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Richard "Scholle" Kruspe (b. 24 June, 1967 as Richard Zven Kruspe) is a German musician, most notable as the founder and lead-guitarist for the German Tanz-Metall ("Dance Metal") band Rammstein and Emigrate. He also used to be named "Bernstein", after his South African ex-wife Caron Bernstein. They were together for five years until separating in 2004 and filing for divorce to be finalised as of last year 2006, and now his name is back to the original Kruspe again. is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Rammstein is a German industrial metal band formed in 1994. ...
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Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ...
is the 175th day of the year (176th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ...
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Biography
Richard was born in Wittenberge, East Germany. He has two older sisters and an older brother. His parents divorced when he was young. His mother remarried, but he did not get along with his stepfather. They moved to the village of Weisen when he was young.
As a child, Richard was a fan of Kiss. According to him, KISS "represented capitalism in its purest sense, and every child was KISS-infected because they were so big. Kids wrote KISS on their notebooks, and if the teachers saw it, they could get kicked out of school just for having it written on their books." When he was twelve, he had a KISS poster in his room, but his stepfather tore it down and destroyed it, and Richard stayed up all night putting it back together. Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in 1972 (see 1972 in music). ...
At the age of sixteen, Richard and some friends visited Czechoslovakia, where he bought a guitar. He had originally planned to sell it, because they were very expensive and thought he could make a nice profit. However, once he returned to East Germany, a girl at a campground he was staying at asked him to play. He told her that he couldn't play, but she kept insisting, and Richard got mad and started strumming the strings. "The harder I played," Richard said, "the more excited she got. Something clicked in my head and I realized girls like guys who play guitars." This got him interested in playing the guitar, and as a result, he began playing every day and night for the next two years. This article is about the state which existed from 1949 to 1990. ...
At the age of nineteen, bored with the apathetic music scene in his hometown, he moved to East Berlin and lived on Lychener Straße and "made music all day." For two years, Richard lived in an apartment with a drum kit and guitar, and he made music by himself because he did not know anybody there. "It was a lonely time" according to Richard, but he used it to explore music. East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ...
On 10 October 1989, prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was riding through the subway. When he came above ground, he found himself in the middle of a political demonstration. He was hit on the head and arrested just for being there, and thrown in jail for six days. Once out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany. In those days, one couldn't just leave East Germany, so he entered West Germany through Czechoslovakia. When the wall came down, he moved back east. East German construction workers building the Berlin Wall, November 20, 1961. ...
Trivia - Richard was a wrestler when he was a teenager, but he hasn't wrestled for many years.
- Around 1991, Richard started the band Orgasm Death Gimmicks.
- In 1992, his daughter, Khira Li Lindemann was born. She is the daughter of Till Lindemann's ex-wife.
- Also in 1992, Richard made his first trip to the U.S. with Till Lindemann and Oliver "Ollie" Riedel. He realized that he didn't want to make American music and concentrated on creating a unique German sound.
- Richard married South African (American) actress Caron Bernstein [1] in 1999. The ceremony was Jewish and Richard composed the music for it. Richard took on the name Richard Kruspe-Bernstein during their marriage. They separated in 2004. Richard's name is now back to its original "Kruspe" as the divorce was finalized.
- Richard has a signature ESP guitar called the RZK-1 [2]. There is a cheaper version available for purchase as well called the LTD RZK-600. He previously played, and still does play, the Kirk Hammett signature guitar called the KH-2 as well as a custom ESP Guitar based on the Kirk Hammett KH-2 Signature guitar. He is the first German guitarist with a signature guitar series from ESP. Richard uses a black ESP Eclipse I CTM at the Rammstein performance in Nimes, France on July 23rd 2005.
- Sometime in 2001 he moved from Berlin to New York where he now resides to live closer to his ex-wife Caron.
- Richard speaks fluent English and sings in English for Emigrate.
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Birth of Rammstein -
Rammstein was started by Richard Kruspe. In 1989 he escaped from East Germany over the border between Austria and Hungary. He eventually ended up in West Berlin and started a band in 1991 (Orgasm Death Gimmicks). At that time he was very influenced by American music. After the wall came down, he moved back home to Schwerin where Till Lindemann worked as a basket weaver and played drums in the band First Arsch. For other uses, see Ramstein. ...
