''Gentle Death'' is a 1993 album by
Excessive Force
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, a
KMFDM
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side project. On November 6, 2007, this album was re-released with remastered audio as well as the "Blitzkrieg" single as bonus tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
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Sascha Konietzko
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– vocals, programming, and drums
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Günter Schulz
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Biography
Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band KMFDM's album '' Naïve'' in ...
– guitar (2, 8, 9, 12, 13)
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Mark Durante
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Career
Durante began playing guitar in 1966 after being inspired by the fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Merle Travis. Ten years later, Durante founded a rock ...
– guitar (3-5)
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En Esch
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History
En Esch, born near Frankfurt, is an orchestra percussio ...
– guitar (6)
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Liz Torres
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– vocals (1, 6, 7, 11)
* George Booker – vocals (6)
* Evie Camp – vocals (3, 4)
* Meechie Faire – vocals (5)
Reception
''The Trouser Press Guide to '90s Rock'' wrote that it "plays like a half finished KMFDM album".
References
1993 albums
Excessive Force albums
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