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Rammstein (pronounced [ˈʀamʃtaɪ̯n]) is a German Industrial metal band, founded in Germany, and consisting of Till Lindemann (lead vocals), Richard Z. Kruspe (lead guitar and backing vocals), Paul H. Landers (rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Oliver "Ollie" Riedel (bass guitar), Christoph "Doom" Schneider (drums and percussion) and Christian "Flake" Lorenz (keyboards). The band is widely accepted as part of the NDH-scene, alongside bands such as Oomph! and Die Krupps. Their sound has been dubbed as Tanz-Metall (lit. "Dance Metal").^[1]^[2]^[3] Their songs are performed almost exclusively in German. Formed in 1994, they have sold over 14 million records worldwide.^[4] Rammstein's entire catalogue is published by Universal Music Group. This article is about the town. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Rammstein_in_concerto_a_Milano_il_24_Febbraio_2005. ... For other uses, see Apocalyptica (disambiguation). ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ... The Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte (New German hardness) is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in the German speaking world in the 1990s. ... The Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte (New German hardness) is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in the German speaking world in the 1990s. ... In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Motor Music Records is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ... Republic Records logo. ... Slash Records is a record label. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ... For information on emigration, see Emigration. ... Feeling B was one of the first punk bands in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ... Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ... Till Lindemann (b. ... Richard Scholle Kruspe (b. ... Paul H. Landers (b. ... Oliver Ollie Riedel (b. ... Christoph Doom Schneider (b. ... Christian Flake Lorenz (pronounced Flak-uh Lor-ents; born 6 November 1966), sometimes called Doktor Lorenz) is a German musician, notable as the keyboardist for the German Tanz-Metall (Dance Metal) band Rammstein. ... Till Lindemann (b. ... Harry Belafonte singing, photograph by C. van Vechten Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with speech. ... Richard Scholle Kruspe (b. ... Lead guitar refers to a role within a band, that provides melody or melodic material, as opposed to the rhythm of the rhythm guitar, bass, and drums. ... A backup vocalist or background singer (or, especially in the U.S., backup singer or sometimes background singer) is a singer who sings in harmony with the lead vocalist, other backing vocalists, or alone but not singing the lead. ... Paul H. Landers (b. ... 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. ... Oliver Ollie Riedel (b. ... A sunburst-colored Fender Precision Bass The electric bass guitar (or electric bass[1][2]; pronounced , as in base) is a bass stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers (either by plucking, slapping, popping, or tapping) or using a pick. ... Christoph Doom Schneider (b. ... A drum kit (or drum set or trap set) is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as a cowbell, wood block, chimes or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer. ... Percussion redirects here. ... Christian Flake Lorenz (pronounced Flak-uh Lor-ents; born 6 November 1966), sometimes called Doktor Lorenz) is a German musician, notable as the keyboardist for the German Tanz-Metall (Dance Metal) band Rammstein. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte (New German hardness) is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in the German speaking world in the 1990s. ... OOMPH! is a German crossover group. ... Die Krupps is a German electropunk/EBM band, formed in 1980 by JÃ¼rgen Engler and Bernward Malaka in DÃ¼sseldorf. ... Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. ...

Although the majority of their songs are written in German, Rammstein has had massive success across the world. It has been confirmed that the band has reunited from their vacation and has begun writing their sixth studio album, which will be released sometime in the fourth quarter of 2008.

History

Rammstein takes its name indirectly from the western German town of Ramstein-Miesenbach, site of a flight show disaster on August 28, 1988. The band's signature song, the eponymous Rammstein, is a commemoration of the tragedy that took place at the Ramstein Air Base. At the show, three Italian air force jets collided and fell into the audience. About 40 spectators died in the first minutes, and several hundred more were injured. In the next two months, the death toll rose to 72. The extra "m" in the band's name makes it translate literally as "ramming stone." In a short period before the band became well known, they performed using the name "Rammstein-Flugschau" (literally meaning Rammstein-Airshow.) Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Ramstein-Miesenbach is a union community near Kaiserslautern in the Rhineland Palatinate province of Germany. ... The Ramstein airshow disaster was one of the worlds worst airshow disasters which took place in front of an audience of 300,000 people on August 28, 1988 in Ramstein, county of Kaiserslautern, Germany, at the US Ramstein Air Base airshow Flugtag 88. ... is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Rammstein is the title of a song by the the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein of the album titled Herzeleid. ... Boeing C-17A Lot XII Globemaster III Serial 00-0172 Spirit of the Cascades at the Ramstein cargo terminal. ...

