Günter Schulz (or Guenter Schulz) is a German musician, songwriter and former member of the

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band

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Biography

Schulz's first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band's '' Naïve'' album (1990). He continued using that stage name until 1995's ''

Nihil ''Nihil'' is the eighth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on April 4, 1995, by Wax Trax! Records. The album marked the return of former band member Raymond Watts and the first appearance of journeyman drummer Bill Rief ...

''. Schulz displayed an impressive mastery of

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guitar skills and co-wrote many of KMFDM's songs from the 1990s. He also wrote and performed in various KMFDM side projects, including two albums with

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and a solo album by

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 ...

. He currently resides in

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, Canada. In early manifestations of the KMFDM website, Schulz maintained a section called "Günter's Guitar Garage." Among other things, he used the space to encourage amateur guitarists to learn formal notation as opposed to

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. After KMFDM disbanded in 1999, Schulz and Esch recorded a few songs for tribute albums and then formed

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, a band featuring Schulz's trademark guitar and Esch's vocal stylings. The band has, as of 2010, released three studio albums and two remix albums. KMFDM reformed in 2001, though Schulz and Esch rejected Konietzko's offer to return to the fold. Schulz is interested in photography and took many of the band portraits that appear in KMFDM and Slick Idiot

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. Concert attendees also observed Schulz taking pictures of the crowd during KMFDM's ''Symbols'' tour (1997). These photos became the material for the video "In Your Face". Guenter also travelled to Ghana as part of the crew for "So Good, So Far: the Way Forward". He took photographs for the film and documented the trip through his photographic prowess. In 2005, Schulz announced the formation of a self-titled solo project, ''Schulz''. He was part of

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's touring line-up in the summer of 2006, thus reuniting with fellow KMFDM alumni

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 ...

.
In 2016, Schulz toured with Raymond Nainz Watts (a.k.a. PIG) in support of the album ''The Gospel''.

Discography

KMFDM

* '' Naïve'' (1990) * '' Money (album), Money'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1993) * ''

'' (1995) * ''

Xtort ''Xtort'' (stylized as XTOЯT) is the ninth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on June 25, 1996 by Wax Trax! Records. It was recorded from the end of 1995 through early 1996, shortly after the death of Wax Trax! co-founder a ...

'' (1996) * '' Symbols'' (1997) * '' Adios'' (1999)

Excessive Force

* '' Conquer Your World'' (1991) * ''

Gentle Death ''Gentle Death'' is a 1993 album by Excessive Force, a KMFDM side project. On November 6, 2007, this album was re-released with remastered audio as well as the "Blitzkrieg" single as bonus tracks. Track listing Personnel * Sascha Konietzko ...

'' (1993)

Pig

* '' Wrecked'' (1996) * '' Genuine American Monster'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2016) * ''The Wages Of Sin'' (2019) * ''Sex & Death'' (2020) * ''Pain Is God'' (2020)

Sow

* '' Sick'' (1998)

With George Sarah

* ''Opus Eleven'' (2001)

Slick Idiot

* '' DickNity'' (2001) * '' Screwtinized'' (2004) * '' S U C K S E S S'' (2009)

With Mona Mur & En Esch

* ''Do With Me What You Want'' (2011)

Schulz

*''What Apology'' (2006)

References

External links

Official website

Guenter Schulz photography
1963 births Schulz, Gunter Schulz, Gunter Schulz, Gunter Schulz, Gunter Schulz, Gunter Schulz, Gunter Excessive Force members Slick Idiot members {{Germany-guitarist-stub