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At this time, Richard lived with Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (of the band The Inchtabokatables) and Christoph "Doom" Schneider (of Die Firma). Richard realized that the music he had previously made was not right for him. He envisioned something with machines and hard guitars together. The three started working together on a new project. Oliver Ollie Riedel (b. ...
The Inchtabokatables in concert at Zeche Carl (2001) Performing on string instruments (at Zeche Carl, 2001) The Inchtabokatables were a German band active from 1991 to 2002. ...
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Richard soon found it hard to write music and lyrics at the same time. He got Till to join them as he had often heard him singing while working. A contest for new bands was announced and the prize was studio time. The four of them recorded the first Rammstein demo and won. Paul H. Landers knew them all and wanted to know what they were doing. After listening, he agreed to join. At this point, all they needed for the machine-sound was a keyboarder. They tried to get Christian "Flake" Lorenz to join, as he had played with Paul before in the band Feeling B. Flake was not entirely thrilled with the idea at first and didn't want to join for a long time. But, he eventually agreed. Paul H. Landers (b. ...
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Feeling B was one of the first punk bands in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ...
About the time the band was formed, they all had relationship problems which provided the foundation for their debut album Herzeleid (Heartache) in 1995. Since then, they have reached gold and platinum status for their music and have become Germany's number one music export. Herzeleid (German for Heartache) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins first musical album. ...
Birth of Emigrate -
Richard began work on a solo project around this time, called Emigrate and work continues on it to this day. He had said he wanted to record an album in 2005. No other Rammstein band members are involved. They recently released three songs: "My World", "Wake Up" and "Babe", all available for download by subscribers of the band newsletter. For the song "My world" they released a video with the scenes of Resident Evil. In 2007, Emigrate's debut album was released. For information on emigration, see Emigration. ...
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Equipment
ESP Richard Z RZK-1 (Drop C tuning) Construction: Neck-thru body Scale: 25.5 Body: Alder Neck: 3-piece Hard Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Inlay: Rammstein Custom Bridge: Floyd Rose Nut: Lock Nut Pickups: EMG 81 with Chrome covers Frets: 24 Control: Master Volume, 3-way toggle pickup selector Colours: Custom Titanium finish
ESP Deluxe EC-1000 (Drop C or Drop D tunings) Construction: Set neck Body: Mahogany (quilted maple top on STBC, flamed maple top on ASB) Scale: 24,75 Neck: 3-pc. mahogany/rosewood Inlay: Abalone flags w/model name at 12th fret Bridge: ros locking w/stop tailpiece Pickups: EMG-81 and EMG-60 Frets: 24 XJ Electronics: Volume, tone, 3-way toggle Binding: White w/abalone (body, neck, headstock) Hardware: gold (BLK), black (STBC) Colors: Black, See-thru Black Cherry
ESP KH-2 Signature w/ Mirror Pickguard (Drop D tuning) Construction: Bolt-on Body: Alder Scale: 25.5 Neck: Maple/rosewood Inlay: Skull & Bones Bridge: Original Floyd Rose Pickups: EMG-81 active set Frets: 24 XJ Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle Binding: None Hardware: black Pickguard: Mirror Colors: Black
(Note: Richard's KH-2 had a mirror pickguard installed in 2000/2001)
ESP KH-2 w/ KH-4 pickguard (Standard E tuning) Construction: Bolt-on Body: Alder Scale: 25.5 Neck: Maple/rosewood Inlay: Skull & Bones Bridge: Original Floyd Rose Pickups: EMG-81 active set Frets: 24 XJ Electronics: 2 volume, tone, 3-way slotted toggle Binding: None Hardware: black Colors: Black
TAKAMINE EF341SC (Standard and Drop C tunings) Construction: Neck-thru-body Body shape: Dreadnought C/A Rosette: Concentric Rings Top: Solid Cedar Inlay: Snowflake Back: Maple Sides: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Electronics: CT4B Tuners: Chrome Features: Bound fretboard. Also Available as left handed model.
Amplifiers: Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier, Rath Amplification Effects: T-rex engineering, Rocktron and Digitech
playing ESP KH-4 Kirk Hammett Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Personal life Kruspe has one daughter, Khira Li Lindemann.
References The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...
External links - Rammstein Official Website (English)
- Rammstein Official Website (German)
- Emigrate Official Website (English)
- Emigrate Official Website (German)
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