Rammstein
The Complete Guide
 

Contents

1 Over
Overvi
view
ew   1
1.1 Ramms
Rammstetein
in   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.
1.1.11 Hi
Hist
stor
oryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1.2 Musi
Musical
cal styl
stylee and influ
influenc
ences
es   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.1.
1.1.33 Ly
Lyri
rics
cs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1.4 Liv
Livee perf
performan
ormances ces   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
1.1.5
1.1.5 Ban
Bandd lon
longegevi
vity
ty   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1.6 Cont
Controv
roversi
ersies
es   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

1.1.7
1.1.7 Band me
Band membmbers
ers   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
1.1.8
1.1.8 Disco
Discogra
graph
phyy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.
1.1.99 Tou
ours
rs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.10
1.1.10 Awar
wardsds   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.1.11 Reference
Referencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.1.12 Further reading   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.1.13
1.1.13 External
Exte rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Mem
Membe
bers
rs   14
2.1 Till
Till Lin
Linde
deman
mannn   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.1 Bi
2.1.1 Biogr
ograp
aphyhy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.
2.1.22 Ca Care
reer
er   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.1.
2.1.33 Voi oice
ce   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.4 Pe Persona
rsonall lif
lifee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.1.5 Dis
2.1.5 Disco
cogra
graph phyy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.
2.1.
1.66 Po Poet
etry
ry   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.7
2.1.7 Re Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.1.8
2.1.8 Ext Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2 Chri
Christop
stophh Schn
Schneideiderer   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.1
2.2.1 Bi Biogr
ograp
aphyhy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2.2.2 Equ
2.2.2 Equipipme
ment nt   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.3
2.2.3 Re Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2.4 Ext
2.2.4 Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3 Ric
Richard
hard Z. Krus
Kruspe pe   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.1 Ear
2.3.1 Early
ly lif
lifee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

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ii   CONTENTS 

2.3.
2.3.22 Ca
Care
reer
er   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.3 PePersona
rsonall lif
lifee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.3.4
2.3.4 Equ
Equipipme
ment nt   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.3
2.3.5
.5 ReReffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.3.6
2.3.6 Ext
Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4 Oli
Oliver
ver Rie
Riedel
del   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

2.4.1
2.4.1 BiBiogr
ograpaphy
hy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.4.2 Te
2.4.2 Tech
chni
niququee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.
2.4.33 Ge
Gear
ar   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.4 Quote
Quotess and inteintervie
rview
w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.5
2.4 .5 Re
Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4.6 Ext
2.4.6 Extern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5 Pa
Paul
ul Lan
Lande
ders
rs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5
2.5.1
.1 Bi
Biogr
ograpaphy
hy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.5.2
2.5.2 Equ
Equip
ipmementnt   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.5
2.5.3
.3 Re
Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.5.4
2.5.4 Ext
Extern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.6 Christi
Christian
an Lore
Lorenz
nz   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6.1
2.6.1 Ear
Early
ly ye
years
ars   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.
2.6.
6.22 Ca
Care
reer
er   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.6.3 PePersona
rsonall lif
lifee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.6.4 Re
2.6.4 Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2.6.5
2.6.5 Ext
Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

3 Disco
Discogra
graph
phy
y   28
3.1 Disco
Discogra
graph
phyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.
3.1.11 AlAlbu
bumsms   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.22 Si
3.1. Sing
ngle
less   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.3
3.1.3 VidVideo
eogra
graph
phyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1.4 Re
3.1.4 Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.2 Ramm
Rammstestein
in dem
demos os   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2.1 Herze
Herzele leid
id stud
studioio dem
demos
os (1994
(1994))   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2.2 Herze
Herzele leid
id liv
livee dem
demosos (1994
(1994))   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.2.3 Sehnsuc
Sehnsucht ht liv
livee demos (1995-1997)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.4 Mutt
Mutterer liv
livee dem
demosos (2000
(2000))   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.5 Mutter/Rei
Mutter/Reise se Reise/Rose
Reise/Rosenrot
nrot studio demos (2000-2004)
(2000-2004)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.2.6 Liebe ist für alle da studio demos (2007-2009)
(2007-2009)   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.2.7 Re
3.2.7 Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

4 Studi
Studio
o alb
album
umss   34
4.1 ''Herzel
''Herzelei
eid''
d''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.1 Crit
Critica
icall rec
recepti
eption
on   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
 

CONTENTS    iii

4.1.2
4.1.2 Track lis
Track listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.3
4.1.3 Rele
Re lease
ase his
histor
toryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.4
4.1.4 Music
Mus ic vi
video
deoss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.5
4.1.5 Perso
Personne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1.6
4.1.6 Chart
Cha rt pos
posititio
ions
ns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.1
4.1.7
.7 Reffer
Re eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

4.2 ''Sehns
''Sehnsuch
ucht'' t''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2.1 Tra
4.2.1 Track ck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2.2
4.2 .2 MusMusic ic vi
video
deoss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2.33 Ch
4.2. Char artsts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2.4 Pe
4.2.4 Perso rsonne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.2.5
4.2 .5 Re Reffer erenencecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
4.3 ''M
''Mutt
utter'
er'''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.3.11 Se
4.3. Seee al also
so   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4 ''Re
''Reise,
ise, Rei
Reise''se''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4.1
4.4.1 Rec Record ordinging   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4.2 ConcConcept ept and musimusicc   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.4.3 Rel
Release
ease and artw artwork
ork  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
4.4.4
4.4 .4 Rec
Recep eptition
on   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.4.5
4.4.5 Tra
Track ck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.4
4.4.6
.6 Pe
Perso
rsonne nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
4.4.
4.4.77 Ch
Chararts ts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.4.8 Cert
Certific ificati
ations
ons   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.4.9 Re
4.4.9 Rele
leasease hishistor
toryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.4.10 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.5 ''R
''Rose
osenro
nrot''
t''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.5
4.5.1
.1 Tra
Track ck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.
4.5.
5.22 Vi
Vide
deos os   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.5.3 Limi
Limitedted edit
edition
ion bonu
bonuss DVD   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.4
4.5.4 Pe Perso
rsonne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5
4.5.5
.5 ReRelelease
ase hishistor
toryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.66 Ch
4.5. Chararts
ts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.7
4.5.7 Re Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
4.5.8 Ext
4.5.8 Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.6 ''Lie
''Liebe
be ist für alle da''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.6.11 Hi
4.6. Hist
stor
oryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.6.2
4.6.2 CenCensorsorsh
shipip   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
4.6
4.6.3
.3 Tra
Trackck lis
listin
tingg   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.6.4
4.6.4 Re Relelease
ase hishistor
toryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.6.55 Ch
4.6. Chararts
ts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
4.6.6
4.6.6 Pe Perso
rsonne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
 

iv   CONTENTS 

4.6.7
4.6.7 Re
Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

5 Compilati
Compilation
on albu
albums
ms   46
5.1 ''Original Single Kolle
Kollektion''
ktion''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.1.11 Co
5.1. Contnten
entsts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2 Made in Germ
Germanyany 1995–
1995–2011
2011   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2.1 Tra
5.2.1 Trackck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
5.2.2
5.2.2 PePerso
rsonne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.
5.2.
2.33 Ch
Chararts
ts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.2.4
5.2.4 ReReffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
5.2.5 Ext
5.2.5 Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

6 Sing
Single
less   48
6.1 “Du riec
riechst
hst so gut '98”
'98”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1
6.1.1
.1 MusMusicic vi
video
deo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1.2
6.1.2 Li Live
ve st
story
ory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1.3 Tra
6.1.3 Track
ck lis
listin
tingg   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1.4
6.1.4 19919988 re-
re-re
rele
lease
ase   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
6.1.5 Ext
6.1.5 Extern
ernal
al lin
linksks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.1.6 Fo
6.1.6 Footn
otnote
otess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2 “Se
“Seema
emann”
nn”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.1
6.2.1 TraTrackck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.2 LivLivee perf
performan
ormances ces   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.3 Apoc
Apocaly alyptic
pticaa cov
cover
er   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.4 othe
otherr cov
coverer ver
versio
sions
ns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.5
6.2.5 Re Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
6.2.6 Ext
6.2.6 Extern
ernal
al lin
linksks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3
6.3 “E
“Eng
ngel
el””   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.1
6.3.1 RecRecordording
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.2 Mus
6.3.2 Music ic vi
video
deo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.3 Liv
Livee perf
performan
ormances ces   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.4
6.3.4 Tra
Track ck lis
listin
tings
gs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.5 Re
6.3.5 Reffereren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.3.6
6.3.6 Ext
Externernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.4
6.4 “D
“Duu ha
hast
st””   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
6.4
6.4.1
.1 OvOververvie
iew
w . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.2 Liv
Livee perf
performan
ormances ces   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4
6.4.3
.3 Tra
Track ck lis
listin
tingg   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.4 In popu
popularlar cul
culture
ture   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.5 Chart perf performan
ormance ce   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.6
6.4.6 ReReffereren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.4.7 Ext
6.4.7 Externernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
 

CONTENTS    v

6.5 “Das
“Das Mod
Model
ell”
l”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6.5.1 Chart perf
performan
ormance ce   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.5.2 Ramm
Rammste stein
in ve
versi
rsion
on   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.5.3 Oth
Other
er cov
cover er ver
versio
sions
ns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.5.4
6.5.4 Re
Reffer
eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
6.5.5 Ext
6.5.5 Extern
ernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

6.6 “Du riec

riechst
hst so gut '98”'98”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.6.1
6.6.1 MusMusic ic vi
video
deo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.6.2 Li
6.6.2 Live
ve ststory
ory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.6.3 Tra
6.6.3 Track
ck lis
listin
tingg   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.6.4 199
6.6.4 19988 re-
re-re
rele
lease
ase   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
6.6.5
6.6.5 ExtExtern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.6.6 Fo
6.6.6 Footn
otnoteotess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.7 “S
“Stri
trippe
pped”
d”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.7
6.7.1
.1 TraTrack
ck lis
listin
tings
gs   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.7.2 Chart perf performan
ormance ce   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.7.3 Ramm
Rammste steinin co
cover
ver   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.7.4 Oth Otherer ver
versio
sions
ns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
6.7.5
6.7.5 Re Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.7.6 Ext
6.7.6 Extern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.8 “Asc
“Aschehe zu Asc
Asche”he”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.8.1
6.8.1 Li Live
ve st
story
ory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
6.8.2 Tra
6.8.2 Trackcklilisti
sting
ng   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.8.
6.8.33 Ch Chararts
ts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.8.4
6.8.4 Re Reffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.8.5 Ext
6.8.5 Extern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.9
6.9 “S
“Son
onnene””   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.9
6.9.1
.1 Mus Music ic vi
video
deo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.9.2 In popu
popular lar cul
culture
ture   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.9.3
6.9.3 LiLive
ve ststory
ory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
6.9.4 Tra
6.9.4 Track
ck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.9
6.9.5
.5 ReReffer
eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.9.6
6.9.6 Ext
Extern
ernalal lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10 “Links 2-3-4”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10.1
6.10.1 Ove
Overvi
rview
ew   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10.
6.10.22 Musi
Musicc vid
video eo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10.3 Liv
6.10.3 Livee stor
storyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10.4 Trac
6.10.4 Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
6.10.5 Popula
Popularr culture   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.10.6 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.10.7
6.10.7 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
 

vi   CONTENTS 

6.11 “Ich will”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

6.11.
6.11.11 Musi
Musicc vid
videoeo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
6.11.2
6.11.2 Liv
Livee stor
storyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.11.3 Trac
6.11.3 Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.11.4 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.11.5
6.11.5 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

6.12 “Mutter” 
“Mutter”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.12.1 Ove
6.12.1 Overvi
rview
ew   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
6.12.22 Liv
6.12. Livee stor
storyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.12.3 Trac
6.12.3 Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
frei!"   . . . . . . . . .
6.13 “Feuer frei!" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.13.1 Live perf
performances
ormances   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.13.22 Ove
6.13. Overvi
rview
ew   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.13.
6.13.33 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
6.13.
6.13.44 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.14 “Mein Teil”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.14.1
6.14.1 Liv
Livee hist
history
ory   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
6.14.2 Musi
6.14.2 Musicc vid
videoeo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.14.
6.14.33 Chart
Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.14.4
6.14.4 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.14.5
6.14.5 Note
Notess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.14.6 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.14.7 Exte
6.14.7 External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.15 “Amerika” 
“Amerika”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
6.15.1 Cont
6.15.1 Content
ent   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.2
6.15.2 Vide
Videoo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.3 Live perf
performance
ormance   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.4
6.15.4 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.55 Chart
6.15. Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.6 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.15.7
6.15.7 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.16 “Ohne dich”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.16.1 Liv
6.16.1 Livee stor
storyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
6.16.2 Vide
6.16.2 Videoo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.16.3
6.16.3 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.16.
6.16.44 Chart
Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.16.5 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.16.6
6.16.6 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Lust”   . . . . . .
6.17 “Keine Lust”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.17.11 Vide
6.17. Videoo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.17.2
6.17.2 Mean
Meaninging  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
 

CONTENTS    vii

6.17.33 Liv
6.17. Livee stor
storyy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6.17.4 Trac
6.17.4 Tracklis
klisting
ting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.17.5
6.17.5 Chart
Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.17.6 Exte
6.17.6 External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
“Benzin”   . . . . . . . .
6.18 “Benzin”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.18.1
6.18.1 Musi
Musicc vid
video
eo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

6.18.2 Live perf

performances
ormances   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
6.18.
6.18.33 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.18.4 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.18.5 Exte
6.18.5 External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.19 “Rosenrot” 
“Rosenrot”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.19.
6.19.11 Vide
Videoo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.19.2
6.19.2 Trac
Tracklis
klisting
ting   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
6.19.3 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mann”  . . . . .
6.20 “Mann gegen Mann”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.20.11 Musi
6.20. Musicc vid
video eo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.20.2 Pronunci
Pronunciations
ations   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.20.3 Track listings   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
6.20.4 Chart
6.20.4 Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.20.5 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.20.6
6.20.6 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.21 “Pussy”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.21.
6.21.11 Plac
Places
es   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.21.2
6.21.2 Peo
People
ple   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.21.3 Musi
6.21.3 Musicc   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.21.4
6.21.4 See also
also   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.22 “Ich tu dir weh”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.22.1
6.22.1 Musi
Musicc vid
videoeo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
6.22.2 Live perf
performances
ormances   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.22.
6.22.33 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.22.4
6.22.4 Chart
Chartss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.22.5 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.23 “Haifisch”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
6.23.
6.23.11 Musi
Musicc vid
videoeo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.23.2
6.23.2 Liv
Livee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.23.3 Trac
6.23.3 Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.23.4 Chart positio
positionsns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.23.5 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
6.23.6 Exte
6.23.6 External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.24 “Mein Land” 
Land”  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.24.
6.24.11 Musi
Musicc vid
videoeo   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
 

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6.24.2
6.24.2 Trac
Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.24.3 Ref
Reference
erencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.24.4
6.24.4 Exte
External
rnal link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.25 “Mein Herz brennt”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.25.1
6.25.1 Musi
Musicc vid
videos
eos   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
6.25.2 Trac
6.25.2 Trackk list
listing
ing   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.25.3 Release history   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

6.25.4
6.25.4 Chartss   . . . . .
Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.25.5 Reference
Referencess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
6.25.6
6.25.6 External
External link
linkss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

7 Vid
Video
eoss   75
7.1 ''Live
''Live aus Ber
Berlin''
lin''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.1
7.1.1 Tra Track
ck lislistin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.
7. 1.22 ChChar
artsts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.3 CertCertific
ificati
ations
ons   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.4 Pe
7.1.4 Perso
rsonnennell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.
7. 1.55 NoNotetess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.1.6 Re
7.1.6 Reffer
erenence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
7.2 ''Lic
''Lichts
htspie
pielha
lhaus’'
us’'   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7.2.1
7.2.1 Tra Track
ck lislistin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
7.2
7.2.2
.2 Re Reffer
erenence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.3 ''V
''Völk
ölkerba
erball''
ll''   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.3.11 Na
7.3. Name
me   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.3.2
7.3.2 Ve Versi
rsions
ons   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
7.3.3 Tra
7.3.3 Track
ck lislistin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.3.4
7.3 .4 Re Rele
lease
ase hishistor
toryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.3.55 Ch
7.3. Char
artsts   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

7.3.6
7.3.6
7.3
7.3.7
.7 Rec
Recep
epti
Perso
Pe tion
rsonne on 
nnell    .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7788
7.3.8
7.3.8 Reffer
Re eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
7.3.9
7.3.9 Extern
Ext ernal
al lin
links ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

8 Relate
Related
d art
artic
icle
less   79
8.1
8.1 Emi
Emigrgrat
atee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.
8.1.
1.11 Hi Hist stor
oryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.1.2
8.1.2 Exp Expat atria
riatition
on   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.1.3 Pus
8.1.3 Pushh and Pul Pulll   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
8.1.4 EmigEmigrati ration
on res
restric
trictio
tions
ns   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
8.1.
8.1.55 Se Seee al also
so   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1.
8.1.66 No Note tess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
8.1.7
8.1.7 Re Reffer eren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
 

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8.1.8
8.1.8 Ext Externernal
al lin
links
ks   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.2 Fe
Feel
eling
ing B   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.2.11 Me
8.2. Memb mber
erss   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.2.2
8.2.2 Dis Disco cogra
graph
phyy  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.2
8.2.3
.3 Re Reffereren
ence
cess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3 “Sc
“Schti
htiel
el””   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

8.3.11
8.3. Histor
Hist oryy   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
8.3.2
8.3.2 Track
Tra ck lis
listin
tingg  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.3
8.3.3
.3 Perso
Personne
nnell   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.3.4 Till Lindemann and RicharRichardd Z. Kruspe versi
version
on   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
8.3.5
8.3.5 Reffer
Re eren
encecess   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

9 Text and image

image sources, contributors, and licenses
licenses   84
9.11 Text   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
9.
9.2 Im
9.2 Imag
ages
es   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
9.3 Cont
Content
ent licens
licensee   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
 

Chapter 1

Overview
1.1
1.1 Ra
Ramm
mmst
stei
ein
n

see Ramstein (disambiguation)
For other uses, see Ramstein (disambiguation)..

Rammstein  (pronounced [ˈʀam.ʃtaɪ̯n]) n]) is a German Neue

German Neue
Deutsche Härte ba
Härte  band.
nd. Fo
Forme
rmedd in 1994 in  Berlin,,[1][2]
in Berlin
its members are Till
are  Till Lindemann
Lindemann ( (lead
lead vocals
vocals),), Richard
 Richard
Z. Kruspe (
Kruspe (guitar
guitar and
 and backing
 backing vocals
vocals),), Paul
 Paul H. Landers
(guitar
guitar,, backing vocals), Oliver
vocals), Oliver “Ollie” Riedel
Riedel ( (bass
bass gui-
tar),), Christoph
tar  Christoph “Doom” Schneider (
Schneider (drums
drums and
 and electronic
 electronic
percussion)) and Christian
percussion and  Christian “Flake” Lorenz
Lorenz   (keyboards
keyboards).).
Since their formation, Rammstein has had no changes in
their line-up.
The majority of their songs are in German, but they
have
ha ve also
also pe
perf
rform
ormeded son
songs
gs ent
entir
irel
elyy or par
partitiall
allyy in
other languages including English,
English, Spanish, French, and
Russian. [3] Rammstein’s award-winning live shows are
renowned for their pyrotechnic elements and both on-
and off-stage theatrics.[4] Rammstein’s entire catalogue is
by Universal Music Group
published by Universal Group..

Richard Kruspe, one of the

t he founding members of Rammstein
1.1.
1.1.1
1 Hist
Histor
ory
y

Founding
Founding and Herzeleid  (1989-1996)
  (1989-1996) stein.
Rammstein was founded by guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe. Thebandwasfirsttitled “Rammstein-Flugschau”  (Ramm-
 (Ramm-
In 1989, he escaped to West
to West Berlin
Berlin and
 and started the band stein Airshow)[5] after the Ramstein
the Ramstein air show disaster
disaster in
 in
Orgasm
Org asm Deat
Deathh Gimmic
Gimmicks. ks. At tha
thatt time, he was heav- 1988. Guitaris
Guitaristt Pa
Paul
ul H. Lan
Lande
ders
rs said
said the
the sp
spel
elliling
ng of Ram
Ram--
ily influenced by American music, especially that of stein with the extra M was a mistake.[6] After the band
Kiss.
Kiss. After the Berlin
the  Berlin Wall
Wall came
 came down, he moved back became popular, the bandmembers denied the connec-
to  Schwerin,, where Till Lindemann worked as a
home to Schwerin tion to the air show disaster and said that their name was
basket-weaver and played drums in the band First Arsch inspired by the giant doorstop-type devices found on old
(looselyy translated as “First Ass” or “First Arse”). At this
(loosel gates, called Rammsteine.[7] The extra “m” in the band’s
time, Richard lived with Oliver Riedel, of the band The name makes it translate literally as “ramming stone.”
Inchtabokatables, and Christoph “Doom” Schneider (of A contest was held in Berlin for amateur bands in 1994,
Die Firma). Richard had come to the realizati realization
on that the the winner of which would receive the opportunity to
music
mus ic he had
hadpr
prev
evio
ious
usly
ly crea
created
teddi
didd not pro
prope
perl
rlyy suit
suit him
him.. record a four-track demo CD in a professional studio.
He envis
envisioned
ioned something that would combine machines Kruspe, Schneider, Riedel, and Lindemann entered and
as well as the sound of hard guitars.
guitars. The thre
threee starte
startedd won the contest, which sparked the attention of Paul H.
working together on a new project in 1994. Richard soon Landers, who wanted in on the project upon hearing their
found it extremely difficult to write both music and lyrics demo.
dem o. To comp
completletee their soun
sound,
d, Ramm
Rammste steinin then at-
at thesame timtimee and
andpe
persu
rsuad
aded
ed Lin
Lindedeman
mann,
n, whom
whom he had tempted to recruit Christian “Flake” Lorenz, who had
overheard
over heard singing while he was working, to join Ramm- played with Landers in Feeling B. At first, Lorenz was

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2   CHAPTER 1. OVERV
OVERVIEW 
IEW 

hesitant, but event

hesitant, eventually
ually agreed to join th
thee band. Later, The show was professionally filmed, intended to be re-
they were signed by Motor Records. leased on their upcoming live
upcoming live DVD,
 DVD, Live aus Berlin.
Rammstein began to record their first studio album, Rammstein embarked on a live tour with Korn
with  Korn,, Ice Cube
Cube,,
Herzeleid , in March 1995 with producer Jacob Hellner..[8]
producer  Jacob Hellner Orgy and
Orgy and Limp
 Limp Bizkit
Bizkit called
 called the Family
the Family Values Tour in
Tour  in
They released their first single "Du
"Du riechst so gut"
gut" on 17 Septemb
Sept ember er through
through to late Oct
October
ober 1998. Continui
Continuingng
August and released the album on 24 September 1995. their success in the US,  Sehnsucht  received
  received Gold record
Later that year, they toured with Clawfinger
with  Clawfinger in
 in Warsaw status there on 2 November.
and Prague.
Prague. Ramm
Rammstestein
in headl
headlined
ined a tour of the
their
ir own The band was nominated at the MTV
the  MTV European Music
throu
through
ghofGerma
sisting Ge17rmany
ny from
shows,rowhich
m 2 Dec
Decemember
did berto
much toto22boost
Dec
Decem
embe
theberr co
con-
n-
band’s Awards for
Awards  for Best Rock Act  and
 and performed “Du hast” live
on 12 November that year.
popularity and establish them as a credible live act. They
went on several tours throughout early 1996, releasing Rammstein had further success in 1999, starting off the
their second single titled "Seemann
"Seemann"" on 8 January of that year in February with a nomination for Best Metal Perfor-
year. mance at the 41st-annual Grammy
41st-annual Grammy Awards
Awards.. A year after
it was filmed, the Live aus Berlin concert was released on
On 27 March 1996, Rammstein performed on  on   MTV
MTV's's CD on 30 August 1999, with a limited edition double CD
Hanging Out  in London, their first performance in the also available. Two weeks after it was released,  Live aus 
UK. Rammstein’s first major boost in popularit
popularityy outside Berlin went to number one in the German Album Charts.
Germany came when music director Trent
director  Trent Reznor
Reznor chose
 chose On 13 Septemb
September er and 26 Nove
November
mber 1999 the video and
two Rammstein songs, “Heirate mich” and "Rammstein
"Rammstein", ", DVD versions of the concert were released respectively.
for David
for David Lynch
Lynch's's film Lost Highway. The soundtrack for Further popularity ensued with the inclusion of "Du "Du hast"
hast"
the film was released in the U.S. in late 1996 and later in The Matrix: Music from the Motion Picture.
throughout Europe in April 1997.
Rammstein went on to tour through Germany, Austria
Mutter  (2000–2002)
 (2000–2002)
and Switzerland
forming from September
an anniversary concert onto27October 1996,called
September per-
“100 years
years of Ramm
Rammstestein”.
in”. Gues
Gueststs to the con
concert
cert in- Rammstein’s album Mutter  was
Rammstein’s  was recorded in the south of
cluded Moby
cluded  Moby,,  Bobo and
 Bobo  and The Berlin Session Orchestra, France in May and June 2000, and mixed in Stockholm in  Stockholm
Berlin director Gert Hof was responsible for the light in October of that year. During December 2000, Ramm-
show. stein
ste in re
rele
lease
asedd an MP3
MP3ve versi
rsion Links2-3-4
on of "Links 2-3-4"asateaser
"asateaser
for their new album.
2001 was a busy year for Rammstein, starting in January
Sehnsucht  and
 and  Live aus Berlin  (late 1996–2000) and February with the band playing the Big the  Big Day Out
Out fes-
 fes-
tiv
tival
al in Aus
Austral
tralia
ia and New Zealand
Zealand.. Janua
January
ry also her-
Rammstein started recording  Sehnsucht   in November alded the shooting of the video for their upcoming single,
1996 at the Temple Studios in Malta. [9] The album was Sonne",
"Sonne ", recorded in Potsdam
in  Potsdam at at Babelsberger Filmstu-
again produced by   Jacob Hellner.
Hellner. "EngelEngel",", the first dios from 13 to 15 January 2001. The video was released
single from the album, was released on 1 April 1997 on 29 January 2001. The single for “Sonne” was released
and reached
reached gol
goldd status in Germa
Germany ny on 23 May. This on 12 February 2001 in Europe, featuring an instrumen-
promp
promptedted the
the rele
release
ase of a fan edi
editition
on of the sing
single,
le, nam
nameded tal ve
vers
rsio
ionn of the
the son
song,
g, two
two re
remix
mixes
es by Clawfinger andandthethe
Engel - Fan Edition. This contained
contained two previ
previously
ously un- song “Adios” from the upcoming album.
released
releas ed songs, “Feuerräd
“Feuerräder”er” and “Wilde
“Wilderr We
Wein”.
in”. Re-
lease of the second single from the album  Sehnsucht  was  was Mutter  was
  was released on 2 April 2001, sparking another
"Du hast",
hast", which hit the German single charts August Rammstein tour through Germany, Austria, and Switzer-
1997 at number 5. Rammste
Rammstein in then continued touring in land.. On 14 May, the secon
land secondd singl
singlee fro
from
m the album,
album,
the summer while  Sehnsucht  was  was released on 22 August “Links 2 3 4”, was released, along with a video of the sin-
1997. The album reac reached
hed number 1 in Ge Germany
rmany aftafter
er gle on 18 May. After a tour throughout Europe in June,
two weeks in the charts. Simultaneously,  Herzeleid  and  and the band then toured the U.S., Canada and Mexic Mexicoo from
both  Sehnsucht  singles
  singles (“Du hast” and “Engel”) were in June to August 2001.
the Top 20 of the German charts. Rammstei Rammsteinn continued "Ich will
will",", the third single fro
fromm the album, was released
to headline sold out shows throughout Europe in Septem- on 10 September 2001 and a Tour edition of the  Mutter 
ber and October. On 5 December 1997, they embarked album (the cover of which is red)[11] was released, fea-
on their first tour of the United State
Statess as the opening act turing alternative artwork and live versions of “Ich will”,
for KMFDM..
for KMFDM “Links 2 3 4”, “Sonne” and “Spiel “Spieluhr”.
uhr”.
On 22–
22–2323 Au
Augus
gustt 199
1998,
8, Ram
Ramms mste
tein
in pla
playe
yedd to ovoverer From 8 to 12 January 2002, Rammstein traveled to
17,000 fans at the Wuhlheide in Berlin; the biggest show Prague to participate in a minor scene for the film  xXx .
the
the ban
bandd had
hadpla
playe
yedd there
there up to tha
thatt dat
date.
e. Sup
Suppor
portiting
ng ac
acts
ts The band is seen in the opening scene, performing their
were Danzig
were  Danzig,, Nina Hagen,
Hagen, Joachim Witt and
Witt and Alaska
 Alaska.. [10] "Feuer frei!
song "Feuer frei!"" in a conc
concert.
ert. “Feuer frfrei!"
ei!" was
was rel
release
easedd
 

1.1. RAMMSTE
RAMMSTEIN 
IN    3

across Europe as the first single from the xXx  soundtrack

  soundtrack
on 14 October 2002. Rammstein released two remixes of
the song. Furthermore
Furthermore,, the single’s track listing includ
included
ed
“Duhas
“Du hast”
t” and
and“Bü
“Bück
ckdi
dich
ch”” co
cove
verr ve
vers
rsio
ions Battery.. The
ns by Battery
videoforthesinglewaseditedbyRobCohenandcontains
part Rammstein performance at the beginning of the film
and part snippets from the film itself.

