The German bred legends KMFDM should already have a home in everyone’s record collection. They stormed the music industry by blending techno, heavy metal and industrial to recreate and dominate the Industrial Dance genre of music.

These anarchistic souls have attained quite the bad rap for, through no fault of their own, being associated with high school shootings and other criminal acts, but are first to tell you that they are no political party. Residual issues of sex and politics form in every song, and the brooding vocals still sound early 80’s, but only because you group together 5 German punks, give them instruments, a fan base of misfits and raging hormones.

The music is always danceable and it’s rare that one will read a bad review about them. They are an eclectic bunch – sporting bas, punk rock ‘hawks and chops, drinking booze on stage while shouting into microphones and occasionally vacuuming (for sound effects of course).

Equally amusing is the album art itself. Aidan Hughes was commissioned for each and every one of their releases. He drew buxom and scantily clad women, wars and weaponry, intimacy and violence. It seems nearly impossible that one could just stroll by their record without gawking. And if they gawked, aren’t they curios as to whats inside? Listen once and you’re fascinated, listen twice and you’re hooked. KMFDM coshed us and we can continue to abuse ourselves with their record. But you need to own it first.