How much of a jump was it from being poet to being vocalist in a musical environment?
Nicole: I always wrote to music so it was never that much of a jump. The first thing I recorded was with [NYC producer] Kramer. It was a track called “Indictment” that was later adapted into “Dogma” [on KMFDM’s Xtort album]. I was KMFDM’s publicist at this time and they asked me to open their tour for them [the 1995 tour supporting Nihil]. I had given Sasha a copy of the single. I had wanted to call it “Indictment” but, as you know, every song on Xtort had five letters. So I knew their tour was coming up in about a month and Sasha calls me late one Sunday night. I’d been out with some friends and was really drunk. [Slurs heavily] “Hello?” And he tells me that he wanted me to come out on tour with them. He wanted me to open the show. “No,” I said, “you’ve got Dink opening the show.” Dink was this band from Cleveland or Chicago or wherever–really nice guys. He says, “I want you to do ‘Indictment’ on the tour. I’ll pay you. You’ll come along for the whole tour. It’ll be fun.” I thought h
