Excessive Force is a musical

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started in 1991 by

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of KMFDM and Buzz McCoy of

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History

In 1991, Excessive Force released the single " Conquer Your House", followed by the album '' Conquer Your World''. After this release, McCoy had no more involvement in Excessive Force, which went on to become exclusively a KMFDM side project. In 1993, Excessive Force released the single "

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" followed by the album '' Gentle Death''. The band is also credited with remixes of the KMFDM songs "

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" and " Megalomaniac". Konietzko dismissed the possibility of reforming Excessive Force referring to it as "a one off that turned into a two off." He also noted that there is a Canadian

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band that uses the same name.Chaos Control Digizine : KMFDM Interview
/ref> On November 6, 2007, KMFDM Records re-released the entire Excessive Force back catalog.KMFDM Records

References

{{Authority control German industrial music groups KMFDM Musical groups established in 1991 Wax Trax! Records artists Metropolis Records artists 1991 establishments in Germany