Reise, Reise  (2003–2005)

Rammstein recorde
Rammstein recordedd   Reise,
Reise, Rei se   (meaning “journey
Reise
journey”, but also
but  also an archaic Reveille
Reveille)) at the El Cor-
tijo studio in southern Spain in November and Decem- Rammstein performing along with Finnish act  Apocalyptica
act  Apocalyptica in
 in
ber 2003; it was mixed at Toytown studio in Stockholm, 2005.
Sweden in April and May 2004. The first single from the
"Mein Teil
album was "Mein Teil",
", released on 26 July. The video the album continued the success of its predecessor,  Reise,
was shot in the Arena, in the Treptow district of Berlin. Reise, placing on top 10 charts in 20 countries.
Outdoo
Out doorr shoot
shootingtook
ingtook place
place at theDeut
theDeutsc sche
he Ope
Operr (Op
(Opera
era
House) U-Bahn
House)  U-Bahn station
 station on Bismarckstrasse. The director 16 December 2005 marked the release of the title track
wasZoranBihac,whoalsofilmedthe“Links234”video. "Mann gegen Mann"
on Rosenrot . The video for "Mann Mann" was re-
leased on 6 February 2006, with the single being released
"Amerika",
The video for the second single, "Amerika ", was filmed on 3 March. On 19 February 2006, Rammstein had an
on 6 and 7 August 2004 in the ruins of the former ce- asteroid named after them, 110393
them, 110393 Rammste
Rammsteinin..[12]
ment works in Rüdersdorf
in Rüdersdorf,, near Berlin, under the direc-
tion of Jörn Heitmann (who also directed the “Ich Will” Onve17
Live
Li ausNovember,
lin fromthe
Berlin
Ber firstwas
1998 Rammstein
rel
release
eased. Live DVDshows
d.  Völkerball  since
music
mus ic vi
video
deo,, amo
amongng oth
others
ers).
). The
The spac
spacee suit
suitss for th
thee moo
moonn
scenes were borrowed from Hollywood and 240 tons of concert performances by the band in England, France,
ash
ash were
were nee
needed
dedtoto cr
crea
eate
te th
thee moo
moonn lan
lands
dsca
cape.
pe. Th
Thee video
video Japan and Russia. The Special Edition is extended by a
premiered on 20 August, while the single was released on second DVD, which contains the documentaries “Ana-
13 September. conda in the net” by Mathilde Bonnefoy and the “Mak-
ing of the album Reise, Reise” by the band’s guitarist
Reise,
Rei Reise  was released on 27 September 2004 and
se, Reise Paul Landers.
Landers. The The limi
limited
ted edi
editition
on was re rele
lease
asedd as a
went straight
straight into top 10 charts throug
throughout
hout Europe. Ac- large black-and-white photo-book with photos by Fred-
cording to the Billboard charts, Rammstein were at that eric Batier, who had accompanied the band through their
stage the most successful German-language band of all recent tours. The photo-book edition contain
containss two DVDs
time. Rammstei
Rammsteinn toured GermanGermanyy through No Novembe
vemberr and two live albums.
and some of December 2004, releasing the single "Ohne " Ohne
dich"" on 22 November.
dich
Liebe ist für alle da  and tour (2007–2011)
In February 2005, Rammstein toured Europe again. By
28 February, Rammstein had played 21 concerts in front
of more than 200,000 spectators in ten countries.countries. It was
on this tour that the band was faced with several lawsuits
resulting from severe fire breathing accidents involving
audience members. "Keine "Keine Lust"
Lust" the fourth single from
Reise, Reise, was released on 28 February 2005.
From 27 May to 30 July 2005, Rammstein played musi musicc
festivals across Europe. Footage from these concerts can
be seen on Rammstein’s live DVD  Völkerball , released in
November 2006.

Rosenrot  and
 and  Völkerball  (2005–2006)
 (2005–2006)

In August 2005, Rammstein revealed the name of their

next studio album:   Rosenrot . Their first single from the Rammstein performing
performing at the Gold Coast   Big
Big Day Out  in
  in 2011
album, "Benzin
"Benzin",
", was released on 5 October, with its
video premiere on 16 September.  Rosenrot  was  was released The band took a hiatus in 2006 and began work again in
worldwide on 28 October. Directly following the release, 2007. The recording process reportedly took two years.
 

4   CHAPTER 1. OVERV
OVERVIEW 
IEW 

In July 2009, the title track “Liebe ist für alle da”  leaked
da” leaked On November 8, 2009, Rammstein began the first leg of
onto the internet, along with promotional materials. This the  Liebe ist für alle da Tour in
the Liebe Tour in Lisbon, Portugal.
Portugal. As part
led 
led   Universal Music
Music to
 to take action against certain fan of their
their Europ
Europeanean summ
summer er tour, Ramm
Rammste stein
in perf
performe
ormedd at
sites.[13][14] the
the 2010 Festival on 4–6 June 2010.[24]
 2010 Rock AM Ring Festival on
It was confirmed in August 2009 that the new album They also headlined several shows shows across Europe on the
would have 11 tracks,[15] and mixing of the album Sonisphere Festival,
Festival, including their first ever outdoor UK
— which was taking place in  in   Stockholm
Stockholm -
 - had been performance at Knebworth
at Knebworth Park,
Park, performing the day be-
[16]
completed. On September 1, 2009, it was confirmed fore Iron
fore Maiden. On Sunday July 18, 2010, Rammstein
 Iron Maiden. Rammstein
played in front of more than 130,000 people in Quebec in  Quebec
ontheband’swebsitethat"Pussy
ontheband’swebsitethat"
from the album. On the same Pussy"wouldbethefirstsingle
"wouldbethefirstsingle
day, The Gauntlet posted City on
City  on the Plains
the Plains of Abraham as
Abraham as the closing show for the
a promotional video for it. The video also confirmed the Québec. It was their first North Ameri-
Festival d'été de Québec. Ameri-
album title, Liebe ist für alle da. Later, the title was
was con- canap
can appea
pearan
rance
ce in 9 ye
years
ars.. The ban
bandd ann
announ
ounce
cedd tha
thatt thei
theirr
firmed again in an interview with Paul Landers for Rock- last tour dates of 2010 were to be in the Americas. After
One magazine. 46,7 several South American dates, the band returned to the
famous  Madison
United States for a single show at the famous Madison
The music video for “Pussy” was released on September Square Garden in
Garden in New
 New York City –
City – their first US show in
16, 2009, at 20:30 GMT, released especially for the adult over nine years. The tickets sold out in a very short time.
website Visit-x.[17] The video contains graphic scenes of They also performed at Bell
at Bell Centre
Centre in
 in Montreal, Canada
malee and
mal andffemal
emalee nud
nuditityy as well
well as wome
womenn eng
engagi
aging
ng in sex-
sex- on December
December 9. This con concert
cert sol
soldd out within the first
ual acts with the band members, although the actual sex hour of tickets going on sale, indicating a high demand
scenes were performed by body doubles.[18] The women to see Rammstein
Rammstein in North Am Americ
erica.a. The band the thenn
featured in the video are German pornographic stars.[19]
featured played at Big Day Out 2011 from January 21 to February
Metal Hammer released
Hammer  released an edited version of the video 6 in New Zealand and Australia. The band also visited
onto their website.[20] "Ich tu dir weh"
weh" was confirmed as South Africa for the first time in early 2011 and played
the
th
ineansec
secon
ondd si
sing
ngle
interview lefor
from
romthethealb
Radio album
umAlthough
Eins. by Lan
Lande
ders
rscensorship
and
andLor
Lorenz
enzeofe two sold-out indicating
respectively, concerts inanother
Cape territory
Town and Johannesburg
eager for the op-
the song in Germany prohibits any advertisement, broad- portunity to enjoy
enjoy the band live. On February 16, 2011,
castor
castor publ
publicdis
icdispl
play
ay,, th
thee vide
videoo to “Ichtu
“Ichtu di
dirr we
weh”
h” wa
wass re-
re- Rammstein announced that, after the massive success of
leased on December 21, 2009 on the adult website Visit- out  Madison Square Garden show
their sold out Madison Garden show on Decem-
x, just like the video to “Pussy”, after advertisement on ber 11, 2010, they would be touring North America af-
the band’s official German website; it depicts the band ter 10 years, stopping in New Jersey (East Rutherford)
on stage in a similar configuration as on their 2009/10 Center, Montreal Bell
Izod Center, Montreal Bell Centre,
Centre, Toronto Air
Toronto Air Canada
tour. Any refreferenc
erences
es to the video on the officiofficial al website Centre,, Chicago Allstate
Centre Chicago Allstate Arena,
Arena, Edmonton Rexall
Edmonton Rexall PlacePlace,,
have since
since been del
deleted.
eted. In Europe, the single was re- Seattle Tacoma
Seattle  Tacoma Dome
Dome,, San Francisco (Oakland) Oracle
(Oakland) Oracle
leased on January 15, 2010, and in the U.S. on January Arena,, Los Ang
Arena Angeleles
es The For
Forum
um (Ingl
(Inglew
ewood)
ood),andLasVe-
,andLasVe-
19, 2010.[21] Like the video “Pussy,” this video was also gas  Thomas and Mack Center,
gas Thomas Center, Mexico City’s Palacio
City’s Palacio de
directed byby Jonas Åkerlund. On April 23, 2010, Ramm- los Deportes,
Deportes, Guadalajara’s Arena
Guadalajara’s Arena VFG VFG,, and Monterey’s
stein released their video "Haifisch
"Haifisch". ". Unl
Unlikikee the vi
video
deo Au
Audi
ditor
torio
io Ban
Baname
amexx to a tot
total
al of six
six US dates
dates,, thr
three
ee Can
Cana-
a-
for “Ich tu dir weh”, it contains more of a narrative rather dian dates, and four Mexican dates. Tickets went on sale
than a performance.[22] The single was released during February 25 and 26 to great response, with many shows
May and June 2010.[23] completely
complet ely selling out, making this tour a complete suc-
cess. On April 20, 2011, the band also won th thee Revolver
Golden God Award for
Award  for Best Live Band, their first US
award.

Germanyy 1995–2011 (2011–2015)
Made in German

Rammsteinn released a greates

Rammstei greatestt hits album titled Made in
Germanyy 1995–2011 on December 2, 2011. It contains
German
one previously unreleased track, "Mein
"Mein Land
Land"" which was
releasedd as a single on November 11, 2011 with another
release
track, “Vergiss uns nicht”, that was released at a later
date. The compilation is availab
available
le in three diff
different
erent edi-
tions: The standard edition; this includes
includes a CD with nor-
mal songs from their back catalog. Special edition; has
the same CD from the standard edition and an extra CD
Rammstein playing " E
Engel 
ngel " in  Madison Square Garden
Garden (11
 (11 De- with Rammstein songs that have been remixed by differ-
cember 2010) ent artists such as Scooter. Finally
Finally,, the super deluxe edi-
 

1.1. RAMMSTE
RAMMSTEIN 
IN    5

Rammstein performing
performing in 2012

tion; has the two previously mentioned CDs and 3 DVDs

with interviews and the making of videos from different
music videos.
"Mein Land
The video for the song "Mein Land"" was filmed on May
23, 2011 at Sycam
Sycamore
ore Beac
Beachh in Mali
Malibu, bu, Calif
Californi
ornia.
a. It
premi
premierered
ed on the
the ban
band’s
d’s offi
offici
cial
al webs
websititee on No
Nove
vemb
mber
er 11,
2011. A full European tour in support of  Made in Ger-
many began on November 2011 and spanned all the way
to May 2012. It inclincluded
uded a North Ameri
Americancan tour that
began
on Mayon25,April
201220,in 2012 in Sunrise,
Houston, Texas thatFlorida and21ended
visited cities
throughout the US and Canada. The Swedish industrial
band Deathstars
band  Deathstars supported
 supported the band during the first two Christoph Schneider performing
performing in 2015
legs of the European tour.[25] DJ Joe Letz from Com-
bichrist
bichri st and Emigrate was the opening act for the North
American Tour. on December 14, in conjunction with the video collection
DVD.[31]
Rammstein,
Rammste in, minus
minus   Till Lindemann
Lindemann,, perf perform
ormed
ed "The
Beautiful People"
People" with   Marilyn Manson  at the   Echo In July 2013, guitarist Paul
guitarist Paul Landers
Landers revealed
 revealed in an inter-
Awards on
Awards  on March 22, 2012. view the possibility of a Rammstein documentary and a
lilive
ve DVD
DVD.. He indi
indica
cated
tedththat
at the
the ban
bandd ma
mayy “start
“start thinki
thinking”
ng”
On September 21, 2012, it was announced that Ramm- [32]
about a new album in 2014. In September 2014, the
headlining Download Festival 2013,
stein would be headlining Download Festival 2013, along guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe
other guitarist Richard Kruspe (who
 (who is working with
with Iron
with Maiden  and Slipknot
 Iron Maiden and  Slipknot.. Twelve additional festi- band,  Emigrate[33]) said the band was preparing
his side band, Emigrate
val performances
performances for summer 2013 were announced the some more live DVDs and that they were taking some
including Wacken Open Air festival
same day, including Wacken Air festival and Rock
and Rock
Werchter..[26] Ramm
Werchter Rammste stein
in annou
announcencedd ne
new
w tour
tourdate
datess star
start-
t- time
tim
in e off tofr
2015 from
om the ifstud
decide studio.
theio.time
Theis ban
band
rightd to
will
willreturn
meettoagagain
ain
the
ing
ingffor sp
sprin
ringg 201
20133 in Eur ope,,[27] inc
Europe includi
luding
ng a 2-da
2-dayy retu
return
rn [34]
studio. In May 2015, Lindemann confirmed in an in-
to Kindl-Bühne
to Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide,
Wuhlheide, the location of their first (of- terview with MusikUniverse that Rammstein will start
ficial) live DVD, Live Aus Berlin.[28] pre-production on a possible new album in September,
On No
Novevemb
mberer 22, 201
2012,
2, Ram
Ramms mstetein
in ann
announ
ounced
cedviviaa Fa
Face-
ce- and that production will most likely go on until 2017.[35]
book that they will be releasing a video collection featur- According to Peter Tägtgren – who works with frontman
ing all music videos entitled Videos 1995-2012, plus two Till Lindemann on their side-project Lindemann
side-project  Lindemann –  – Till
unreleased music videos for "Mein "Mein Herz BrenntBrennt",
", origi- wil
willl be re
regro
group
uping
ingwi
withth hisRam
his Rammsmstetein
in ban
bandma
dmate
tess later
later in
nally featured
featured on the album  Mutter . The first video pre- 2015 to start pre-producti
pre-production on on a new full-length album,
miered on the band’s Vimeo
band’s  Vimeo,, while the second will pre- which normally takes two years to be released. [36]
promotional
mierona promoti onal webs
website
ite.. Both
Both videos
videos wer
weree dire
directe
ctedd
[29]
by Zoran Bihac. The first was released on 7 December
2012, and featured the newly recorded piano version of
“Mein Herz Brennt”. A single of the song was released 1.1.2 Musical
Musical style
style and influenc
influences
es
on the same day, which included an edited version of the
original and a new song titled 'Gib Mir Deine Augen' as Rammstein is often categorised as Neue
as  Neue Deutsche Härte
a b-side.[30] The explicit version’s
version’s video leake
leakedd onto the (New German Hardness),  industrial metal[37][38][39][40]
internet on 11 December 2012 but was officially released and hard
and rock..[41][42][43][44][45]
 hard rock
 

6   CHAPTER 1. OVERV
OVERVIEW 
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Rammstein’s
Rammste in’s styl
stylee has tended
tended to divid
dividee critic
critics.
s. New rot”, respectively.[48]
Zealand’s   Southland Times  (December 17, 1999) sug- Se
Sevver
eral
al of thei
theirr so song
ngss are
are re rela
late
tedd to co cont
ntro
rove
ver-
r-
gested that Till Lindemann’s “booming, sub-sonic voice” sial
sial and
and tabo
tabooo su subbje
jeccts sucuchh as   sadomasochism
sadomasochism,,
woul
wouldd se
send
nd “the
“the pe
peasa
asants
nts fleei
fleeing
ng int
intoo th
thei
eirr bar
barns
ns and
andbol
bolt-
t- homosexuality,
homosexuality ,   intersexuality,
intersexuality,   incest
incest,,   pedophilia
pedophilia,,
ing their doors”, while the  New York Times  (January   (January 9, necrophilia, cannibalism,
necrophilia,  cannibalism, pyromania
 pyromania,, religion
 religion and
 and sexual
 sexual
2005) comment
commented ed that on the stage
stage,, “Mr. Lind Lindeman
emannn violence.. Also
violence Also sevsevera
erall of thei
theirr song
songss are alle
allege
gedl
dlyy
gave off an air of such brute masculinity and barely con- inspi
inspired
red by real
real-li
-liffe ev
evenents.
ts. The These se song
songss inc
includ
ludee
tained violence that it seemed that he could have reached “Rammstein” (Ramstein
(Ramstein airshow disaster),
disaster), “Mein Teil”
into
into the
the cr
crow
owd,d, snat
snatch
ched
ed up a fan
an,, an
andd bi
bitt
tten
en off hi hiss he
head
ad.”
.”
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of  AllMusic  commented  commented that (“Donaukinder”
The Meiwes Case Case),
), Baia
(2000
(2000 “Wiener
MareBlut” (Fritzl
(Fritzl
cyanide spill).).case)
spill case) and
“their blend of industrial noise, grinding metal guitars,
and ope
operati
raticc voc
vocals
alsis
is stag
stagger
geringl
inglyy pow
powerf ul.”[46] “W
erful.” “Wee jus
justt Wordplay is a fundamental component of Rammstein’s
push boundaries”, said Till Lindemann in an interview lyrics. In many instances, the lyrics are phrased in such
with rock magazine Kerrang!, “We cannot help it if peo- a way that they can be interpreted in several ways. The
ple don't like those boundaries being pushed.” song “Du hast”, for example, is a play on the German
marriage vow
marriage  vow  Willst Du, bis der Tod euch scheidet, treu
ihr sein für alle Tage?   (“Will you, until Death separate
separatess
1.1.
1.1.3
3 Lyri
Lyriccs you, be faithf
faithful
ul to her for the rest of your day
days?").
s?"). In
the song, the traditional affirmative response,  Ja (“Yes”),
is replaced by its negation  Nein (“No”). The song starts,
in fact, with a play on words:  Du..
 Du.... Du hast.
hast...
.. Du hast 
hast 
mich...  meaning “You have me”. This line is often mis-
taken for “You hate me”, because in German, there is no
distinction between the pronunciation of  Du hasst  (“you (“you
Du ha
hast 
st 
hate
hate”)
”) sentence
as the and  (“you
(“you have
have”).
is completed: ”).
 DuThe
Th e pun
punis
hast is late
mich lagefragt/Und 
terr re
resol
solve
vedd
ich hab'
hab' ni
nicht gesagt t  (“Y
chtss gesag (“You
ou [ha
[have
ve]] ask
asked
ed me/
me/AndAndII [ha
[have
ve]]
said nothing”). Confusingly, the band did also make an
Englilish
Eng sh ve
vers
rsio
ionn of thesong namnameded “You
“You Hat
Hate”,
e”, whi
which chwa
wass
not translated directly from “Du hast”. While many argu-
ments are made about “Du hast”, it is known that Ramm-
stein used this wording to intentionally mislead the lis-
tener and create humour in the song, causing many non-
German speakers to be confused.
Rammstein performing Mein
performing Mein Teil  in
 in 2013, one of the tracks from
Reise.. The track
Reise, Reise track is based on the eve
events
nts of  The
  The Meiwes 
Case..
Case
1.1.4 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess
Nearly all of Rammstein’s
Rammstein’s songsongss are in German. How-
ever, the band has recorded English songs as well as a
"Stripped"" (Depeche Mode). In addi-
cover of the song "Stripped
tion, the songs “Amerika”, “Stirb nicht vor mir/Don't Die
Before I Do,” and “Pussy” contain lyrics in English. The
song"Moskau
song" Moskau"" (“M
(“Moscoscow
ow”)”) co
conta
ntains
insaa ch
choru
oruss in Rus
Russisian,
an,
and Rammstein has not official song "Schtiel "Schtiel"" (cover of
song "Штиль"(“Shtil”) by russian popular heavy metal
band "Aria
"Aria")
") entirely
entirely in Russian. "Te quiero putaputa!"!" is en-
tirely in Spanish, and the song “Frühling in Paris” has a
chorus in French.
French. OlivOliver
er Riedel comme
commented
nted that “Ger-
man language
language suit
suitss hea
heavy
vy metal musi
music.
c. Fren
Frenchch migh
mightt
be the language of love, but German is the language of
anger.”[47]
The band’s lyrics, as sung by Till Lindemann, are an es- Rammstein are known for their frequent use of  pyrotechnics 
 pyrotechnics  dur-
 dur-
sential element
element of their music, and shape the perception ing live performances.
by fans
fans and a wider publi
public.
c. Among other things that are
seen as controv
controversial,
ersial, Rammstein also refers to classiclassical
cal Rammstein
Rammste in hav
havee ach
achie
ieved
ved parti
particulcular
ar fame for their
their
German literature,
literature, e.g. Johann Wolf Wolfgang
gang von Goethe’s over-the-top stage show, making such extensive use of
famous poems  Der Erlkönig  (1778) and   Das Heiden- pyrotechnics tha
thatt fans ev
even
entua
tuallllyy coine
coinedd the
the mot
motto
to “Ot
“Othe
herr
röslein (1771) for the songs “Dalai Lama” and “Rosen- bands play, Rammstein burns!" (a quip at   Manowar’s
 

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RAMMSTEIN 
IN    7

song “Kings of Metal”, which states, “other bands play, level stage, with half the band playing the lower level,
Manowar kills”). Following an accident at the Arena in as the other half was placed at the upper.
upper. At this tour,
Berlin in which some burning decorative parts fell (27 the upper level rose over 2 metres above the stage floor
September 1996)[49] the band started using profession- and had an oval entrance just beneath the drums. At both
als to handle the pyrotechni
pyrotechnics.
cs. Lindemann subseq
subsequently
uently sides of the upper level, a special lift made it possible for
qualified as a licensed pyrotechnician; he spends entire the band members
members to acce
access
ss both stage le
leve
vels.
ls. On the
songs engulfed
engulfed head-to-toe in flames. He has suffered
suffered Liebe ist für alle da  Tour (starting 2009), the new stage
multiplee burns on his ears, head and arms.
multipl still had a two-le
two-level
vel desi
design.
gn. This time, howev
however,er, the up-
per level only had about half the height as on the previous
The
occa heatn, during
occasio
sion, peop le live
people haveeperformances
hav been carr
carried is so
ied out of intense
con certssthat,
concert suff on
suffer-
er- tour. Stage entran
entrance
ce was possible bbyy a hydrauli
hydraulicc ramp
ing from heat exhaustion, and lighting gantries have been in the middle of the stage floor. At each end of the up-
seen glowing red-hot from repeated fireball hits. The va- per level, stairs are placed in order to gain access to both
riety of the pyrotechnics can be seen in a recent con- levels.
cert playlist, which includes such items as "Lycopodium
"Lycopodium This tour included not only the extensive use of pyrotech-
Masks”, “Glitterburst Truss”, “Pyrostrobes”, “Comets”, nics, but also a massive lighting show, such as the famous
“Flash Trays” and “Mortar Hits”. band logo-cross as big lamps and four enormous collapsi-
The band’s
band’s costume
costumess are fitt
fittingl
inglyy outland
outlandishish.. Durin
Duringg ble towers, forming the industrial backdrop of the set,
the Reise, Reise tour, they wore Lederhosen
wore Lederhosen,, corsets and
 corsets and capable of doing different
different lighting
lighting eff
effects.
ects. Acc
According
ording
military-inspired uniforms with stahlhelms
with stahlhelms,, while during to Kruspe, the on-stage wackiness is entirely deliberate
the Mutter  tour
 tour the group kept to the themes of the album (Rammstein’s motto according to Schneider is: “Do your
artwork and descended onto the stage from a giant uterus
giant uterus own thing. And overdo it!"). The aim is to get people’s
while wearing
wearing diapers. In the Völkerball  concert,
 concert, among attention and have fun at the same time.
others, Till changedcostumes
changed costumes betw
between
een songs, dressed ac-
You have to understand that 99 per cent of
cordingl
cordingly
dressed yasfor each. Forinexample
a butcher, example,
“Reise, ,Reise”,
in “Mein
as Teil”, he The
a sailor. was the people don't understand the lyrics, so you
rest of the band each wore their own preferred costume, have to come up with something to keep the
but none quite
quite as biza
bizarre
rre as Till’s. The band’
band’ss flair for drama in the show. We hav havee to do something
something..
costumes is evident in their music videos as well as their We lik
like to havea
havea show
show;; welik
welikee to
topl
playwit
aywithh fir
fire.
e.
live
live sho
shows.
ws. IInn the “Ke
“Keine
ine Lust”
Lust” video,
video, all mem
members
bersex
excep
ceptt We do have a sense of humour. We do laugh
Lorenz are dressed in fat suits. In the “Amerika” video, about it; we have fun ... but we're not Spinal
not Spinal
all members of the band wear astronaut costumes. Tap.. We tak
Tap takee the
the mus
music
ic andthe lylyri
rics
csse
serio
rious
usly
ly..
It’s a combination of humour, theatre and our
East German culture,
German culture, you know?
— Richard Z. Kruspe,[50]

Their onstage
onstage antics have also got them in trouble. Dur-
ing their stint on the American Family Values Tour 1998,
alongsi
alon gside
de acts
acts suc
suchh as rapp
rapper
er IceCube,
IceCube, Korn
Korn,, Limp
Limp Biz
Bizkit
kit
and Orgy, the band was arrested for indecency. In one of
the more
gaged infamous sodomy with
moments with
in simulated sodomy
simulated vocalist Till Lindemann
keyboardist en-
Lorenz dur-
ing their performance of “Bück dich” in Worcester, Mas-
sachusetts.
sachuset ts. They we were
re subseque
subsequentlyntly arres
arrested
ted and fined
$2
$255 an
andd sp
spen
entt on
onee nigh
nightt in jail
jail..[51][52] The band att
attempt
empted
ed
to appeal the fine, and spent more in legal fees and court
fees than the $25 fine.

