Slick Idiot
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{{Short description|German band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Slick Idiot
| image = Slick Idiot.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption = Slick Idiot performing in 2010
| alias =
| origin = New York City, U.S.
| genre = Industrial rock, electronic
| years_active = 1999–present
| label = Cleopatra, Itchy, Underground, Inc.
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- KMFDM
- Schulz
- PIG
- Mona Mur
- Pigface
- Lords of Acid
- Skold
- Everything Goes Cold
- Rammstein
- Alvalanker
- Promonium Jesters
- Adaptive Reaction
- Ghostfeeder
}}
| website = {{URL|slickidiot.de}}
| current_members = En Esch
Günter Schulz
Erica Dilanjian
| past_members = See below
}}
Slick Idiot is a German electronic and industrial band.
History
Slick Idiot was formed by former KMFDM members Günter Schulz and En Esch, following the 1999 breakup of KMFDM. Before taking on the name Slick Idiot, Esch and Schulz contributed a cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Terrible Lie" to Cleopatra Records' 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 of Rammstein. In late 2003, Esch and Schulz joined as members of Pigface for the "United II" tour. In October 2004, Screwtinized was released online via their website and garnered rave reviews.{{fact|date=November 2013}} 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.[http://www.schulzmusic.com/home.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423042907/http://www.schulzmusic.com/home.htm |date=23 April 2006 }} The band co-headlined, along with Hanzel und Gretyl, the first Gothicfest at the Odeum Expo Center in Illinois.{{cite book | last=Atkins|first=Martin | authorlink=Martin Atkins | title=Tour:Smart: And Break the Band | page=210 | publisher=Chicago Review Press | year=2007}} In 2006, Slick Idiot completed a full US tour called the "xSCREWciating Tour", with More Machine Than Man. The tour saw the addition of live members Gregg Ziemba on drums and Victoria Levy on vocals.
As a tribute to the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, 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 appeared as a featured guest to perform songs from 120 Tage – The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence, a collaboration album between Mur and Esch.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=21883830&blogId=531374562 |title=SLICK IDOT SUCKSESS 2010 – full US Tour feat. MONA MUR in summer van SLICK IDIOT – Sucksess 2010 US Tour op Myspace |publisher=Myspace |accessdate=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207065936/http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view |archivedate=7 February 2009 }} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.verbavision.com/slick-idiot.html |title=Slick Idiot live @ Tammany Hall, NYC 7/21/12 |accessdate=4 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130326114539/http://www.verbavision.com/slick-idiot.html |archivedate=26 March 2013 }} Mur again performed the Slick Idiot female vocal parts along with songs from the Mur and Esch collaboration.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}
Members
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= Current line-up =
- En Esch – vocals, percussion, guitars, programming (1999–present)
- Günter Schulz – 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 – 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 – vocals (2009)
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= 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 – guitars (2009, 2011)
- Raymond Watts – vocals (2011, 2016)
- Mona Mur – 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 – live drums (2016)
- Joshua Lutrell – live keyboards (2017)
- Wulf Del Reno – live drums (2017)
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Discography
= Albums =
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DickNity
| {{Track listing | title1 = It Won't Do | writer1 = En Esch, Günter Schulz, Reiss | length1 = 6:07 | title2 = Lazy | writer2 = Schulz, Esch, Big B., DJ RoCKSTeADY | length2 = 5:05 | title3 = Make Me Believe | writer3 = Esch, Schulz, Reiss | length3 = 5:21 | title4 = Merci Beaucoup | writer4 = Schulz, Esch | length4 = 5:01 | title5 = Xcess | writer5 = Esch, Schulz, Reiss | length5 = 5:59 | title6 = Forgive Me | writer6 = Schulz, Esch, Michelle Boback | length6 = 7:06 | title7 = Idiot | writer7 = Esch, Schulz, Rodriguez | length7 = 7:43 | title8 = Get Down – Give In | writer8 = Schulz, Esch, Boback, Reiss | length8 = 5:22 | title9 = I Feel Fine | writer9 = Esch, Schulz | length9 = 4:51 | title10 = Blast | writer10 = Schulz, Esch, Reiss | length10 = 6:16 | title11 = Naomi | writer11 = Esch, Schulz | length11 = 2:26 | total_length = 61:17 }} {{tracklist | headline = Re-release bonus track | title12 = Xcess | note12 = Remixed by Christoph Schneider | writer12 = Esch, Schulz, Reiss | length12 = 4:16 | total_length = 65:33 }} |
