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En Esch
En Esch performing with Slick Idiot at Chief Ike's Mambo Room, Washington D.C. in May 2006
Background information
Birth name	Nicklaus Schandelmaier
Associated acts	KMFDM, Pigface, Slick Idiot

En Esch (born Nicklaus Schandelmaier) is a contemporary musician and has been a member of the bands KMFDM, Pigface, and Slick Idiot.

History

Sascha Konietzko claims to have given Esch his nickname because the latter felt that his real name was inappropriate for the stage. It is derived from the German pronunciation of the first sounds in his name. Esch left KMFDM in 1999 and formed Slick Idiot with bandmate Günter Schulz. He has since begun working actively with Pigface again, joining them on tour in 2005. He currently resides in Berlin, and has completed work on a new Slick Idiot album, S_U_C_K_S_E_S_S.

Esch was rumored to be the replacement lead singer of industrial group Rammstein, but this turned out to be a hoax. ^[1]

He released a solo album, Cheesy, in 1993.

In 2007, he began collaborating with fellow German musician Mona Mur. The two released the album 120 Tage in February 2009, and are currently performing together in support of the release.

Discography

Solo

• Cheesy (1993 album)
• Confidence (1993 single)

With Pigface

Partial Discography of albums En Esch appeared on as part of Pigface.

• Gub (1990)
• Welcome to Mexico... Asshole (1991)
• Fook (album) (1992)
• Washingmachine Mouth (1992)
• Truth Will Out (1993)
• Easy Listening... (2003)
• 6 (2009)

With Mona Mur

• 120 Tage - The Fine Art of Beauty and Violence (2009)

References