KMFDM money - KMFDM money

What this video is

Released in February 1992 on Wax Trax! Records, 'Money' arrived at the apex of KMFDM's early commercial breakthrough within the Chicago industrial scene that included Ministry, My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, and Revolting Cocks. The single charted at No. 36 on Billboard's Dance/Club Play Songs Chart in July 1992, demonstrating the genre's surprising crossover traction at a moment when industrial and EBM…

Why it matters

A definitive artifact of the Wax Trax! industrial crossover moment, 'Money' exemplifies KMFDM's synthesis of EBM sequencing, metal guitar, and dance-floor programming. Its 1992 chart placement on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart marks one of industrial rock's most explicit early incursions into…

The director

Paul Andresen and George Dougherty were a Chicago-based directing duo active in the early 1990s music video industry. Dougherty subsequently built a career as a director, director of photography, and editor, with clients including Universal Music…