''WWIII Live 2003'' is a live album by industrial rock band

KMFDM KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. ...

from their WWIII tour, recorded at the House of Blues, Chicago on October 27, 2003. It was released on July 27, 2004, on

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. It includes many of the songs from the ''

WWIII World War III or the Third World War, often abbreviated as WWIII or WW3, are names given to a hypothetical worldwide large-scale military conflict subsequent to World War I and World War II. The term has been in use since at ...

'' album, along with some songs from other albums. The DVD release includes live footage from different venues throughout the tour.

Reception

''WWIII Live 2003'' received mixed reviews. Ilker Yücel of ''ReGen Magazine'' gave a positive review, while Richard T. Williams of

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panned the release, saying, "The sound of today's KMFDM isn't only devoid of the danceability that once defined it, it is helplessly, aimlessly generic."

Track listing

CD release

DVD release

# "WWIII" # "From Here on Out" # "Blackball" # "Brute" # "Stars & Stripes" # "Pity for the Pious" # "Moron" # "Revenge" # "Bullets, Bombs & Bigotry" # "Light" # "Juke Joint Jezebel" # "Intro" # "A Drug Against War"
Music videos: # "Skurk" (from ''

Attak ''Attak'' is the twelfth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on March 19, 2002 by Metropolis Records. The band's first album following a three-year hiatus, it was the first to feature member Lucia Cifarelli and the last to fea ...

'') # "Ultra" (from ''

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'') # "Stars & Stripes" (from ''

'')
Additional after-show, backstage, interview and studio footage and more

Personnel

Raymond Watts Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>. Watts was an early member and p ...

– vocals, guitars *

Sascha Konietzko Sascha Kegel Konietzko (born 21 June 1961), also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is a German musician and record producer. He is the founder, frontman and "anchor" of the industrial band KMFDM. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the fath ...

– vocals, percussion, keyboards *

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 Cifar ...

– vocals, keyboards * Steve White - guitars *

Jules Hodgson Jules Hodgson, also credited as Joolz or J. Hogstorm, is an English musician, record producer and former member of KMFDM and The Spittin' Cobras (along with KMFDM bandmate Andy Selway). He is a former member of PIG and Lodestar. In 2006, Hodgso ...

– guitars *

Andy Selway Andy Selway is an English drummer, well known for his work with KMFDM. Selway spent his early years in Luton, England, but moved to Kirton near Felixstowe, Suffolk, where he remained until his early 20s. From a musical family, he is the eldest ...

– drums

References

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