1.1.5
1.1.5 Band
Band longe
longevit
vity
y

Since their formation in 1994, Rammstein has had no

Vocalist Till
Vocalist  Till Linde
Lindemann
mann during" 
during" Rammstein",
Rammstein", kno
known
wn for wea ringg ch
wearin chang
anges
es in thei
theirr line-u
line-up.
p. Rich
Richard
ardKru
Krusp
spee had
hadsai
saidd in a Re-
dual arm mounted flame throwers. volver Magazine interview that it is because of the band
respecting each other’s wishes to take a break; either for
Since the Mutter Tour, starting in 2001, Rammstein have personal reasons or to focus on a side project.
worked with stage designer Roy Bennett, who helped the
bandd in de
ban deve
velo
lopi
ping
ng the
the loo
lookk of the stag
stages.
es. Wi
With
th th
thee Reis
Reise,
e, Rammsteinn follow the
Rammstei their
ir own rhythm. We
Reise Tour (2004/2005), the band began using a two- never give a shit about the people who think
 

8   CHAPTER 1. OVERV
OVERVIEW 
IEW 

we need to get a record out every two years and laut.de, [58] Rammstei
Rammstein,n, with this song, positi
positioned
oned them-
tha
that’s
t’son
onee of the
the reason
reasonss why
why we're
we'resti
stillll tog
toget
ethe
herr selves on the side of Oskar
of  Oskar Lafontaine,
Lafontaine, co-chairmen of
wit
withh the same lineup.
lineup. We taktakee care of each Left Party
The Left  Party and former chairman of the Social
the Social Demo-
other, and if somebod
somebodyy needs to take the time cratic Party of Germany,
Germany, who had used the expression
off or do something else, we listen. “the heart beats left” before. They write: [59]
— Richard Z. Kruspe,[53]
Rammstein embed the Lafontaine saying
Members of the band currently have side projects that “My heart beats left” into their lyric and cite a
line of the workers’ song “Einheitsfrontlied”
theyently
curr takye fronts
take
currentl frpart inthe
ontsthe during
grouppRammstein’s
grou inacti
inactivity.
Emigrate while Tillvity.
while Lind Kruspe
Lindeman
emannn from Berthold
from  Berthold Brecht
Brecht   ("Left, 2, 3, 4; left 2,
began his project Lindemann
project Lindemann,, in 2015. 3, 4; where your place is  is   comrade,
comrade, line up
into the Workers’ United
Workers’  United Front,
Front, if you are a
worker”).
1.1.6 Contro
Controver
versie
siess

Imagery Lorenz stated that the song was created to show the band
could write a harsh, evil, military-soun
military-sounding
ding song without
[60]
  described Rammstein’s music as being
The New York Times  described being Nazis
 Nazis..
a “pow
“powerf
erful
ul strain of brut brutall
allyy intense roc
rock...
k... brin
bringing
ging
gale-force
gale-f orce music and spect acular theatrics together”.[54] Relation to violen
spectacular violentt even
events
ts
The members have not been shy about courting contro-
versy and have periodically attracted condemnation from Rammstein were cited in relation to the Columbine the Columbine High
morality campaigners.
morality  campaigners. Till and Flake’s stage act earned School massacre in
massacre  in 1999, when a photo of Eric Harris
them a night in jail in June 1999 after a liquid-ejecting wearing a Rammstein T-shirt were revealed in his 11th
dildo was used in a concert in Worcester,
dildo was in Worcester, Massachusetts
Massachusetts.. grade picture and wrote the Rammstein logo on a year-
Back home in Germany, the band has faced repeated ac- book he signed.[61] Though there was no evidence to cor-
cusations
cusatio ns of
of fascist
 fascist sympathies
 sympathies because of the dark and relaterelate the band and the mas massacr
sacre.
e. In resp
response
onse to the
sometimes militaristic
sometimes  militaristic imagery
 imagery of their videos and con- shooting, the band issued a statement:
certs, including the use of excerpts from the film  Olympia
by
by Leni
 Leni Riefenstahl
Riefenstahl in  in the video for the Depeche Mode The members of Rammstei
Rammsteinn express their
cover “Stripped”.   MTV Germany   studied the lyrics, cond
co ndol
olen
encecess and sy
sympa
mpaththyy to all affec
affecte
tedd
talked to the band and came away satisfied that Ramm- by the recent
recent tragic ev
events
ents in Denv
Denver.
er. The
Theyy
apolitical;  Peter Ruppert,
stein are apolitical; Peter Ruppert, then head of Music wish to make it clear that they have no lyrical
Programming at MTV Germany, stated that the band content or political beliefs that could have pos-
“aren't in any way connected with any right-wing activ- sibly influenced such behaviour. Additionally,
ities”. Such criticis
criticism
m may be unavoiunavoidable
dable for a German members of Rammstein have children of their
band that deals in harsh, militaristic-style imagery.[55] own, in whom they continuall
continuallyy strive to instill
Their cover of their debut album   Herzeleid , released healthy and non-violent values.[62][63]
in Germany in 1995, showed the band members bare-
chested
the
the ey es in
eyes ofasom
style
some that
e criti
cri resembled
resembled Strength
tics
cs,
, who
who acc  Strength
accuse
used Through
d theband Joy
tryJoy in
 in
of tryingto
ingto Coincidentally, on September 10, 2001, the single and
the  Master Race
sell themselves as “poster boys for the Master ".[56]
Race". video clip of Ich will (“I Want”) was released which por-
Rammstein have vehemently denied this and said they trays the band as bank robbers who want to get a message
want nothing to do with politics or supremacy of any across and receiving a Goldene Kamera (Golden Cam-
kind. Lorenz, annoyed by the claim, has remarked it is era) award, a German version of the Emmy award, for
just a photo, and should be understood as such.  Herzeleid  their “actions”. In the United States, the video clip was
has since been given a different cover in North Amer- broadcast only late at night after the
after the attacks of September
ica, depicting
depicting the band members
members’’ faces. The clip for the 11, 2001,
2001, in New York City although many media offi-
song “Amerika” shows people from different nationali- cials and politicians requested the video to be pulled from
ties throughout the video and Rammstein members tak- broadcast completely.
ing photographs with them at the end of the clip. Following the conclusion of the Beslan
the  Beslan school hostage
The song "Links
"Links 2-3-4
2-3-4"" (Links  being
  being German for “left”) crisis in
crisis  in Russia in September 2004, the Russian author-
was written
written as a ripos
ripostete to these cla
claims.
ims. Krus
Kruspe
pe said: ities claimed that the terrorists had “listened to German
"'My heart beats on the left, left, two, three, four'. It’s sim- hard rock group Rammstein on personal stereos during
[64]
ple. If you
the left side,want
andtothat’s
put us
theinreason
a political category,
we made we're[57]
the song”. on the siege
claim has tonotkeep
beenthemselves edgyconfirmed.
independently and fired up”. The
Acco
Accordi
rding
ng to the GermaGermann onlin
onlinee mus
music
ic ma
maga zinee Band members said this about the issue:
gazin
 

1.1. RAMMSTE
RAMMSTEIN 
IN    9

There’s been a lot of talk about that, but members.

mem bers. It is the third Ramms
Rammstei
teinn video to inclu
include
de
if there are radical fee
feelings
lings in people anything nudity.[71]
can wake them – a painting, a picture, what-
ever.r. It’s just a coincid
eve coincidence
ence that it ha
happened
ppened
to be our music. It’s important to think about Placement on the  Index 
what caused them to make their decisions, how
they became animals, not their taste in music. On Nove
Novembmber
er 5, 20 2009
09,, thei
theirr sixt
sixthh stud
studio
io albu
album,
m,
Whenever something like this happens it’s like Lieb
Liebee is
istt für al le da, was
alle was plplac
aced
ed on the
the   Index   of
“Okay, let’s blame the artist”. Such bullshit. the
the Bundesprüfstelle
 Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien Medien   or
BPjM (Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young
Pe
Perso
rsons)
ns),, ma
makin
kingg it illeg
illegal
al in Ger
German
manyy to mak
makee the
the album
album
Our music is made to release aggression, accessible to minors or display it where it can be seen by
and people listening to it are also needed to people underage, effecti vely banning it from stores.[72][73]
effectively
do that, but it’s not our fault. Should we stop According to the official statement of the BPjM, the de-
making hard music because bad people might piction of lead guitarist Richard Kruspe holding a woman
like it? wearing only a mask over his knee and lifting his hand to
strike her behind has given cause for offense, as well as
the lyrics to “Ich tu dir weh” which supposedly assist to
the  Jokela school
Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the perpetrator of the Jokela dangerous  BDSM te
spread dangerous BDSM  technique
chniques.s. Furthermor
Furthermore,e, the
shooting in
shooting  in November 2007, also included Rammstein advisory board has taken into consideration the alleged
in one of his favorit
avoritee bands. How
Howevever,
er, he noted that promotion of unprotected sexual intercourse in the lyrics
the music among other things was not to blame for his to “Pussy”. The band, as well as several me members
mbers of the
decisions.[65] German press, reacted with astonishment to the decision.
Furthermore, Elliot Rodger, the perpetrator of the Isla
the  Isla Keyboardist Christian Lorenz expressed surprise at the
Vista killings
killings in
according
accordin g to  in
hisMay 2014, recor
YouTube was also
ds. aOn
records. fana of Rammstein
lyric video of advisory board’s
their apparent “parochial
inability sense
to detect of [74][75]
irony. art” and Onregretted
Novem-
brennt, Rodger wrote: "[G]reat song to listen
Mein Herz brennt, ber 16, 2009, a stripped down version of Liebe ist für alle
to whi
while
le da
dayd
ydre
reami
aming
ng abo
about
ut being
beingaa powe
powerfrful
ul rul
ruler
er.”
.” Ev
Even
en da was released. As of May 31, 2010, the administrative
though Rodger wrote in his manifesto that he wished to court in Cologne has decided to waive the suspensive ef-
become a dictator and punish all the people who rejected fect of the inclusion into the Index  (case
 (case 22 L 1899/09).
him, there was no direct link found between the band’s The German department deleted the record from the  In-
music and the killing spree.[66] Santa Barbara police later dex  on
 on June 1 (Decision No. A 117/10). On June 9, the
confirmed that Rodger’s main motivations were sexual band announced on their official website that the original
and social rejection.[67] version of the album was already available at their shop
and that a release of the single “Ich tu dir weh” in Ger-
many was planned in a short period of time. In October
Videos 2011, the offending song was removed from the Index by
a court ruling in Cologne.[76]
In October 2004, the video for "Mein
"Mein Teil"
Teil" (“My part”)
caused considerable controversy in Germany when it was
released. It takes case,
a darkly the Armin
comica cross-dressed
view of the Armin Mei- Purported legal action
wes cannibalism
wes  cannibalism showing a cross-dressed Schneider
holdingtheotherfivebandmembersonaleashandrolling In 20
2010
10,, Ramm
Rammst stei
einn sett
settle
ledd ou
outt of cocour
urtt agai
agains
nstt
around in mud. The controversy did nothing to stop the Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica's's former record label Sony
label  Sony Music Enter-
si
sing
ngle
le ris
rising
ing to No. 2 in th
thee Germa
Germann ch
chart
arts.
s. M
Mei
eiwe
wess (wh
(whoo tainment GmbH as
GmbH as the successor of the by now defunct
was convicted of manslaughter in 2004, then retried in affiliated label Gun Records for using Rammstein’s label
2006 and found guilty of murder)[68] brought a lawsuit in in marketing Apocalyptica’s 2007 album Worlds Collide,
January 2006 against the band for infringement of rights which featured a duet with singer Lindemann.[77][78]
to the story.
Thelegall acti
Thelega action
on ap
appar
paren
entltlyy did
did no har
harmm to the
the re
relat
latio
ions
nshi
hipp
The band’s own views of its image are sanguine; Landers bet
betwe
ween
en the
the ban
bands,
ds,si
sinc
ncee Apo
Apoca caly
lypti
ptica
ca were
were see
seenn on stag
stagee
has said: “We like bei being
ng on the fringes of bad taste”.[69]
fringes with Rammstein during the song “Mein Herz brennt” in
Christian “Flake” Lorenz comments: “The controversy is February 2012 at Hartwall Arena, Helsinki, Finland.
fun, like stealing forbidden fruit. But it serves a purpose.
We like audiences to grapple with our music, and people
have become more receptive”.[70] 1.1.7
1.1.7 Band
Band memb
members
ers
The video for “Pussy” was released September 2009. It
features graphic scenes of nudity
of nudity along
 along with women en- •   Till Lindemann –
Lindemann  – lead vocals, harmonica   (1994–
gaging in sexual activity with body doubles of the band present)
 

10   CHAPTER 1. OVERV
OVERVIEW 
IEW 

•  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, keyboard, backing •  1998: Best Live Band
vocals  (1994–present) •   2005: Best Video ffor
or Keine Lust 
•  Paul Lande
Landers
rs – rhy
rhythm
thm gui
guitar,
tar, ba
backi
cking
ng voc
vocals
als (1994– •   Echo
present)
•   1998: Best Video ffor
or Engel 
•  Oliver Riedel –
Riedel – bass (1994–present)
•  1999: most successful artist international
• Lorenz –
 Christian Lorenz  – keyboard, samples, synthesizers •   2002: Artist/Group
Artist/Group of the year nati
national
onal
(1994–present)
•
  tional/international
2005: Artist/Group of the year na-
• Schneider  – drums, percussion   (1994–
 Christoph Schneider –
present) •  2005: Best Live Act national
•   2006: Artist/Group
Artist/Group of the year natinational
onal
1.1.8
1.1.8 Di
Disc
scogr
ograp
aphy
hy •  2010: Best Rock / Alternative / Heavy Metal
national[79]
Main article: Rammstein
article:  Rammstein discography •  2011: Best
Best Video
Video nati
national
onalfo
forr Ich tu di weh[80]
dirr weh
•  2012: Best Group Rock/Alternative national
•   Herzeleid  (1995)
 (1995) •  2012: Most successful national Act abroad
•  Sehnsucht  (1997)
 (1997) •  Edison Award 
•   Mutter  (2001)
 (2001) •  2006: Best Alternative Album for Rosenrot 
•  Reise, Reise (2004) •

  Emma
•   Rosenrot  (2005)
 (2005) •  2005: Best foreign Artist
•  Liebe ist für alle da (2009) •  Grammy Award 
•   TBA (2016)
TBA •  1999:
 1999:  Best Metal Performance 
Performance   - "Du hast"
hast"
(nominated)
1.1.
1.1.9
9 Tour
urss •  2006
 2006:: Best Metal Performance - "Mein
"Mein Teil"
Teil"
(nominated)
•  Herzeleid Tour (1994–1996)
Tour (1994–1996) •  Hard Rock Award 
• Tour (1997–2000)
 Sehnsucht Tour (1997–2000) •  2002: Best Rock Act
•  Family Values Tour 1998 (September
1998  (September 22, 1998 – •   2004: Best album fo
forr Reise, Reise
October 31, 1998) •   2004: Best song and best
best Video ffor
or Mein Teil 
•
•
Tour (2001–2002)
 Mutter Tour (2001–2002)   Kerrang! Awards 
•  Ahoi Tour (Reise,
Tour (Reise, Reise Tour) (2004–2005) •  2002: Best International Live Act
• Tour  (2009–2011)
 Liebe Ist Für Alle Da Tour (2009–2011) •   2010: Kerrang! Inspirat
Inspiration
ion A
Award
ward
•   Made in Germany
Germany 1995-2011 Tour (2011–2013)
Tour (2011–2013) •  Metal Hammer Awards 
•  2012: Best German Band
1.1.
1.1.10
10 Award
wardss •  MTV Europe Music Award 

•  1Live Krone •   2005: Best German Ac

Actt
•  2005: Best Liveact •  Loudwire Music Award 

•  Bravo Otto •   2011: Video of the Year

Year for Mein Land 
•  1997: Silver for Band Rock •  Revolver Golden Gods Award 
•   2005: Bronze for Band R
Rock
ock •  2011: Best Live-band
•   Comet  •  Rock Mag / Le Mouv
 

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IN    11

•  2006: [8]   “Ra

“Ramms
mmstei
teinn :: Ban
Bandd :: Ti
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OVERVIEW 
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RAMMSTEIN 
IN    13

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1.1.12 Furth
Further
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readi
ading
ng

•   Barry Graves, Siegfried Schmidt-Joos, Bernward

Halbscheffel:   Das neue Rock-Lex ikon..   Bd 1.
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Corporation,
Corporation, London 1999.
1999. ISBN
 ISBN 0-7119-7220-6
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mania. Ein Phänomen namens neue deutsche Härte.
1999, ISBN 3-931624-12-9
I.P. Verlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN
•  Gert Hof:  Rammstein. Die Gestalten Verlag, Berlin
2001, ISBN
2001, ISBN 3-931126-32-3
•  Matthias Matthies:   Rammstein – Deutschlandtour 
2001. Berlin 2002.

•  Andreas Speit:   Ästhetische Mobilmachung – Dark 

Wav
ave,
e, Neof
Neofolk
olk und Indu
Industri
strial
al im Spannungs
Spannungsffeld 
rechter Ideologien., Unrast 2001.   ISBN 3-89771-
804-9
•  Michele Bettendorf:   Ursprun
Ursprungg Punksz
Punkszene.
ene. Oder 
Rammstein hätte es im Westen nie gegeben . Boo
Books
ks
on Demand GmbH, 2002. ISBN
2002.  ISBN 3-8311-4493-1
•  Till Lindemann und Gert Hof:   Messer . Eic
Eichbo
hborn,
rn,
2002.  ISBN 3-8218-0730-X
Frankfurt M 2002. ISBN
•   Mich
Michael
ael Fuch
Fuchs-Gam
s-Gamböck
böck und Thor
Thorste
stenn Sch
Schatz:
atz:
Spiel mit dem Feuer – Das inoffizielle Rammstein-
Buch. Heel,
Heel, König
Königswi
swinter
nter 2006
2006..   ISBN 3-89880-
661-8
•  Frédéric Batier:   Rammstein – Völkerball . 2006
2006..
ISBN 3-8291-18694
 

Chapter 2

Members
2.1 Ti
Till
ll Li
Lind
ndem
eman
ann
n about his problem with alcohol and the difficulties of be-
ing a father to Till Lindemann when he was a teenager.[6]
Till Lindemann (born 4 January 1963) is a German mu- In 1978, Lindemann was a participant in the European
sician, songwriter, pyrotechnician, actor, and poet. He is Junior Swimming Championships in Florence
in  Florence finishing
 finishing
most commonly known as the lead vocalist and frontman 11th in the 1500 m freestyle, and seventh in the 400 m
German Neue Deutsche Härte
of the German Neue Härte band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein.. freestyle
free style swimming a time of 4'17"58 – was shortlis
shortlisted
ted to
go to 1980
to 1980 Olympics in [5]
Olympics in Moscow. Lindemann discon-
Lindemann is known for his use of excessive pyrotech-
nics, stage performances and his  his   baritone  voice, and tinued his participation in the sport due to an injury. [7]
his specific performance move, known as the “The Till According to Lindemann, “I never liked the sport school
Hammer”, as well as his use of lyrics in songs which act
actuall
ually,
y, it was very inten
intense.
se. But as a child
child you don't
[1]
object.” Lindemann later worked as an apprentice car-
have caused controversy, particularly when it comes to
Nazism.
Nazism. Lindemann, along with Ramms Rammsteintein we
werere also penter, [8]
a gallery technician, a peat cutter and a basket
blamed
blam ed for the Col
Columbi
umbine
ne Hig
Highh Sch
School
ool massa
massacre
cre.. World- weaver. Lindemann’s mother had published a letter en-
wide, the band has sold over 10 million records, and five titled  “My son, the frontman of Rammstein” , or "Mein
of their albums have received platinum awards. Sohn, der Frontmann von Rammstein" in German, ded-
icated to Till in 2009.[9]
Lindemann has been listed among  The 50 Greatest Metal 
 frontmen of all time  by Roadrunner Records.
 frontmen Records. He has ap-
peared in some films as a minor role, and he also has 2.1. 2.1.2
2 Care
Careerer
two published poem books, tilted " Messer " and "In stillen
Nächten", which were published in 2002 and 2013. He Main article:  Rammstein
article: Rammstein
has presented some of his original poems and scripts to Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch,[10]
for  First Arsch,
galleries.
galleries. On his 52nd birthday on 4 JJanuary
anuary 2015, it was
announ
ann ounced
cedtha
thatt Lin
Linde
deman
mannn woul
wouldd start
start a ne
new
w pro
projec
jectt with
with
Peter Tägtgren named
Tägtgren named "Lindemann
"Lindemann". ".

