/TVT 12 Out of print.
15 February 1994 "Light" Wax Trax!/TVT 13 No. 31 Billboard Dance Club Songs - Out of print.
31 October 1994 "Glory" Wax Trax!/TVT 14 Out of print.
28 February 1995 "Juke Joint Jezebel" Wax Trax!/TVT 15 Out of print.
1995 "Juke Joint Jezebel": The Giorgio Morodor Mixes Wax Trax!/TVT Out of print.
31 October 1995 "Brute" Wax Trax!/TVT 16 Out of print.
31 October 1995 "Trust"/"Juke Joint Jezebel" Wax Trax!/TVT 17 German-only single; out of print.
15 August 1996 "Power" Wax Trax!/TVT 18 Promotional release only; out of print.
12 October 1996 "Rules" Wax Trax!/TVT 19 Out of print.
1997 "Megalomaniac" Remixes Dragnet Records 20 Out of print.
1997 "Anarchy" Wax Trax!/TVT 21 Promotional release only; out of print.
20 January 1998 "MDFMK" Wax Trax!/TVT Out of print.
5 February 2002 "Boots" Metropolis First release following the reforming of KMFDM. Includes cover version of the Nancy Sinatra song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'".
1 December 2009 "D.I.Y."/"That's All" KMFDM 22 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles
1 January 2010 "Adios"/"Today" KMFDM 23 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles
1 February 2010 "Day of Light" KMFDM 24 Limited release of 250 7" vinyl singles
14 September 2010 "Godlike 2010" KMFDM Limited release of 1,000 CD singles; also available indefinitely as a download.
17 December 2010 "Light 2010" KMFDM Limited release of 1,000 CD singles; also available as a download.
8 March 2011 "Krank" KMFDM/Metropolis
22 May 2012 "Amnesia" KMFDM/Metropolis
10 July 2015 "Salvation" KMFDM/Metropolis

Soundtrack appearances

Release date Title Song Notes
1992 Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth "Ooh La La" Track re-released on Agogo.
1995 Bad Boys "Juke Joint Jezebel" Single Mix
1995 Hideaway "Go to Hell" F**k MTV Mix
1995 Johnny Mnemonic "Virus" Pestilence Mix
1995 Mortal Kombat "Juke Joint Jezebel" Giorgio Moroder Metropolis Mix
1995 Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie "Ultra"
1997 Mortal Kombat: Annihilation "Megalomaniac" Single Mix
1997 Wing Commander: Prophecy (video game) "Stray Bullet"
1998 Test Drive 5 "Megalomaniac", "Leid Und Elend", "Anarchy" Instrumental versions
1999 Beowulf "Witness"
2004 Spider-Man 2 (video game) Entire score
2009 Brütal Legend "Free Your Hate", "Rip The System"
2009 NCIS: The Official TV Soundtrack "Love Is Like" Different lyrics than album version
2011 Saints Row: The Third "WWIII"

Other appearances

Release date Song Album Label Notes
1992 "Mysterious Ways" Shut Up Kitty Re-Constriction Records Cover of U2 song
1994 "Virus", "Godlike" Black Box - Wax Trax! Records: The First 13 Years Wax Trax! Records 12" versions
1999 "Material Girl" Virgin Voices: A Tribute to Madonna, Vol. 1. Cleopatra Records Cover of Madonna song