Rammstein was started by Richard Z. Kruspe. He eventually ended up in West Berlin and started a band in 1993, Orgasm Death Gimmicks. At that time, he was very influenced by American music, especially that of KISS. After the Berlin 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 (First Arse). Image File history File links Rammstein-flamethrowers. ... Image File history File links Rammstein-flamethrowers. ... Richard Scholle Kruspe (b. ... Boroughs of West Berlin West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. ... View in 1986 from the west side of graffiti art on the walls infamous death strip Walls poster in memory of the fall. ... Till Lindemann (b. ... Rammstein is a German band formed in 1993. ...

At this time, Richard lived with Oliver Riedel, of the band The Inchtabokatables, and Christoph "Doom" Schneider (of Die Firma). Richard realized that the music he had previously created did not properly suit him. He envisioned something that would combine machines as well as the sound of hard guitars. The three started working together on a new project. Oliver Ollie Riedel (b. ... Christoph Doom Schneider (b. ...

Richard soon found it extremely difficult to write both music and lyrics at the same time, so he got Lindemann to join Rammstein. Richard first discovered Till when he overheard him singing while he was working. A contest was held in Berlin for amateur bands in 1994, and the winner would receive the opportunity to record a four track demo CD in a professional studio. Kruspe, Schneider, Riedel, and Lindemann won the contest, and sparked the attention of Paul Landers, who wanted in on the project as upon hearing their demo. At this point, all Rammstein needed to complete their machine-sound was a keyboarder. Rammstein then attempted to recruit Christian "Flake" Lorenz, who had played with Landers in Feeling B. At first, Lorenz was hesitant, but eventually agreed to join the band. Paul H. Landers (b. ... Christian Flake Lorenz (pronounced Flak-uh Lor-ents; born 6 November 1966), sometimes called Doktor Lorenz) is a German musician, notable as the keyboardist for the German Tanz-Metall (Dance Metal) band Rammstein. ... Feeling B was one of the first punk bands in the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany). ...

Rammstein also has an asteroid named in its honor, 110393 Rammstein. Some believe their name was chosen because of the music video for "Amerika," which displayed the six members of the band floating above the moon sporting NASA's astronaut suits. 110393 RAMMSTEIN is an asteroid (officially a minor planet) named after the German rock band Rammstein. ...

Rammstein has released five full-length studio albums: Herzeleid ("Heartache"), Sehnsucht ("Longing"), Mutter ("Mother"), Reise, Reise ("Arise, arise")^[5], Rosenrot ("Rose-red"), two live albums Live aus Berlin ("Live from Berlin") and Völkerball ("Dodgeball") and one compilation DVD Lichtspielhaus ("Cinema"). While Herzeleid was well-received, Sehnsucht is widely regarded as Rammstein's break-through album, though the appearance of two tracks from Herzeleid on the soundtrack for the David Lynch film Lost Highway also contributed significantly to Rammstein's international recognition. In 1999, between their second and third album, they published a live album called Live aus Berlin. The production of the follow-up album Mutter was an experience fraught with difficulty for the band. Herzeleid (dated German for Heartache) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins first musical album. ... Sehnsucht (German for Longing and sometimes translated as Hunger) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins second album. ... This article is about the album by Rammstein. ... Reise, Reise (German for Arise, Arise (naval jargon) or Travel, travel or Journey, journey) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins fourth album. ... Rosenrot (German: rose-red, listen) is the German Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte band Rammsteins fifth musical album. ... 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. ... VÃ¶lkerball (German for Peoples ball) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins live album/DVD set. ... DVD Cover Lichtspielhaus (German for Cinema, nowadays called Kino, literally, light-game-house) is Rammsteins second DVD. It is compilation of all their videos to date, some live performances, commercial advertisements and trailers, and making-ofs. ... For other persons named David Lynch, see David Lynch (disambiguation). ... For the Bon Jovi album, see Lost Highway (album). ...

