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** Chris Connelly, also of Music/{{Ministry}} contributed vocals to several tracks on ''Xtort''

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** Chris Connelly, Connelly and Paul Barker, also of Music/{{Ministry}} contributed vocals to several tracks on ''Xtort''songs


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** Chris Vrenna was their drummer in 1992
** Sebastion Komor of Music/IconOfCoil shows up on ''WTF?!''
** F.M. Einheit from Music/EinsturzendeNeubauten screws around with found objects on "Ikons"
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* DreamTeam: Anytime Bill Rieflin of Music/{{Ministry}} or Tim Skold or Raymond Watts show up. Same with William Wilson of Legion Within
** They did a version of their song "Today" with Peter Murphy of Music/Bauhaus , check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2seP3dMHDKQ
** Chris Connelly, also of Music/{{Ministry}} contributed vocals to several tracks on ''Xtort''
** Nivek Ogre of Music/SkinnyPuppy appears on "Full Worm Garden", "That's All", and "Torture"
** Koichi Fukuda of Music/StaticX appears on "Come On-Go Off"
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* HilariousInHindsight: Adventure Time fans may get a kick out of the use of a balloon as an instrument on "Rebels in Kontrol" especially since ''WTF?!'' was released only a few months before "Marceline's Closet"

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* HilariousInHindsight: Adventure Time WesternAnimation/AdventureTime fans may get a kick out of the use of a balloon as an instrument on "Rebels in Kontrol" especially since ''WTF?!'' was released only a few months before "Marceline's Closet"
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** The synth riff on "Beast"
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* "Strut", aka "the best breakup song ever written"...

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* ** "Strut", aka "the best breakup song ever written"...
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* "Strut", aka "the best breakup song ever written"...
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** Not just Sascha. Mention En Esch in a music conversation and if they're familiar with him, you'll get: "Wasn't he in KMFDM?". Mention Tim Skold, and you'll most likely get: "Wasn't he in MarilynManson's [[IAmTheBand ba]][[FaceOfTheBand nd]]?" "No, he was in KMFDM too. "...Who the hell is that?"

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** Not just Sascha. Mention En Esch in a music conversation and if they're familiar with him, you'll get: "Wasn't he in KMFDM?". Mention Tim Skold, and you'll most likely get: "Wasn't he in MarilynManson's [[IAmTheBand ba]][[FaceOfTheBand nd]]?" "No, he was in KMFDM too. " "...Who the hell is that?"that?"
* HilariousInHindsight: Adventure Time fans may get a kick out of the use of a balloon as an instrument on "Rebels in Kontrol" especially since ''WTF?!'' was released only a few months before "Marceline's Closet"
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** "Superpower", "Looking for Strange", "Glory", "D.I.Y.", "Day of Light" and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks

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** "Superpower", "Looking for Strange", "Glory", "D.I.Y.", "Day of Light" Light", "Revolution" and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks



** "Death and Burial of C.R." Take an already morbid and creepifyin' nursery rhyme and set it to some of the most dissonant music and vocals ever recorded. Brrr.

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** "Death and Burial of C.R." Take an already morbid and creepifyin' nursery rhyme and set it to some of the most dissonant creepiest music and vocals ever recorded. Brrr.
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** "Superpower", "Glory", "D.I.Y.", "Day of Light" and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks

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** "Superpower", "Looking for Strange", "Glory", "D.I.Y.", "Day of Light" and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks


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**Their covers of "Los Ninos del Parque" and "Mini Mini Mini" are really badass tracks.

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** The singing voices of Raymond Watts and En Esch might come off as creepy to some

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** The singing voices of Raymond Watts and En Esch might come off as creepy to somesome.
** "Death and Burial of C.R." Take an already morbid and creepifyin' nursery rhyme and set it to some of the most dissonant music and vocals ever recorded. Brrr.
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* One of the phone messages on "Superpower" is a man saying "KMFDM makes me feel like a real woman"

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* ** One of the phone messages on "Superpower" is a man saying "KMFDM makes me feel like a real woman"
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* One of the phone messages on "Superpower" is a man saying "KMFDM makes me feel like a real woman"
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** "Superpower", "Glory", "D.I.Y." and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks

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** "Superpower", "Glory", "D.I.Y." ", "Day of Light" and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks
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** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome.

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** * CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome.awesome.
** "Superpower", "Glory", "D.I.Y." and "Godlike" are also pretty epic tracks
** ''Xtort'' is a particularly anthemic album. It must be heard to be truly appreciated
** ''Nihil'', ''WWIII'', and ''Hau Ruck''


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** 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. {{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jRrif-oxMc}}


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* EpicRiff: Gunter Shultz and Jules Hodgson Seem to be good at making these. i.e. "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac", "WWIII", "Inane", Their "Mini Mini Mini" cover, etc.
** The opening bass riff for "Superpower"
** The Slayer sample on "Godlike"
** The Drum Programming riff on "Terror"
** "Anarchy" Made up entirely of Epic Riffs
** Pretty much every song on ''Xtort''
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Their self-parodying songs, especially "Sucks"
** The warning label on the side of the KMFDM pill bottle.
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** "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
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* NightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...

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* NightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...industrial...
* TearJerker: "Move On", "Today", "Lied Und Elend"
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* NightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...
* TrueArtSticksItToTheMan: Many, many songs, occasionally {{Inverted}} or {{Subverted}}/DoubleSubverted sarcastically.

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* NightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...
* TrueArtSticksItToTheMan: Many, many songs, occasionally {{Inverted}} or {{Subverted}}/DoubleSubverted sarcastically.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...


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* BrokenBase: 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".
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force", but YourMileageMayVary. It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: "The Unrestrained Use Of Excessive Force", but YourMileageMayVary.Force". It's pretty easy if you listen to a lot of old-school industrial...
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* YourMileageMayVary: Is everything after ''Adios'' good or bad? Was the band better with touring female vocalists, or with the permanant member Lucia? You'll most likely get a different answer each time...
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* FaceOfTheBand: Sascha counts as this trope.
** Not just Sascha. Mention En Esch in a music conversation and if they're familiar with him, you'll get: "Wasn't he in KMFDM?". Mention Tim Skold, and you'll most likely get: "Wasn't he in MarilynManson's [[IAmTheBand ba]][[FaceOfTheBand nd]]?" "No, he was in KMFDM too. "...Who the hell is that?"
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* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Accused of this in relation to the Columbine Massacre, despite the fact that the band is [[{{Understatement}} strongly against]] National Socialism. Unfortunately, their more tongue-in-cheek songs gained some MisaimedFandom.

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* MusicToInvadePolandTo: Accused of this in relation to the Columbine Massacre, despite the fact that the band is [[{{Understatement}} is strongly against]] against National Socialism. Unfortunately, their more tongue-in-cheek songs gained some MisaimedFandom.

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** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome.



** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome.
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* DorkAge: 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.
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** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome, at least in [[Tropers/Sharkcrap11 this troper's]] opinion.

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** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome, at least in [[Tropers/Sharkcrap11 this troper's]] opinion.awesome.
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** "Naive", "Juke Joint Jezebel", "A Drug Against War", "Megalomaniac" and "Anarchy" are particularly anthemic and awesome, at least in [[Tropers/Sharkcrap11 this troper's]] opinion.

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