2.1.1
2.1.1 Biog
Biograp
raphy
hy

Leipzig,, East Germ
Tillwasbornin Leipzig Germany
any,, but
but hegre
hegrew w up in
the village of Wendisch-Rambow
of Wendisch-Rambow near  near Schwerin
 Schwerin (in
 (in East
 East
Germany [1]
Germany).). His father was the children’s poet Werner
poet  Werner
Lindemann,, and his mother, Brigitte “Gitta” Hildegard
Lindemann
Lindemann, was a journalist and writer, working for
Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Rundfunk from
 from 1992 to 2002, at which
point she retired.[2] Lindemann’s parents first met at a
in  Bitterfeld in
conference in Bitterfeld  in 1959.[3] Lindemann has one Lindemann at a Rammstein show during the song “Engel” 
sister, Saskia who is six years younger.[4][2] At age 11
Empor  Rostock Sport
he went to a sports school at the Empor Rostock  Sport who released an album titled   Saddle Up, and played
Club,[4] and from 1977 to 1980 attended a boarding one song (“Lied von der unruhevollen Jugend”) with
school.[4] His parents lived separatel
separatelyy for career reasons a punk band called   Feeling B   (which was the former
after 1975, and divorced when Till was still young.[5] band of Ramms
Rammstei
teinn mem
members
bers Paul
Paul H. Lan
Lande
ders
rs,, Christoph
Till Lindemann lived with his father for a short time, but “Doom” Schneider 
Schneider   and
and   Christian “Flake” Lorenz
Lorenz).).[10]
the relationship wasn't healthy: in Werner Lindemann’s During his time in Feeling B, he played the bass gui-
book,  “Mike Oldfield im Schaukelstuhl” , Werner wrote tar in the band.[10] In the 1990s, Lindemann began to

14
 

2.1. TILL LINDEMAN

LINDEMANN 
N    15

write lyrics. In 1994, the band entered and won a con- him while riding a Segwaya  Segway PT PT..[21] This injury caused
in  Berlin that
test in Berlin  that allowed them to record a four track several tour dates in Asia to be cancelled.[21] In 2005,
demo professionally. When questioned as to why Ramm- five Rammstein albums received platinum awards and the
stein was named after the Ramstein disaster,,[11]
the Ramstein air show disaster band also received the “World Sales Awards” for over 10
he said he viewed images of the incident on television, million sold copies worldwide.[22] During the filming of
and that he and the band mates wanted to make a musi- the band’s music video for "Ich "Ich tu dir weh weh",", Lindemann
cal memorial.[12] Lindemann then moved to Berlin. Dur- wanted a light put in his mouth to create a visually stun-
ing Rammstein’s early early years, because of his use of over- effect.[23] Band mate Paul Landers suggested that he
ning effect.
the-top pyrotechnics, Lindemann has burned his ears, use
use a flesh
flesh co
colo
lore
redd wire
wire and
and rurunn it alon
alongg his
his chee
cheekk to shin
shinee
hair and arms.[13] Band mate Christoph Schnei Schneiderder com- a light into his mouth from the outside. Lindemann re-
[23]
mented, “Till gets burned all the time, but he likes the fused, and instead opted to have a surgical incision in his
pain”.[13] An incident in September 1996 caused a sec- left cheek, so that a light could be fed into his mouth di-
tion of the band’s set to burn, and as a result, Linde- rectly, and largely out of sight.[23][24]
mann got his certification in pyrotechnics so the band There is a specific performance move of Lindemann’s,
could perform with pyrotechnics more safely than it had du
dubbebbedd “Th
“Thee Till
Till Ham
Hamme mer”.
r”. This
Thismo moveveis is wher
wheree he bebend
ndss
previously.[8][14] his knees, beats one fist off his thigh in a hammering mo-
During Rammstein’s US tour with Korn with Korn in in 1998, Till and tition
on while
while tur
turnin
ningg hishe
his headad fro
rom
m side
side to side
side.. On occasi
occasion,
on,
his band mate Christian
mate  Christian “Flake” Lorenz Lorenz were
 were arrested Flake has been seen to parody the move on-stage. Unlike
in Worcester, Massachusetts
in Worcester, Massachusetts for for lewd conduct performed most band frontmen, Lindemann stated in an interview
during their song "Bück "Bück Dich
Dich",
", which consisted of Lin- th
thatat he does
doesnonott lik
like be
bein
ingg look
lookeded at whil
whilee on stag
stage,
e, wher
wheree
demann using a liquid squirting dildo
squirting  dildo and
 and simulating anal
simulating anal [25]
he would wear sunglasses. The main purpose to the
sex  on Lorenz.[15] Both Lindemann and Lorenz were re-
sex on band’s signature pyrotechnic
pyrotechnicss has also been stated to ac-
leased the following day after bail was met.[15] This inci- tually be a tool in thwarting the audience’s attention away
dentdidnotstopLindemannfromperforminginthesame from Till; whilst doubling as a spectacle for the audience.
manner
mann er fo
forr future
future sho
shows
ws outs
outside
ide the Uni
United
ted Sta
States,
tes, partic-
partic- Till also opts to look at the back to the mixing booth,
ularly in Australia when they performed at the 2011 Big 2011  Big or does hand gestures during guitar solos to distract the
Out,[16] but the United States performances of this
Day Out, audiencee from looking dir
audienc directly
ectly at him. Due to his on-
song were changed into a sadomasochistic theme that did stage anxiety, Lindemann usually usually asks his band mates to
not feature
feature dildos. In 1999, the band was blamed for the rubber  dinghy to
use a rubber dinghy  to crowd surf during shows, as it
1999Colu
1999 Columbi
mbine ne massa
massacre,
cre,whi
which
ch the
theyy deni
denied
ed their
their musi
musicc gets the audience’s attention away from the stage for sev-
was a factor. [17][18] In November 2002, Lindemann’s po- eral minutes at a time.[26] In 2011, Roadrunner
2011, Roadrunner Records
etry book Messer  was  was published.
published. It consists of 54 poems listed Till Lindemann at number 50 of  The 50 Greatest 
compiled by Gert
by  Gert Hof Hof,, the author of the book  Ramm- Metal frontmen of all time.[27] In 2013, Lindemann’s sec-
stein  and was the band’s pyrodesigner for the last seven ond poetry book, In stillen Nächten was published.[28] He
years.[19] In July
July 2010
2010,, Lind
Lindeman
emann, n, alo
along
ng with Flak
Flake,
e, was commented on the poetry, saying “The vast majority of
interviewed by heavy metal anthropologist
metal anthropologist Sam Dunn Dunn f for
or my poems could have been written a few hundred years
the  VH1 Classic series
the VH1 Classic  series  Metal Evolution, on the topic of earlier.”[28] On his52n
his 52ndd birth
birthda
dayy (4 Jan
Januar
uaryy 201
2015),5), it was
was
rock.[20]
shock rock. announ
ann ounce
cedd tha
thatt Lin
Linde
deman
mannn woul
wouldd start
start a ne
neww pr
proojec
jectt with
with
Tägtgren named
Peter Tägtgren  named "Lindemann
"Lindemann". ".[29][30][31] The band
“Lind
“Lindem
Skills emann
ann”,
”,[32]
In Pills. ann
announ
ounce
cedd in Mar
March
ch 201
20155 hisde
his debut
butalb
album
um

Film and televis

television
ion

Two songs from the album Herzeleid  were

 were used in David
in David
[33]
Lynch's's 1997 film, Lost Highway. Lindemann has also
Lynch
played minor roles in some films, appearing with his
bandmate Christoph
bandmate Schneider as musicians in the 1999
 Christoph Schneider as
film Pola X ,[34] playing a character named Viktor in the
children’s comedy film  Amundsen der Pinguin  (2003),
Till Lindemann with a flamethrower during a concert  and also appearing as an animal rights activist in the 2004
film Vinzent .
Till is not a stranger to injury, as he mentioned in Ramm-
stein’s early career that he'd gotten burned several times As guest artist
with unprofessionally rigged pyrotechnics.[13] At a per-
formance in Sweden in 2005, he received a knee injury •  Lindemann appeared as guest drummer on the al-
on stage when keyboardist Flake accidentally ran into bum  Hea Hoa Hoa Hea Hea Hoa  by
 by Feeling
 Feeling B for
B  for
 

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MEMBERS 

titled Mack the
the song “Lied von der unruhevollen Jugend” which, used another song composed by Brecht, titled Mack
te its German title, is sung in Russian. Years Knife
despite
despi Knife,, and the chorus was used for the song Haifisch.
later, this track was performed live at a Rammstein
gig in St.
in St. Petersburg
Petersburg on
 on 19 Nove
November
mber 2001, during
the Mutter  tour.
 tour. 2.1.4
2.1.4 Perso
Personal
nal life
life
•  Lindemann provides vocals for the track  Helden (a
cover
cov er of Bowie ) onthe Apocalyptica album Linde
Bowie's's Heroes )onthe Lindeman
mann’s
n’sfir
first
st daug
daughte
hter,r, Ne
Nele
le,, was
was bor
bornn in 198
1985,
5, andit
and it
Worlds Collide.
was mentioned in a German interview that he spent seven
[10]
years as a single father. Lindemann has one[48] grandson
•  Lindemann also sings on “Wut Will Nicht Sterben” through Nele, who is referred as “Little Fritz”. Linde-
by
by Die
 Die Puhdys
Puhdys.. mann has a second daughter with his ex-wife Anja Kösel-
ing, named Marie Louise, who was born in 1993.[49]
• and  Richard Kruspe
 Lindemann and Richard Kruspe covered
 covered the Aria
the  Aria In a 2011 interview, Lindemann has stated he still has
song Shtil  and
 and released it as  Schtiel . strong connections to traditions of East Germany..[25] He
of East Germany
finds that “de-traditionalisation”
“de-traditionalisation” is disturbing
disturbing,, and stated
•   Lindemann also appeared on   Knorkator Knorkator's's music there is also no authenticity anymore.[25] In 2014, Lin-
video to the song Du nich. demann presented two sculptures and his original scripts
of poems in his book   In Silent Nights  in a gallery in
Dresden..[50] Lindemann has also written some lyrics in
Dresden
2.1.
2.1.3 3 Voice oice
2014 for German 
German   schlager  singer-song writer   Roland
Tracks .[51] Lindemann has
Kaiser  for his album   Soul Tracks 
Lindemann typically has a powerful stage presence; his stated that he “hates noise”, and would often go to a
vocal range is that of a bass-baritone
bass-baritone,, or perhaps even village in the north between Schwerin
between  Schwerin and  Wismar..[48]
 and Wismar
lower. [35][36][37] Linde
Lin deman
mannn has
hasthe
theur
urgege to press
presshis
hisvo voic
icee
with force from below however.[35] He is also well known Alice AmongCooper 
Lindemann’s
Cooper   and favourite
and Black
 Black bands
 andare Deep
Sabbath and
Sabbath are  Deep Marilyn
singers Purple
Purple,,
singers Marilyn
for his
hiscon
contin
tinuou
uouss tende
tendenc thee alveola
ncyy to use th alveolarr tril
trilll, where Manson
Manson and
 and Chris
 Chris Isaak
Isaak..[1]
he stated in an interview that he sings it out of instinct. [35]
His use of rolling his r’s however has bought up criticism,
where some critics compare this act to Adolfto Adolf Hitler
Hitler as as he
also rolled his r’s. However, this trait could be con- 2.1
[38] 2.1.5
.5 Di Disco
scogra
graphphyy
in  Mecklenburg..[39] In 2005,
nected to his youth years in Mecklenburg
the
the New Times commenting on Lindemann’s voice, First Arsch
 New York Times commenting
saying “He commands a low, powerful bass rarely used in
contemporary pop music, untrained but electrifying.”[40] •  Saddle Up (1992)

Lyrics Rammstein

Lindemann himself describes his lyric “lovee songs”.[41] Main article: Rammstein

lyricss “lov article:  Rammstein discography
Some songs written by him have references to 19th cen-
tury or earlier
earlier lit
literat
erature.
ure. For ex exampl
ample, e,   Dalai Lama
from the album Reise, Reise is an adaption from Goethe’s
from Goethe’s
Der Erlkönig.[42] He also used more of Goethe’s po-   Herzeleid  (1995)
•  (1995)
ems, as   Rosenrot   contain
ems, containss ele
elemen
mentt from
from the poem
Heidenröslein , [42] while Feuer und Wasser has narrative  Sehnsucht  (1997)
•  (1997)
elements from Friedrich Schiller's  Der Taucher .[43] Lin-
from Friedrich Schiller's
demann also used elements from  Der Struwwelpeter  by  by   Mutter  (2001)
•  (2001)
Heinrich Hoffmann for
Hoffmann for their eighth track on their album
Rosenrot ,  Hilf mir .[44] Mein Herz brennt  has   has lyrics taken  Reise, Reise (2004)
•

from
from a narrativ
narrativee line in German childr
children’s
en’s show, known
as
as Das
 Das Sandmännch
Sandmännchen en..[45]   Rosenrot  (2005)
•  (2005)
Lind
Lindememan
annn has
has used
used   contem
contempora
porary
ry lit literat
erature
ure   for
references; a song title,  Non, je ne regrette
intertextual references;  Liebe ist für alle da  (2009)
•

rien  was used as a chorus for the song  Frühling in Paris ,

and the song lyrics of  Links 2-3-4  are based from the
song   Einheitsfrontlied   by Bertolt Brecht..[46] The lyrics Lindemann
by  Bertolt Brecht
of the song may imply the bands political category,
positioning
positio ning themse
themselve Left..[47] He had also
lvess on   The Left  (2015)[52][53]
 Skills in Pills  (2015)
•
 

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LINDEMANN 
N    17

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[42] Littlejohn, p. 218. In 1984, he served his national
his national service with
service with the East
the East Ger-
man Army;
Army; he is the only member of Rammstein to have
[43] Littlejohn, p. 100. served in the military.[1]
 

2.2. CHRISTOPH
CHRISTOPH SCHNEIDE
SCHNEIDER
R   19

Career Current touring kit

Christoph’s parents wanted him to learn an instrument, •   Drums –  Sonor SQ2

 – Sonor  SQ2 Red Tribal Finish[3]
so they sent him to a special music school connected to •  24x19 Bass Drum (x2)
a  Pioneers’ orchestra,
orchestra, where he was offered the choice
between trumpet, clarinet
trumpet,  clarinet and
 and trombone
 trombone,, out of which •  14x13 Tom
he chose the trumpet first because it was the easiest to •   16x15 Floor T
Tom
om
play. He describes himself as very talented at playing the •   18x17 Floor T
Tom
om
trumpet, and after a year he got into the orchestra and
play
playeded conc
concert
erts.
s. It was
was he
here
re he bec
became
ame int
inter
eres
ested
tedin
in pl
play
ay-- •
 20x15 Gong Drum
ing the drums: he was impressed by the equipment and •  12x5 Heavy Birch Shell Side Snare Drum
kept looking over his shoulder at the drumset while play- •   14x6 Artist Series Be
Bellll Bronze Snare Drum
ing. He told his parenparents
ts he wanted to learn to play the
drums, but they weren't supportive of the idea because
“they were both from the classical
classical world”. He would go •   Cymbals –  Sabian[3]
 – Sabian
home and practice with sticks and built his own drum set •  19” Paragon Chinese
with tin cans and buckets.
buckets. He bought his first drumkit at •   18” APX O-Zone Cras
Crashh
age 14, after which his parents had to accept it and let
him rehearse and take lessons.[2] •   12” HHX Evolution Splash/10” HH China
Kang Chinese Stack
In 1985, Schneider quit his telecommunication job to
pursue his musical ambitions by studying music at uni- •   20” AAX X-Plosi
X-Plosion
on Crash
versity, but failed to get into university twice,[1] being re- •   12” HHX Evolutio
Evolutionn Splash
jected because he possessed no other musical skills such •  14” Vault Fierce Hats
as playing the piano. He continued to learn
to learn to play him-
•
self.. Schneider tried consistently from 1985 until 1990
self [2]   14” AAX X-Celerat
X-Celerator
or Hats
to get into bands as a drummer, finally being successful •  22” HH Power Bell Ride
with Die Firma. •   20” HHX X-Plosio
X-Plosionn Crash
joined Richard Kruspe and
In 1994, he joined Richard Kruspe and Oliver
 Oliver Riedel
Riedel in
 in •   14” AAX X-Celerat
X-Celerator
or Hats
forming
formi ng an early versio
versionn of
of Rammstein
 Rammstein.. After Till
After Till Lin- •   19” AAX X-Plosi
X-Plosion
on Crash
demann joined
demann  joined the band, they entered the  Berlin Sen-
ate Metrobeat
ate  Metrobeat contest, winning the chance to record a •   18” AAX Prototype Omni Crash
professional demo with four tracks.[1] A previous band •  20” HHX Chinese
of Schnei
Schneider’s,
der’s, Feeling
 Feeling BB,, provided two other members •  18” HHX Chinese
of Rammstein, Paul
Rammstein,  Paul Landers and
Landers  and keyboardist Christian
keyboardist  Christian
Lorenz..
Lorenz
•   Hardware – Sonor[4]

•  600 Series Hardware Stands

Personal life
•  Giant Step Pedals
•
The nickname “Doom” comes from thefrom  the video game of  Basic Arm System Accessories
the same name.
name. Schneider needed a name for the Ger-
man copyright agency, but found there were too many   Other
•

Christoph Schneide
Schneidersrs already. Paul Lande
Landersrs sugges
suggested
ted
the name “Doom” because they liked the game. Schnei-  Vic Firth
Firth SCS
•  SCS Christoph Schneider Signature
Drumsticks [3]
der has said that if he knew that name would be on ev-
ery record he played on he would have chosen a different
one.[2] 2.2.3 Ref
2.2.3 Refer
eren
ence
cess
His favourite rock bands are Deep
are Deep Purple
Purple,, Led Zeppelin
Zeppelin,,
Motörhead
Motörhead,, Black Sabbath
Sabbath and  AC/DC..[2]
 and AC/DC Rammstein?"..   Rammimages.com.
[1]   “Who the hell are Rammstein?"
2006. Archived from the
from the original
original on
 on 23 July 2011. Re-
trieved 10 November 2012.
2.2.2
2.2.2 Equi
Equipm
pment
ent [2] 2010 interview with Metal Hammer

endorses  Sabian cymbals,
Schneider currently uses and endorses Sabian  cymbals, [3]   “Christoph “Doom” Schneider’s Equipment”.
Equipment” .   Ramm-
Sonor drum kits, Gibraltar
Sonor drum kits, Gibraltar hardware
 hardware and Vic
and Vic Firth
Firth drum-
 drum- steinworld.com. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
sticks.
sticks. He previ
previously
ously use
usedd and endorsed
endorsed Tama
 Tama Drums [4]   “SONOR welcomes Christoph Schneider
Schneider (Rammstein)".
(Rammstein)".
and Meinl
and  Meinl cymbals.
 cymbals. Sonor . Retrieved 30 May 2015.
 

20   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS 
MEMBERS 

2.2.4
2.2.4 Exter
External
nal links
links ground, he found himself in the middle of a political
demonstration.
demons tration. He was hit on the head and arrested just
•   Rammstein.com fo
forr being ther
there,
e, and thro
thrown
wn in jail
jail for six day
days.
s. Once
out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany. Because
•  ABC album review of the Eastern
the  Eastern Bloc
Bloc,, he entered West
entered  West Germany
Germany through
 through
•   Rammstein-Interviews.com Hungary. When the Berlin
Hungary. the  Berlin Wall
Wall came
 came down, he moved
back east of Berlin, Germany.
Rammstein was formed back in 1994 when Richard, who
2.3 Ri
Rich
char
ard
d Z. Kru
Krusp
spee lived with band
for a new Oliverinand Schneider
which at athe
to create time,
new stylewas
of looking
music.
He had left his first band, 'Orgasm Death Gimmick' in
Ri
Rich
char
ard
d Zven
Zven KrKrus pe   (born   Zven
uspe Zven Kru
Kruspspee   in
search of new band mates.
Wittenberge, 24 Ju
Wittenberge, June
ne 19
1967
67)) is a Germ
German
an mu
musisici
cian
an
and guit
guitari
arist
st of the Germa
Germann   Neu
Neuee Deut
Deutsch
schee Härte
band Rammstein
band  Rammstein,, as well as the frontman of the band 2.32.3.3
.3 Perso
Personal nal life
life
Emigrate.
Emigrate.

2.3.1
2.3.1 Early
Early life
life

Rich
Richard
ard Zven
Zven Kru
Kruspspee wa
wass bor Wittenberge,, East Ger
bornn in Wittenberge Ger--
many.. He was
many was origi
original
nally
lygi
give
venn thename Zven
Zven Kru
Kruspspe,
e, but
changed his name to Richard under the belief that every-
oneshouldbeabletochangetheirname. Hehastwoolder
si
sist
sters
divoersand
divorcedandan
rced an ol
when olde
derrwas
he broth
brother
er (Go
(Gord
young. rdon
onmother
His Kru
Krusp spe).
e). His
Hispar
parent
remarried, ents
buts
he did not get along with his stepfather.
stepfather. They mov moved
ed to
the village
village of Weise
Weisenn when he was young. Because of
the poor relationship with his step-father, Kruspe often
ran away from home in his early teens and slept on park
benches. He later got into wrestling as a way to channel
his anger.
At the age of sixteen, Kruspe and some friends visited Richard Kruspe during " Feuer
Feuer Frei!".
Frei!".
Czechoslovakia,, where he bought a guitar. He had orig-
Czechoslovakia
inally planned to sell it, because they were very expen- KruspemarriedSouthAfricanactress Caron Bernste
Bernstein
in on
sive
sive and though
thoughtt he could make a nice profit. Howe However,
ver, was Jewish and
29 October 1999. The ceremony was Jewish  and Kruspe
oncee he retur
onc returned
nedtoto Eas
Eastt Ger
German
many,
y, a girl
girl at a ca
campg
mpgrou
round
nd composed the music for it. He took on the name Richard
he was staying
staying at ask
asked
ed him to play. He told her tha thatt Kruspe-Bernstein
Kruspe-Bernstein durin
duringg their mmarriage.
arriage. Sometime in
he couldn't play, but she kept insisting, and Kruspe got 2001, he move
movedd from
from Berlin
 Berlin to
 to New York to live closer
mad andRichard
played,”
playe d,” started said,
started strumm
strummingingmore
“the the stri
strings.
excings.
excited
ted she“The got.har
harder
der I
Some- to his isnow
name nowex-wife
back toCaron. They “Kruspe”
its original separatedasinthe2004. His
divorce
thin
thingg cl
clic
ickked in my head
head an
andd I real
realiz
ized
ed girl
girlss lilikke gu
guys
ys wh
whoo was finalized. In 2011 he left New Y York
ork because “it is
play guitars.” This got him interested
interested in playing the gui- not the right environment for the next part of my life”
tar, and as a result, he began playing every day and night and moved back to Berlin.[2] It was also at this time that
for the next two years. Rich
Richard
ardannannoun
ounce
cedd he was
was bec
becomi
oming
ng a fathe
atherr for the
the third
third
time.
2.3.
2.3.2
2 Care
Career
er He has a daugh
daughter,
ter, Khira Li Lindemann (born 28 Febru-
ary 1991). Her last name is “Linde “Lindemann”
mann” becbecause
ause her
In 1989, bored with the apathetic music scene in his mother was previously married to Rammstein lead singer
hometown, he moved to East Berlin and lived on Lych- Till Lindemann
Lindemann.. Khira’s mother kept the the last name “Lin-
enerr Straße and “made musi
ene musicc all day”. For two yea
years,
rs, demann” when she divorced.
divorced. Later, she and Rammstein
Richard lived in an apartment with a drum kit and a gui- guitarist Richard Kruspe had Khira. The two never mar-
tar, and he made music by himself because he did not ried, leaving Khira with the last name of Lindemann.
know anybody there. “It was a lonely time” according to His son Merlin Esra Besson was born on 10 December
Kruspe, but he used it to explore music. 1992.
On 10 October 1989, before the fall of the Berlin
the Berlin Wall
Wall,, Richard’s second daughter, and third child, is Maxime
he was riding through the subway. When he came above Alaska Bossi Bossieux.
eux. She was born 28 September 2011. Her
 

2.3. RICHARD
RICHARD Z. KRUSP
KRUSPE 
E    21

mother is Margaux Bossieux, bassist of the all-girl NY •   ESP Custom Maverick  Guitar (Silver with Pearl
punk band Dirty Mary. Acco
According
rding to his ex-wife Caron, Pickguard,
Pickguard, Dropped D) (2002, 2004–2005)
one of the reasons for their divorce was an affair be-
tween Kruspe and Bossieux, her best friend at the time. [3] •   ESP 901   (Red Sunburst and Tobacco Sunbust)
Bossieux was involved in the recording of Emigrate’s de- (1994 – 1998 [Cherry Sunburst with black pick-
butalbum. SheandKruspeseemtohavehadanon-again, guard] Standard/Dropped D) (1997 [Tobacco Sun-
off-again relationship over the years. burst] Standard) (Cherry Sunburst with pearl pick-
guard, 2000 – 2002) Richard’s main guitar before
He sp
spea
eaks
ks flue
fluent
nt Eng
Englis
lishh and sing
singss in Englis
Englishh for switching to the ESP Kirk Hammett signature mod-
Emigrate
Emigrate.
Big Blackk., AC/DC
Blac His ffav
 AC/DC,avorit
,orite
Rede bands
RedHot are
are Kiss
Hot Chi
Chili  Kiss,
li Pe
Peppe,  Black
ppersrs,, Sui Sabbath
Sabbath,
 Suicidal
cidal Ten-, els, eventually being used for alternate tunings or as
a backup
dencies,, Pantera
dencies  Pantera,, and Depeche
and Depeche Mode
Mode..
•   ESP AW-500   Kozi Signaturee   Electric Guitar[5]
Signatur
(2002, Dropped D)
2.3.4
2.3.4 Equi
Equipm
pment
ent
• Fender Stratocaster   (Tobacco
  Fender Sunburst) (1996,
The dates show when Richard used his equipment (and Standard) Used rarely
studio dates) during his Rammstein Tours, in exception
•   Takamine EF341SC Acous
Acoustic
tic Guitar (2004–2005,
to the ESP Emigrate Eclipse.
Dropped C) Used for “Los”
Guitars[4]
•   Gibson J-200 (2009–2010), Standard D)
Richard’s main instruments for touring are ESP guitars,
but has used different guitars in the past. •   Grets
Gretsch
ch Whit
Whitee Falcon Use
Falcon Usedd for clean
cleanss on Emi
Emigra
grate
te
and prop guitar in the video for “Mein Land”
•   ESP RZK-
RZK-1 1   Richard
Richard Krusp
Kruspee Sign
Signatur
aturee Elec-
•
tric Guitar (Platinum Silver, Olympic White, Satin  ESP EC-50  Used as a prop guitar in the video for
“Mann Gegan Mann”
Black, and custom “Burnt” finish) Dropped C tun-
ing during the Reise Reise tour, Standard, Dropped
D, and Dropped C tuning for the Liebe Ist Fur Alle Amplifiers/Effects/Misc   For
For over tw twoo decad
ecadees,
Da tour (2004–2005, 2008–2010) Richar
Richardd also has Richard’s main amplifiers have been a   Mesa/Boogie
another RZK model that has a custom paint job for Duall Rect
Dua Rectifi
ifier,
er, using
using the rerevi
visi
sion
on C, or bl
blac
ackf
kface
ace,,
the video of Ich
of Ich Tu Dir Weh.
Weh. This guitar was also versions on almost every Rammstein album to date.  Most 
featured in the LIFAD 2009–2010 tour. of the rackmounted units and pedals he uses are not listed.

