Editing Laibach (section)

== Members ==
[[File:Laibach, Ivan Novak, Oslo, 2017.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Ivan "Jani" Novak in 2017. Novak has been Laibach member since the beginning of the group's career and the leader of the band since the departure of the band's forming member Dejan Knez in 2003. Credited as "[[Engineers of the human soul|engineer of the human soul]]", Novak is the spokesperson for Laibach and does not appear on stage during live performances.]]
[[File:Laibach Spectre Tour 2014 Koeln 2014 03 14 Milan Fras.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Milan Fras in concert in 2014. Fras has been Laibach lead vocalist since the death of the group's original frontman Tomaž Hostnik in 1982.]]
[[File:20160406 Bochum Laibach 0729.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|right|Mina Špiler in concert in 2016. Špiler performed with Laibach as keyboardist and vocalist from 2006 to 2018.]]
Laibach evolved from the band Salto Mortale, formed in 1978 by [[Dejan Knez]].<ref name="Janjatović169"/> The first incarnation of Laibach formed in 1980 included Dejan Knez, Tomaž Hostnik, Srečko Bajda, Andrej Lupinc, and Marko Košnik. Soon after that, Knez's relative Ivan "Jani" Novak and Milan Fras joined the band. First a quintet, Laibach quickly became a quartet and declared that the group had four members: "Vier Personen".

From mid-1980s to mid-1990s, while the core quartet included Dejan Knez, Milan Fras, Ervin Markošek and Ivan "Jani" Novak, the members frequently used the pseudonyms Dachauer, Keller, Saliger and Eber.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nskstate.com/laibach/reviews/laibachkunstderfuge.php |title=Laibach &#93; [ Konzert Fuer Das Kreuzschach Und Vier Schauspieler &#93; |website=Nskstate.com |access-date=6 November 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091014112748/http://www.nskstate.com/laibach/reviews/laibachkunstderfuge.php |archive-date=14 October 2009 }}</ref> The pseudonym Ivo Saliger was originally used by original singer Tomaž Hostnik and more recently by Ivan Novak.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laibach.org/tomaz-hostnik-08-11-1961-21-12-1982/|title=Tomaž Hostnik 08. 11. 1961 – 21. 12. 1982|website=Laibach.org|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202174559/http://www.laibach.org/tomaz-hostnik-08-11-1961-21-12-1982/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.km-k.at/en/event/ivan-novak-laibach/|title=Events – Ivo Saliger (Laibach) "LAIBACH: XY-UNSOLVED" :: KM– Künstlerhaus, Halle für Kunst & Medien|website=Km-k.at|access-date=12 August 2015|archive-date=21 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521064510/http://www.km-k.at/en/event/ivan-novak-laibach/|url-status=live}}</ref> The pseudonym Elk Eber has been used by Dejan Knez.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letsceefilmfestival.com/film-detail2015/items/ivo_salinger_und_elk_eber_victory_under.html?lang=en |title=Info: Master Class: Ivo Saliger & Elk Eber "Victory Under the Sun - Fiction and Reality" - letsceefilmfestival.com - DE |access-date=8 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090232/http://www.letsceefilmfestival.com/film-detail2015/items/ivo_salinger_und_elk_eber_victory_under.html?lang=en |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mg-lj.si/en/events/1104/dejan-knez-and-ivan-novak-guided-tour/|title=NSK From Kapital to Capital - Dejan Knez and Ivan Novak - guided tour - MG+MSUM|website=Mg-lj.si|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045342/http://www.mg-lj.si/en/events/1104/dejan-knez-and-ivan-novak-guided-tour/|url-status=live}}</ref> Former member Andrej Lupinc has continued to use the pseudonym Keller after leaving the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Keller+(2)|title=Keller (2)|website=Discogs|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=8 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108044723/http://www.discogs.com/artist/Keller+(2)|url-status=live}}</ref> Occasionally, other musicians supplemented the core group, some of whom included Oto Rimele (former guitarist for [[Lačni Franz]]), Nikola Sekulović (bass player for [[Demolition Group]]), and [[Anja Rupel]] (vocalist for [[Videosex]] and a solo artist).

