WWIII Live 2003 explained

WWIII Live 2003
Type:	Live album
Artist:	KMFDM
Cover:	KMFDM - WWIII Live 2003.png
Released:	July 27, 2004
Recorded:	October 27, 2003 at the House of Blues, Chicago
Genre:	Industrial metal, industrial rock, alternative metal, nu metal
Label:	Sanctuary
Chronology:	KMFDM live album
Prev Title:	Sturm & Drang Tour 2002
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	WE ARE
Next Year:	2014

WWIII Live 2003 is a live album by industrial rock band KMFDM from their WWIII tour, recorded at the House of Blues, Chicago on October 27, 2003. It was released on July 27, 2004, on Sanctuary Records. It includes many of the songs from the WWIII album, along with some songs from other albums. The DVD release includes live footage from different venues throughout the tour. The band once again consists of 3 members of (as well as Watts himself), and these 3 members would ultimately be drafted into KMFDM fulltime as Watts and the band would enter a lengthy hiatus.

Reception

WWIII Live 2003 received mixed reviews. Ilker Yücel of ReGen Magazine gave a positive review,^[1] while Richard T. Williams of PopMatters 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."^[2]

Track listing

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)
"Ultra" (from Nihil)
"Stars & Stripes" (from WWIII)

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

Personnel

Raymond Watts – vocals, guitars
Sascha Konietzko – vocals, percussion, keyboards
Lucia Cifarelli – vocals, keyboards
Steve White - guitars
Jules Hodgson – guitars
Andy Selway – drums

Notes and References

Web site: Reviews: KMFDM WWIII Live 2003 . Re-Gen Magazine.
Web site: KMFDM: WWIII Live 2003 . Williams, Richard T. . 11 November 2004 .