Paul H. Landers (b. December 9, 1964 in Baumschulenweg, Berlin, Germany) is a German musician, most notable as the rhythm-guitarist for the German Tanz-Metall ("Dance Metal") band Rammstein. is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Rhythm guitar is a guitar that is primarily used to provide rhythmic and harmonic accompaniment for a singer or for other instruments in an ensemble. ... The Neue Deutsche Härte (New German hardness) is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in the German speaking world in the 1990s. ... For other uses, see Ramstein. ...

Biography and name origin

Paul's real name was Heiko Paul Hiersche, which he hated. He moved out of his parents' house at the age of 16 due to fights with his step-father and subsequently switched his first names, also in honour of his biological father. He soon left out Heiko, making his name Paul Hiersche. When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of 20), he took his wife's surname, thus making his name Paul Landers.

Paul and Nikki had a son, Emil, whose date of birth is unknown. They later divorced (c. 1987), but he kept her last name. After that, he lived with his Feeling B band mate Christian "Flake" Lorenz for a number of years. Paul has since had a daughter. Whether he is married again is unknown. Feeling B was one of the first punk bands in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... Christian Flake Lorenz [pronounced Lor-ents] (b. ...

Career

In 1983, Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, together with Flake Lorenz and Aljoscha Rompe, in which Christoph Schneider would later also play. In 1986, Landers formed First Arsch with Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe. He also played in a number of other bands including Die Firma and Die Magdalene Keibel Combo. Christoph Doom Schneider (b. ... Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ... Till Lindemann (b. ... Richard Zven Kruspe (born June 24, 1967) is a German musician, most notable for being one of the guitarists for the industrial metal band Rammstein. ...

Lindemann, Kruspe, Schneider and bassist Oliver "Ollie" Riedel entered and won the Berlin Senate Metro Beat Contest in 1994 that enabled them to have a four-track demo professionally recorded. Landers and Flake soon followed suit to join the band which became known as Rammstein. Oliver Ollie Riedel (b. ... For other uses, see Ramstein. ...

Equipment

Paul plays two Music Man Van Halen guitars and according to the Live Aus Berlin DVD Trivia Game; in his guitar-rack there is a Tech 21 PSA-1 preamp, of which he only uses one preset; he goes from the preamp to the mixer and into a Mesa/Boogie Strategy 500 power amp and two Marshall 4x12" cabinets. When playing in C tuning, Paul uses a Custom Les Paul Studio. During the Völkerball performance of the song "Rammstein", Paul is seen using another Custom Les Paul Studio which was drop D tuned for the song. He also uses EMG 60 and EMG 81 pickups. Music Man can refer to multiple things: For the play, see The Music Man For the guitar company, see Music Man (company) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Live aus Berlin (German for Live from Berlin or Live out of Berlin) is a recording of a concert by the German NDH-metal band Rammstein in 1998. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Völkerball (German for Peoples ball or Dodge ball) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins live album/DVD set. ... Drop D tuning (or simply drop-D) is a guitar tuning style in which the lowest (sixth) string is tuned (dropped) to D rather than E as in standard tuning. ... EMG 60 is a famous active humbucker guitar pickup manufactured by EMG. It is usually considered as a rhythm pickup for use in neck position, paired with EMG 81 as a lead pickup in bridge position. ... EMG 81 is a famous active humbucker guitar pickup manufactured by EMG. It is usually considered as a lead pickup for use in bridge position, paired with EMG 85 as a rhythm pickup in neck position, however, its not uncommon to see a guitar with two EMG 81s in...

Trivia

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• He lived in Moscow for a short time as a young child.
• He is falsely rumoured to have been a gymnast at school.
• Landers speaks fluent Russian but he can't read or write it.
• Landers has said that he likes Pantera, Metallica and Sex Pistols.
• Former jobs include working as a boilermaker and a telecommunications mechanic.
• Landers is a self-taught guitarist. [1] He can also play the piano and violin, which he learned to as a child.
• In the video for the song Engel, Landers replaces Schneider on the drums.
• Created two remixes for Knorkator's album Ich hasse Musik under the moniker "APUL".

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External links

• Rammstein.com - Official site (English)
• Rammstein.de - Official site (German)
• Info on "Feeling B"
• "Feeling B" - Look out! We're coming to get you!
• Rammstein-Interviews.com