A live Rammstein DVD, named Völkerball, was released on November 17, 2006 in Germany (and other parts of Europe), with concert footage from France, England, Japan, and Russia, alongside a CD as well. There are three versions of the set, one, including a 190 page tour book. Due to unforeseen popularity of the package, the limited edition sold out - forcing a second pressing run. The DVD/CD package was released in the United States on September 17, 2007. VÃ¶lkerball (German for Peoples ball) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins live album/DVD set. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

The band took a time out in 2006, and began work again on 2007. In an interview with German rapper Bushido, who contributed to the Electro Ghetto Remix of Amerika, on January 21, 2007, Bushido reported recording a song with Rammstein called Vergiss uns nicht ("Don't forget us"). In this interview Bushido also mentioned that he was unsure of whether it would be on their "Best of" album or not. This was the first mention of a "Best of" album, or the new album all together.^[6]^[7] In addition, keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz confirmed this in an interview with Metal Hammer Germany in November, stating that they would most likely release a new album in 2008. The band didn't tour during 2007 due to current album production. Their website confirmed work on a new album, but no word of a "Best of" album has been mentioned. Bushido (September 28, 1978 in Bonn, Germany), born Anis Mohamed Youssef Ferchichi, is a German rapper whose style is strongly influenced by American Gangsta rap. ... is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ...

Style

Although Rammstein is often generalized as Neue Deutsche Härte, its music spans a variety of related styles, including industrial hard rock, heavy metal and electronic music with influences of punk rock, pop music and gothic rock, due to their use of keyboards to emulate strings, choirs or pianos. The band was influenced by Laibach, a Slovenian neo-classical and industrial group. Other influences include, Oomph!, and Ministry, but the contrast between individual songs such as Du riechst so gut, Bestrafe mich, Ohne dich and Te quiero puta! makes the band difficult to classify, though most simply refer to them as industrial metal. The band's very, very diverse range of influence has, unsurprisingly, made them appealing to tastes of all kinds, but they are chiefly renowned in industrial, electronica, and heavy metal circles. Image File history File links Rammstein_-_Bestrafe_mich_(sample). ... Image File history File links Rammstein_-_Ohne_dich_(sample). ... Image File history File links Rammstein_-_Zwitter_(sample). ... The Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte (New German hardness) is a direction in hard rock/metal music that developed in the German speaking world in the 1990s. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Heavy metal redirects here. ... For other uses, see Electronic music (disambiguation). ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... Gothic rock (sometimes called goth rock or simply goth) is a genre of alternative rock that originated during the late 1970s. ... Laibach is a Slovenian experimental music group, strongly associated with industrial, martial and neo-classical. ... Neoclassicism in music was instigated by Igor Stravinsky, according to himself, but attributed by others to composers including Ferruccio Busoni (who wrote Junge Klassizität or New Classicality in 1920), Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, and others. ... OOMPH! is a German crossover group. ... Ministry is an influential, Grammy-nominated American industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. ... Du riechst so gut (German for You smell so good) was the first single Rammstein released, and the first from the album Herzeleid. ... Bestrafe mich (Punish me), is the fourth track on the album Sehnsucht by Rammstein. ... Ohne dich is a song by German band Rammstein from the album Reise, Reise. ... Te Quiero Puta (Spanish for I Love You, Whore) is a song by the German industrial band Rammstein, from their forthcoming album Rosenrot. ... Industrial metal is a musical genre that draws elements from industrial music and heavy metal music. ...

