Günter Schulz

Günter Schulz
Schulz in 2010 with Slick Idiot
Background information
Also known as	Svetlana Ambrosius Svet Am King Gruntner
Born	(1963-01-26) 26 January 1963 (age 61) Neuenkirchen, West Germany
Genres	Industrial rock nu jazz
Occupations	Musician songwriter
Instruments	Guitar programming
Years active	1990–present
Labels	Wax Trax! Cleopatra Sudden Death

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 KMFDM's album Naïve in 1990, although already having appeared on the "Godlike" single which was released 3 months prior (albeit uncredited). He continued using that stage name until 1995's Nihil. Schulz displayed an impressive mastery of speed metal guitar skills and co-wrote many of KMFDM's songs in the 1990s. He also wrote and performed in various KMFDM side projects, including two albums with Sascha Konietzko's Excessive Force and a solo album by En Esch. He currently resides in Vancouver, 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 tablature.

After KMFDM disbanded in 1999, Schulz and Esch recorded a few songs for tribute albums and then formed Slick Idiot, 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.^[1]

Schulz is interested in photography and took many of the band portraits that appear in KMFDM and Slick Idiot liner notes. 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.^[2] He was part of PIG's touring line-up in the summer of 2006, thus reuniting with fellow KMFDM alumni Raymond Watts.^[3]

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

Discography

KMFDM

• Naïve (1990)
• Money (1992)
• Angst (1993)
• Nihil (1995)
• Xtort (1996)
• Symbols (1997)
• Adios (1999)

Excessive Force

• Conquer Your World (1991)
• Gentle Death (1993)

Pig

• Wrecked (1996)
• Genuine American Monster (1999)
• The Gospel (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

1. "Mona Mur & En Esch Interview". Deutschmusikland.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
2. [1] Archived 23 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
3. [2] Archived 14 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine

Further reading

• Pearson, Gary (1998). "Günter Schulz". The Creative Voice: Life and Art in the Okanagan. Prince George, BC: Caitlin Press. pp. 208–216. ISBN 0-920576-74-5. LCCN 99187004. OCLC 1310600289 – via the Internet Archive.

External links

• Official website
• Guenter Schulz photography