Slick Idiot is a German

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and

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band.

History

Slick Idiot was formed by former

KMFDM KMFDM (originally Kein Mehrheit Für Die Mitleid, loosely translated by the band as "no pity for the majority") is a multinational industrial band from Hamburg led by Sascha Konietzko, who founded the band in 1984 as a performance art project. ...

members

Günter Schulz Günter Schulz (or Guenter Schulz) is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the industrial band KMFDM. Biography Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band's '' Naïve'' album (1990). He ...

and

En Esch Nicklaus Schandelmaier, (born 23 March 1968) is a German musician, better known by his stage name En Esch, and has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, Slick Idiot, and . And more recently with NUKES, a 16 member band that includes Chris C ...

, following the 1999 breakup of KMFDM. Before taking on the name Slick Idiot, Esch and Schulz contributed a cover of

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' "Terrible Lie" to

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' ''Covered in Nails 2: A Tribute to Nine Inch Nails''. After releasing ''DickNity'' for purchase online, Slick Idiot, with core live members Mel Fuher and drummer/programmer Michael J. Carrasquillo, embarked on the "High Life for Low Lives" US tour in 2002. Cleopatra Records then re-released ''DickNity'' with a bonus remix by

Christoph Schneider Christoph Schneider (born 11 May 1966) is a German musician, best known as the drummer of the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein. Early life Christoph Schneider was born in Pankow, East Berlin, East Germany. He has one sister, who is two years ...

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. In late 2003, Esch and Schulz joined as members of

Pigface Pigface is an American industrial rock supergroup formed in 1990 by Martin Atkins and William Rieflin. History Pigface was formed from Ministry's ''The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste'' tour, which produced the ''In Case You Didn't Feel Lik ...

for the "United II" tour. In October 2004, ''Screwtinized'' was released online via their website and garnered rave reviews. En Esch toured again with Pigface on the "Free for All" US tour in 2005, while Schulz devoted his time to forming the side project SCHULZ with vocalist Jeff Borden. The band co-headlined, along with Hanzel und Gretyl, the first Gothicfest at the

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in Illinois. In 2006, Slick Idiot completed a full US tour called the "xSCREWciating Tour", with

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. The tour saw the addition of live members Gregg Ziemba on drums and Victoria Levy on vocals. As a tribute to the 2008

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, which took place in Austria and Switzerland, and to the Austrian capital Vienna, Slick Idiot recorded a version of a famous traditional Austrian song, "Wien, Du Stadt meiner Träume", written by Rudolf Sieczynski. The song was released on 12 May 2008 as a digital download only. Slick Idiot toured the US in late 2009, performing almost 50 shows in two months. The band released the album ''S U C K S E S S'' on 4 September 2009. On 29 May 2010, Slick Idiot began the "Sucksess 2010 USA Tour" in Phoenix, Arizona, and continued the tour around the US. Accompanying Esch and Schulz were drummer Ziemba and singer Erica Dilanjian. Singer

Mona Mur Mona Mur (born 29.07.1960 in Hamburg) is a German vocalist, composer and audio designer. Early years Mona Mur was born Sabine Bredy in Hamburg to Poles, Polish parents. In 1982 she collaborated with FM Einheit, Mark Chung (musician), Marc Chung ...

appeared as a featured guest to perform songs from ''

120 Tage ''120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence'' is an electro-industrial studio collaboration between German musicians Mona Mur and En Esch (of KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot). It was released on February 15, 2009, on Pale Music International. ...

– The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence'', a collaboration album between Mur and Esch. Mur accompanied the band in 2010 and 2011 on two full Canada tours, and again in 2012 on the "Slick Idiot vs Mona Mur & En Esch Classick Tour 2012" with Dan Simoes (of Alvalanker) on guitar and Ethan Moseley (of Promonium Jesters) on drums. Mur again performed the Slick Idiot female vocal parts along with songs from the Mur and Esch collaboration.

Members

Current line-up

– vocals, percussion, guitars, programming (1999–present) *

– guitars, programming (1999–present) * Erica Dilanjian – vocals (2009–present)

Guest members

*Michelle Boback – vocals (1999–2004) *Trixie Reiss – vocals (2000–2009, 2015–2016) *

Abby Travis Abby Travis (born November 10, 1969) is an American musician. In the 1990s, she began working as a touring bass player. She has worked with The Go-Go's, The Eagles of Death Metal, Masters of Reality, The Bangles, KMFDM, Beck, and Elastica. Ab ...

– vocals (2004) *Kasey James – vocals (2004) *Krisa Duiton – vocals (2004) *Charlie Zahn – saxophone (2004) *Victor Con Fuse – trombone (2004) *Rick Van Stonah – trumpet (2004) * Chuck "Chains" Lenihan – guitars (2009) *

Hope Nicholls Hope Nicholls (born January 1960) is an American singer-songwriter from Charlotte, North Carolina. She was the lead vocalist of the alternative rock bands Fetchin Bones, Sugarsmack and Snagglepuss. She also briefly toured with Martin Atkins' ba ...

– vocals (2009)

Former members

*Michael J. Carrasquillo – live drums and keyboards (2002) *Melanie Fuher – live vocals (2002) *Gregg Ziemba – drums (2006–2010) *Victoria Levy – vocals (2004–2009) *

Mark Durante Mark Durante is an American musician and songwriter who is based in Chicago. Career Durante began playing guitar in 1966 after being inspired by the fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Merle Travis. Ten years later, Durante founded a rock ...

– guitars (2009, 2011) *

Raymond Watts Raymond Watts (also known by his former stage names Nainz, Nainz Watts and Ray Scaballero) is an English musician, the founding and sole member of the industrial music project PIG, sometimes written as <PIG>. Watts was an early member and p ...

– vocals (2011, 2016) *

– vocals (2009–2012, 2016) *Paul Wood – live drums (2011) *Dan Simoes – live guitars (2012–2015) *Ethan Moseley – live drums (2012–2016) * Eric Gottesman – live keyboards (2016) *Luke Dangler – live guitars (2016) *

Galen Waling Galen Waling (born 1986) is an American–Canadian dual citizen rock and metal drummer. He is the drummer for Left Spine Down and Stiff Valentine, and he has worked with SMP, 16volt 16volt is an American industrial rock band featuring E ...

– live drums (2016) *Joshua Lutrell – live keyboards (2017) *Wulf Del Reno – live drums (2017)

Discography

Albums

Remix albums

Singles

* ''Wien – The Single'' (2008) – online single

References

External links

* * {{Authority control KMFDM Musical groups established in 1999 German industrial music groups Underground, Inc. artists 1999 establishments in Germany