•   ESP/LTD RZK-600 The

ESP/LTD RZK-600 The LT
LTD
D vers
versio
ionn of th
thee RZK-
RZK- •  Rath-Amp Amplifiers – Several sources claims he
1. Richar
Richardd possibly does not use this one, but it is a has used Rath-Amps.
more affordable model of the RZK-1.
• Mesa Boo
  Mesa Boogi
giee Dua
Duall Rec
Rectifi
tifier
er “Re
“Recto
cto Re
Rebor
born”
n”
•   ESP RZK-2   (2009–2010) Titanium and custom (2010 – present) Re-designed Dual Rectifier intro-
“Burnt” finish. Seen in the music video for Pussy
for  Pussy,, duced in 2010. Richar
Richard’s
d’s main amps live.
Based on the ESP RZK-1, with an USA  Eclipse
body, and 24.75 inch neck, (Dropped C tuning and •
  Mesa
Mesa/Boo
/Boogie
gie 2-Cha
2-Channel
nnel and 3-ch
3-channe
annell Dual
Standard E tuning) Rectifiers   Heads (With 
(With   Voodoo Amps Platinum
Mods) (1992 – present) <Note> He owns 33 Voodoo
Mods)  Voodoo
•   ESP KH-2   Kirk Hamme
Hammett
tt Signature
Signature   (Black, Amps Modified
Amps  Modified 2-Channel and 5 Voodoo Mod-
Standard and Dropped D tuning) (1997–2000) ified
ified 3-C
3-Chan
hanne
nell Dua
Duall Rec
Rectifi
tifier
er Head
Heads.
s. Ear
Earlilies
estt
•   ESP KH-4  (Black
KH-4 with Pearl Pickguard [also a known footage of him using Mesa/Boogie Equip-
ment is during a Rammstein performance at the
model with a mirror pickguard] Dropped C tun- 1996 Bizarre
1996  Bizarre Festival
Festival,, where a Mesa Boogie Dual
ing before using the RZK-1, Standard, Dropped D) Rectifier 4x12 speaker cabinet can be seen behind
(2001–2005) him, on top of a Marshall 4x12 speaker cabinet. He
•   ES
ESP
P EC-1000 (See-
EC-1000 (See-thru
thruBlac
Blackk Che
Cherry,
rry, Drop
Dropped
ped D) also owns 2 stock Pre-500 Rev F blackface Dual
(2001–2002, 2004–2005) Rectifiers, which are used for recording purposes
and early live performances.
•   ESP Trucksterr (20
Truckste (2007,
07,Dro
Droppe
ppedd C) Has
Hascu
custo
stomiz
mized
ed
Emigrate-themed
Emigrate-themed decals. Can be seen in the music •   Marshall And Mesa/Boogie 4x12 Cabinets.
Cabinets Used
video for “My World” both cabinets at the beginning of his career, but
eventually
eventually ph
phased
ased out the Marsha
Marshallll cabine
cabinets.
ts. For
• ESP Ec
  ESP Eclipsee I CTM   Electric
lips Electric Guit
Guitar
ar (Vint
(Vintage
age recording, Richard prefers an original 1992 Dual
Black, Dropped C) (2004–2005) Rectifier cabinet.
 

22   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS 
MEMBERS 

• Decatone head (??? – ???) Can be seen in 2.4 Ol

 Soldano Decatone head Oliive
verr Ri
Riededel
el
the
the st
studi
udioo dur
during
ingthe
the“Li
“Lieb
ebee Ist
Ist Fur All
Allee Da” rec
record
ord--
ing sessions Oliver “Ollie” Riedel (born 11 April 1971) is a German
•  Soldano Avenger 100 Head. (??? – ???) Can be
musician, notable for being the bassist for the German
 Rammstein..[1]
Härte band Rammstein
seen in the studio during the “Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da” Neue Deutsche Härte band
recording sessions
•   Unknown   Marshall   head. (?
(???
?? – ??
???) Cann be 2.4
?) Ca 2.4.1
.1 Biogr
Biograp
aphy
hy

seen in thesessions
recording studio during the “Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da” Early years

•  TC Electronic Nova Delay Oliver Riedel was born on 11 April 1971 in
Oliver  Schwerin as
in Schwerin  as
[2]
an only child. Growing up, Oliver had relatively good
•   Digitech Whammy  (Can be heard in the tracks relationships with both of his parents. He attributes this
Stein,, Zerstören
Stein Um Stein  Zerstören and
 and Liebe
 Liebe ist für alle da
da)) to the small gap in between their ages. As a child, Oliver
wa
wasn
sn't't a good
good stude
student,
nt,buthe
buthe mad
madee hiswa
his wayy thr
throu
ough
gh schoo
schooll
•  Roland JC-120 Combo  (Used in the studio) with the assistance of his mother. Oliver was quite shy,
•   Dunlop   Crybab
Crybaby y DCR-
DCR-2SR2SR Rac
Rackk Wah wit withh
especially during his teenage years, and while his friends
DCR-1FC foo
foott controlle
controllerr
partied at discos, he would ofte
oftenn be found
found just “hanging
around”.
• Stringss[6]
  SIT Richard Z Kruspe Signature String

Musicall career
Musica
Note: Richard does not use a Tech 21 PSA-1.

In 1990, at punk-rock band
folk-fiddle/ the age of  band
folk-fiddle/punk-rock nineteen, Oliver
called  Thebegan
called The playing in a.
Inchtabokatables
Inchtabokatables.
2.3.5
2.3.5 Ref
Referenc
erences
es In 1994, Riedel, Till
Riedel, Till Lindemann
Lindemann,, Richard Z. Kruspe
Kruspe,, and
Schneider entered and won the Berlin
Christoph “Doom” Schneider entered the Berlin
[1]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By8kfo8qSkQ Senate Metro
Senate  Metro beat contest that allowed them to record
[2]  “Rammstein Interview”
Interview”..   The Gauntlet . 2011. Retrieved a four-track demo professionally.  Paul H. Landers
Landers and
 and
10 November 2012. Lorenz would later join the band they
Christian “Flake” Lorenz would
named Rammstein.
[3]  “Richard Kruspe Dating History”
History”..   Whosdatedwho.com.
2010. Retrieved
Retrieved 14 January 2013. The six released their first album, Herzeleid  (Heartache)
  (Heartache)
in Septem
September
ber 199
1995.
5. Their
Their seco
second
nd alb
album,
um,   Sehnsucht 
Equipment”..   Rammstein-Europe.com.
[4]  “Richard Kruspe Equipment” (Longi
(Lo nging)
ng) was
was re
rele
lease
asedd in 199
1997,
7, whic
whichh woul
wouldd later
later
from the original
Archived from the original on
 on 25 March 2009. Retrieved
Retrieved become
bec ome plplati
atinum
num.. In Apri
Aprill 2001, the
the album   Mutter 
10 November 2012. (Mother) was released and a European tour followed,
ending
endi ng on 13 July 2002
2002.. It has been report
reported
ed that at
[5]  http://www.espguitars.co.jp/artist/kozi/index.html this time the members of Rammstein were seriously dis-
cussing whether to continue or not in their present form.
[6]  “Richard
trieved 10ZNovember
Kruspe Signature
2012. Series”
Series”..   SIT Strings . Re- It was decided that they should all take some time off and
then reconsider whether to continue.
In 2003, Rammstein started work on the fourth album,
2.3.6
2.3.6 Exter
External
nal links
links which was to prove a turning point in Rammstein’s sound
and maturity. September 2004 saw the fruits of this work
• Kruspe at the Internet
 Richard Kruspe at the Internet Movie Database in the release of Reise, Reise (“Journey, Journey”).
•   Emigrate @
Emigrate @ RammImages.com In 2005, Rosenrot  (Rose
 (Rose Red) was released.
• (English) Rammstein Official Website
  (English) Rammstein Rammstein’s latest album  Liebe ist für alle da  (Love Is
For Everyone) was released in October 2009.
•  (German) Rammstein
 (German) Rammstein Official Website
•   (English) Emigrate
(English) Emigrate Official Website Personal life

•  (German) Emigrate
 (German) Emigrate Official Website He has two children, one of them a girl [2] named Emma,
• (English) RichardKruspe.com
  (English) RichardKruspe.com and is separated from her mother.
He likes
likes phot
photogra
ography
phyand
and spo
sports,
rts, esp
especi
eciall
allyy skateboarding
•   (Turkish) Turkey
(Turkish) Turkey Fan Website and surfing
and surfing.. In the making of the video for “Keine Lust,”
 

2.5. PAUL
PAUL LANDERS 
LANDERS    23

he mentions wanting to go snowboarding while wearing a Ollie: Not a lot at all. My parents are quit
quitee young, whic
whichh
fat
fat suit. It has been said he is the most computer-lite
computer-literate
rate is good. Because the age difference isn't that big, we had
member of the band. it good with each other. My father and mother also liked
His character is more mature and subtle during live per- the same music as me. We were almost more like friends
formances. He tends to keep crew cut and skin-bald hair than family.
of  goatees.. He is also the
styles along with some styles of goatees Interviewer: But of course you did tease your brothers
tallest member
member of the band, standing at 6'6¾"(200cm). and sisters...
Ollie
Oll ie:: No, bec
becau
ause
se I don'
don'tt hav
havee any
any,, too ba
bad.
d. But if
2.4.2
2.4.2 Tech
Techniq
nique
ue I would have had them, I would definitely have teased
them![2]
Riedel is primaril
Riedel primarilyy a fingerst
fingerstyle
yle player, although he also
uses a pick for most songs when playing live. 2.4.5 Ref
2.4.5 Refer eren
ence
cess
In certain softer songs, Ollie has been known to play
with a banjo style plucking technique with his right hand [1] Ashton, Adrian (1 June 2006).  The bass handbook . Hal
to play arpeggiated chords, such as in  Seemann
 Seemann.. He Leonard Corporation. pp. 12–. ISBN
12–.  ISBN 978-0-87930-872-
also plays the acoustic guitar introduction to “Frühling 8. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
in Paris” in live shows. [2]   “Who the Hell are Rammstein?"
Rammstein?"..   Rammimages.com.
2006. Archived
Archived from the
from the original on
original on 2011. Retrieved 10
November 2012.
2.
2.4.
4.3
3 Gear

His known gear is: 2.4.6

2.4.6 Exter
External
nal links
links

•  Sandberg California PM •
  Interview with Oliver  from the Dutch magazine
Break-Out.
•  Sandberg Terrabass signature model
•  MusicMan Stingray (used during the early days of
the band) 2.5 Pau
aull La
Land
nder
erss
•  ESP Eclipse bass (used during the Sehnsucht tour) Landers (b
Paull Landers
Pau (bor
ornn 9 Dece
Decemb
mber
er 19
1964
64)) is a Germ
German
an mu
mu--
•  Sandberg Plasmabass 4-string custom built model the  Neue Deutsche Härte
sician, notable as guitarist for the Neue
band Rammstein
band  Rammstein..
•  Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI
•  Glockenklang Heart-Rock Amp (Later rig) 2.5.1
2.5.1 Biogr
Biograp
aphy
hy
•   Ampeg SVT-II (Early ri
rig)
g)
Early life
•  Ampeg 8x10 Cabs
Paul was
Oliver also uses selected overdrive/ fuzz pedals for songs born in Poland  East
and his Berlin,
born in East
in father,came
Berlin Germany.
from His motherGer-
the former was
such as Mein Teil and Rosenrot. man areas of Czechos
Czechoslova
lovakia.
kia. He lived in Moscow for a
short time as a child. Landers can speak Russian a little
however he can not read or write it.
2.4.4 Quotes
Quotes and intervie
interview
w

On the separ
separation
ation rumours Music career

“We never wanted to, but after  Mutter  we

 we had some dif- In 1983, Paul Landers formed the East German punk
ficult times because the third album is the most difficult band, Feeling B , together with Flake Lorenz and Aljoscha
one and we had a lot of pressure on us. We also had our which  Christoph Schneider
Rompe, in which Christoph Schneider would
 would later also
differences between the group members and everyone’s play. In 1986, Landers form
formed
ed First Arsch with
 with Till
 Till Lin-
expectations
expec tations were diff
different.
erent. We took a year to rest, and demann and
demann  and Richard
 Richard Kruspe.
Kruspe. He also played in a number
after that we realized that we wanted to be together and of other bands including  Die Firma  and  Die Magdalene
to go on.” Keibel Combo.
On his early family life Lindemann, Kruspe, Schneider and bassist Oliver
bassist  Oliver “Ol-
Interviewer: Did you have a lot of problems with your lie” Riedel entered
Riedel entered and won the Berlin
the Berlin Senate Metro
Senate Metro Beat
parents? Contest in 1994 that enabled them to have a four-track
 

24   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS 
MEMBERS 

demo professio
professionally
nally recorde
recorded.
d. Landers and Flake soon EMG Pickups. Used in Standard tuning. First used
followed suit to join the band which became known as on tou
tourr dur
during
ingth
thee Lie
Liebe
be Is
Istt fu
furr All
Allee Da tou
tour.
r. (2009–
(2009–
Rammstein..
Rammstein 2010)
Oddly, he has stated that he does not like rock, but “with •   Sandb
Sandberg
erg Custom Plasm
Plasma
a Guitar  Clear
Guitar  Clear acrylic
 acrylic
Rammstein it seems to work”. guitar
guitar wit
withh unkn
unknown
own pic
pickups
kups (Po
(Possib
ssibly
ly cus
custom
tom
Sandberg pickups) and white LEDs
white  LEDs inside
 inside of the
Personal life
body. This guitar was only used a few times during
the Mutter
the Mutter tour
 tour for the song Zwitter
song  Zwitter,, and he hasn't
When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of played it since. He can be seen using it on a boot-
20), he took his wife’s surname and switch switched
ed his middle leg DVD which contains a performance in Hamburg
andfirs
and firstt nam
name,e, thus
thus mak
making
inghis
hisnam
namee Pau Landers . After
Paull Landers 
during the 2001 Mutter tour[3] and a performance
thei
theirr di
divo
vorc
rcee in 198
1987,
7, he ke
kept
pt he
herr las
lastt name.
name. PPau
aull al
also
so has at the London Docklands during the 2002 Mutter
a son
sonffrom
romaa prev
previo
ious
us mar
marria
riage
ge,, Emi
Emilele Re
Reink
inkee (b. 20 Jun
Junee tour.[4]
1990), who is an actor. •   Ibanez AXS32  See-thru red with silv
silver
er pickguard,
After his divorce with Nikki Landers, he lived with his used in Drop C. Was mostly used during the Reise,
Feeling B  bandmate Christian
 bandmate Christian “Flake” Lorenz for
Lorenz for a num- Reise tour for “Morgenstern” and “Stein um Stein.”
ber of years. Has not been used since.
His favorite bands are Pantera
are  Pantera,,  Metallica,
 Metallica, and The
and  The Sex • ESP-LTD EC-50 Used
  ESP-LTD Used as a pr
prop
op inst
instru
rume
ment
nt for the
the
Pistols..
Pistols "Mann gegen Mann".
music video of "Mann Mann".
He is the shortest member of the band at 5'8"(1.73m) •  Fender Jazzmaster  Used as a prop instrument for
the music video of "Mein
"Mein Land
Land".
".
2.5.2
2.5.2 Equi
Equipm
pment
ent Amps
Guitars[1][2]
All guitars have EMG 81/60 pickups, unless noted  •   Fractal Axe-FX into Rocktron Veloci
Velocity
ty 300 power
amp
•  Gibson Paul Landers Signature Satin Black with • Bogner Uberschall[5][6] (He claims he began to use
  Bogner Uberschall
grey binding; has 2 chrome covered EMG pick- this amp because of the “Ultrasonic” Uberschall
ups, chrome
chrome beze
bezels,
ls, and one volum
volumee knob. Used simulator in Native Instruments Guitar Rig, Former
in Dropped C and D tunings. First used during the rig)
Liebe Ist fur Alle Da tour. Was revealed as a signa-
ture model and for sale at the 2012 Winter NAMM •   Tech 21   PSA-1 into  Mesa/Boogie   Strategy 500
show. (2009–2012) Power amp[1] (Former rig)
• Gibson Les Pa
  Gibson Paul
ul Stu
Studio All black
dio black with
with EMG
EMGpi
pick
ck-- •  Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
ups. Used in Drop C and Standard tuning. Used in •  ENGL Powerball Amplifier[7] (Former rig)
 ENGL Powerball
Standard tuning only for performing “Rammstein”.
Onlyy used durin
Onl duringg the Rei
Reise,
se, Reise to
tour.
ur. (2004
(2004–– •  Rath-Amp Amplification
2005, Black).
•  Marshall JCM 800
•  M
Musi
usicc Man Axi
Axiss an
andd Van Hal
Halenen Si
Signa
gnatur
turee
model  Orange w/ Quilted
w/  Quilted maple
maple top
 top (Van Halen •  Soldano Avenger
Sign
Signatu
ature)
re),, Silve
Silverr (Van
(Van Hal
Halen
en Si Signa
gnatur
ture),
e), Sil
Sil--
ver/Black Pickguard (Van Halen Signature), Ma- Misc[1]
roon w/ Black pickguard, Black w/ White pick-
guard;
gua rd; Had stoc stockk   DiMarzio   picku
pickups,
ps, but late
laterr •   Marshall 4x12
Marshall 4x12 Cabinets
chan
change
gedd for EMG pi pick
ckup
upss in 200
2004.4. Used
Used in
Dropped D and Standard tuning. This was his main •   Bogner 4x12
Bogner 4x12 “Uberkab” Cabinets
guitar since the beginning of Rammstein, but was •  Mesa Boogie 4x12 Cabinets
usedd less
use less of
ofte
tenn dur
duringthe
ingthe Re
Reise
ise,, Re
Reisetour,
isetour, and
andth
then
en
completely phased out of his guitar rotation during •   Engl 4x12 Cab
Cabinets
inets
the Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da Tour.(1994–2005) •  Native Instruments Guitar Rig
•   ESP Ec
Ecli
lipse
pse I CTM Pa
Paul
ul Lan
Lande
ders
rs Si
Signa
gnatur
turee •  MXR blue box on “Moskau”
Satin black with Silver binding, and a recently re-
le
lease
asedd ve
vers
rsio
ionn in Sat
Satin
in silv
silver
er with
with Bla
Black
ck bindi
binding,
ng, has •  Eventide Eclipse
 

2.6. CHRISTI
CHRISTIAN
AN LO
LORENZ 
RENZ    25

2.5.3
2.5.3 Ref
Referenc
erences
es records. “W
records. “When
hen I joined
joined my first band
band”,
”, Flak
Flakee has said
said,, “I
noticed that I couldn't play modern music. I still can't!"
Europe”.. Af- At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed as a toolmaker, an
[1]   “Paul Landers Equipment | Rammstein Europe”
fenknecht.com.
fenknecht.com. Archived
Archived from  the original on
from the original  on 7 July apparently short-lived career.
2011. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
He has a brother who is four years older.
[2]   “ESP Eclipse-I CTM Paul Landers”
Landers”..   B-Music.com.au.
from  the original
Archived from the original on
 on 27 Octob
October er 2009.
2009. Re-
trieved 10 November 2012.
2.6.
2.6.2
2 Care
Career
er
[3]  “Rammstein Hamburg 2001 Zwitter”
Zwitter”.. YouTu
ouTube
be.. Re
Re--
trieved 2011-11-06. Feeling B

[4]   “Rammstein – Zwitter live London Docklands 2002 Mut-

Tour”. YouTube. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 2011- In 1983, at age sixteen, he began to play in the band
ter Tour”.
11-06. Feeling B  with Paul
  with  Paul H. Landers
Landers and
 and Aljoscha Rompe, a
Swiss living
Swiss  living in East
in East Berlin
Berlin.. He stayed with the band for
[5] Rammstei
Rammsteinn (2011). “Pussy
“Pussy (+ Making
Making Of)".   Made in about ten years. Feeling B started out firmly grounded in
Germany 1995–2011 Super Deluxe Edition (DVD). the undergr
underground
ound punk sce
scene.
ne. Ove
Overr time,
time, Fee
Feeling
ling B’s pop-
Shop”.. Bogneramp
[6]  “Bogner Custom Shop” Bogneramplification.com. Re- ularity grew greatly and at the end of the German Demo-
lification.com.
trieved 2011-11-06. cratic Republic, it was one of the most respected and in-
fluentia
fluentiall Easte
Eastern
rn Germ
German
an band
bandss des
despit
pitee their
their unde
undergr
rground
ound
[7] Rammstei
Rammsteinn (2011).
(2011). “Keine
“Keine Lust”.
Lust”.   Made in Germa
Germany
ny status.
1995–2011 Super Deluxe Edition (DVD).
Flake squatted/lived in an apartment with Paul during
their early years. When they weren't playing gigs, Lan-
2.5.4
2.5.4 Exter
External
nal links
links ders and Flake would sell jackets made from cut-up bed
• Rammstein.com – Official site (English)
  Rammstein.com – asheets
monthand dusters
meant as much  black as
on themoney market.
market . Two
Twosalaried
an average ja
jack
cket
etss
worker. “It was quite easy to make a living; not to work
• Rammstein.de – Official site (German)
  Rammstein.de – and stay out of trouble,” says Landers, “You only got
•  Info on “Feeling B” problems if you were caught.”
•  “Feeling B” –
B” – Look out! We're coming to get you! The group disbanded in the mid-1990s. On special occa-
sions,
sions, the band
bandmem
members
berswou
wouldld get
gettog
togeth
ether
er fo
forr indi
individ
vidual
ual
•   Rammstein-Interviews.com concert
con certss at punk fe
festi
stival
vals,
s, unti
untill Rompe died in Nov
Novemb
emberer
2000 of an asthma attack
attack..
There is a book available about Feeling B.[1][2]
2.6 Chr
Chris
isti
tian
an Lo
Loren
renzz

Christian “Flake” Lorenz  (born 16 November 1966) Rammstein

is a German musician, notable as the keyboardist for the
NeueDeut
Neue Deutsch
schee Härte band Rammstein
Rammstein.. He is al also
so kn
know article:  Rammstein
ownn Main article: Rammstein
for his role in the band  Feeling B .
In 1994,   Till Lindemann
Lindemann,,  Richard Z. Kruspe
Kruspe,,  Oliver
“Olli” Riedel and
Riedel and Christoph
 Christoph “Doom” Schneider
Schneider entered
 entered
2.6.1
2.6 .1 Early
Early ye years
ars andwonthe Berlin
Berlin Sena
Senate
te Metr
Metroo beat
beat cont
contest
estthat
thatallo
allowed
wed
them to professionally record a four track demo. Paul
demo.  Paul H.
Christian was brought up and still lives in the former Landers Landers formally
 formally joined the band, then finally Flake. He
Prenzlauer Berg area of Berlin
of Berlin (now
 (now a part of the borough
the borough was initially reluctant to join his five bandmates and had
of
of Pankow
 Pankow),), where he still passes his old school building to be pestered into becoming a member of Rammstein,
on the way to band rehearsals. as he thought they would be too boring. Eventually, he
Christian is known to be an educated piani st. Flake says agreed to join, and the group began work on their first
pianist.
he chose to play the piano because a childhood friend of album, Herzeleid   ('Heartach(' Heartache').
e').
hi
hiss play
played
ed fro
rom m the
the age
age of th
thre
ree.
e. His
His pa
pare
rent
ntss sent
sent hi
him
m to a Flake is probably best known for his part in the contro-
music
mus ic sc
schoo
hool.l. Fla
Flake
ke “be
“began
ganby
by pai
paint
nting
ingthe
thekekeys
ys on a win-
win- versial live performance of the song "Bück dich" (“Bend
dow ledge” and “practic
“practiced
ed one-half-year on the window down” or “Bend over”), where he and vocalist Till Lin-
ledge”. His parents bought him a piano for one hundred demann engaged in simulated sodomy with a liquor-
East German marks for his 15th birthday. squirting dildo
squirting  dildo.. On 23 Sep
Septem
tember
ber 199
1998,
8, in Worcester,
in  Worcester,
Lorenz became “addicted” to rock to rock and roll
roll as
 as a boy.
boy. He Massachusetts
Massachusetts (USA)
 (USA) Lindemann and Flake Lorenz were
stopped his lessons in order to play with his father’s jazz arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behav-
 