Rammstein's style has tended to divide critics, some of whom have responded with memorable comments. Jam Showbiz (April 2001) described Mutter as "music to invade Poland to." New Zealand's Southland Times (Dec. 17, 1999) suggested that Till Lindemann's "booming, sub-sonic voice" would send "the peasants fleeing into their barns and bolting their doors," while the New York Times (Jan. 9, 2005) commented that on the stage, "Mr. Lindemann gave off an air of such brute masculinity and barely contained violence that it seemed that he could have reached into the crowd, snatched up a fan, and bitten off his head." Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide commented that "their blend of industrial noise, grinding metal guitars, and operatic vocals is staggeringly powerful."^[8] "We just push boundaries," said Till Lindemann in an interview with rock magazine Kerrang!. "We can't help it if people don't like those boundaries being pushed." April 2001 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December April 1: An EP-3E United States Navy spyplane collides with a Chinese Peoples Liberation Army fighter jet. ... This article is about the album by Rammstein. ... For the Soviet Unions military action against Poland under the same alliance, see Soviet invasion of Poland (1939). ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... is the 9th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...

Lyrics

Nearly all of Rammstein's songs are in German. However, the band did record English versions of Engel ("Angel"), Du hast ("You have", which is most commonly confused with "You hate", since hast and hasst sound phonetically identical), and Amerika, as well as covers of the songs Stripped (Depeche Mode) and Pet Sematary (The Ramones). In addition, the songs Amerika, Stirb nicht vor mir//Don't die before I do and Moskau ("Moscow") contain not only German verses, but also English and Russian choruses, respectively; Te quiero puta! ("I want you, whore!") is entirely in Spanish. Oliver Riedel commented that, "German language suits heavy metal music. French might be the language of love, but German is the language of anger".^[9] Engel (German for Angel) is the first single by Rammstein from their LP Sehnsucht. ... Du hast (ger. ... Amerika is the second released single from Rammsteins fourth studio album titled Reise Reise. ... Stripped is Depeche Modes fifteenth UK single, released on February 10, 1986. ... Depeche Mode (pronounced ) are an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. ... This article is about the band. ... Reise, Reise by Rammstein This article is about the song by Rammstein. ... Te Quiero Puta (Spanish for I Love You, Whore) is a song by the German industrial band Rammstein, from their forthcoming album Rosenrot. ...

Wordplay is a fundamental component of Rammstein's lyrics. In many instances, the lyrics are phrased such that they can be interpreted in several ways. The song Du hast, for example, is a play on German marriage vows (Willst Du, bis der Tod euch scheidet, treu ihr sein für alle Tage? - "Will you, until Death separates you, be faithful to her for the rest of your days?"). In the song, the traditional affirmative response, Ja ("Yes"), is replaced by its negation Nein ("No"). The final repetition of this line further perverts the meaning of the original vows through a minor change in the wording Willst Du, bis zum Tod der Scheide ... (Will you, until the Death of the vagina ...), but it could also be interpreted as Willst Du bis zum Tod, der scheide ..., which would have the meaning of "Will you, until Death will separate, ...". The song starts, in fact, with a play on words: Du... Du hast... Du hast mich... meaning "You have me". This line is often mistaken for "You hate me", because in German, there is no clear distinction between the pronunciation of Du hasst (double S) which means "you hate" and Du hast (single S) which means "you have". The infinitives are hassen ("to hate") and haben ("to have"). The word game is later resolved as the line is completed; Du hast mich gefragt ("You [have] asked me"). Confusingly, the band did also make an English version of the song named You hate which was not translated directly from Du hast. Matrimony redirects here. ... In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. ...

Shows

Rammstein has achieved particular fame (not to mention notoriety) for its hugely over-the-top stage show, using so many pyrotechnics that fans eventually coined the motto "Other bands play, Rammstein burns!" (a quip at Manowar's song "Kings of Metal", which states, "other bands play, Manowar kill"). After an accident in the Arena in Berlin where some burning decoration parts fell on the audience (September 27, 1996^[10]) the band took to employing professionals to handle the pyrotechnics; Lindemann himself is now a licensed pyrotechnician who spends entire songs engulfed head-to-toe in flames. He has suffered multiple burns on his ears, his hair and his arms. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 158 KB)Other bands play, Rammstein burns - Brixton, London, 5 February 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Rammstein Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 158 KB)Other bands play, Rammstein burns - Brixton, London, 5 February 2004 File links The following pages link to this file: Rammstein Categories: GFDL images ... Pyrotechnics is a field of study often thought synonymous with the manufacture of fireworks, but more accurately it has a wider scope that includes items for military and industrial uses. ... Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Pyrotechnics is a field of study often thought synonymous with the manufacture of fireworks, but more accurately it has a wider scope that includes items for military and industrial uses. ...