Remixes

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Release date Artist Song Release Notes
1989 Girls Under Glass "Ten Million Dollars" (KMFDM Remix) Flowers Also appears on Random 12" German release.
1990 Girls Under Glass "In the Heat" (KMFDM Remix) Random LP only (Germany)
June 1991 My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult "The Days of Swine & Roses" Naïve/The Days of Swine & Roses
1992 Blackbird 5 remixes of "Classwar" Class War: The KMFDM Remixes
1992 Braindead Soundmachine "Walking After Midnight" Walking After Midnight
1992 Flotsam and Jetsam "Wading Through the Darkness" (Industrial Strength Remix) Wading Through the Darkness
1992 Flotsam and Jetsam "Double Zero"
1992 Sister Machine Gun "Not My God" (Demo Version) Not My God
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Black Sunshine" (Indestructible 'Sock It to Me' Psycho-Head Mix) Nightcrawlers: The KMFDM Remixes
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Thunder Kiss '65" (The Remix That Wouldn't Die Mix) Nightcrawlers: The KMFDM Remixes Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Lee Popa
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Thunder Kiss '65" (Swinging Lovers Mix) Nightcrawlers: The KMFDM Remixes Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Lee Popa
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Thunder Kiss '65" (Swinging Lovers Extended Mix) "Black Sunshine" single Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Lee Popa
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Thunder Kiss '65" (The Diabolical Ramrodder Remix) "Thunder Kiss '65" single Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Lee Popa
6 October 1992 White Zombie "Thunder Kiss '65" (Finger on the Trigger Remix) "Thunder Kiss '65" single Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Lee Popa
1993 Artefakto "Akzion" (Sascha Konietzko mix); "La Differencia" (Sascha Konietzko mix) Des-Construccion
1993 Front 242 "Modern Angel" (Remix) Angels Versus Animals EP
1993 Living Colour "Ausländer" (Hi-Energy Mix); "Ausländer" (Radio Days Mix); "Ausländer" (Crucial) "Ausländer" single Mixed by Sascha K. and Chris Sheppard
5 May 1993 Sister Machine Gun "Addiction" (Sasha Rips the System) "Addiction" single
1994 Dink "Green Mind" (Wrench in Your System Mix) Green Mind Not present on first release of CD or vinyl
1994 PIG "Blades" Red Raw & Sore
1995 Die Krupps "Iron Man" Rings of Steel Remixed by Sascha Konietzko and Chris Sheppard
1995 Die Warzau "All Good Girls" (Quake Mix) All Good Girls
1995 Die Warzau "All Good Girls" (Fiasco Mix) All Good Girls (Second CD release)
1995 Dink "Get On It" Get On it
1995 Grotus "Ebola Reston" (Touch My Monkey Mix) Handjob
1995 Monster Voodoo Machine "Defense Mechanism" (Full Mix) Inside These Walls (Salvaged & Recycled)
1995 Regenerator "The Archetype" (The Tribulation Mix) The Archetype; Regenerated X
3 April 1995 Sabotage Q.C.Q.C.? "To Be" Les Enfants Sauvages
1 September 1995 The Young Gods "Kissing the Sun" (Sascha K./KMFDM Mix) Kissing the Sun Out of print.
1996 Chemlab "Electric Molecular" (Death Before Taxes Mix); "Electric Molecular" (Instrumental No Taxes Mix) ESM (Electric Molecular single) Also appears on 2001 Suture release
1996 Swamp Terrorists "Dive-Right Jab (Cranked Up)"; "Dive-Right Jab (Til You Drop)" Wreck "Til You Drop" also appears on Sweet Sub/Mission Vol 1. Remix by Sascha Konietzko and Chris Sheppard. Guitar provided by Günter Schulz
1997 Drill "What You Are" Drill
1997 Good Courage "Did I Deserve This" New, Fixed, and Remixed (Rust 4)
1997 Metallica "King Nothing" (Tepid Mix) The Memory Remains
1997 Treponem Pal "Renegade" Renegade Promotional CD, not for sale.
1998 Love and Rockets "Resurrection Hex" (KMFDM Giganto Mix) Resurrection Hex
1998 O.N.A. "Nie Chcę Nigdy - Babcia" Re-T.R.I.P. Two mixes of the same song, one is instrumental.
21 January 1998 PIG "No One Gets Out of Her Alive" No One Gets Out of Her Alive
1998 Rammstein "Du riechst so gut" (Remix by Günter Schulz and Hiwatt Marshall); "Du riechst so gut" (Remix by Sascha Konietzko); "Du riechst so gut" ("Migräne-"remix by Günter Schulz) "Du riechst so gut '98" single
