Editing Slick Idiot (section)

== 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.<ref>[http://www.schulzmusic.com/home.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423042907/http://www.schulzmusic.com/home.htm |date=23 April 2006 }}</ref> The band co-headlined, along with [[Hanzel und Gretyl]], the first Gothicfest at the [[Odeum Expo Center]] in Illinois.<ref>{{cite book | last=Atkins|first=Martin | authorlink=Martin Atkins | title=Tour:Smart: And Break the Band | page=210 | publisher=Chicago Review Press | year=2007}}</ref> 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, "[[Vienna, City of My Dreams (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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> Mur again performed the Slick Idiot female vocal parts along with songs from the Mur and Esch collaboration.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}