MDFMK
{{Short description|Multinational industrial rock band}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = MDFMK
| image = Mdfmk_promo.jpg
| caption = Promotional photo of MDFMK, 2000
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| background = group_or_band
| origin = Germany
| genre = Industrial rock
| years_active = 1999–2001
| label = Universal Records
| associated_acts = KMFDM, KGC
| website =
| current_members = Sascha Konietzko
Tim Skold
Lucia Cifarelli
|}}
MDFMK was an industrial rock band formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Sköld. Lucia Cifarelli, formerly of the band Drill, later joined to make a trio.
History
Due to "differences in vision and drive", KMFDM disbanded in 1999.{{cite magazine | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14 | title=Kmfdm Is Back With 'attak' On Metropolis | author=McCormick, Moira | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc | volume=114 | number=14 | page=14 | date=April 6, 2002 | accessdate=April 4, 2012}} Sascha Konietzko and Skold continued working together under the name MDFMK. Konietzko was living in New York at the time, and auditioned female singers to provide vocals for the album. Through this process, he selected Lucia Cifarelli (formerly of the band Drill). The trio released only one album: MDFMK{{cite web | url=http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/sideprojects.htm | title=KMFDM Side Projects | work=KMFDM.net | publisher=KMFDM Enterprises | accessdate=March 26, 2010 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120903152126/http://www.kmfdm.net/discography/sideprojects.htm | archivedate=September 3, 2012}} (2000, Universal Records). All three shared vocal duties on the album. Their song "Missing Time," originally made for an earlier version of the video game Prey, was used in the animated movie Heavy Metal 2000.
The band toured the United States and Canada in 2000,{{cite web | url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/871608/mdfmk-rock-us.jhtml | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130129050305/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/871608/mdfmk-rock-us.jhtml | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 29, 2013 | author=Moss, Corey | title=MDFMK Prepare For Sonic Assault Of U.S. | publisher=MTV Networks | date=May 4, 2000 | accessdate=July 22, 2012}} during which it had a fourth member, a giant robot guitarist named Zyclor.{{cite web | first=Markus | last=von Pfeiffer | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512160253/http://lostinasupermarket.com/2009/05/kmfdm/ | url=http://www.lostinasupermarket.com/2009/05/kmfdm/ | title=KMFDM A Quarter Century of Conceptual Continuity | work=Lost in a Supermarket | archivedate=May 12, 2009 | date=May 7, 2009}}
Konietzko stated in 2003 that there was material for what he called "MDFMK #2", but that Universal Records was "sitting on it".{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040419233726/http://www.mk-magazine.com/interviews/archives/000123.php |url=http://www.mk-magazine.com/interviews/archives/000123.php |author=Curry, Chris |title=MK Magazine Interviews: KMFDM |work=MK Magazine |date=November 1, 2003 |archivedate=April 19, 2004 |url-status=usurped}} He also said that if Universal never released the material, he would eventually buy the rights to it and release it himself.
Discography
=Albums=
- MDFMK (2000)
=Other=
- Gravity Games 2000: Summer Sounds, Vol. 1 (2000)
- Track 3: Rabblerouser (4:11)
- Heavy Metal 2000 (2000)
- Track 3: Missing Time (4:35) (non-album track)
References
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External links
- [http://kmfdm.net/index.php KMFDM official website]
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Category:Musical groups established in 1999
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2002
Category:Industrial rock musical groups