On 20 June 2015, the band held a sound performance entitled ''Musical Nocturne'' with their most famous line-up of Knez, Novak, Fras and Markošek.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nsk.mg-lj.si/events/musical-nocturne-a-sound-performance-by-laibach-2/|title=Musical Nocturne - a sound performance by Laibach - NSK - From Kapital to Capital - Neue Slowenische Kunst Exhibition|website=Nsk.mg-lj/si|access-date=17 August 2017|archive-date=18 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818045301/http://nsk.mg-lj.si/events/musical-nocturne-a-sound-performance-by-laibach-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 9 May 2025, Laibach held a concert in Cukrarna gallery in Ljubljana "We Forge the Future, Reconstruction of a historical concert", which was a reconstruction of their 1983 Zagreb Biennale concert. Dejan Knez, Ivan Novak, Iztok Turk, Srečko Bajda, Luka Jamnik and Vitja Balžalorsky appeared on stage. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cukrarna.art/en/program/events/273/2025-05-09/21-00/laibach-we-forge-the-future//|title=We Forge the Future, Reconstruction of a historical concert|website=cukrarna.art|access-date=10 May 2025}}</ref>

=== Official members (pseudonyms) ===
* Eber (after Elk Eber)
* Saliger (after Ivo Saliger)
* Dachauer (after [[Wilhelm Dachauer]])
* Keller

=== Current touring band ===
* Milan Fras – vocals
* Ivan "Jani" Novak – bandleader, light, stage effects
* Marina Mårtensson – vocals, acoustic guitar
* Vitja Balžalorsky – guitar
* Bojan Krhlanko – drums
* Luka Jamnik – electronics, synthesizers
* Rok Lopatič – keyboards, synthesizers

=== Former members and collaborators ===
* Tomaž Hostnik – vocals, electronics (1980–1982)
* [[Dejan Knez]] – keyboards, drums, electronics (1980–2003)
* Srečko Bajda – electronics, voice, often humorously credited as Felix Casio
* Andrej Lupinc – electronics (1980–1982)
* Bine Zerko – electronics
* Ervin Markošek – drums, keyboards, electronics (left the band in 1989, returned for the studio album ''[[Kapital (album)|Kapital]]'', and appears on press photos until ''[[WAT (album)|WAT]]'')
* Marko Košnik – electronics (1981–1983)
* Marjan Benčina – electronics, synthesizers (1982–1983)
* [[Mina Špiler]] – vocals, synthesizer
* Vasja Ulrih – voice (on some early tracks, some tracks on ''[[NATO (album)|NATO]]'' and ''Kapital'' studio albums and on "S topom te bom ciljal, moja mala" single)
* Janko Novak – operatic voice (on some tracks on the ''[[Let It Be (Laibach album)|Let It Be]]'' studio album)
* [[Borut Kržišnik]] – guitar
* Oto Rimele – guitar
* Matej Mršnik – guitar
* Dare Hočevar – bass
* Nikola Sekulović – bass
* Dragoslav Radojković – drums (1982–1986)
* Roman Dečman – drums (1986–2006)
* Janez Gabrič – drums (2006–2018)
* Bojan Khrlanko – drums (2018)
* Eva Breznikar – vocals, percussion (''[[WAT (album)|WAT]]'' and ''[[Volk (album)|Volk]]'' tours)
* Nataša Regovec – vocals, percussion (''WAT'' and ''Volk'' tours)
* Sašo Vollmaier – synthesizer, piano
* Boris Benko – vocals
* Primož Hladnik
* Damjan Bizilj – synthesizer
* Iztok Turk – electronics, composer
* [[Anja Rupel]] – vocals
* Jože Pegam – various instruments
* Matjaž Pegam
* Peter Mlakar – speeches
* Sašo Podgoršek – videos
* Grant Austin – sound engineer 
* Svetozar Mišić – documentation
* Anže Rozman – live orchestral arrangements
* Álvaro Domínguez Vázquez – live orchestral arrangements
* [[Slavko Avsenik Jr.]] – orchestral and choir arrangements (from ''[[Opus Dei (album)|Opus Dei]]'' to ''[[Spectre (Laibach album)|Spectre]]'')