Schwein (German forpig as well aspork) is a music group comprising members ofBuck-Tick,KMFDM, andPig. Members Raymond Watts (PIG; vocals, programming, guitar) andHisashi Imai (Buck-Tick; guitar and noise), both having worked together inSchaft, were joined byAtsushi Sakurai (Buck-Tick; vocals),Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM; vocals and programming) andLucia Cifarelli (KMFDM; vocals).[1][2] In 2001 Schwein released an album,Schweinstein, which peaked at number 18 onOricon's album chart,[3] followed by theremix albumSon 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 2023 interview withVisual Music Japan, Raymond Watts talked about the project and cited Schwein as his favorite collaboration to date and called Sakurai a "grand vocalist".[6]
