I'm pretty sure Matt never spun KMFDM (or rather I've never heard him spin any). They're more Jim's kind of band. They're also about as far from Clan Of Xymox as you can get.

[ Insert boilerplate rant about how KMFDM hasn't been relevant since Skold came and En Esch left, Xtort is their best work, etc. ]

I had the opportunity to talk to both En Esch and Gunter Schultz in 2002 or so, a few weeks after KMFDM rolled through on tour for... I don't know what, actually. Whatever it was, it sounded like shit-with-distortion and their sound guy claimed that's exactly what they wanted. Claimed with that special kind of denial you get from creatives who are well past their prime. Zee Germans had nothing positive to say about Sascha K; Sasha was that kind of diplomatic you get from years and years of pissing people off. Neither gig was as good as the '97 Symbols show at Metropol, though Slick Idiot had better sound quality and an intelligible set; whereas the best thing about the KMFDM show was talking with some whacked out guy about Gary Neuman.

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Went to the post-Upstage 80s night. Finalized my current level of drunkeness with an alleged (San-Fran division) replorter from the Village Voice.

Weird shit, man. (post-modern rich media ownership, etc and the bastard fleeced me for a drink, which is as much my own fault as it is his bad karma)

And yes, I said replorter. Neat, huh?