26   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 2. MEMBERS 
MEMBERS 

ior. A statement ffrom

rom Sergeant Tho
Thomas
mas Radula of the to keep most of it private. He has described the riskier
Worcester Police Department stated that Lindemann was parts being in Rammstein as being like a cold shower. “It
simulating sex with Flake onstage “using a phallic object doesn't feel too good right then and there, but afterwards
that shot water over the crowd”. They were held and re- you get a good feeling.” Flake is an atheist
an  atheist and
 and has stated
leased the following day on US$25 bail. After months of "I disapp
disappro
rove
ve of relig
religion
ionss which
which are
are made
made into
into ri
rigid
gid instit
institu-
u-
legal debate, they were eventually fined US$100. tions. I also think that religious fanaticism
fanaticism and missionary
His role in “Bück dich” is not the only live act he is dangerous."[4]
work are dangerous.
known
kno wn for. Up until 2002, Flake wouwould
ld “surf” the au- Flake has a certain distaste towards America
towards  America,, which he
dience
mance of in "Seemann
"anSeemann"
inflatable rubber dinghy
" (“Seaman”). Ollieduring the place
took his perfor-in has reportedly
no culture.” [5] called a “sick and decadent country with
2002. Acco
According
rding to Flake, the change occurred becaus becausee He likes to listen to Einstürzende
to Einstürzende Neubauten
Neubauten,, Die Ärzte,
Ärzte,
he was injured
injured too often. Also, during a 2001 concert in Element of Crime,
Crime,  Coldplay,
 Coldplay,  Placebo
 Placebo,,  Johnny Cash
Cash,,  PJ
Petersburg, Flake was tipped out of the boat by the
St. Petersburg, Harvey,,  System of a Down,
Harvey Down,  Ministry,
 Ministry,  The Prodigy and
Prodigy  and
crowdd and almost complete
crow completely ly undressed. Despi Despite te this, once remarked that he would've liked to have been the
Flake has returned to “surfing” the dinghy for Ramm- sixth Rolling
sixth  Rolling Stone.
Stone.
stein’s 2009 tour during the performance of “Haifisch”
(“Shark”). When pperfo erforming Mein Teil
rming ""Mein Teil"" (“My part”), Flakeisanamateurpainterandlikesclassiccars. Hehasa
Flake is “cooked” with a flame-thrower
a  flame-thrower by  by Till in a giant Mercedes
Mercedes and
 and is involv ed in vintage car hire business.[6]
involved
cauldron. Flake does a dance, dubbed the “Flake-dance”, Lorenz used to write frequently in the Fanarea logbook
"Weißes Fleisch
during "Weißes Fleisch"" (“White flesh”).
flesh”). In the
the video
 video f for
or on the official website fanclub, which closed September
"Keine Lust
Lust"" (“No desire” or “Don't feel like it”), Flake is 2004.
seen in an electric wheelchai
wheelchair.r. He is seen about to jump On 5 October 2005 Flake appeared briefly on Deutsche
on  Deutsche
off the
the top
top of a burn
burniningg bu
builildi
ding
ng (t
(try
ryin
ingg an
andd fai
aililing
ng to la
land
nd Welle.. When asked how he felt about the reunification of
Welle
safely on a trampoline) in the video for "Benzin " Benzin"" (“Gaso-
line”” or “Pe
line “Petrol
trol”).
”). In the video ffor or Ich Will (“I want”) Germany,
then. "Evenheifsaid he prefe
prefers/misses
rs/misses
the GDR survived,
the GDR  survived, thewould've
I still way things werea
stayed
song, Flake is tied to a bomb that explodes explodes in the end of musician. The increased size ofof the world also brought the
video. In Rammstein’s 2009 video ffor or the song ""PussyPussy", ", danger of being compared to all of the international acts.
an intersex person
Flake portrays an intersex  person named Heeshie. Flake The bands which were in the east were the only ones there,
also provided lead vocals for Rammstein’s cover version and if you were successful
successful there,
there, you were successful.
successful. I 
of “Pet Sematary”, originally by The by The Ramones
Ramones.. miss the simplicity.
simplicity. You went into a bar, ordered
ordered a beer,
Gothenburg,, Sweden on30July2005,
Duringaconcertin Gothenburg and you got a beer!... They
They didn't ask if you wanted...
wanted...
Till Lindemann suffered a knee injury when Flake ac- with a head or without
without a head, foam
foam top or bottom...
bottom... It 
cidentally ran into him with the Segwaythe  Segway he  he rides during really gets on my nerves having all of these choices I really
the performance of "Amerika" (“America”). This caused don't want ".
".
concerts scheduled in Asia to be cancelled. In Novembe
Novemberr 2011 Flake’s
Flake’s house was set on fire. The
In 2005, Flake suffered from the mumps the  mumps,, causing con- police managed to identify and capture the arsonist, a 28-
certs in South America to be cancelled. year-old male with a criminal record. After his escape,
he had a fiery car crash near Flake’s house[7]
In Jan
Januar
uaryy 201
2012, 2, Fla
Flake
ke,, al
along
ongwiwith
th Lin
Linde
deman
mann,n, wawass int
inter-
er-
viewed by heavy
Classic  seriesmetal anthropologist
VH1 Classic series metal  anthropologist Sam Dunn for
Dunnof for
 Metal Evolution, on the topic of shock
the
 shock Nicknames
rock.. This is surprising, due to the lack of interviews he,
rock
and the band, does in North America.[3] Christiann Lore
Christia Lorenz
nz comm
commonl onlyy goe
goess by the nickname
nicknamess
“Flake” (pronounced
(pronounced as “Flak-eh” in German) and “Dok-
tor
tor”.
”. “Do
“Doktktor”
or” cam
camee about bec becau
ause
se at one poi
point
nt he
2.6.3
2.6 .3 Perso
Personalnal lif
lifee wanted to be a surgeon, but he was unable to study to be-
his  refusal to join
come one because of his refusal join the
 the East
 East German
Flake
Flakehas
hasbee
beenn di
divo
vorc
rced
ed on
once
ce and
andhas
hasthr
three
ee ch
chilildre
dren.
n. One military
military.. In a 16 Dece
Decembe
mberr 2000 interv
intervie
iew,
w, he stated
known daughter is named Anna. “Flake” is his proper name.[8]
On 12 September 2008 Flake was remarried to Jenny
Rosemeyer, a German artist, who provided the whistling 2.6 2.6.4
.4 RefRefereren
ence
cess
for Rammstein’s song “Roter Sand”. The marriage was
celebrated
celebrated over a period of 3 days on Flakes propert
propertyy in [1]
Liebenwalde. The ban
Liebenwalde. bandd Knorkator pl
play
ayed
ed th
ther
eree on a te
tem-
m-
porarily constructed stage. [2]  “Feeling B” B”.. Ostmusik.de.
Ostmusik.de. Retrieved
Retrieved 18 November 2012.
There is very little information available about his per- [3] 1/23/12. 
1/23/12.  ""S""Shoc
hockk Roc
Rock”
k” ( Ep. 109 ) fro
rom
m Met
Metal
al Ev
Evol
oluti
ution
on
sonal
sonal life
life out
outsi
side
de of his
hismus
music
ical
al car
career
eerbec
becau
ause
se he ch
choos
ooses
es | Fu
Fullll Epi
Episod
sode”
e”.. VH1.com. Retrieve
Retrievedd 18 Novembe
Novemberr 2012.
 

2.6. CHRISTI
CHRISTIAN
AN LO
LORENZ 
RENZ    27

[4]  http://en.affenknecht.com/rammstein-members/
christian-flake-lorenz/
[5]   “Interview”
“Interview”..   RammsteinNicCage.com. 2001.
2001. Retri
Retriev
eved
ed
10 November 2012.
Salomon.   “Classicde
[6] Dirk Salomon.  “Classicdepot.De”
pot.De”.. Classicdepot.De. Re-
trieved 18 November 2012.
[7]  “Flake’s House on fire this weekend”
weekend”..   Affenknecht.com.
Retrieved 10 November 2012.
[8]  “Press: Ramm
Rammstei
steinn Chat with Flake”
Flake”. Herz
Herzele
eleid.c
id.com.
om.
Retrieved 18 November 2012.

2.6.5
2.6.5 Exter
External
nal links
links

• Lorenz at the Internet
 Flake Lorenz at the Internet Movie Database
•  Official Rammstein Site (German)
Site (German)
• Site (English)
 Official Rammstein Site (English)
•   geocities.com
 

Chapter 3

Discography
3.1 Di
Disc
scog
ogra
raph
phy
y trian, Finnish, German and Swiss charts, and was cer-
tified platinum
platinum in the last two countri
countries.
es. Other singles
singles
from this album include "Amerika
"Amerika", ", "Ohne dich"
dich" and
The   discography   of   Rammstein
Rammstein,, a German   Neue "Keine Lust
Lust".
". Release
Releasedd worldwi
worldwide
de on 28 October 2005,
Deutsche Härte band,
Härte band, consists of six studio
six studio albums
albums,, two Rosenrot  peaked
 peaked at number one in Germany, Austria, and
live albums
albums,, and four video albums. RammsteinRammstein has also Finland, and was certified gold in Austria and Finland
twenty-five  singles,, twenty-four of which are
released twenty-five singles and platinum in Germany. The album spawned the sin-
accompanied by musicby  music videos
videos.. The bbandand w was
as fform
ormeded gles"Rosenrot
gles" Rosenrot",", the hom
homosex
osexuali
uality-t
ty-them
hemeded "Mann geg
gegen
en
in the mid-1990s by six musicians from  East Berlin Mann"" and "Benzin
Mann "Benzin".". “Ben
“Benzin”
zin” rea
reach
ched
ed the top of the
and Schwerin
and  Schwerin:: singer Till
singer Till Lindemann
Lindemann,, guitarists
guitarists Richard
 Richard Danish Tracklisten
Danish  Tracklisten.. In November 2006, the band issued
Kruspe   and
Kruspe and   Paul Landers
Landers,, kekeyboardist
yboardist   Flake Lorenz
Lorenz,, the  Völkerball  CD
  CD and DVD set, featuring live footage
bassist Oliver
bassist  Oliver Riedel
Riedel,, and drummer Christoph
drummer  Christoph Schnei- filmed in the United Kingdom, France, Japan and Rus-
der..[1][2]
der sia, plus a documentary.[9] It peaked at number one in the
Rammstein debuted with the single "Du "Du riechst so gut",
gut", German and Finnish charts, and was certificated double
rele
release
asedd on 17 Au Augus
gustt 199
19955 in a sce scente
ntedd di
digip
gipac
ackk platinum by BVMI
by BVMI..
format. [1][3] A month later, the band issued their first stu-
dio album, Herzeleid , which peaked at number six on the
German Media
German Charts  and remained there for
 Media Control Charts and 3.1.
3.1.1
1 Al
Albu
bums
ms
102 weeks. Before the release of its second studio album,
Rammstein issued the single "Engel "Engel"" on 1 April 1997. It Studio albums
reached the top three on the German singles chart and
was certified gold by the Bundesverband
the Bundesverband Musikindustrie Live albums
(BVMI) for the sale of more than 250,000 copies. [4]
Compilation
Compilation albums
Rammstein’s second album,  Sehnsucht , was released in
Au
Augus
gustt 199
1997; 7; it top
topped
ped bot
bothh Germa
Germann andandAu
Auststria
riann ch
chart
arts,
s, Box sets
and eventually was certified platinum in the respec-
tive record industry associations of IFPI of  IFPI.. On 30 August
1999, the band released their first live album,  Live aus  3.1.
3.1.2
2 Sing
Single
less
Berlin. It was recorded over two nights at the Wuhlheide
Venue,
Ven ue, and issued on both CD and DVD formats.[5] Re- 3.1.3
3.1.3 Vi
Video
deogra
graph
phy
y
leased in April 2001,  Mutter  is   is Rammstein’s third stu-
dio album; it topped the German and Swiss charts and Video albums
was certified
certified doubdoublele plati
platinum
num in both count
countrieries.
s. Fiv
Fivee
tracks were released from the album as singles: "Sonne "Sonne", ", Music videos
"Links 2-3-42-3-4",", "Ich will",
will", "Mutter
Mutter"" and "Feuer
"Feuer frei!
frei!";
";
the latter was also used in the opening scenes of the 3.1.4
3.1.4 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess
Cohen  film  xXx .[6] In 2003, the group released the
Rob Cohen film
DVD  Lichtspielhaus , containing live performances, mu- [1] Nimmervoll, Ed.  “Rammstein > Biography”
Biography”..   Allmusic .
sic videos, and interviews.[7] Macrovision.
Macrovision. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
On 26 July 2004, Rammstein released the single "Mein " Mein 1994”.. Rammstei
[2]  “Timeline 1994” Rammsteinn & Pilgrim
Pilgrim Managem
Management.
ent.
Teil",
Teil ", a song inspired by a German cannibal, Armin
cannibal,  Armin Mei-
wes,, which peaked at number two on both German
wes [8] Retrieved
Retrieved 6 May 2012.
and Finnish
Finnish charts. Late Laterr that
that year, the band rele released
ased [3]  “Du Riechst So Gut Single”
Single”.. Rammstein & Pilgrim
Pilgrim Man-
their fourth studio album,  Reise, Reise; it topped the Aus- agement. Retrieved 6 May 2012.

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3.1. DISCOGR
DISCOGRAPH
APHY 
Y    29

Gold”.. Ramm
[4]  “Album “Herzeleid” reaches Gold” Rammstei Pil- [27]  “Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów
steinn & Pil-
grim Management. Retrieved 6 May 2012. Audio-Video” . Zpav.pl. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
Audio-Video”.
[5]  “Live Aus Berlin (Album)"
(Album)".. Rammstein & Pilgrim Man- [28]   “IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
Awards - 2002”.
2002”. IFPI. Retrieved
agement. Retrieved 6 May 2012. 2009-01-22.
[6]   “Scene Shooting for
for the Movie Triple X”.
X”. Rammstein & [29]  “Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów
Pilgrim Management.
Management. Retrieved
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Audio-Video”.
[7]   “Lichtspielhaus (DVD)".
(DVD)". Rammstein & Pilgrim Mana
Manage-
ge- [30]   “IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
Awards - 2009”.
2009”. IFPI. Retrieved
ment. Retrieved 6 May 2012. 2010-03-11.
[8] Wiederhorn, Jon (30 December 2004).   “German Can- [31]   “Char “Charts
ts sin
sindd fu
furr Ramm
Rammsteisteinn da - Emis
Emissio
sion-tra
n-tracks”
cks”..
nibal Helps Rammstein Write New Single”.
Single” .   MTV News  from the original on
Archived from the original on 2011-08-08.
(MTV Networks).
Networks). Retrieved
Retrieved 31 March 2009.
[32]  “IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musik-
(DVD)".. Rammstei
[9]  “Volkerball (DVD)" Rammsteinn & Pilgrim
Pilgrim Manag
Manage-e- wirtschaft” (in
wirtschaft”  (in German). Ifpi.at.
Ifpi.at. Retrieved
Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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[33] Steffen Hung.   “The Official Official Swiss Charts
Charts and Music
[10]   “Ramm
“Rammstei
steinn - Germa
Germann Albu
Albums
ms Char
Chart”
t”..  Musicline (inGer- Community”.. Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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[34]  “Disque en France”.
France”. Disque en France. Retrieved 2011-
Rammstein”.. Hung
[11]  “australian-charts.com - Discography Rammstein” 08-08.
Medien. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
[35]  “Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów
[12]   “Ram
“Rammste
mstein
in - Aus
Austria
triann Albu
Albums
ms Char
Chart”t” (inGerma
(in German).n). Aus- Audio-Video”.. Zpav.pl. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
Audio-Video”
trian Charts. Retrieved
Retrieved November 5, 2013.
Rammstein”   (in French).
[36]  “Discographie Rammstein” French). lescharts.com.
lescharts.com.
[13]  “Rammstein - Belgian Albums Chart” (i
Chart”  (inn DutDutch
ch).
). Ul- Retrieved
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tratop. Retrieved
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[37]  “Guld og platin i august”.
august”. ifpi.dk. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
[14] Steffen Hung. “Danish
Hung.  “Danish charts portal”
portal”.. Danishc
Danishcharts.com.
harts.com.
Retrieved
Retriev ed 2015-07-04. [38] Steffen Hung.   “Certificati
Steffen Hung. “Certifications
ons Rammstein”
Rammstein”.. swiss-
charts.com. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
[15]  “Rammstein - Finnish Albums Chart” Chart”.. FinnFinnish
ish Charts
Charts..
Retrieved November 5, 2013. [39]   “Rammstein - Danish
Danish Charts”.
Charts”. Danish Charts. Retrieved
November
Novem ber 5, 2013.
[16]  “Rammstein - Dutch Albums Chart” Chart” (in
 (in Dutch). Dutch
Charts. Retrieved
Retrieved November 5, 2013. [40]  “Rammstein - New Zealand Charts”. Charts” . Charts. Retrieved
November
Novem ber 5, 2013.
[17]   ““Ramm
Rammstei
steinn - Norw
Norwegia
egiann Albu
Albums
ms Char
Chart” t” (in Norwegi
Norwegian).
an).
VG-lista. Retrieved November 5, 2013. [41]  “IFPI Austria - Verband der Österreichischen Musik-
wirtschaft” (in
wirtschaft”  (in German). Ifpi.at.
Ifpi.at. Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-04-15.
[18]  “Rammstein - Swedish Albums Chart” Chart”.. Swedish Charts.
Retrieved November 5, 2013. [42]  “Ultratop Belgian Charts”
Charts”.. ultratop.be. Retrieved 2012-
04-15.
[19]  “Rammstein - Swiss Albums Chart” Chart”.. Swiss Charts. Re-
[43]   “Certificeringer”.
“Certificeringer”. ifpi.dk. Retrieved 2012-04-15.
trieved November 5, 2013.
[20]   “Rammstein - UK Albums Chart”. Kollektion”.. Amazon.co
Chart”. Chart Stats. Archived [44]  “Original Single Kollektion” Amazon.com. m. Retrieve
Retrievedd
from the
from  the original on
original on 2012-07-28. 2009-01-29.
[21]  “Rammstein - Billboard 200”200”.. BilBillbo
lboar
ard.
d. Retri
Retriev ed [45]   “Listas semanales - Listas - Promusicae
eved Promusicae - Productores de
November 5, 2013. Música de España”
España”.. Promusicae.es. Retrieved 2015-07-
04.
[22]   “Gold-/Plati
“Gold-/Platin-Datenban
n-Datenbankk (Rammstein)
(Rammstein)""   (in Germ
German).
an).
Musikindustrie.. Retrieved 2009-01-22. [46]  “Chart Log UK 1994–2006”
Bundesverband Musikindustrie 1994–2006”.. Zobbel.
Zobbel. Retrieve
Retrievedd 2009-
2009-
01-16.
[23]   “IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
Awards - 2005”.
2005”. IFPI. Retrieved
2009-01-22. [47]  “Musik-DVDs Top 10”  10”   (i
(inn German). austriancharts.at.
austriancharts.at.
23 March 2003. Retrieved
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[24]   “IFPI Platinum Europe Awards
Awards - 1998”.
1998”. IFPI. Retrieved
2009-01-22.  “Muziek-DVD” (in
[48]  “Muziek-DVD”  (in Dutch). ultratop.be. 21 August 2004.
Retrieved
Retrieved 2009-01-16.
[25]   “Gold & Plat
Platinu
inum:
m: Audi
Audioo Certi
Certifica
fication
tions”
s”.. Ca
Cana
nadi
dian
an
Recording Industry
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Association. July 2001. Retrieved DVD”..  YLE Pop  (in Finnish).
January 2009. YLE. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
[26]  “Gold & Platinum: Search Results”.
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Accreditations - 2004 DVD”.
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Associatio Recording Industry Association.
Association. Retrieved
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DISCOGRAPHY 

[51]  “Musik-DVDs Top 10”10”   (in austriancharts.at. 3.2.1

(in German). austriancharts.at. Herzelei
Herzeleid
d studio
studio demos
demos (1994)
25 January 2004. Retrieved
Retrieved 2009-01-16.
•  “Der Riecher” (The Smeller  -
  - “Du riechst so gut”
[52]  “Muziek-DVD”
 “Muziek-DVD” (in
 (in Dutch).
Dutch). ultratop
ultratop.be.
.be. 26 June 2004.
2004. demo)
Retrieved
Retrieved 2009-01-16.
DVD”..  YLE Pop  (in Finnish).
[53]  “Suomen virallinen lista - DVD” •  “Hallo, hallo (Version 1)" (Hello, hello  - “Das alte
YLE. Retrieved 2009-01-16. Leid” demo. This demo appeared on Rammstein’s
demo tapes and a various artists promo CD titled
[54]  “Veckolista DVD Album - Vecka 3” 3”..   Sverigetopplistan
(in Swedish). Grammofon
Grammofon Leverantörernas
Leverantörernas Förening.
Förening. 16 “New Industries”)
January 2004. Retrieved
Retrieved 2009-01-17.
•  “Hallo, hallo (Version 2)" (Hello, hello  - “Das alte
“Certificaciones”.. Amprofon.com.mx.
[55]   “Certificaciones” Amprofon.com.mx. Retrieved
Retrieved 2012- Leid” demo. This version is much closer to the final
04-15. version of Das alte Leid, and was released officially
by Rammstein)
[56]  “Disque en France”.
France”. Disque en France. Retrieved 2012-
03-06.
•  “Fleisch” (Flesh - “Weißes Fleisch” demo)
 “Muziek-DVD”   (in Dutch).
[57]  “Muziek-DVD” Dutch). ultrato
ultratop.be.
p.be. 2 Decembe
Decemberr
2006. Retrieved 2009-01-16. •  “Rammstein” (Rammstein   - “Rammstein” demo.
[58]  “Sonne”.
 “Sonne”. Rammstein & Pilgrim Management. Retrieved One version appeared on all of the 1994 demo tapes
2012-05-06. (4-track 6-track and 8-track) and another was fea-
tured on a various artists promo CD titled “Time for
[59]  “Links 2-3-4”.
2-3-4”.  CMT . MTV Networks. Retrieved
Retrieved 11 June a cut”, which was released later that year.)
2009.
[60]   Ich will   (CD
(CD back ccov
over).
er). Rammstei
Rammstein.
n. Motor
Motor Music.
Music. •
  than
“Seemann”
“Seema
2001. thenn” (Seaman
final version- “Se
“Seem
andemann
ann”” demo.
includesdeamo. It issection
verse long
longer
er
with whistling for vocals)
(Video)".. Rammstein & Pilgrim Management.
[61]  “Ich Will (Video)"
Retrieved
Retrieved 2009-01-23. •   “Sch
“Schwarz
warzes
es Glas” (Blac
Blackk Glass - origina
originall trac
track.
k. Gu
Gui-
i-
Frei!"..  MTV . MTV Networks. 11 July 2002. Re-
[62]  “Feuer Frei!" tar riff also used in “Der Meister”)
trieved 23 January 2009.
•  “Jeder lacht” (Everyone’s Laughing - original, some
 “Amerika”..   MTV . MTV Networks.
[63]  “Amerika” Networks. 9 November
November 2004. of its lyrics
lyrics wer
weree reuse
reusedd in “Adios
“Adios”.
”. This tra
track
ck
Retrieved
Retrieved 23 January 2009. appeared only on Rammstein’s much rarer 8-track
[64]   “Amerika (Video)"
(Video)".. Rammstein & Pilgrim Manag
Management.
ement. demo tape. Only the first 1:40 were leaked onto the
Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-05-06. internet to the public)
Lust”..  MTV . MTV Networks.
[65]  “Keine Lust” Networks. 20 April 2005. Re- •  “Die Zeit” (The Time  - “Alter
“Alter Mann” de demo.
mo. The
trieved 23 January 2009. only known version can briefly be heard in a 1994
[66]   “Rosenrot – The
The Video”.
Video”. Rammstein & Pilgri
Pilgrim
m Manage- video titled “Achtung, wir kommen!" (only second
ment. Archived from the
from  the original on
original on 8 December 2005. part of 1st verse and chorus). This versi
version
on of Alter
Retrieved
Retrieved 23 January 2009. Mann had slower tempo, harder guitars and drums
and more synth sounds and effects (choir, strings
[67]  “Paris’ Trial Date Set For September”
September”..  MTV News  (MTV
 (MTV and some
somethin
thingg like
like dist
distorte
ortedd squa
square
re wave).
wave). In studi
studioo
Networks).
Networ ks). 2 March 2006. Retrieved
Retrieved 23 January 2009. demo synths mixed bit rough and out of time, unlike
Donnie.  “Rammstein - Love Is for Everyone”
[68] Beach, Donnie. “Rammstein Everyone”..  Re- live 1994 version)
Magazine. Regen Magazine. Archived from the
 gen Magazine from the orig-
inal on
inal  on 7 October 2010. Retrieved
Retrieved 6 May 2012.
3.2.2 Herzelei
Herzeleid
d live
live demos
demos (1994)

•  “Feuerräder” (Wheels Of Fire  - 1994 original live

3.2 Ram
Ramms
mstei
tein
n de
demo
moss demo, with the instruments directly recorded and
remixed.
remix ed. This makes it sound lik
likee a studio demo.
1994,  Rammstein released
In 1994, Rammstein  released some demos that are cur- It is released on the single “Engel (Fan edition)" and
rently very rare. Some are original songs and some are it also appeared on the 2007 bootleg “Kein Engel”.)
also demos that became songs on Rammstein’s first al-
bum,  Herzeleid . These are the most well
well known de
demos
mos •  “Wilder Wein” (Wild Wine  - original
original.. This de
demo
mo
found across the internet. [1] was officially released and is indeed a live demo,
 

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RAMMSTEIN DEMOS    31

recorded directly from the band’s equipment thus 3.2.4 Mutter Mutter live
live demos
demos (2000)
cancelling out any audience noise and other distur-
bances. It appeared on the 2007 bootleg “Kein En- These demos were played at "Knaack"Knaack Klub
Klub"" in Berlin on
gel”.) April 16, 2000. The amount of viewe
viewersrs at the event was
limited to a very small amount, however, an undisclosed
source used a tape recorder in order to capture a majority
•  "???" (Original with
with unknown tititle.
tle. A bootlegg
bootlegger
er of the songs on audio.
dubbed
dub bed thi
thiss song as “Bie
“Biest”
st” (eng
(eng.. “Beas
“Beast”).
t”). Sung
only once live, in a pub in Saalfeld, Germany, on 31 Here are all of the songs played during Rammstein’s
December 1994. Most fans postula
December te that this is an Knaack Attack performance in chronological order:
postulate
early
earlyde
demo
mo of Tie
Tierr due
dueto
to thesimi
thesimilar
larititie
iess in thelyri
thelyrics
cs
during the chorus. The overall meaning of the song  “5/4” (5/4 - “5/4” demo, that is much abridged.
• abridged. The
differs, however.) final song itself only made it on to one of the singles
as a B-side and on the 2007 bootleg “Kein Engel”.)
•  “Laichzeit” (Spawning-time  - “Laichzeit” demo) •  “Rein, raus” (In, out  - - “Rein, raus” demo)
•  “Adios” (Adios  -
  - “Adios” demo with much darker
•   “Bringe
“Bringer”
r” (Bringer -“WolltIhrDasBettInFlammen lyrics.)
Sehen?"
Sehen?"dem
demo.o. Ramm
Rammste stein
in cont
continue
inuedd to use the titl
titlee
Bringer in set lists for shows after the demo period.) •  “Klitschko” (Klitschko - “Sonne” demo. In this ver-
sion, the first chorus consists only of a count up to
10, without the lyrics “Hier kommt die Sonne”.)
•  “Die Zeit” (The Time  - Live “Alter Mann” demo.
Commonly referred to as “Das Wasser soll dein •   “Spielu
“Spieluhr”
hr” (Mus
Musicic box   - “Sp
“Spieielu
luhr”
hr” demo
demo with
with
Spiegell sein”. Full versio
Spiege versionn of 1994 demo with cor- slightly different lyrics mostly in the chorus.)
rect synths)
•   “Mutter”(Mother -“Mutter”demowiththeonlydif-
fer
eren
ence
ce be
beingthe
ingthe last
last word
word of thesong. T
Tillsays
illsays“Oh
“Oh
gib mir Gift!" instead of “Oh gib mir Kraft!".)
3.2.3 Sehnsuc
Sehnsucht
ht live
live demo
demoss (1995-1997)
(1995-1997)
•  “Sandmann” (Sandman - “Mein Herz Brennt” demo
•  “Afrika”” (Africa - “Seh
 “Afrika “Sehnsu
nsucht
cht”” dem
demoo perf
performe
ormedd lilive
ve with alternate lyrics)
in late 1995 as 'Afrika', and early 1996 as 'Sehn-
sucht'.) •  “Links” (Left  - - “Links 2-3-4” demo)
•   “Ohnedich”(With out you - “Oh
Without “Ohne
ne dich
dich”” demo.
demo. Thi
Thiss
•  “Spiel mit mir” (Play With Me  - “Spiel Mit Mir” was the only song that was not captured by the tape
demo from  Sehnsucht  performed live throughout recorder.r. It is said that the song sounded much like
recorde
1996. Also had different versions when played live.) the 'Beta version' on the Ohne dich single. The song
itself only appeared on the album after Mutter.)
•  “Bestrafe mich (Punish Me - “Bestrafe Mich” demo
 Sehnsucht 
from like album
Sounds   performed livewith
version, but throughout
different 1996.
synth 3.2.5 Mutter/R
Mutter/Reise
eise Reise/Ros
Reise/Rosenro
enrott studio
studio
bridge.) demos (2000-2004)

