KMFDM - doin' it again!

[Webmaster]

OH man - I went to thier concert last night and they freakin rocked! I mean just blew the place away. Everyone was up, fists pumping, screaming lyrics. I dont have anything to compare it to but it just ruled!

And hey - if you remember I did a logo for them, well now they are selling shirt! I met up with Sascha and he gave me $90 of free schwag! I met nearly the whole band except for Raymond Watts - and they were all super cool. Its nice to meet people you have enjoyed listening to for years and find out they arent jerks and hang out a bit.

Even if you arent a fan - but like some good industrial rock - check them out if they are in your area. You wont regret it.

Unfortunatly thier opening band, Bile, sucks. They dont even have a drummer - just a drum machine. And the lead singer I couldnt under stand a word he said. Bleh. Oh well.

[cphilip]

Cool Steve, Repost that graphic you did for the new people to see.

My experience is the Drummer is the first one you look to replace with a machine if you can.

[krafty]

The question is (seriously)... did they actually 'play', or was most of the music straight off of a DAT?

(I ask because the last show I saw them on, the Nihil tour, they pretty much lip-synched through a DAT track for the entire show. Man, did that suck.)

[JEDI]

Originally posted by cphilip


My experience is the Drummer is the first one you look to replace with a machine if you can.

I always thought it was the boyfriend...

[cphilip]

Also true I think!

[Webmaster]

I havent seen KMFDM live before this. I do have a tape of some of their older shows, and I know that they were fairly primative...

They didnt lip synch at all at this. In fact, not that I doubt you, but I just dont see them as every lip synching.

It was them in all thier glory:

Sascha on vocals + some synth and elec. drums

Raymond Watts - vocals and Guitar

Jules and Steve White - both ripping on guitar

Andy - drum

Lucia vocals and looks like she played with some bass synth.

Being industrial they DID have some stuff that was probably pre-recorded synth, drums, and bass - to give the live show the same sound as a recorded album. But everyone was playing thier own instruments and singing - really playing up to the crowd. Watts is a ham. But it was night and day between Bile and KMFDM. Bile had to play to keep up to thier pre-recorded stuff - KMFDM played, and the prerecorded stuff was just icing. Having a live drummer really enhances it, IMHO.

Aside from that they had a nice light/strobe set up and it all looked and sounded great! I cant hear out my left ear well right now - but that should pass!

[JEDI]

Is there any KMFDM song that got radio play, or that I might know. I have an older album that I somehow aquired and never really played. But I know I've heard them. I mean, I know who they are, I'm a big fan of industrial. Why does Sister's Machine, or something like that come to mind. Sister Machine Gun. Crap, now I gotta go home and listen to the album.

[Skreemer]

I went to a KMFDM concert last year... They had little in the way of prerecorded stuff... mostly live play....



Anyone in the Chicago area it was at the Metro... and the one they had a few weeks ago I couldn't attend was at the aragon brawlroom...

[Webmaster]

KMFDM doent get a lot of radio play cuz they arent 22 with nice boobs.

Drug Against War has been on MTV

They are on several soundtracks - look up thier discography at www.kmfdm.net. The mortal kombat soundtracks come time mind.

If you want to get into them look for:

Angst
Nihle
"symbols"
WWIII

Those are my four favorite albums.

[mcveighr]

I suppose they're all right. I'd rather see NIN live though. Or Atari Teenage Riot. Whats Shacha like?

[Brak]

haha, the opening band is named after a bodily fluid. thats funny

[minimagjim]

i just saw KMFDM in CHICAGO they ROCKED!!!!

oh man was that sweet...it was really really great!

Lucia came over and gave my friend a kiss, while she was up on stage. she came over and my friend put his hand up and she came over to him and she got down and kissed him half on the lips. I was like WHOAAAA! and he was just completely dazed. By the way she was wearing a vinyl? cat suit it was breath taking. i joked with my friend telling him it was almost as good for me as it was for him.... holy crap i tell ya it was awesome

[Webmaster]

Told you they put on a good show!

[logamus]

they are playing dallas on nov 15. i might have to swing by and check them boys out.

[FutureMagOwner]

lol whys its seem like most cover bands suck? i saw the ataris a couple weeks ago in rhode island and their cover vendetta red sucked too (samething except they had a drummer and the singer looked like a wannabe ratm singer)