1998 Rammstein "Stripped" (FKK Mix by Günter Schulz) "Stripped" single
20 October 1998 Skinny Puppy "Addiction" (Opium Mix) Remix Dystemper Remix by Günter Schulz
1 January 1999 Jack Russell "Unchained" (KMFDM Remix) Hot for Remix: A Tribute to Van Halen Remix and additional production by Günter Schulz
1999 A Flock of Seagulls "Space Age Love Song" (KMFDM Remix) Greatest Hits Remixed; Greatest Hits
1999 Bloodhound Gang "The Bad Touch" (KMFDM Remix) "The Bad Touch" single (import version)
1999 Evil Mothers "I Like Fur" Beatings (The Incriminating Fruit)
1999 Guns n' Roses "My Michelle" A Tribute to Guns N' Roses: Appetite for Reconstruction
1999 Led Zeppelin "Rock and Roll" (Günter Schulz) The Song Remains Remixed - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Released in Europe in 2004.
1999 Lords of Acid "Lover" (Cake Mix) Expand Your Head Also on "Lover" / "Let's Get High" single and A.P.C.D. Fall.99 compilation.
1999 Missing Persons "Walking in L.A." (KMFDM Remix) Remixed Hits
2000 Buck-Tick "My Fuckin' Valentine -Enemy Mix (Full)-" 97BT99 Japanese release
18 Jan 2000 Lords of Acid "Lover" (Cut the Cake Mix) "Lover" / "Let's Get High"
25 Jan 2000 Genitorturers "Sin City" (KMFDM Mix) Machine Love Also on compilations Cleopatra 2000 and Dark Noise 2000
23 May 2000 Cheap Trick "Hello There" (KMFDM Remix) Cheap Dream: Cheap Trick Tribute
2000 Megadeth "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" (General Schwarzkopf Mix) Breadline EP
2001 Bile "Compound Pressure" (Alt Lyrics) Demonic Electronic Only on original release.
2001 Bile "I Reject" Demonic Electronic Only on original release.
2001 Bile "No I Don't No" Demonic Electronic Only on original release.
2001 Bile "Submission" (German House Mix) Demonic Electronic Only on original release.
2001 Bile "Teknowhore" Demonic Electronic Also on remastered release in 2002.
2001 Kidneythieves "Spank" Phi in the Sky EP
2002 Kittie "Safe" Safe EP
3 May 2003 Lucia "Monkey Puzzle Tree" From the Land of Volcanos
7 December 2004 Legion Within "Fascisti" The Empty Men
2005 DJ? Acucrack "So to Speak" (Sascha KMFDM Remix) So to Speak EP Was later included on the album Killing Mobius as a bonus track.
6 June 2006 Combichrist "Get Your Body Beat" Get Your Body Beat
2006 Mindless Self Indulgence "Straight to Video" Straight to Video: The Remixes
2006 Nude! "Beat Up" Fake Credibility USA and iTunes editions only.
2007 Starlit "Muther" (Sascha K*) Muther Promo given out with online CD sales.
2007 Jesus on Extasy "Assassinate Me" (KMFDM Remix) Holy Beauty Also on Elegy Sampler 47 compilation
13 February 2007 Legion Within "Cover Me" Aeons
16 July 2007 Zombie Girl "Creepy Crawler" Back from the Dead
2008 Human Factors Lab "Adam and Eve" Pap3r
2008 Mindless Self Indulgence "On It" On It
3 March 2009 Left Spine Down "Flick the Stitch (KMFDM Mix)" Voltage 2.3: Remixed and Revisited
21 November 2011 Hollywood Undead Been to Hell... and Back! American Tragedy Redux

Video and DVD

Year Title Notes
1997 Beat by Beat
  • Released: March 26, 1999
  • Label: Wax Trax! / TVT
  • Format: VHS
2001 Beat by Beat by Beat
  • Released: November 27, 2001
  • Label: Wax Trax! / TVT
  • Format:
DVD release of Beat by Beat, includes additional concert footage, music videos, and interviews
2002 Sturm & Drang Tour 2002
2004 WWIII Live 2003
2005 20th Anniversary World Tour 2004
2015 We Are KMFDM
  • Released: April 3, 2015
  • Label:
  • Format: Digital streaming and download, DVD
Includes Live 30th Anniversary Concert and KMFDM 30 Years Documentary videos

References

  1. "About the Man". Brute! Prop. Aiden Hughes. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. Kroll, Katy (September 12, 2016). "KMFDM Reflect on 3-Decade Career & Hating Their Biggest Hit". Billboard (magazine). Retrieved September 15, 2016.
  3. Wiederhorn, Jon (August 8, 1996). "KMFDM make industrial music the old-fashioned way. They trash their hardware.". Rolling Stone (740). Jann S. Wenner. p. 24. Retrieved March 22, 2010.
  4. "Amazon.com: A Drug Against War". Retrieved February 12, 2010.
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