The heat is so intense that on occasion, people have been carried out of Rammstein concerts suffering from heat exhaustion, and lighting gantries have been seen glowing red-hot from repeated fireball hits. The variety of the pyrotechnics can be seen in a recent concert playlist, which includes such items as "Lycopodium Masks", "Glitterburst Truss", "Pyrostrobes", "Comets", "Flash Trays" and "Mortar Hits". Lycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies (see Pteridophyta). ...

The band's costumes are equally outlandish. During the Reise, Reise tour they were wearing Lederhosen, corsets and vague military uniforms with steel helmets, while during the Mutter tour the group kept to the themes of the album artwork and descended onto the stage from a giant uterus while wearing diapers. Men in lederhosen Lederhosen (leather trousers in German; singular: Lederhose) are knee-breeches (knickerbockers or shorts) made of leather. ... A luxury hourglass corset from 1878. ... This article is about female reproductive anatomy. ... Baby cloth diaper filled with extra cloth. ...

According to Kruspe, the on-stage wackiness is entirely deliberate (Rammstein's motto according to Schneider is: "Do your own thing. And overdo it!"). The aim is to get people's attention and have fun at the same time: "You have to understand that 99 percent of the people don't understand the lyrics, so you have to come up with something to keep the drama in the show. We have to do something. We like to have a show; we like to play with fire. We do have a sense of humor. We do laugh about it; we have fun... but we're not Spinal Tap. We take the music and the lyrics seriously. It's a combination of humor, theater and our East German culture, you know?"^[11] This article is about the quasi-fictional heavy metal band. ... For the historical eastern German provinces, see Historical Eastern Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist Party-led state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ...

Their onstage antics have also led them to trouble as well. During their stint on the American Family Values Tour 1998, alongside acts such as rapper Ice Cube, Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Orgy, the band was arrested for indecency. In one of the more infamous moments, Rammstein's vocalist, Till Lindemann engaged in simulated sodomy with the keyboardist, Christian Lorenz during their performance of "Bück dich" in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were subsequently arrested and fined $25 and spent the night in jail. The band attempted to repeal the fine, but spent more in legal fees and court fees than the $25 fine. Ice Cube (born OShea Jackson on June 15, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor and rapper. ... This article is about the band. ...

Covers and adaptations

Rammstein's songs have been covered by a number of other artists, including the group Gregorian who reworked "Engel" ("Angel") as a Gregorian chant for their album The Dark Side. The same song has been covered by Belgian girls choir Scala & Kolacny Brothers, resulting in a very quiet, brooding version, contrary to the original. Also, the German composer Torsten Rasch has produced a classical symphonic song-cycle entitled "Mein Herz brennt" ("My heart burns"), based on the music of Rammstein. Image File history File links Rammstein_and_Apocalyptica. ... Image File history File links Rammstein_and_Apocalyptica. ... For other uses, see Apocalyptica (disambiguation). ... Gregorian is a German band, headed by Frank Peterson, performing Gregorian chant-inspired versions of modern pop and rock songs. ... Gregorian chant is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian girls choir, conducted by Stijn Kolacny and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. ...

The cover of "Seemann" ("Seaman") by Nina Hagen and Apocalyptica impressed Rammstein so much, that they took Apocalyptica as co-headliner on tour with them in Spring 2005, and invited the band on stage to perform "Ohne dich" ("Without you") and "Mein Herz brennt" ("My Heart burns") together. The "Benzin" single also featured a remix of the song, called "Kerosiini" by Apocalyptica. The second single by Rammstein from their LP Herzeleid. ... Nina Hagen (born Catharina Hagen on March 11, 1955) is a singer from Berlin, Germany. ... For other uses, see Apocalyptica (disambiguation). ... Benzin is a song by German band Rammstein, released as the first single from their album Rosenrot. ...