Screwtinized
| {{Track listing | title1 = Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love | note1 = | length1 = 3:54 | title2 = Ogopogo | note2 = | length2 = 4:17 | title3 = Pulse | note3 = | length3 = 5:03 | title4 = Wonderful World | note4 = | length4 = 5:29 | title5 = NY Boogie | note5 = | length5 = 4:43 | title6 = Get Laid | note6 = | length6 = 2:50 | title7 = Mind over Matter | note7 = | length7 = 5:36 | title8 = Merry-Go-Round | note8 = | length8 = 4:11 | title9 = Halb und Halb | note9 = | length9 = 1:04 | title10 = Let It Rain | note10 = | length10 = 7:06 | title11 = Hallelujah | note11 = | length11 = 4:01 | title12 = Immer Wieder | note12 = | length12 = 5:08 | title13 = Extra | note13 = | length13 = 6:40 | total_length = 60:02 }} |
S U C K S E S S
| {{Track listing | title1 = Imago | writer1 = En Esch | length1 = 1:58 | title2 = I.I.W.I.I. | note2 = feat. Trixie Reiss | writer2 = Günter Schulz, Esch, Dilanjian, Dutton | length2 = 5:25 | title3 = Daydreams | writer3 = Esch, Schulz, Durante | length3 = 4:25 | title4 = Everyone's a Winner | writer4 = Errol Brown | length4 = 4:20 | title5 = Silly | writer5 = Esch, Plumb, Lenihan | length5 = 6:59 | title6 = Inshallah | writer6 = Esch | length6 = 5:21 | title7 = Dipso | writer7 = Esch | length7 = 5:13 | title8 = Ill Prepared | writer8 = Esch, Ziemba, Dilanjian | length8 = 6:05 | title9 = Burn for Me | note9 = feat. Hope Nicholls | writer9 = Esch, Nicholls, Schulz | length9 = 6:11 | title10 = Wer Bist Du? | note10 = feat. Madeline Dutton | writer10 = Esch, Ziemba, Dutton | length10 = 6:37 | title11 = Last Kiss | writer11 = Esch, Diablo? | length11 = 4:35 | title12 = Elle Te Prendra La Vie | note12 = feat. Kristen Orb | writer12 = Esch, Turiot | length12 = 6:45 | title13 = Haller | writer13 = Esch | length13 = 1:55 | title14 = Hot Stuff | writer14 = Esch, Schulz, Gordon, Levy, Dutton | length14 = 5:58 | note14 = Hardwire Tekno Vulva Mix | title15 = Die Schabe | writer15 = Esch, Schulz | length15 = 4:50 | note15 = Mona Mur Remix }} |
= Remix albums =
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ReDickUlous
| {{Track listing | title1 = Get Down – Give In | note1 = Remixed by Bard Torstensen of Clawfinger | length1 = 5:06 | title2 = It Won't Do | note2 = Surfacex Remix by Terran Westbrook | length2 = 4:47 | title3 = I Feel Fine | note3 = Soft Mix by Dead Combo | length3 = 4:09 | title4 = Lazy | note4 = Horny Refix by En Esch | length4 = 6:14 | title5 = It Won't Do | note5 = Grind Remix by Daniel Schmidt | length5 = 3:42 | title6 = Blast | note6 = Reality Mix by Great Mutant Skywheel | length6 = 4:37 | title7 = Merci Beaucoup | note7 = Merci Beauscrew by Loopy of Hanzel und Gretyl | length7 = 2:32 | title8 = Merci Beaucoup | note8 = Equuleus Remix by Truth | length8 = 4:53 | title9 = Idiot | note9 = Dummkopf Desert Remix by Vas Kallas of Hanzel und Gretyl | length9 = 5:43 | title10 = It Won't Do | note10 = Hart Aber Hertzlich Remix by Pure-X | length10 = 5:17 | title11 = It Won't Do | note11 = Chance's End Remix by Ryan Avery | length11 = 5:24 | title12 = Blast | note12 = Kaldbold Mix by F.Turiot@Kristen.Orb | length12 = 5:00 | title13 = I Feel Fine | note13 = Rodeo Mix by AL 9ER | length13 = 4:30 | total_length = 61:54 }} |
xSCREWciating
| {{Track listing | title1 = Hot Stuff | length1 = 7:06 | title2 = Let It Rain | note2 = Remixed by B-Audio | length2 = 6:07 | title3 = Mind over Matter | note3 = Remixed by Royce Fay and Gia Ionesco | length3 = 5:19 | title4 = Merry-Go-Round | note4 = Remixed by Gregg Ziemba | length4 = 5:16 | title5 = Get Laid | note5 = Remixed by Gravity Shock vs Fredx | length5 = 3:39 | title6 = Immer Wieder | note6 = Remixed by God Project | length6 = 5:51 | title7 = Hallelujah | note7 = Remixed by More Machine Than Man | length7 = 5:09 | title8 = Mind over Matter | note8 = Remixed by Russell Weiss | length8 = 5:35 | title9 = NY-Boogie | note9 = Remixed by B-Audio | length9 = 4:43 | title10 = Pulse | note10 = Remixed by DJ Fila Flip | length10 = 5:38 | title11 = Wonderful World | note11 = Remixed by Pure-X | length11 = 4:07 | title12 = Extra | note12 = Remixed by Kristen Orb | length12 = 5:07 | title13 = Pulse | note13 = Remixed by Pure-X | length13 = 4:18 | title14 = Wonderful World | note14 = Remixed by B-Audio | length14 = 6:43 | total_length = 74:44 }} |
= Singles =
- Wien – The Single (2008) – online single
References
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External links
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Category:Musical groups established in 1999
Category:German industrial music groups