KMFDM is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project.
KMFDM live in 2022
Sascha Konietzko performing in 2022.
Chris Connelly (right) and Nivek Ogre in 1991. Both contributed guest vocals for KMFDM in the 1990s.
Lucia Cifarelli performing in New York, New York in October 2022
Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music" that was "initially a blend of avant-garde electronics experiments and punk provocation". The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by members of Throbbing Gristle and Monte Cazazza. While the genre name originated with Throbbing Gristle's emergence in the United Kingdom, artists and labels vital to the genre also emerged in the United States and other countries.
Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart in 1975, cited as inspirations by Herman Taylor
Industrial Culture Handbook reference guide to the philosophy and interests of a flexible alliance of "deviant" artists
William S. Burroughs, a conceptual inspiration for the industrial musicians
Electro-industrial group Front Line Assembly