Adios
Studio album by KMFDM
Released	April 20, 1999
Recorded	???
Genre	Industrial
Length	49:54
Label	Wax Trax!/TVT
Producer(s)	Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold, Chris Shepard
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
KMFDM chronology
Retro (1998)	Adios (1999)	Boots (2002)

Signed copy of KMFDM's Adios

Adios was originally conceived as KMFDM's parting shot to its longtime record label, Wax Trax! Records, but it ended up also signaling the break-up of KMFDM itself, at least for a time. This was the last album to feature En Esch and Günter Schulz, who went on to form Slick Idiot. Following the break-up, founding member Sascha Konietzko created the band MDFMK, before reforming KMFDM in 2002 without Esch or Schulz. This work is copyrighted. ... A Studio Album is an album of regular studio recordings. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wax Trax! Records was a record label in the United States. ... TvT Records is an independent record label in the United States. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes . ... Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg) is the founder/owner of industrial band KMFDM, having founded the group in 1984. ... Tim Sköld (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a well known multi-instrumentalist and currently the bassist and studio guitarist of Marilyn Manson. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 2. ... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Retro, a KMFDM compilation album, was initially released in 1996 as a promotional item, but was rereleased in 1998. ... Boots is a remix single by KMFDM, featuring three versions of These Boots Are Made For Walkin. Track listing These Boots Are Made For Walkin These Boots Are Made For Walkin (Bombs Remix) These Boots Are Made For Walkin (Candy Remix) Back In the U.S.S.A. Categories: 2002... KMFDM is an industrial rock band and the brainchild of founding member Sascha Konietzko. ... Wax Trax! Records was a record label in the United States. ... En Esch has been a part of KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot. ... Günter Schulz is a German-born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM. His first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the bands Naïve LP (1990). ... Slick Idiot is an electronic music band in the industrial music genre. ... Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg) is the founder/owner of industrial band KMFDM, having founded the group in 1984. ... MDFMK was formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold, following a brief break-up of KMFDM. Lucia Cifarelli of Drill rounded out the trio. ...

For a short period of time in 1999, any copy of Adios purchased through the official online KMFDM store was signed by Konietzko and Tim Skold. Tim Sköld (born Thim Sköld on December 14, 1966, in Skövde, Sweden) is a well known multi-instrumentalist and currently the bassist and studio guitarist of Marilyn Manson. ...

The album was released on April 20th, 1999, the same date as the Columbine High School Massacre. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the perpretators, were both KMFDM fans and the former noted in his journal the irony of the album's title. Staff and students evacuate Columbine High School shortly after the shooting. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Track listing

1. "Adios" (Sascha Konietzko, Tim Skold) – 3:56
2. "Sycophant" (Konietzko, Skold) – 5:13
3. "D.I.Y" (Konietzko, Skold) – 4:51
4. "Today" (Konietzko, Skold) – 4:57
5. "Witness" (Konietzko, Skold, Nina Hagen) – 7:23
6. "R.U.OK?" (Konietzko, Skold) – 4:46
7. "That's All" (Konietzko, Skold, Ogre, En Esch) – 5:08
8. "Full Worm Garden" (Konietzko, Skold, Ogre, William Rieflin) – 5:03
9. "Rubicon" (Konietzko, Skold) – 3:44
10. "Bereit" (Konietzko, Skold, Esch) – 4:53

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Personnel

• Sascha Konietzko – vocals (1–3, 6–10), programming (1–10), guitar (10)
• Tim Skold – vocals (1–4, 6–10), programming (1–10), bass (9)
• Günter Schulz – guitar (1–3, 7, 9, 10)
• Cheryl Wilson – vocals (2, 4, 7–9)
• En Esch – hi-hat & cymbals (2), vocals (3, 7, 10), add. programming (7)
• Frank Chotai – add. programming (4)
• Paul de Carli – digital editing (4)
• Nina Hagen – vocals (5, 10)
• Nivek Ogre – vocals (7, 8)
• William Rieflin – programming (8)