•  “Alter Mann” (Old Man - “Alter Mann” demo from
Sehnsucht  performed
 performed live throughout 1996. Unlik
Unlikee
1994 version this same as album version, but had
another synth effects, another bridge, longer synth
intro)
•  “Schwarzes Glas” (Black Glass  - - original track.
track. This
version is used guitar riff and keyboard samples
from “Eifersucht”, but main riff and vocals from
1994 demo. Lyrics are different.”)
•  “Du Hast” (You Have  - First live performance was
in Amesterdam,
Amesterdam, Melkweg. The song’s structure is
longer, and Till in the last choruses he sings An in-
stead of In.)
This section covers all three albums from 'Mutter' to
'Rosenrot' inclusive, since the songs for all of the given
albums were realized and demoed in a parallel fashion.
Many songs on the two albums after Mutter were taken
from the selection of Mutter songs that didn't make the
cut initially.
•   “Hallelujah” (Hallelujah  - Demo version of “Hal-
leluja” (note the removal of the letter 'h' in the fi-
nalized
nalized track name
name).). This demo ver
versio
sionn diff
differs
ers a
bit from the actual in that it doesn't have an ambi-
ent effect during the intro section, and that the bass
line in the last verse is different. The final version
of the song (Halleluja) appeared the band’s single
CD titled “Links 2-3-4”, whereas the demo versio
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(Hallelujah) was featured in the Resident Evil offi- •  Donaukinder (Children of Danube  Beta version of
cial soundtrack and also made an appearance as a “Donaukinder”.
“Donaukin der”. Sounds lik
likee the final ve
version,
rsion, yet
secret track after a few minutes of silence at the end mixed a bit differently and lacks a guitar solo.)
of the Japan
Japanese
ese edit
edition
ion of “Mut
“Mutter”.
ter”. “Hall
“Hallelu
eluja”
ja” also
appeared on the 2007 bootleg “Kein Engel”. •  Mein Land (Instrumental) (My land  - - Instrumental
demo
demo of “Me
“Mein
in Lan
Land”.
d”. Thi
Thiss is the earli
earlies
estt demo
demo ve
ver-
r-
•   “Eisenmann
“Eisenmann”” (Ironman - Orig
Original
inal mus
music/l
ic/lyric
yrics.
s. This sion known.) †
demo leaked into the general circulation on the in-
ternet near the end of 2010, as a result of an unsuc- •  Mein Land (Demo Version) (My land  -   - Another
cessful demo trade.) demo of “Mein Land”, with keyboard solo) †
•  “Stirb nicht vor mir” (Don't Die Before I Do - Demo •  Mein Land (Beta Version) (My land  - - “Mein Land”
version of “Stirb nicht vor mir (Don't Die Before beta version, leaked around mid-2011) †
"Rosenrot".
I Do)" from "Rosenrot ". This ve
versio
rsionn had alter
altered
ed
lyrics, entirely in German, and had no female vo- •  Sirene (Version 1) (Sirens  -
  - early demo version of
cals. This track leaked onto the internet in 2008 and “Gib mir deine Augen” with completely different
is actually an unfinished recording of the song that lyricss in the verses.) †
lyric
was made during the Mutter era.) •  Sirene (Version 2) (Sirens  -
  - early demo version of
•  “Ohne dich” (Without you - Beta version of “Ohne “Gib mir deine Augen” with completely different
Dich” that was officially included in the single of the lyricss in the verses.) †
lyric
same name. Although the song (and its single) be-
long to the “Reise, Reise” LP group, this beta ver- •  Sirene (Version 2 Extended) (Sirens  -   - early demo
sion was actually recorded during the Mutter ses- version of “Gib mir deine Augen” with completely
sions.) different lyrics in the verses. In this version, the pi-
ano outro
turns.) † which has been removed in Version 2 re-
3.2.
3.2.6
6 Li
Lieb
ebee ist
ist für all
allee da studi
studio
o demo
demoss
•   Gib mir deine Auge
Augenn (Instrumental) (Give me your 
(2007-2009) eyes  -
 - Instrumental demo of “Gib mir deine Augen”,
with an all new bridge, something that the Sirene
These were found on a 9-Track demo CD: demo lacked.)
lacked.) †
•  Donaukinder (Children of Danube  - Instrumental •  Gib mir deine Augen ( Give me your eyes  - - demo of
demo of “Donaukinder”) “Gib mir deine Augen”) †
•  Legion (Legion - “Ich tu dir weh” demo which uses •  Pussy (Pussy   - Anothe
Anotherr demo ooff “Puss
“Pussy”.
y”. Same
the bridge that appears in the final version as a filler lyr
lyrics
icsas
as “Pan
“Panterr
terra”,
a”, ov
over
er an instrum
instrumenta
entall that
thatsoun
sounds
ds
section for two verses.) more like the final version of the track.)
•  Augen zu (Eyes  - - “Liebe ist für alle da” demo with •  Seid bereit (Be ready  - “Wiener Blut” beta version
some of the verse lyrics being from “Wiener Blut”) with a harder synthesizer chorus mix, piano sound
 Panterra (Pantera - Full English versio
versionn of “Pussy” intro
intro and sla
slapp bass in the seco
second
nd ver
verse.
se. Not to
•
be confused with the early Mutter recording “Seid
sung to the instrumental track that was later used for bereit”, which is a song about dancing vampires)
“Gib mir deine Augen”.)
•  Ichtudirweh(Version1)(I causcausee yo
youu pain -Ademo
pain
•  Ramm-Mix (Ramm-Mix  - “Rammlied” demo with of “Ich tu dir weh” after “Legion”)
no lyrics for the verses.)
•   Ichtudirweh(Version2)(I ca caus
usee yo
youu pain -Thelast
pain
•  Roter Sand (Red sand  -
  - Demo version of “Roter demo of “Ich tu dir weh”, with an almost completed
Sand”) sound.)
•  Waidmann (Hunter  - - “Waidmanns Heil” Instrumen- •  Mehr (More  - “Mehr” demo, in which lead singer
tal Demo) Till Lindemann performs medium growls at the be-
•  Wasichliebe(Wh Whatat I love. Origina
love Originall lyrics
lyricsabout
about one ginning.)
person killing everything he loves. Music is an early •  Rammlied (Ramm-song - “Rammlied”
“ Rammlied” demo, with-
version
version of “Pussy”.) †
out any of the orchestral strings or choirs)
These demos were leaked and appear to be unfinished •  Waidmanns Heil (HuntHunter’s Salute   - “Waidmanns
er’s Salute
versions from the recording sessions of the album: Heil” demo, with extra lyrics in the bridge)
 

3.2. RAMMSTEIN
RAMMSTEIN DEMOS    33

•  Frühling in Paris (Spring in Paris  - “Frühling in

Paris” demo)
•   Büc
Bücks
ksta
tabü
bü (No tra
trans
nsla
latition.
on. De
Demo
mo ver
versi
sion
on of
“B********")
•  Haifisch (Shark  - - “Haifisch” demo version)
•  Halt (Stop - “Halt” demo, with alternat
alternatee intro)
•
 Liebe ist für alle da ( Love is there for everyone   -
“Liebe ist für alle da” beta version. Close to the final
version, apart from the shorter solo.)
•  Führe mich (Lead me - “Führe mich” demo)

† Some
Some demo
demoss didn
didn't't ma
make
ke it into
into the
the 20
2009
09 albu
album’
m’ss rele
releas
ase,
e,
but may or have appear(ed) in later singles, compilations 
or other albums. These demos were still, however, made
during the LIFAD recording sessions.

3.2.7
3.2.7 Ref
Referenc
erences
es

[1] Subse
Subsets
ts of the
these
se cansometim
cansometimes
es be found
oundpac
packa
kagedas
gedas their
their
instance this copy.
own album. See for instance this copy.
 

Chapter 4

Studio albums
4.1 ''
''He
Herz
rzel
elei
eid'
d''' •   Du riech
riechst
st so Gut '98

Herzeleid  is German  Neue Deutsche

 is the debut album by German Neue
 Rammstein.. It was released on 29 September 4.1.5
Härte band Rammstein
Härte band 4.1.5 Perso
Personne
nnell
1995.
The album’s original cover depicted the band members’ • Till Lindemann –
Lindemann – lead vocals
upper bodies without clothing.
clothing. This caused critic
criticss to ac- • Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
cuse the band of trying to sell themselves as "poster
"poster boys
for the master
the master race ".[1]
race". • Paul H. Landers –
Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
The direct translation of “Herzeleid” is “heartache"; how-
•
ever, according to an interview on Talking Metal’s pod-   Christian “Flak
“Flake”
e” Lorenz –
Lorenz – keyboards
cast in 2007, Richard Kruspe stated that it doesn't trans-
late
late to “He
“Heart
artac
ache”
he”,, but
butin
in th
thee Germa
Germann lan
langua
guage
ge,, it simpl
simplyy • Riedel – bass guitar
 Oliver Riedel –
means “heartbreak”. The album is a culmination of the
relationship troubles of all but one of the six band mem- •  Christoph Schnei
Schneider
der – drums,
drums, electronic
 electronicpercuss
percussion
ion,,
bers, hence the title “Herzeleid”. percussion

4.1.1 Critic
Critical
al recepti
reception
on 4.1.6
4.1.6 Chart
Chart po
posi
siti
tion
onss

In 2005, Herzeleid  was
 was ranked number 303 in Rock Hard  4.1.7
4.1.7 Ref Refer
eren
ence
cess
magazine’s book of  The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Al-
bums of All Time.[4] Rammstein
[1]  “Are Rammstein nazis?
nazis? (FAQ
(FAQ:Band
:Band)"
)".. herzele
herzeleid.c
id.com
om
(Rammstein fan website). Retrieved 2008-07-04.
4.1.2
4.1.2 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g [2] Raggett, Ned.
Ned. “Herzeleid Rammstein”.  AllMusic
 “Herzeleid – Rammstein”.  AllMusic..
All songs written and composed by Rammstein. review”..   issue 101. Re-
[3] Albrecht, Frank.  “Rock Hard review”
trieved 31 May 2013.
•  Also available on cassette.
[4] [...],
[...], Rock
Rock Hard(Hrs
Hard (Hrsg.).
g.). [Red.:
[Red.: Michael
MichaelRen
Rensen.
sen. Mitarb.
Mitarb.::
•  In 2011 it was also made available on LP in green, Götz Kühnemund] (2005).  Best of Rock & Metal die 500
blue and yellow but this release was soon found out stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. König
Königswi
swinter
nter:: Heel.
Heel. p.
to be an unofficial (Bootleg) release. 91. ISBN
91.  ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
3-89880-517-4.

Herzeleid”.. austriancharts.at.
[5]  “Rammstein – Herzeleid” austriancharts.at.
4.1.3
4.1.3 Rele
Release
ase histo
history
ry
[6]  “Rammstein – Herzeleid”.
Herzeleid”. ultratop.be.
4.1.4
4.1.4 Music
Music vi
video
deoss
[7]  “Rammstein – Herzeleid”.
Herzeleid”. dutchcharts.nl.
dutchcharts.nl.
•  Du riechst so gut
[8]  “Rammstein – Herzeleid”.
Herzeleid”. lescharts.com.
•

 Seemann [9]   “Album – Rammstein, Herzeleid”

Herzeleid”.. charts.de.
•   Rammstein   (Soundtrack for the motion picture  Lost
Highway).).
Highway [10]  “Rammstein – Herzeleid”
Herzeleid”.. hitparade.ch.

34
 

4.2. ''SEHNSU
''SEHNSUCHT'' 
CHT''    35

4.2 ''
''Se
Sehn
hnsu
such
cht''
t'' •  “Stripped” as a twelfth track and the "Asche
"Asche zu As-
che"" single as a second CD. The “Asche zu Asche”
che
Sehnsucht  (German
  (German  Sehnsucht)) is
for “yearning”, see  Sehnsucht single may be included on the first CD to make a
the second album by German   industrial metal   band total of 18 tracks.
Rammstein, released on 25 August 1997. [1]
Rammstein,
The album booklet folds out to reveal six different cov- 4.2.2 4.2.2 Music
Music video
videoss
ers, one for each band member (each photo depicting the
member with bizarre facial-wear made out of ordinary •   “Engel”
kitchen
kitch en ob
objects
jects lik
likee spatulas, spoons, fo forks
rks etc.). The •  “Du hast”
features Till Lindemann with
cover most commonly seen features Till Lindemann with
an eg
egg-l
g-lif
ifte
terr worn
worn as a muz
muzzlzlee and
andbebent
nt fork
orkss ov
over
er hisey
his eyes
es
•   “Stripped”
worn sunglasses.. The co
worn as sunglasses cove
verr art wa
wass crea
created
tedbyby Au
Austr
stria
iann
artist Gottfried
artist Helnwein,,[2] who also created the cover
 Gottfried Helnwein
for the Scorpions’  Blackout  album,
 album, which is very similar 4.2. 4.2.3
3 Char
Charts ts
to the  Sehnsucht  cover
  cover and even the forks in both cov-
ers are the same.  Sehnsucht  is   is the only album entirely in 4.2 4.2.4
.4 Perso
Personne
nnell
German to be certified platinum
certified platinum by  by the RIAA
the RIAA in  in the US.
•  Till Lindemann –
Lindemann – vocals
4.2.1
4.2.1 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g •  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Landers – rhythm guitar
 Paul Landers –
All songs written and composed by Rammstein, except
“Sehnsucht” written by Rammstein and Orgasm Death •  Oliver Riedel –
Riedel – bass guitar
Gimmick and “Tier”, written by Rammstein and Jürgen
Engler. •
 Christoph Schneider –
Schneider – drums
•   Christian “Flake”
“Flake” Lorenz –
Lorenz – keyboards
•  Also available on cassette.
•  Bobo –
 Bobo – additional female vocals
•   In 2011 was also made availab
available
le on LP in
on LP  in red, blue
and purple but this release was soon found out to be
an unofficial (Bootleg) release. 4.2.5
4.2.5 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess
[1]   “Sehn
“Sehnsuc
sucht:
ht: Ramm
Rammstei
stein:
n: Amaz
Amazon.d
on.de:
e: Musi
Musik”
k”.. Ama
Ama-
Special editions
editions zon.de. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
[2]  “Rammstein Album “Sehnsucht” was Released with Six
•  The following songs as tracks 12 and 13 for the Different Covers by Gottfried Helnwein”.
Helnwein” . Helnwein Mu-
North American release: sic. July 22, 1997. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
•  “Engel” (English Version) [3]  Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (1998-01-13).
Thomas  (1998-01-13).  “Sehnsucht –
•  “Du hast” (English Version) Rammstein”..  AllMusic
Rammstein”  AllMusic.. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
•   The
These
se son
songs
gs are al
also
so inc
inclu
luded
ded on mic
micro-
ro- [4]  Q review
cassettes, and may be hidden tracks on certain [5]  “charts.de”
 “charts.de”.. charts.de. 2005-10-28. Retrieved 2012-01-
editions. 29.

•  “Du riechst so gut '98” as track 12. A version also [6] Steffen Hung.   “Ramm
“Rammstei
steinn – Rosen
Rosenrot”
rot”.. aust
austri
rian
an--
includes the video for “Du Riechst so Gut '98”. charts.at. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
[7] Steffen Hung.  “Rammstein – Rosenrot”.
Rosenrot”. hitparade
hitparade.ch.
.ch.
•  A limited edition release in Europe featured 14 Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-01-29.
tracks: [8]
[8] Ste
Steff
ffen HuHungng..   “R “Ram
amms
mste
tein
in – Rose
Rosenr
nrot
ot””.
•   “Rammstei
“Rammsteinn (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit)" swedishcharts.com.
swedishcharts.com. Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-01-29.
•   “Du riechs
riechstt so gut – 98” [9] Steffen Hung.   “Rammstein – Rosenrot”
Rosenrot”.. austr
australi
alian
an--
charts.com. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
•   “Du hast (Remix By Clawfing
Clawfinger)"
er)"
[10] Steffen Hung.  “Rammstein – Rosenrot”.
Rosenrot”. dutchcharts.nl.
•   "Stripped
Stripped"" as a twel
twelft
fthh tra
track
ck,, whic
whichh ma
mayy be in
incl
clude
udedd Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-01-29.
on the micro-cassette version
version and/or be included as [11]  “Rammstein”.
 “Rammstein”. AllMusic. 2001-07-13. Retrieved 2012-
a hidden track. 01-29.
 

36   CHAPT
CHAPTER
ER 4. STUDIO
STUDIO ALBUMS 
ALBUMS 

Rosenrot”.. ultratop
[12]  “Rammstein – Rosenrot” ultratop.be.
.be. Retrieved 2012- 4.4
Retrieved 4.4.1
.1 Recor
Recordin
ding
g
01-29.
The album was recorded in Spain (El Cortijo Studio,
[13] Steffen Hung.  “Rammstein – Rosenrot”.
Rosenrot”. lescharts.com.
lescharts.com. Malaga) and produced by Jacob
by Jacob Hellner
Hellner and
 and Rammstein
 Rammstein..
Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-01-29.
The band recorded seveseveral
ral songs during the sessions for
[14] Steff
Steffen Hung.   “Ramm
en Hung. “Rammstei
steinn – Rosenrot”
Rosenrot”.. por- “Reise, Reise” which were omitted from the album’s fi-
tuguesecharts.com.
tuguesecharts.com. Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-01-29. nal track listing and were later released on their follow-up
album Rosenrot .[2] A statement from the band’s manage-
ment regarding the upcoming collection reads as follows:
4.3
4.3 ''
''Mu
Mutt
tter
er''
'' The record company stated: “When we were introduced
to the tracks of “Reise, Reise”, many fascinating songs
Mutter may refer to:
were among them, which were suddenly missing on the
album. Among others I reme remember
mber one song, whic
whichh we
all believed
believed to be the first single of the album. The song
 Mutter (software),
• (software), an X window manager and Way- was “Rosenrot”, and when we had to realize that the band
land compositor developed for the GNOME 3.0 changed their minds and it did not even make it on to the
desktop environment album, we were speechless. The album was perfect nev-
ertheless, but their enormous self-confidence surprised
  Mutter  (Rammstein
•   (Rammstein album) (2001)
album) (2001) us.”[3]
 “Mutter” (song),
• (song), a song by Rammstein
•  Mutter (surname) 4.4.2
4.4.2 Conce
Concept
pt and music
music
•

 The
Brecht   (play) or  Die Mutter , a play by Bertolt Themes
Mother  (play) or

•  Mutters,, a municipality near Innsbruck, Austria

 Mutters The album is based on the crash of Japan of Japan Airlines Flight
123 on
123  on the evening
evening of Augus
Augustt 12, 1985. Twe Twelvlvee min-
utes into its flight, the Boeing
the  Boeing 747747 suffered
 suffered an explosive
4.3.
4. 3.11 SeeSee alalso
so decompression due to failure of its rear pressure bulk-
head, caused by a faulty repair years earlier. earlier. The explo-
•  MütterMuseum,
 MütterMuseum, a me medic
dical
al mus
museu
eum m in Phi
Phila
lade
delp
lphi a, sion tore off most of the aircraft’s vertical stabilizer and
hia,
Pennsylvania ruptur
rup tured
ed allf
all four
ourof
of the
thehy
hydra
drauli
ulicc sy
syst
stem
ems,s, causi
causing
ng the
the loss
loss
of all flight control surfaces and rendering the aircraft un-
•   Mutterstadt
Mutterstadt,, a municipality in Germany controllable.
controlla ble. The pilots foug foughtht to keep the aircraf
aircraftt aloft
for nearly
nearly 32 minutes, but eventuall
eventuallyy became trapped in
•  All pages beginning with “Mutter” the towering mountain ranges surrounding
surrounding Mt.  Mt. Fuji
Fuji and
 and
crashed, killing 520 out of the 524 passengers and crew
•  All pages with titles containing “Mutter” on board. As of 2013 it remains the deadlies deadliestt single air-
craftt disaste
craf disasterr in hist
history.
ory. Some pre pressi
ssings
ngs of the albualbumm
contain a recording of the last 30 seconds of the flight
4.4 '' ''Re
Reisise,
e, Re
Reis ise''
e'' as an easter egg hidden in the pregap
the  pregap.. The length of the
album is often related to the Japan Airlines Flight 123’s
Boeing 747 that
747 that suffered an accident.
Reise, Reise  (a German  wake-up call , literally "(a)rise,
(a)rise”, although it can also be interpreted as meaning
“journey, journey”, or as a command “travel, travel”) is Songs and lyrics
Härte band Rammstein
Neue Deutsche Härte band  Rammstein's's fourth studio al-
bum. It was released on Septe
September
mber 27, 2004 in Germany
and followed shortlyy by its release across Europe. It was “Amerika” is probably the groups’ most overt political
followed shortl
ed in North America on November 16, 2004. The stat
released
releas stateme
ementnt to date
date,, revolv
revolving
ing arou
aroundnd the recurrin
recurringg English-
album was recorded in a span of two years at El Cortijo language  chorus “We're all living in  America
 America, , Amer-
in  Málaga,, Spain. It was produced by the band ica is wonderful, Were all living in America, America,
Studios in Málaga
themselves along with Swedish
with  Swedish record producer  Jacob America”. It is perhaps not the most nuanced attack of
 record producer Jacob
Hellner.. The album charted in the top ten in sev
Hellner eral Eu- American
several American cultural hegemony, but it is spirited and catchy
 cultural hegemony,
ro
rope
pean
an char
charts
tsan
andd was
was a nu
numbmber
er on
onee hi
hitt in
inGe
Germ
rman
any,
y, Au
Aus-
s- nonetheless, a fine addition to the groups’ tradition of
tria, Switzerland, Iceland, Finland, Estonia and Mexico. crafting ineffably catchy anthemic sing-alongs.”
As of February 2006, the album has shipped 1.5 million — “Amerika” review by PopMatters 
copies globally.[1]
 

4.4. ''REISE,
''REISE, REI
REISE'' 
SE''    37

nibal song), which helped to boost it to second place in

the German music charts after its release in early August
2004. Remixes of the song were done by Arthur
by  Arthur Baker
and the Pet
the Pet Shop Boys
Boys.. At the beginning of the song in
the video, the phrase “Suche gut gebauten Achtzehn- bis
Dreißigjährigen zum Schlachten – Der Metzgermeister”
(“Looking for a well built 18 to 30-year-old to be slaugh-
tered – The Master Butcher”) is spoken, voiced by Ollie
by  Ollie,,
although
nning.the
beginning
begi album
. The version
quot
quote ofen
e is tak thefro
taken song
from
m andoesonli
notnehave
online postthis
by
Armin Meiwes.
“Ohne dich” (Without You) is a power ballad. It is seen
as expressing mourning over the loss of a loved person.
It follows
follows a slow, even romantic ballad styl style.
e. The cen-
tral motif is “Without you, I cannot be..., With you, I am
alone also...”
“Los”” is a Ger
“Los German
mansuffi
suffixx me
meani
aning
ng "-les
"-less”
s” (asin
(as in “me
“meani
aning-
ng-
less”), but it is also an adjective meaning “off” or “loose”,
Till Lindemann (pictured) stated several times that " Mein "  and when used as a command it means “go!". The track
Mein Teil " 
was inspired by the Armin
the  Armin Meiwes 's
's situation. itself is reminiscent of Depeche Mode’s early work, with
repetitive acoustic guitar and a stripped-down, insistent
beat.[4] The album ends with the track “Amour”, one of
paradoxical,, multi- the most intimat
The album “revels in the type of   paradoxical intimatee love song
songss writte
writtenn by the band. In
face
aceted
ted existe
existenti
ntialis
alism
m whi
which
ch com
comes es seco
secondnd natu re to Ger- the
nature blackcontext
gapss inoftheafdisc
abriccfilled with theonality
imagery of “great
mans but is persistently untranslatable to Americans” and blac k gap abri of huma
human n rati
rational ity”,
”, Ramm
Rammstestein
in
it opens with the track “Reise Reise” which means “jour- someho somehow w manage to make “honest and sincere romance
ney,, journ
ney journey
ey”,
”, and “we are imme
immediadiatel
telyy put on noti
notice that seem just slightly alien, and tinted with enough melan-
ce that
journey will be a grim and harrowing one, choly to satisfy the heartiest emo-kid.” There’s also a gui-
this particular journey
leavened by German existentialism in the grand tradition tar solo towards [4]
the end, another uncharacteristic gesture
of Mann and Goethe.”[4] The references to Goethe  come in the album.
to Goethe come
in “Dalai Lama”, a modern version of Goethe’s poem
"Der Erlk
Erlköni
önigg", set
set in an ae
aero
ropl
plan
anee rath
ratherer th
than
an on a ho
hors
rse;
e;
the title is a reference to the 14th
the  14th Dalai Lama Lama's's fear of 4.4
4.4.3.3 Rele
Release ase and artwo
artwork rk
flying. The song “Amerika” deals with the worldwide in-
fluence of the culture of the United States of America. On the U.S. release, the "easter "easter egg
egg"" fragment is placed
The song’s two verses are sung in German with a cho- at the beginning of “Reise, Reise” in normal playback.
rus in English: “We'r
“We'ree all living in Amerika, Amerik Amerikaa The 2005 pressing does not contain the easter egg, but
ist wunderbar, We're all living in Amerika, Amerika, the origina originall 2004 pressin
pressingg does
does.. On the Europ
Europeanean ver
versio
sionn
Amerika.”
on The band views
“Americanization”, and ititfeatures
as a satirical
mentionscommentary
of Coca-
of Coca- the easter
rewind theegg
CDispast
in negative time,
the beginning
beginnin g ofto“Reise,
access it, you must
Reise”. The
Cola,, Mickey Mouse
Cola Mouse,, and Santa
and Santa Claus.
Claus. American iTunes
American  iTunes version
 version of “Reise, Reise” also contains
about  Armin Meiwes
The song “Mein Teil” is about Armin Meiwes,, a man the easter egg. On April 21, 2005, Rammstein released
who achieved international
international notoriety for killing and eat- a special Japanese version of   Reise, Reise, with differ-
ing a voluntary victim whom he had found via the Inter- ent
ent cover
 cover art
art,, which was later used as the  Rosenrot  cover
 cover
net. After Meiwes and the victim jointly attempted to eat art, though slightly altered. The booklet also features the
the victim’s severed penis
severed penis,, Meiwes killed his victim and sameartas Rosenrot , bu butt with
with the
the so
songngss fro
rom
m Rei
Reise, Reise.
se, Reise
his  flesh.. Because of
proceeded to eat a large amount of his flesh The eas
easter
ter egg isnotpresentinnegativetimeasitisonthe
his acts, Meiwes is also known as the Rotenburg Cannibal  European version.
version. It fe
features
atures two
two bonus tracks: “Mein
 (The Master Butcher).[5] Accord-
or  Der Metzgermeister  (The Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit)" and “Amerika (Digi-
ing to Rammstei
Rammstein’sn’s bassist
bassist Oliver Riedel, the song came
 Oliver Riedel, tal Hardcore Mix)". The Japanese Limited Edit Edition
ion has a
about after “one of our members brought a newspaper from  Lichtspielhaus.. The
bonus DVD featuring footage from Lichtspielhaus
to rehearsal and it had a story about the cannibal guy in Japanese Limited Edition was re-issued in 2009 as SHM- as  SHM-
it. We were fascinated, shocked and amused at the same CD and
CD  and DVD edition, featuring the original orange cover
time.” Vocal
Vocalist  Till Lindemann
ist Till Lindemann stated,
 stated, “It’s so sick that art.
it becomes fascinating and there just has to be a song The album artwork shows a damaged aeroplane cockpit
aeroplane  cockpit
about it”.[6] “Mein Teil” attracted controversy in Ger- voice recorder depicted
recorder  depicted on the front and back covers.
many; the media dubbed it the “Kannibalensong” (can- Its caption (“Flugrekorder,
(“Flugrekorder, nicht öffn
öffnen”)
en”) means “Flight
 

38   CHAPT
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STUDIO ALBUMS 
ALBUMS 

Recorder, Do Not Open”. The inner part of the Digipak

the  Digipak Commercial performance
edition case shows a picture of the six members in suits
wielding suitcases and weapons (like Michael
(like Michael Douglas
Douglas in
 in The album sold 26,716 copie
copiess in the United State
Statess in its
Falling Down) leaving
leaving fro
from
m a cras
crashed
hed aero
aeroplan
plane.
e. The first week of release in November 2004 to debut at posi-
cover art is an allusion to the song “Dalai Lama”, which ti
tion
on no
no.. 61 on The
The Billboard
Billboard200
200 cha rt..[3] Itwasinthetop
chart
deals with an aeroplane
an aeroplane accident.
accident. It is also suggestive of ten in several European charts and reached number one
the overarching
overarching “travell
“travelling”
ing” theme of the album. While hit in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Iceland, Finland,
past albums have all featured the six band members in Estonia
Esto nia and Mexi
Mexico.
co. As of February
February 2006, the album
[1]
various
minimalphotographic scenarios,
packaging, and there are“Reise
no photographs featur-a has shipped 1.5 million copies globally.
Reise” features
ing the band’s members.[4]
4.4.5
4.4.5 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng

All songs written and composed by Rammstein.