More recently, the industrial band Laibach covered the song "Ohne dich". Laibach is a Slovenian experimental music group, strongly associated with industrial, martial and neo-classical. ...

Also, the German death metal band Debauchery covered the song "Weisses Fleisch" for their Back In Blood album. This article is about the musical genre. ... Debauchery is a death metal band with goregrind vocals from Stuttgart, Germany. ...

In Norway, a band called Rammsund plays Rammstein cover songs, translated into Nynorsk.^[12] Nynorsk (literally New Norwegian) is one of the two officially sanctioned orthographic standards of the Norwegian language, the other being BokmÃ¥l. ...

Rammstein has also done several covers themselves, including "Das Modell" ("The model") by Kraftwerk, "Stripped" by Depeche Mode and "Pet Sematary" by The Ramones (sung by keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz). Cover version of "Schtiel" ("Calm") by Aria was released by vocalist Till Lindemann and guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe as side project, due to disagreement with Universal records label. Kraftwerk (pronounced , German for power station) is a Grammy award nominated, electronic music band from DÃ¼sseldorf, Germany. ... Depeche Mode (pronounced ) are an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. ... This article is about the band. ... Schtiel is a song recorded by Till Lindemann and Richard Zven Kruspe from the German band Rammstein. ... For any other meanings of this word, see Aria (disambiguation). ... Universal Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. ...

It was recently announced that the German pop singer Nena, author of "99 Luftballons" ("99 Air Balloons"), will be doing an album of covers named Cover Me in which it will feature a Rammstein cover of the song "Ein Lied". Nena (born March 24, 1960 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German singer who became famous with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons (99 Red Balloons in the English version). ...

Till Lindemann of Rammstein appears as a guest singer on the Apocalyptica album Worlds Collide. He takes on David Bowie's song "Heroes", which was also released in German as "Helden". Lindemann sings the German version, making his song the only German-language song on Worlds Collide.^[13] Singles from Worlds Collide Released: August 31, 2007[1] Released: January 18, 2008[2] Released: May 30, 2008[2] Special Edition [[Image:|200px|Special Edition|200px]] Worlds Collide is the sixth studio album from cello metal/heavy metal group Apocalyptica, released on September 14th, 2007. ... Heroes track listing Heroes is a song written by David Bowie and Brian Eno in 1977. ...

"Feuer Frei!" was featured in the 2002 movie xXx starring Vin Diesel - in the opening scene of the film, Rammstein is performing in a club. (The footage was from a concert in Prague.) Feuer frei! is the command to start shooting in German military language and also a well-known songtitle from the German band Rammstein. ... Look up XXX in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent on July 18, 1967) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. ... For other uses, see Prague (disambiguation). ...

A bluegrass version of "Mein Teil" appears as a bonus track on the band Hayseed Dixie's 2007 album Weapons of Grass Destruction. Hayseed Dixie is an American band formed in October 2000 that was originally described as A Hillbilly Tribute to AC/DC, recording cover versions of hard rock songs in their own distinctive cross of bluegrass and rock which some have termed rockgrass. The bands sense of humor is evident... Weapons of Grass Destruction is the sixth full length album by American band Hayseed Dixie, released in 2007. ...

Rammstein singles traditionally also have a great quantity of remixes, particularly often from Clawfinger and Meshuggah. Clawfinger is an industrial rap-metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. ... Meshuggah is a Swedish five-piece experimental metal band from UmeÃ¥, known for their use of extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh vocals. ...

