History Music / KMFDM

** Arguably, that song can also be viewed to be about the executioner operating the electric chair.

* {{Industrial}}: One of the key bands in the genre. Their first album ''Opium'' qualifies as Old-School Industrial. ''Don't Blow Your Top'' and ''What Do You Know, Deutschland?'' sound like [[UrExample prototypical]] EBM, but the genre already existed by then. Good portions of ''UAIOE,'' ''Money,'' and ''Naive'' sound like this too. Their post ''Tohuvabohu'' albums have distinct Electro-Industrial influences.

->''"[[FunWithAcronyms Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit]]!"''[[note]]"No pity for the majority!"[[/note]]

->''"[[FunWithAcronyms Kein Mitleid Für Die Mehrheit]]!"''

The band usually has a revolving lineup, but Lucia Cifarelli has been a member since their reformation in 2002 and drummer Andy Selway has been a consistent member since 2005. Sascha Konietzko is the only member to appear on every album.

The band usually has a revolving lineup, but Lucia Cifarelli has been a member since their reformation in 2002 and drummer Andy Selway has been a consistent member since 2005. Additionally, Konietzko is the only member to appear on every album.

The band usually has a revolving lineup -- but their latest line-up has been stable since 2005 -- which consists of Sascha Konietzko, Lucia Cifarelli, Jules Hodgson, Andy Selway, and Steve White. Additionally, Konietzko is the only member to appear on every album.

* AltumVidetur: The choruses of "Tohuvabohu."

* ThrashMetal / SpeedMetal: The ''Agogo'' version of "Godlike," "A Drug Against War," "Hole in the Wall," "Glory," "Sad und Craft," "Apathy," "Son of a Gun," "WWIII," "Bullets, Bombs and Bigotry," "Every Day's a Good Day," "Glam Glitz Guts & Gore," and "Thrash Up!" (Sort of). They're influenced by the genres in question relatively often.

* ''[[LuckyCharmsTitle Symbols]]'' (1997)

* BizarreInstrument / EverythingIsAnInstrument: Whipping, banging, breaking stuff, a drill, a vacuum cleaner, lawnchairs, rocks, rubble, dirt, metal percussion, the Soviet synth, the scratch Piano, a party baloon solo, and a cockpit voice recorder.

* AscendedMeme: Some of the fake acronyms for ''KMFDM'' ("Kill Motherfucking Music/DepecheMode," most notably) made up by fans have been referenced in both "Sucks" and "Kunst."

* CoverVersion: "Los Ninos del Parque" by ''Liaisons Dangereuses,'' "Mini Mini Mini" by ''Jacques Dutronc,'' "Mysterious Ways" by Music/{{U2}}, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by ''Nancy Sinatra,'' "Being Boiled" by ''The Human League,'' "Crazy Horses" by ''The Osmonds,'' "Material Girl" by Music/{{Madonna}}, and "Godlight" by Music/PattiSmith.

* AntiLoveSong: "Murder My Heart".

* ProtestSong: "Terror," "Glory," "A Drug Against War / Wall Street," Most of ''WWIII,'' "New American Century," "Not in My Name," "Anarchy," "Pussy Riot," "Rebels in Kontrol," "The Problem," "No Peace," "Dogma," "Murder," "Friede," "Skurk," "Preach / Prevert," "Urban Monkey Warfare," "Spit or Swallow," "Free Your Hate," "Feed Our Fame," "Spectre," "Bait & Switch," Take 'm Out," "Me and My Gun," "That's All," "Rubicon," "Full Worm Garden," and arguably "Lynchmob."

* SelfParody: "Light," "Megalomaniac," "Sucks," "Inane," "Intro," "Bitches"...

* ThrashMetal / SpeedMetal: The ''Agogo'' version of "Godlike," "A Drug Against War," "Hole in the Wall," "Glory," "Sad und Craft," "Apathy," "Son of a Gun," "WWIII," "Bullets, Bombs and Bigotry," "Every Day's a Good Day," and "Thrash Up!" (Sort of). They're influenced by the genres in question relatively often.