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Rammstein is a German heavy metal band formed in 1993. Their music also incorporates elements of industrial and electronic music, similar in many ways to Laibach. The songs are performed almost exclusively in German.1 The band
Rammstein is not to be confused with the town of Ramstein, but the group was named after its most famous feature, Ramstein Air Base, the site of the Ramstein airshow disaster. The name was intended to promote awareness of the tragedy at the air base. "Rammstein" literally translates as "ram stone" or Battering Ram. Even though the lyrics are not in English, the band has enjoyed huge success outside of Germany, and with the album "Reise, Reise!" (2004), they became the most successful German-language band of all time worldwide.
Rammstein tends to use numerous different pyrotechnics during concerts which eventually led fans to create the motto "Other bands play, Rammstein burns!"
Band members:
- Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein ( Guitar)
- Paul Landers ( Guitar)
- Till Lindemann ( Vocals)
- Oliver RiedelOliver Riedel is a member of the band Rammstein. He was born 11 April 1971, in Schwerin, Germany. His former bands include The Inchtabokatables. Oliver was roommates with Richard Kruspe-Bernstein and Christoph "Doom" Schneider before they formed Rammstein ( BassThe electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument similar to the electric guitar, but larger in size and with a lower range. It is also closely related to—and inspired by—the double bass, and shares things in common with a range of bass instruments. It is)
- Christoph "Doom" SchneiderChristoph Schneider (German for Christopher Taylor is a member of the band Rammstein. He was born 11 May 1966 in Berlin, Germany. He has six younger siblings, five sisters and one brother. He received his first drum-kit made from old garbage cans from his ( DrumsFor other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). A drum is a musical percussion instrument, consisting of a membrane which is usually stretched taut over a cylindrical tube that is open at the other end. The membrane is struck, either with the hand or)
- Christian "Flake" LorenzChristian "Flake" Lorenz is a member of the band Rammstein. He was born on 6 November 1966. Flake had wanted to be a doctor earlier in his life, and so he is sometimes credited or referred to as "Doktor Christian Lorenz". His former bands include Feeling ( KeyboardsThe musical keyboard also known as the piano keyboard is the set of adjacent depressible levers on a musical instrument which produce notes. Many musical instruments which have a key for each note lay them out in the standard way shown in the graphic: the)
2 Lyrics and style
Although it cannot really be said that Rammstein stick to any particular genre of music, they are most often described as an industrial band; they are also often associated with heavy metal and hard rock. Despite their brutalist image, they show a sense of humour in their lyrics. Rein Raus ([Get] in, [get] out), for example, is clearly tongue-in-cheek. Zwitter ( hermaphrodite) is a bizarre take on narcissism. A rough translation:
- While others had girls in their eyes
- I could self-fertilize
Similarly, the song Amerika features the unforgettable lyrics:
- We're all living in Amerika
- Amerika ist wunderbar ...
- We're all living in Amerika
- Coca Cola, Wonderbra!
Their songs show some unexpected influences; " Du Hast" is a play on German marriage vows, while " Dalai Lama" is an adaptation of a famous poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
