YMMV / KMFDM

• Awesome Music: "Naive," "Juke Joint Jezebel," "A Drug Against War," "Megalomaniac," and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome.
  • "Superpower," "Looking for Strange," "Glory," "D.I.Y.," "Day of Light," "Revolution," and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks.
  • Xtort is a particularly anthemic album. It must be heard to be truly appreciated.
  • Nihil with its Gothic Dance atmosphere and badass metal guitars, WWIII with its hard hitting metal tracks, and Hau Ruck with its groovy dance beats and Heavy Metal guitar riffs.
  • "Ultra", best known for its use as the soundtrack for one of the most awesome fight scenes of all time, the brutal battle to the death between Chun-Li and Vega in Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. It became the best-remembered track in a movie soundtrack loaded with memorable rock music, and went on to be pretty strongly associated with Manga Entertainment to this day.
  • Their covers of "Los Ninos del Parque" and "Mini Mini Mini" are really badass tracks.
  • "Strut," AKA: "The best breakup song ever written"...
  • The God and The State remix of "Anarchy."
  • "Today" with Peter Murphy.
  • "Never Say Never."
  • "(Up Uranus)."
• Archive Panic: 21 studio albums and counting.
• Audience-Alienating Era: MDFMK refused to play KMFDM songs, which led to an outcry by fans. The band reformed under their original name and returned to playing their back catalog.
• Broken Base: Endless debates as to whether or not everything after their reunion (Attak onward) is good. This is often also referred to as "post-En Esch."
• Epic Riff: Gunter Shultz and Jules Hodgson Seem to be good at making these. i.e. "A Drug Against War," "Megalomaniac," "WWIII," "Inane," "Mini Mini Mini," etc.
  • The opening bass riff for "Superpower."
  • The Slayer sample on "Godlike."
  • The Drum Programming riff on "Terror."
  • "Anarchy" is made up entirely of epic riffs.
  • Pretty much every song on Xtort.
• Funny Moments:
  • Their self-parodying songs, especially "Sucks."
  • The warning label on the side of the KMFDM pill bottle. Particularly when En Esch is listed as being the worst side effect.
  • In an interview on 120 Minutes, they mention one time where they used 24 vacuum cleaners and two washing machines as instruments at 0:40.
  • One of the phone messages on "Superpower" is a man saying: "KMFDM makes me feel like a real woman."
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff: The band have arguably had much more commercial success in the US than in their home country of Germany.
• Growing the Beard: A number of fans felt that the Naive - Money period was when the band started reaching their sound that they would get famous for.
• Harsher in Hindsight: Their album Adios was released on April 20, 1999, which turned out to be the date of the Columbine massacre. Eric Harris, one of the perpetrators of the massacre, was a diehard fan of the band, and even commented on the irony.
  Heh, get this. KMFDM's new album is entitled "Adios" and its release date is in April. How fuckin' appropriate, a subliminal final "Adios" tribute to Reb and Vodka. Thanks KMFDM... I ripped the hell outa the system.
• Hilarious in Hindsight: Geunter Schulz was occasionally credited as Gunter Shultz, which may amuse Attack on Titan fans.
• Moment of Awesome: Pretty much all of their self parodying songs have at least one.
• Music to Invade Poland to: Accused of this in relation to the Columbine massacre, which specifically earned them a reputation as Music to Shoot Up Your School To. The band is strongly against National Socialism, but unfortunately, their more tongue-in-cheek songs gained some Misaimed Fandom.
• Nightmare Fuel:
  • "The Unrestrained Use of Excessive Force." It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old school Industrial...
  • "Stars & Stripes:" It's about the U.S. president becoming a totalitarian.
  • The lyrics of "Revolution" do a very good job at creating a feeling of paranoia.
  • "Anarchy" is about a violent revolution that replaces an authoritarian only for the revolutionaries to become just like him.
  • The singing voices of Raymond Watts and En Esch might come off as creepy to some.
  • "Death and Burial of C.R." Take an already morbid and creepifyin' nursery rhyme and set it to some of the creepiest music and vocals ever recorded. Brrr.
  • The lyrics to "Ooh La La." Let's just say there was a good reason it was on the soundtrack of Hellraiser.
• Overshadowed by Controversy: Looking in any comments section for KMFDM music videos will net you a multitude of responses concerning the Columbine massacre. This is because one of the shooters was a fan of the band's music.
• Song Association:
  • Their tracks "Anarchy", "Megalomaniac" and "Lied und Elend" have been associated with Test Drive 5 (Even though the former is censored while the latter two are instrumental renditions).
  • "Free Your Hate" and "Rip The System" were also featured in Brütal Legend.
• Suspiciously Similar Song:
  • "Hole in the Wall" is the lyrics of "Liebesleid" translated into English, they also have similar guitar riffs.
  • The guitar riffs to "Pretty Vacant" by the Sex Pistols and "Anarchy" are practically the same thing.
• Tear Jerker: "Move On," "Today," "Lied und Elend," possibly "Strut," and of course "Everyday's a Good Day."

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