Schwein

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title: "Schwein" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kmfdm", "japanese-supergroups", "japanese-industrial-music-groups", "german-industrial-music-groups", "musical-groups-established-in-2001"] description: "Band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwein" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Schwein (German for pig as well as pork) is a music group comprising members of Buck-Tick, KMFDM, and Pig. Members Raymond Watts (PIG; vocals, programming, guitar) and Hisashi Imai (Buck-Tick; guitar and noise), both having worked together in Schaft, were joined by Atsushi Sakurai (Buck-Tick; vocals), Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM; vocals and programming) and Lucia Cifarelli (KMFDM; vocals). | title = Sakurai Atsushi JaME Profile | work = jame-world.com | url = http://www.jame-world.com/us/artists-biography-423-sakurai-atsushi.html | access-date = 2011-09-10}}

In 2001 Schwein released an album, Schweinstein, which peaked at number 18 on Oricon's album chart, followed by the remix album Son of Schweinstein. Schwein toured Japan in the summer of 2001. However, Konietzko did not tour with them, citing illness and a desire to focus on KMFDM. In an extensive 2023 interview for Visual Music Japan (VMJ) with Mandah Frénot, Raymond Watts talked about the project and cited Schwein as his favorite collaboration to date and called Sakurai a "grand vocalist".

Discography

Studio album

| headline = Schweinstein (May 9, 2001) | total_length = 53:04 | title1 = You're My Disease | music1 = Sascha Konietzko/Lucia Cifarelli | lyrics1 = Sascha Konietzko/Atsushi Sakurai/Lucia Cifarelli | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = Crown | music2 = Hisashi Imai | lyrics2 = Raymond Watts | length2 = 3:26 | title3 = Spank the Monkey | music3 = Raymond Watts | lyrics3 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai | length3 = 5:00 | title4 = Lard, Lips, Liquor | length4 = 4:12 | music4 = Raymond Watts | lyrics4 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai/Sascha Konietzko | title5 = Porno | music5 = Sascha Konietzko/Lucia Cifarelli | lyrics5 = Atsushi Sakurai | length5 = 4:37 | title6 = Organzola | music6 = Sascha Konietzko | lyrics6 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai | length6 = 4:17 | title7 = Schwein | music7 = Sascha Konietzko | lyrics7 = Sascha Konietzko/Atsushi Sakurai | length7 = 3:57 | title8 = World's Junk | music8 = Hisashi Imai | lyrics8 = Raymond Watts | length8 = 4:28 | title9 = Slip | music9 = Hisashi Imai | lyrics9 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai | length9 = 4:21 | title10 = Fantasia | music10 = Raymond Watts | lyrics10 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai | length10 = 6:49 | title11 = My Sanctuary | music11 = Raymond Watts | lyrics11 = Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai | length11 = 7:39

• Track 11 is a bonus track in the CD release. The track is a Japanese version of "My Sanctuary" by Pig from the Wrecked album.

Remixed album

| headline = Son of Schweinstein (September 5, 2001) | total_length = 52:22 | extra_column = Remixer | title1 = You're My Disease | note1 = Ken Ishii Mix | extra1 = Ken Ishii | length1 = 6:28 | title2 = Organzola | note2 = Main Mix | extra2 = Charlie Clouser | length2 = 5:53 | title3 = Lard, Lips, Liquor | note3 = Shadow | extra3 = Hisashi Imai and Kazutoshi Yokoyama | length3 = 5:58 | title4 = Fantasia | note4 = Kosh & Carry Pig Mix | extra4 = Raymond Watts | length4 = 6:54 | title5 = Porno | note5 = Strip Down Dub | extra5 = Haloblack | length5 = 4:39 | title6 = Spank the Monkey | note6 = Can't Save Shant Save Mix | extra6 = One True Parker | length6 = 6:17 | title7 = World's Junk | note7 = R.K. Mix | extra7 = Russell Kearney | length7 = 4:36 | title8 = Slip | note8 = Mekon Mix | extra8 = Mekon | length8 = 5:42 | title9 = Organzola | note9 = Dub Mix | extra9 = Charlie Clouser | length9 = 5:55

Members

Official members

• Raymond Watts - guitars, programming, vocals (PIG, Schaft, KMFDM)
• Atsushi Sakurai - vocals (Buck-Tick)
• Hisashi Imai - guitars, noises (Buck-Tick, Schaft)
• Sascha Konietzko - programming, vocals, percussion (KMFDM)

Guest musicians

• Lucia Cifarelli - vocals (KMFDM)
• Jules Hodgson - guitars, bass, programming (KMFDM)
• Chris Ignatiou - guitars (One Minute Silence)
• Kazutoshi Yokoyama - Manipulate, Additional programming (Buck-Tick touring member)
• Julian Beeston - Additional programming
• Steve White - guitars, programming

Touring members

• Bryan Black - keyboards
• Arianne Schreiber - backing vocals
• Andy Selway - drums (KMFDM)

References

References

1. (12 March 2001). "BUCK-TICKのメンバーも参加の「SCHWEIN/シュバイン」とは一体何者!？". Barks.
2. "SCHWEINのアルバム売上TOP2作品".
3. "Schwein". [[Oricon]].
4. "Schwein". Schwein.
5. VMJ. (2023-05-20). "PIG {{!}} The art of provocation: Raymond Watts’ (PIG) musical & creative ventures – fasten your seatbelt and brace yourself for impact".
6. (2023). "PIG {{!}} The art of provocation: Raymond Watts' (PIG) musical journey and creative ventures, fasten your seatbelt and brace yourself for impact".
7. (17 October 2020). "You're My Disease - This is NOT Greatest Site".
8. (1 December 2020). "Crown - This is NOT Greatest Site".
9. (17 October 2020). "Spank the Monkey - This is NOT Greatest Site".
10. (17 October 2020). "Lard, Lips, Liquor - This is NOT Greatest Site".
11. (17 October 2020). "Porno - This is NOT Greatest Site".
12. (17 October 2020). "Organzola - This is NOT Greatest Site".
13. (1 October 2022). "Schwein - This is NOT Greatest Site".
14. (17 October 2020). "World's Junk - This is NOT Greatest Site".
15. (17 October 2020). "Slip - This is NOT Greatest Site".
16. (17 January 2022). "Fantasia - This is NOT Greatest Site".
17. (17 October 2020). "My Sanctuary - This is NOT Greatest Site".

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