"Kickin' Ass" is a song by
industrial rock
Industrial rock is a fusion genre that fuses industrial music and rock music. It initially originated in the 1970s, and drew influence from early experimental and industrial acts such as Throbbing Gristle, Einstürzende Neubauten and Chrom ...
group
KMFDM
KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial rock band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art proje ...
from their 1986 album ''
What Do You Know, Deutschland?
''What Do You Know, Deutschland?'' is the debut studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released in December 1986 by Z and Skysaw Records.
Background
''What Do You Know, Deutschland?'' was recorded from 1983 to 1986, with some tracks recor ...
''. All songs on the single are also on the 1991 and 2006 releases of the album. All tracks were recorded at
Zitty Zound in
Hamburg
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, Germany.
In 2008, KMFDM Records re-released this as a
7" vinyl
In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album ( LP), typically one or two tracks. A single can be released for sale to the public in a variety of physical or digital formats. Singles may be standa ...
single, limited to 250 copies. In 2010, the band released another version of the 7" release, also limited to 250 copies, which was sold with a bag that could hold all the 7" records from the complete 24/7 series of singles. This release featured a different colour scheme for the cover, and was pressed on red vinyl.
Track listings
1987 release
7" reissue
References
1987 songs
1987 debut singles
KMFDM songs
Songs written by Sascha Konietzko
Songs written by Pig (musical project)
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