Controversies

Imagery

Described by the New York Times as a "powerful strain of brutally intense rock" who "bring gale-force music and spectacular theatrics together", Rammstein has been a band with a highly controversy-prone nature.^[14] Rammstein have not been shy about courting this controversy and have periodically attracted condemnation from morality campaigners. Their stage act earned them a night in jail in June 1999 after a liquid-ejecting dildo was used in a concert in Worcester, Massachusetts. Back home in Germany, the band has faced repeated accusations of fascist sympathies due to the dark and sometimes militaristic imagery of their videos and concerts, including the use of excerpts from the film Olympia by Leni Riefenstahl in the video for Stripped. Their debut album Herzeleid, released in Germany in 1995, originally had a cover featuring the band members' upper bodies without clothing; critics accused the band of trying to sell themselves as "poster boys for the Master Race".^[15] Rammstein have vigorously denied this and said that they want nothing to do with politics or supremacy of any kind. Christian "Flake" Lorenz, annoyed by the claim, has remarked that it's just a photo, and should be understood as such. Herzeleid has since been given an alternate cover in the United States, depicting the band members' faces. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x992, 182 KB) Summary The original cover of Herzeleid (Heartache), Rammsteins first album. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x992, 182 KB) Summary The original cover of Herzeleid (Heartache), Rammsteins first album. ... Herzeleid (dated German for Heartache) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins first musical album. ... Morality (from the Latin manner, character, proper behavior) has three principal meanings. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... For other uses, see Dildo (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Worcester (disambiguation). ... Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... Militarism or militarist ideology is the doctrinal view of a society as being best served (or more efficient) when it is governed or guided by concepts embodied in the culture, doctrine, system, or people of the military. ... Olympia is a 1938 film by Leni Riefenstahl documenting the 1936 Summer Olympics. ... Helene Bertha Amalie Leni Riefenstahl (August 22, 1902 â€“ September 8, 2003) was a German film director, dancer and actress, and widely noted for her aesthetics and advances in film technique. ... Herrenvolk redirects here. ...

The song "Links 2, 3, 4" (Links being German for "left") was written as a riposte to these claims. According to Kruspe, it means, "'My heart beats on the left, two, three, four'. It's simple. If you want to put us in a political category, we're on the left side, and that's the reason we made the song".^[16] On the other hand, this is also an allusion to a military marching cadence since "Links, 2, 3, 4" is typically heard during marching practice in the German army with "links" referring to the left foot.^{[citation needed]} The song is also an answer to the saying "the heart beats left", repeatedly outspoken by Oskar Lafontaine, in 2001 a famous member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany), now leader of the Left Party (Die Linke), and almost the title of a book written by him (the title is Das Herz schlägt links instead of Mein Herz schlägt links – "The heart beats left" instead of "My Heart beats left").^[17]^[18]. Links 2-3-4 (German for Left 2-3-4) is a song by the German Tanz-Metall band Rammstein. ... Oskar Lafontaine (born September 16, 1943 in Saarlouis-Roden) is a left-wing German politician and a leading member of the Left Party. ... SPD redirects here. ... The Left Party (In German: , officially with a period at the end), formerly Party of Democratic Socialism (Partei des Demokratischen Sozialismus, PDS) is a left-wing socialist political party in Germany. ...

According to the German online music magazine^[19] Rammstein took with this song position on the side of Oskar Lafontaine. They write:^[20] Oskar Lafontaine (born September 16, 1943 in Saarlouis-Roden) is a left-wing German politician and a leading member of the Left Party. ...

Christian "Flake" Lorenz recently stated on an on-line chat that the song was created in order to show that the band could write a harsh, "evil", military-sounding song that was not about Nazi ideals.^[21] Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ...

Relation to violent events

Rammstein were cited in relation to the Columbine High School Massacre in 1999, when photos of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold wearing Rammstein T-shirts were revealed.^[22]^[23] In response to these articles blaming the band of school violence, the band issued a statement: The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in unincorporated Jefferson County, Colorado (the CDP of Columbine) near Denver and Littleton. ... Events of 2008: (EMILY) Me Lesley and MIley are going to China! This article is about the year. ... Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 â€“ April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (September 11, 1981 â€“ April 20, 1999) were the high school seniors who committed the Columbine High School massacre. ...

