Schwein

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).^[1]^[2] In 2001 Schwein released an album, Schweinstein, which peaked at number 18 on Oricon's album chart,^[3] followed by the remix album Son of Schweinstein.^[4] Schwein toured Japan in the summer of 2001. However, Konietzko did not tour with them, citing illness and a desire to focus on KMFDM.^[5] In a extensive 2023 interview for Visual Music Japan (VMJ) with Mandah Frénot^[6], Raymond Watts talked about the project and cited Schwein as his favorite collaboration to date and called Sakurai a "grand vocalist".^[7]

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No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"You're My Disease^[8]"	Sascha Konietzko/Sakurai Atsushi/Lucia Cifarelli	Sascha Konietzko/Lucia Cifarelli	4:18
2.	"Crown^[9]"	Raymond Watts	Hisashi Imai	3:26
3.	"Spank The Monkey^[10]"	Raymond Watts/Sakurai Atsushi	Raymond Watts	5:00
4.	"Lard, Lips, Liquor^[11]"	Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai/Sascha Konietzko	Raymond Watts	4:12
5.	"Porno^[12]"	Atsushi Sakurai	Sascha Konietzko/Lucia Cifarelli	4:37
6.	"Organzola^[13]"	Raymond Watts/Atsushi Sakurai	Sascha Konietzko	4:17
7.	"Schwein^[14]"	Sascha Konietzko/Sakurai Atsushi	Sascha Konietzko	3:57
8.	"World's Junk^[15]"	Raymond Watts	Hisashi Imai	4:28
9.	"Slip^[16]"	Raymond Watts/Sakurai Atsushi	Hisashi Imai	4:21
10.	"Fantasia^[17]"	Raymond Watts/Sakurai Atsushi	Raymond Watts	6:49
11.	"My Sanctuary^[18]"	Raymond Watts/Sakurai Atsushi	Raymond Watts	7:39
Total length:				53:04

Schwein

Discography

Studio album

Schweinstein (2001)

Remixed album

Members

Official members

Guest musicians

Touring members

References

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