Sascha Konietzko

Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany), also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of the industrial music band KMFDM, having founded the group in 1984. He is the only member of KMFDM to appear on every album. He has formed a number of side-projects, such as Excessive Force in 1990, MDFMK in 1999 with Lucia Cifarelli, Tim Skold, and Schwein in 2000. Konietzko and Cifarelli married in 2005. He lived in the United State... more

Sascha Konietzko (born June 21, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany), also known as Sascha K and Käpt'n K, is the frontman of the industrial music band KMFDM, having founded the group in 1984. He is the only member of KMFDM to appear on every album. He has formed a number of side-projects, such as Excessive Force in 1990, MDFMK in 1999 with Lucia Cifarelli, Tim Skold, and Schwein in 2000. Konietzko and Cifarelli married in 2005. He lived in the United States from 1992 to 2007, dividing his time between Chicago, New York City and Seattle and has now recently moved to Hamburg, Germany. In 2006, Konietzko and Cifarelli teamed up with Dean Garcia for the project KGC. Their first album Dirty Bomb was released on December 14, 2006. Konietzko jokingly purports himself to be the father of industrial rock. less