Coincidentally, on September 10, 2001 the single and video clip of Ich will ("I Want") was released which portrays the band as terrorists who want to get a message across and receiving a kind of terrorist award for their "actions". In the United States the video clip was broadcast only late at night after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City although many media officials and politicians requested the video to be removed from the program completely.^[24] is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

Following the tragic conclusion of the Beslan school hostage crisis in Russia in September 2004, the Russian authorities claimed that the hostage-takers had "listened to German hard rock group Rammstein on personal stereos during the siege to keep themselves edgy and fired up".^[25] The claim has not been independently confirmed. The Republic of North Ossetia in Russia The Beslan school hostage crisis (also referred to as the Beslan school siege or Beslan massacre)[2][3][4] began when a group of a attackers demanding an end to the Second Chechen War took more than 1,100 schoolchildren and adults hostage... September 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: September 2004 in sports Events Deaths in September â€¢ 27 Tsai Wan-lin â€¢ 24 FranÃ§oise Sagan â€¢ 20 Brian Clough â€¢ 18 Russ Meyer â€¢ 15 Johnny Ramone â€¢ 12 Fred Ebb â€¢ 11 Peter VII of Alexandria â€¢ 8...

Videos

In October 2004, the video for "Mein Teil" ("My part") caused considerable controversy in Germany when it was released. It takes a darkly comic view of the Armin Meiwes cannibalism case, showing a cross dressed Schneider holding the other 5 band members on a leash and rolling around in mud. The controversy did nothing to stop (and may even have helped) the single rising to No. 2 in the German charts. Meiwes (who was convicted of manslaughter in 2004, then retried in 2006 and found guilty of murder^[27]) brought suit in January 2006 against the band for infringement of rights to the story. The outcome resulted in a loss for the band of $5.5 million. October 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: October 2004 in sports Events Deaths in October â€¢ 29 HRH Princess Alice â€¢ 25 John Peel â€¢ 24 James Cardinal Hickey â€¢ 23 Robert Merrill â€¢ 19 Paul Nitze â€¢ 18 K. M. Veerappan â€¢ 16 Pierre Salinger â€¢ 10 Christopher... Armin Meiwes (born December 1, 1961) is a German who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim he had found via the Internet. ... This article is about cross-dressing in general. ... Christoph Doom Schneider (b. ... Armin Meiwes (born December 1, 1961) is a German who achieved international notoriety for killing and eating a voluntary victim he had found via the Internet. ... January 2006 : â† - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- â†’ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accuses European nations of trying to complete the Holocaust by creating a Jewish camp Israel in the Middle East. ...

The band's own views of its image are sanguine: "We like being on the fringes of bad taste", according to Paul H. Landers, while Christian "Flake" Lorenz comments "The controversy is fun, like stealing forbidden fruit. But it serves a purpose. We like audiences to grapple with our music, and people have become more receptive".^[28]

The video for Mann gegen Mann ("Man against man"/"one against one") from their latest album Rosenrot may have caused some controversy, as most of the band members are naked in the video, apart from latex stiletto boots. The lead singer Till Lindemann is wearing what can best be described as a "latex panties" - most likely because he does not have an instrument with which to cover his genitalia. In addition, there are multiple naked men in the video, with clearly visible buttocks, though no genitalia can be seen. The video has been played uncensored on MTV. The video has been rated FSK 16 in Germany and therefore can be played on television only after 10pm. This article is about the typesetting system. ... For other uses, see Stiletto (disambiguation). ... Womens panties or knickers Panties are undergarments. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... The Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle der Filmwirtschaft (FSK, Voluntary Self Regulation of the Movie Industry) is a German motion picture rating system organisation run by the Spitzenorganisation der Filmwirtschaft (SPIO, Head Organisation of the Movie Industry) seated in Wiesbaden. ...

Discography

This article contains the discography and related information about the band Rammstein. ... Herzeleid (dated German for Heartache) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins first musical album. ... Sehnsucht (German for Longing and sometimes translated as Hunger) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins second album. ... This article is about the album by Rammstein. ... Reise, Reise (German for Arise, Arise (naval jargon) or Travel, travel or Journey, journey) is the German NDH-metal band Rammsteins fourth album. ... Rosenrot (German: rose-red, listen) is the German Neue Deutsche HÃ¤rte band Rammsteins fifth musical album. ...

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