MDFMK was an

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band formed by two members of

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and

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Lucia Cifarelli Lucia Cifarelli (born September 23, 1970) is an American musician, best known for her work with industrial band KMFDM. She was formerly the vocalist for the band Drill and also performed in KMFDM offshoots MDFMK, KGC, and Schwein. Career ...

, formerly of the band

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, later joined to make a trio.

History

Due to "differences in vision and drive", KMFDM disbanded in 1999. 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

(formerly of the band

). The trio released only one album: '' MDFMK'' (2000, Universal Records). All three shared vocal duties on the album. Their song "Missing Time" was used in the animated movie ''

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''. The band toured the United States and Canada in 2000, during which it had a fourth member, a giant robot guitarist named Zyclor. Konietzko stated in 2003 that there was material for what he called "MDFMK #2", but that

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was "sitting on it". 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)

References

External links

KMFDM official website
* MDFMK discography on Billboard official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Mdfmk KMFDM Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Industrial rock musical groups German industrial music groups 1999 establishments in Germany