Dejan Knez, born May 18, 1961 in Trbovlje, Slovenia. An autodidact. A Slovenian artist, musician, painter and founder of the band(it)s Laibach, 300 000 V.K., Der Sturm, a co-founder of the NK (Neue Kunsthandlung/Novi kolektivizem), the NSK and Transcentral Tesla [(R.O.G.) Radio Organized Gravity].
Dejan Knez is the son of the Slovenian painter Janez Knez. In 1978 he formed the band Salte Morale.[1] This band evolved into Laibach during the summer holidays of 1980. Soon after Knez formed the side-project 300.000 V.K..
With 300 000 V.K.'s album Titan he became an unofficial composer for the E.S.A (European Space Agency) and the NASA. He in also active in painting, graphic an industrial design, and architecture.