Rules (KMFDM song)

1996 single by KMFDM

"Rules"

Single by KMFDM
Released| November 5, 1996 (1996-11-05)[1]
Recorded| 1996
Genre| Industrial rock
Length| 20:22
Label| Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records
Songwriter(s)| Chris Connelly, Mark Durante, Sascha Konietzko, Günter Schulz
Producer(s)| KMFDM
KMFDM singles chronology
| "Power"
(1996)  | "Rules"
(1996)  | "Megalomaniac"
(1997)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [2]

"Rules" is a song from KMFDM's 1996 album Xtort. It was also released on a three track EP.

## Track listing

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### 1996 release

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Son of a Gun (Overhauled by Sascha K. & Chris Shepard)"| 3:41
2.| "Inane (Undermined by En Esch & Chris M. Flam)"| 8:28
3.| "Rules (Reapplied by Raymond Watts & Steve White)"| 8:13
Total length:| 20:22

### 2009 7" reissue

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No.| Title| Length

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1.| "Rules"| 4:05
2.| "Son of a Gun (Overhauled Mix)"| 3:40
Total length:| 7:45

## Personnel

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* Sascha Konietzko \- vocals, bass, synthesizers, programming, drums (3), production, mixing
* Gunter Schulz \- guitars, production, mixing
* En Esch \- solo-guitar (2)
* Dorona Alberti \- vocals (1)
* Chris Connelly \- vocals (3)
* Mark Durante \- slide guitars (2, 3)
* Bill Rieflin \- drums (1, 2)
* Cheryl Wilson \- vocals (2, 3)
* Bruce Bendinger - voice-over (2)
* Ron Lowe – drill & vacuum cleaner (1)

## References

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1. ^ "Rules Product Information". Amazon.com. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r256309

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KMFDM

* Sascha Konietzko
* Lucia Cifarelli
* Andy Selway
* Andee Blacksugar

* Raymond Watts
* En Esch
* Rudolph Naomi
* Günter Schulz
* Mark Durante
* Bill Rieflin
* Tim Sköld
* Jules Hodgson
* Steve White

Studio albums|

* Opium
* What Do You Know, Deutschland?
* Don't Blow Your Top
* UAIOE
* Naïve
* Money
* Angst
* Nihil
* Xtort
* Symbols
* Adios
* Attak
* WWIII
* Hau Ruck
* Tohuvabohu
* Blitz
* WTF?!
* Kunst
* Our Time Will Come
* Hell Yeah
* Paradise
* Hyëna
* Let Go

Collaborations|

* KMFDM vs. Pig
* Skold vs. KMFDM

Remix albums|

* Ruck Zuck
* Brimborium
* Krieg

Singles|

* "Kickin' Ass"
* "More & Faster"
* "Virus"
* "Godlike"
* "Naïve / The Days of Swine & Roses"
* "Split"
* "Vogue"
* "Money"
* "Help Us—Save Us—Take Us Away"
* "Sucks"
* "A Drug Against War"
* "Light"
* "Glory"
* "Juke Joint Jezebel"
* "Brute"
* "Power"
* "Rules"
* "Megalomaniac"
* "Boots"
* "Day of Light"
* "Krank"
* "Amnesia"
* "Salvation"

Live albums|

* Sturm & Drang Tour 2002
* WWIII Live 2003
* We Are KMFDM
* Live in the USSA

Video and DVD|

* Beat by Beat by Beat
* Sturm & Drang Tour 2002
* WWIII Live 2003
* 20th Anniversary World Tour 2004

Compilations|

* Retro
* Agogo
* 84–86
* Extra, Vol. 1
* Extra, Vol. 2
* Extra, Vol. 3
* Würst
* Greatest Shit

Guest musicians|

* Dorona Alberti
* Paul Barker
* Nicole Blackman
* Chris Connelly
* Free Dominguez
* F.M. Einheit
* Koichi Fukuda
* Nina Hagen
* Nivek Ogre
* Sin Quirin
* Chris Shepard
* Abby Travis
* Cheryl Wilson
* William Wilson
* Doug Wimbish

Associated acts|

* MDFMK
* Excessive Force
* PIG
* Slick Idiot
* Schulz
* KGC
* Schwein

Related articles|

* Brute!
* Don't Blow Your Cover: A Tribute to KMFDM
* List of KMFDM band members
* KMFDM discography
* List of KMFDM concert tours

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Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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