Biography of Ramstein

Richard Z. Kruspe - guitar, vocals of Paul H. Almost all the songs of the group are performed in German. Rammstein also became famous for stage shows and shocking texts. Kruspe, a fan of Kiss, was looking for the possibility of connecting their favorite hard rock with the electronic sound of industrial. To do this, he united his efforts with his neighbors Oliver Ridel Basitar and Christoph Schneider drums.

Richard later met with the novice athlete Til Lindeman, who sang well and knew how to write poetry, and invited him to the group. The song of the “Ramstein” song of the same name of the same name is about this accident. In the year, Rammstein won the contest of young groups in Berlin by four, having received the right to record in a professional studio. A year later, the second guitarist Paul Landers joined the group, and then the Kristian Lorenz keyboard player, who played in the punk group of Feeling B.

In this composition and with producer Jacob Helner, the debut album of Herzeleid was recorded. All texts on this album, as on most subsequent ones, are written by Lindemannaya. After several unsuccessful attempts to write texts in English, as Label demanded, Til insisted on writing songs in German. Released on the Motor Music Label, the first Rammstein disc gained wide popularity, becoming the "gold".

This brought the group additional fame. In support of the Rammstein album, a tour of Europe on the warm -up of Clawfinger was performed. At the concerts of Rammstein, bright pyrotechnic shows were shown. This was contributed to the previous work of Tilya Pyrotechnician. At this time, the press in some countries began to spread about a group of rumors that its participants were Nazis.

The reason for this was a defiant brutal aesthetics of the Rammstein show. Due to such rumors, several concerts in Poland and the Czech Republic were torn off. The musicians were outraged by such a slander. However, scandalous fame only added popularity to them. In the year, Rammstein first performed on the MTV television channel. The group enjoys great success both in Germany and beyond, and after the release of the album “Reise, Reise” they became the most popular group of all times in German.

Several singles Rammstein were the top ten in Germany. Astronomer from France Jean-Claude Merlene, a fan of the group, was opened by a small planet in a belt of asteroids. The asteroid received from it the name "Rammstein", in honor of the group. However, it mixes elements of electronic industrial, and an alternative metal, and other genres. Among the groups that have influenced Rammstein, Laibach, Kraftwerk and Oomph!.

The texts of the texts of the songs Rammstein relate to a wide range of topics.

Many of them are provocative and provocative. Almost the entire Rammstein lyrics are written in German. In the texts there are frequent puns based on different meanings of certain German words. In this regard, their literal translation into other languages ​​is almost impossible. The group members themselves believe that their music sounds only with German texts.

However, the group has several songs in other languages. It is interesting that even after the appearance of these versions, the English -language audience did not stop listening to the original options. Also, the unofficial album “Kein Engel”, created by the audience, included the song “Shtil” of the Russian group “Aria”, performed by Rammstein in Russian.

The image of Rammstein supports a bright image in their concert shows and video clips. Among the clips there are scandalously known, which shows violence or a naked nature, there are also several ironic clips. Musicians often act and are removed by half -naked, for which they were even accused of “the cult of power” and “propaganda of German superiority”, comparing their aesthetics with the Estetics of the Third Reich.

The musicians themselves are outraged with such comparisons. The Links song is devoted to their refutation, where they reject from the ultra-right fascist ideology: they want my heart to be on the right. But I just need to lower my eyes:.