Guenter Schulz

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Guenter Schulz
Image:Gunterschulz.jpg Promotional image for the KMFDM album Symbols
Background information
Birth name	Günter Schulz
Also known as	Svetlana Ambrosius, Svet Am
Born	Unknown
Origin	Germany
Genre(s)	Industrial Rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1990 - present
Label(s)	Wax Trax!, Cleopatra Records
Associated acts	KMFDM, Slick Idiot, PIG, Schulz

Guenter Schulz, born Günter Schulz, is a German-born guitarist formerly of the band KMFDM. His first credited appearance (as Svetlana Ambrosius, or Svet Am) was on the band's Naïve album (1990). 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 from 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, British Columbia.

In early manifestations of the KMFDM web site, 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 familiar snarl. The band has, as of 2005, released three albums. KMFDM reconstituted in 2001, though Schulz rejected Konietzko's offer to return to the fold.^{[citation needed]}

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".

In 2005, Schulz announced the formation of a self-titled solo project. [1] He was part of PIG's touring line-up in the summer of 2006, thus reuniting with fellow KMFDM alum Raymond Watts. [2]