4.4.4
4.4.4 Recep
Recepti
tion
on

4.4.6
4.4.6 Perso
Personne
nnell
Critical response

Rammstein
Upon the its release, the album received mixed response
from
from contemporary music criticritics.
cs. David Jeff Jeffries
ries fro
from
m
Allmusic gavethe
gavethe albu
album
m a rati
rating
ng of th
thre
reee ou
outt of five st
star
ars,
s, • Lindemann – vocals
 Till Lindemann –
and stated that the album’s content “is more of the same:
•

the samechoruses”
chestra grit, the same
and that growl,
“theand
leadthe same"Mein
single, "dramatic,
Mein Teil" Teilor-
" is  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
"Du Hast
no "Du Hast"" but the damning “Amerika” almost equals •  Paul Landers –
Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
thei
theirr bre
break
akthr
throuough
gh track
track.” .” He al also
so said
said tha
thatt th ther
eree wa wass a bit
bit
more ingenuity in the theprprodu
oduct ctio
ionn and
andaa lilittttle
le mo
more re foc
ocus
us in • Riedel – bass guitar
 Oliver Riedel –
the songs but it wasn't “enough for the nonfaithful to pick
up on.”
on.” Jeff
Jeffrie
riess high
highliligh
ghted
tedth thee tra
track
ck“St
“Steieinn UmUmSt Stei
ein”
n” be- •  Christoph Schneider –
Schneider – drums
cause
ca use it “cr
“cree
eepsps mor
moree ththanan stomp
stompss in par
parts”ts”.. He al also
so me
men- n-
tioned that the track “Los” features a bluesy guitar that •   Christian Lorenz
Lorenz –
 – keyboards
“adds some quirk to the band’s stern Teutonic pallette.”
He finished his review saying “few bands can industrially
grind as convincingly as Rammstein
as Rammstein.. Same as it ever was, Additional musicians
“Reise, Reise” won't do much to increase the band’s fan
base, but
but being
being a tig
tight,
ht, ffree-o
ree-of-fill
f-filler
er albu
album, m, it' it'llll sati
satisf
sfyy the •  Viktoria Fersh – vocals (track 7)
faithful.”[7] Vaz Malik from BBCfrom BBC also  also gave the album a
mixed review and said that the band could probably be •  Bärbel Bühler – oboe
– oboe (track
 (track 10)
“a lot bigger” in the United States if they opted to sing in
English, but “German sounds a lot more threatening and
it’s done them no harm in their homeland.” He stated that • – accordion (tracks
 Michael Kaden – accordion  (tracks 1, 7)
the songs “Morgenstern” and “Stein Um Stein” probably
have weak translations
translations but in German they sound mean. •  Olsen Involtini –
Involtini – string arrangements (tracks 9, 10)
He said “that tracks like 'Amerika ' Amerika'' make the admission
price worth while.   Rammstein say
Rammstein  say it’s their most com- •  Sven Helbig –
Helbig  – string arrangements (tracks 1, 9),
mercial
merci al song to date. We Wellll more like this please because choir arrangements
arrangements (tracks 2, 6, 8)
it’s funny but rocks at the same time.” [5] Tim O'Neil from
PopMatters gave
PopMatters  gave the album a favorable review and said: •  Kinderchor Canzonetta – choir
– choir (track
 (track 6)
“for those with the patience to look beyond the “Teutonic
bluster” and punk
and  punk insouciance,
 insouciance, “Reise Reise” will be a • Kammerchor – choir (tracks 2, 6, 8), con-
 Dresdner Kammerchor –
uniquely rewarding experience.”[4] Jorn van Schaïk from ducted by Andreas Pabst
Sputnikmusic  gave the album a very favorable review,
praising Till
praising  Till Lindemann
Lindemann's's vocals, the tracks Mein tracks  Mein Teil Teil,, •  Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg   – Orchestra
Amerika
Amerika and and Ohne
 Ohne dich.
dich. He went on to say "Mutter " Mutter is  is a parts,, con
parts conduc
ducted
ted by Wo
Wolf
lf Ker
Kersch
schek,
ek, coordin
coordinati
ation
on by
better place to start for Rammstein, as it combines both Nucleus, Jens Kuphal
their later melodic and their earlier techno influences to
the max, but this record is an excellent one nonetheless.” • – Mandolin (track
 Köpenicker Zupforchester – Mandolin  (track 10)
 

4.4. ''REISE,
''REISE, REI
REISE'' 
SE''    39

4.4.
4.4.7
7 Char
Charts
ts GFK Chart-Tra
[20] ""GFK Chart-Track
ck Albums:
Albums: We
Week
ek 40, 2004”
2004”..   Chart-
Track..  IRMA.
Track  IRMA.
4.4.8
4.4.8 Certi
Certific
ficati
ation
onss Rammstein – Reise, Reise”.
[21] ""Rammstein Reise”. Charts.org.nz. Hung Me-
dien.
4.4.9
4.4.9 Rele
Release
ase histo
history
ry
[22] ""Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Reis
Reise,
e, Reis
Reise”
e”.. Norwegi
Norwegianc
ancharts
harts.com
.com..
Hung Medien.
4.4.10
4.4.10 Ref
Referen
erence
cess
Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS - Official Retail Sales
[23] ""Oficjalna
[1] Universal
Ferguso
Ferguson,
n,".Tom.
T om. "Rammstein’s
 (6): Grammy Nom Fires
200Up Chart”
Chart”.
Universal". Billboard   118  (6): 82. Fe
Februa
bruary
ry 11, 2006.
6. try.. .  OLiS.
try  OLiS. Polish Society of the Phonographic Indus-
ISSN 0006-2510.
[24] ""Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Rei
Reise,
se, Rei
Reise”
se”.. Portugu
Portuguesec
esecharts
harts.com
.com..
[2]  “Next album to be called Rosenrot”.
Rosenrot”.  herzeleid.com. Re- Hung Medien.
trieved April 10, 2008.
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”
[25] ""Rammstein Reise”.. Swedishcharts.com. Hung
[3] Ferguson, Tom. "Rammstein:
"Rammstein: More More 'Reise, Reise (Vol.2)
(Vol.2)'' Medien.
Details Reveal
Revealed
ed".
".   Blistering. Retri
Retrieve
evedd December
December 24,
2011. "Rammstein – Reise, Reise”
[26] "Rammstein Reise”.. Swissc
Swisschar
harts.
ts.co
com.m. Hung
Hung
Medien.
[4] O'Nei
O'Neil,l, Tim "“Rei
" “Reise se Rei
Reise”
se” rev
review
iew".
".   Entertainment 
Weekly. March 9, 2005. Retrieved December 24, 2011. [27]  “Rammstein | Artist | Official Charts”
Charts”..  UK Albums Chart

"Rammstein – “Reise Reise” revie

[5] Malik, Vaz. "Rammstein revieww". BBC.. [28]   “Ra
".   BBC “Ramms
mmstei teinn Alb
Album
um & So
Song
ng Cha
Chart
rt His
Histo
tory”
ry” Billboard  200
 200
October 5, 2004. Retrieved
Retrieved December 24, 2011. for Rammstein.

[6] Agence France-Presse (August 29, 2004).  German rock [29] "Austriancharts.at "Austriancharts.at – Rammstein – Mein Teil” (inTeil”  (in Ger-
band’s 'part' song tells of cannibals’ repast.
repast.  Taipei Times .  Ö3
man). Ö3
man). Austria Top 40.
40 .
Retrieved
Retriev ed July 2, 2009. [30] "Ultratop.be
"Ultratop.be – Rammstein – Mein Teil”   (in Dutch).
[7]  allmusic ((( Reise, Reise > Review ))) ))).. AllMus
AllMusic.
ic. Re- Ultratop 5050..
trieved June 26, 2009. [31] "Ultratop.be
"Ultratop.be – Rammstein – Mein Teil”   (in French).
"“Reise Reise” review
[8] "“Reise review". ". "Sputnikmusic
Sputnikmusic". ". April 29, 2007. Ultratip
Ultratip..
Retrieved
Retriev ed July 27, 2012 "Dani
[32] "Da nish
shch
chararts
ts.c
.com
om – Ra Ramm
mmststei
einn – Me Mein in Tei
eil”
l”..
[9] "Reise
"Reise Reise” revie
revieww at the Wayback
the Wayback Machine (archived
Machine  (archived Tracklisten
Tracklisten..
February
Februa  Rolling Stone. January27,
ry 24, 2007).  Rolling January 27, 2005.
2005. Re- [33] "Dutchcharts.nl
"Dutchcharts.nl – Rammstein – Mein Teil” (in Teil”  (in Dutch).
trieved December 24, 2011. Single Top 100 100..
[10] "Ramm
"Rammsteisteinn – Rei
Reise,
se, Rei
Reise”
se”.. AusAustrali
tralianc
ancharts
harts.com
.com.. [34] "Rammstein:
"Rammstein: Mein Teil” (in
Teil” (in Finnish).   Musiikkituottajat
Hung Medien. – IFPI Finland
Finland..
[11] ""Rammstein
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”   (in Germa
German).
n). Austria
Austrian-
n- [35] "Lescharts.com
"Lescharts.com – Rammstein – Mein Teil” (in
Teil”  (in French).
charts.at. Hung Medien. Les classement single
single..

"Rammstein
[12] Hung Medien.– Reise, Reise” 
"Rammstein Reise”   (in Du
Dutch)
tch).. Ultratop.b
Ultratop.be.
e. [36] "Musiclin
Musicline.de
"German). Media
German). e.de – Rammstein
 Media Single-Chartverf
Single-Chartverfolgung”
Charts
Control Charts. olgung” (in
. PhonoNet GmbH.  (in
[13] ""Rammstein
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”
Reise” (in
 (in Frenc
French).
h). Ultratop.b
Ultratop.be.
e. [37] "Norwegi
"Norwegiancharts.co
ancharts.com
m – Rammstein – Mein Teil”
Teil”..   VG-
Hung Medien. lista.
lista.
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”.
[14] ""Rammstein Reise” . Dani
Danishc
shchart
harts.co
s.com.
m. Hung [38] "Swedishc
"Swedishcharts.com
harts.com – Rammstein – Mein Teil”
Teil”..   Singles
Medien. Top 60.
60.
[15] ""Rammstein
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”
Reise” (in
 (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. [39] "Swisscharts.co
"Swisscharts.com
m – Rammstein – Mein Teil”.
Teil”.  Swiss Sin-
Hung Medien. gles Chart.
Chart.
Rammstein: Reise, Reise”
[16] ""Rammstein: Reise” (in
 (in Finnish). Musiikkituotta-
Musiikkituotta- [40] "Aust
"Austria
rianch
ncharts.
arts.at
at – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Amer
Amerika
ika”” (in Germa
German).
n).
jat – IFPI Finland. Ö3 Austria Top 40
40..
[17] ""Rammstein
Rammstein – Reise, Reise”
Reise”.. Lescharts.com. Hung Me- [41] "Ult
"Ultra
ratop
top.be
.be – Ram
Rammst
mstei
einn – Ame
Amerik
rika”
a”   (in Dutch).
Dutch).
dien. Ultratop 50
50..
[18] ""Longpla
Longplay-Chartverf
y-Chartverfolgung
olgung at Musicli
Musicline”
ne” (in
 (in German). [42] ""Ultra
Ultratop.b
top.bee – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Amer
Amerika
ika””   (in French
French).
).
Musicline.de.  Phononet GmbH.
Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH. Ultratip
Ultratip..
[19] "Top
"Top 40 album-, DVD- és válogatáslemez-lista – 2004. [43] "Da
"Dani
nish
shch
char
arts
ts.c
.com
om – Ramm
Rammst
stei
einn – Amer
Amerik
ika”
a”..
40. hét” (in
hét” (in Hungarian). MAHASZ
Hungarian).  MAHASZ.. LightMedia. Tracklisten .
Tracklisten.
 

40   CHAPT
CHAPTER
ER 4. STUDIO
STUDIO ALBUMS 
ALBUMS 

[44] ""Dutchcharts.nl
Dutchcharts.nl – Rammstein – Amerika”   (in Dutch). [68]   “Gold-
“Gold-/Platin-Daten
/Platin-Datenbank
bank (Rammstein; 'Reise, Reise')"
Single Top 100
100.. (in German). Bundesverband
German).  Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
Musikindustrie.
Rammstein: Amerika” (in
[45] ""Rammstein: Amerika” (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat
Finnish).  Musiikkituottajat – [69]   “Bri
“British
tishalbu
album
m certi
certifica
ficatio
tions
ns – Ramm
Rammsteisteinn – Reis
Reise,
e, Reis
Reise”
e”..
IFPI Finland.
Finland. British Phonographic Industry.
Industry.   Enter  Reise,
 Reise, Reise  in the
 field  Keywords
 Keywords. Select  Title
  Title  in the field  Search
  Search by. Select 
[46] "Lescharts.com
"Lescharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
Amerika” (in
 (in French). album in the field  By
 By Format. Select  Silver
 Silver in the field   By
By
single..
Les classement single Award. Click  Search
 Search
[47] "Musicli
"Musicline.de
ne.de – Rammstein Single-Chartverfolgung”
Single-Chartverfolgung” (in
 (in
German). Media Control Charts.
German). Media Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. [70]  “IFPI Platinum
Federation of theEurope
Phonographic 2005”. .   International
AwardsIndustry.
– 2005”.
Industry
"Norwegiancharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
[48] "Norwegiancharts.com Amerika”..   VG-
lista..
lista
Amerika”..   Singles 4.5
Swedishcharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
[49] ""Swedishcharts.com ''
''Ro
Rose
senr
nrot
ot''
''
Top 60.
60.
[50] ""Swisscharts.com Amerika”..  Swiss Sin- Rosenrot  (German:
Swisscharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”   (German: “Rose
“Rose-Red
-Red”)
”) is the fift
fifthh album by
gles Chart.
Chart. German Neue
German  Neue Deutsche Härte
Härte band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein.. It was
releasedd on October 28, 2005 in Germany, Decem
release December
ber 6,
[51] ""Austriancharts.at
Austriancharts.at – Rammstein – Ohne dich”
dich” (in
 (in Ger- 200
20055 in Can
Canada
ada,, and
andMar
March
ch 28,
28,200
20066 in theUnit
theUnited
ed State
States.
s.
man). Ö3
man).  Ö3 Austria Top 40
40.. A limited edition with
edition with a bonus DVD is also available. As
[52] ""Da
Dani
nish
shch
char
artsts.c
.com
om – Ra
Ramm
mmst
stei
einn – Oh
Ohne
ne dich””. of Fe
dich Febru
bruary
ary 200
2006,
6, the album
album has
hassh
ship
ipped
ped 1 mil
millilion
on copi
copies
es
Tracklisten .
Tracklisten. globally.
[53] ""Dutchcharts.nl dich”  (in Dutch). The album includes six songs artistically omitted from
Dutchcharts.nl – Rammstein – Ohne dich” (in
100..
Single Top 100 Reise, Reise. The album’s first title was  Reise, Reise Vol-

[54] ""Rammstein: Finnish).  Musiikkituottajat ume

dich” (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat
Rammstein: Ohne dich” (in Two, but on August 18, 2005 the album was an-
nounced as  Rosenrot .[2]
– IFPI Finland
Finland..
The cover art is nearly identical to the Japanese import of
[55] ""Musicli
Musicline.de
ne.de – Rammstein Single-Chartverfolgung”
Single-Chartverfolgung” (in
 (in Reise, Reise. The image is a slightly altered photograph
German). Media
German).  Media Control Charts.
Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. of the icebreaker  USS Atka, taken on March 13, 1960 at
icebreaker USS
"Span
[56] "Spanis
ishc
hcha
hart
rts.
s.co
com
m – RaRamm
mmst stei
einn – Oh
Ohne
ne di
dich Station, Ross Ice Shelf
ch”” McMurdo Station,  Antarctica.[3]
Shelf,, Antarctica.
Canciones Top 50.50. While Rammstein did not actively promote the album,
[57] ""Swisscharts.co
Swisscharts.com dich”.  Swiss Sin- the band built anticipation through a variety of means.
m – Rammstein – Ohne dich”.
gles Chart.
Chart. The first single from the album, “Benzin”, premiered at
the Berliner Wuhlheide and was subsequently released on
[58] ""Austriancharts.at
Austriancharts.at – Rammstein – Keine Lust”
Lust” (in
 (in Ger- disc. Rammste
Rammstein’s
in’s official we
website
bsite fe
featured
atured one-minute
 Ö3 Austria Top 40
man). Ö3
man). 40.. samples from six of the tracks, and had featured a promi-
Ultratop.be – Rammstein – Keine Lust”  (in Dutch). nent release-date countdown. A brief section of the cho-
[59] ""Ultratop.be
Ultratip
Ultratip.. rus from “Rosenrot” plays in the background of an   e-
card containing photographs of the band and basic album
card containing
"Ultratop.be
[60] Ultratip
"Ultratop.be
Ultratip.
. – Rammstein – Keine Lust”  (in French). information.[4]

Dani
[61] ""Danish
shch
char
artsts.c
.com
om – Ra
Ramm
mmst
stei
einn – Ke
Kein
inee Lu
Lust
st””.
Tracklisten .
Tracklisten. 4.5.1
4.5.1 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
[62] ""Dutchcharts.nl Lust”  (in Dutch). All songs written and composed by Rammstein.
Dutchcharts.nl – Rammstein – Keine Lust” (in
100..
Single Top 100
[63] ""Rammstein: Lust” (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat
Rammstein: Keine Lust” (in Finnish).  Musiikkituottajat • a Compact Cassette
 There is a Compact Cassette available
 available (Side A = 1–
– IFPI Finland
Finland.. 6; B = 7–11)
Musicline.de
[64] ""Musicline.de – Rammstein Single-Chartverfolgung”
Single-Chartverfolgung” (in
 (in •  The US version features a parental
a  parental advisory label
advisory  label
German). Media
German).  Media Control Charts.
Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
that is printed on the cover.
Span
[65] ""Spanis
ishc
hcha
hart
rts.
s.co
com
m – Ra
Ramm
mmst
stei
einn – Kei
eine
ne Lu
Lust
st””
Canciones Top 50.
50.
4.5.
4.5.2
2 Vide
Videos
os
[66] ""Swedishcharts.com
Swedishcharts.com – Rammstein – Keine Lust”
Lust”..  Singles
Top 60.
60. On August 18, 2005, it was announced that “Benzin”
[67] "Swiss
"Swisscha
charts.c
rts.com
om – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Kei
Keine
ne Lus
Lust”  Swiss Sin- wouldd be the
t”..  Swiss woul the first
first vi
vide
deoo for Ros
Rosenr
enrot.
ot. The “Be
“Benzi
nzin”
n” vi
vide
deoo
gles Chart.
Chart. premiered on German MTV
German  MTV on  on Friday, September 16,
 

4.5. ''ROSENR
''ROSENROT'' 
OT''    41

2005. In the videvideo,

o, all of the mem
members
bers of Ramms
Rammstei teinn •   Christian Lorenz
Lorenz –
 – keyboards
except Flake
except  Flake play
 play the role of reckless firemen driving a
massive fire truck destroying things along the way. Flake • Riedel – bass guitar
 Oliver Riedel –
does not appear until the end of the video as a man about •  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of a tall build-
ing. The other band members open a life net for him but •  Paul Landers –
Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
it en
ends
ds up rip
rippi
ping.
ng. The
Thevi
video
deowa
wass shot
shot in Berli
Berlinn over
over th
three
ree
days in August 2005. It was directed by Uwe
by  Uwe Flade
Flade.. Additional musicians

The second
Thesec ondvi
vide
deoo from
romthe
thealb
album,
um, “Ro
“Rosen
senrot
rot”,
”, pre
premie
mieredred
on November
November 30, 2005 on MTV Germany. • Spiteri – vocals (track 6)
 Sharleen Spiteri –
"Mann gegen Mann
The third video, "Mann Mann", ", was released on •  Bobo – backing vocals (track 6)
 Bobo –
February 1, 2006. It shows the band (genuinely) naked
and utilizing their respective instruments to cover them- •   Christo Hermannd
Hermanndos
os – trumpet (track 9)
selves, with the exception of Till, who is wearing a latex
a  latex
diaper,, and sporting an inverted mohawk
diaper inverted  mohawk   hair
haircut
cut.. The •   Carmen Zapata – vocal
vocalss (track 9)
video switches between the band playing, and teeming •  Olsen Involtini –
Involtini – string
 string arrangement
 arrangement (track 8)
masses of naked male bodybuilde
bodybuilders.
rs. Tow
Towards
ards the end,
Till transforms into the demon that is portrayed on the • Helbig – trumpet arrangement (track 9)
 Sven Helbig –
cover of the single. • – choir conductor
 Matthias Wilke – choir  conductor (tracks
(tracks 1, 2 & 4)

4.5.3 Limited
Limited edition
edition bonus
bonus DVD Production

•
The
with limited edition
three live includes the normal CD plus a DVD
includes
performances: by Jacob Hellner
 Produced by Jacob

1. Reise, Reise (Arena

(Arena of Nîmes, Nîmes / / France July 4.5
Nîmes, Nîmes 4.5.5
.5 Rele
Release
ase histo
history
ry
2005)
4.5.
4.5.6
6 Char
Charts
ts
2.  MeinTe
2. Mein Teilil (Clu
(Clubb Cit
Citta,
ta, Kanagawa / Ja
Japa
pann Ju
June
ne 20
2005
05))
Year-end
Year-end charts
3. Sonne
3.  Sonne ( (Brixton
Brixton Academy
Academy,, London / UK February
2005) Certifications

All bonus performances were later featured on the DVD 4.5

4.5.7
.7 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess
Völkerball.
Völkerball.
[1]  “Te Quiero Puta! Promo Single info”
info”..   discogs.com. Re-
trieved September 26, 2011.
•  The Limited Edition featured slightly altered art-
 herzeleid.com
work,
the topnamely “Limited
left corner, Edition”
and the printed
band and in white
album nameonis [2]  “Next
trievedalbum
April to
10,be2008. Rosenrot”..
called Rosenrot” . Re-
reflective. [3]   "Rosenrot  source image”.
image”.   herzeleid.com. Retrieved Jan-
•  The US Version is the Special Edition, with that uary 1, 2008.
printed on the top left corner and the parental
the  parental ad- [4]   "Rosenrot  e-card at Universal”.
Universal”.   universal-rock.de. Re-
visory logo
visory logo below, alongside the reflective band and trieved January 1, 2008.
album name.
[5]  charts.de
•   The Japanes
Japanesee Vers
ersio
ion,
n, rele
release
asedd in 200
2009,
9, has a [6]  Rammstein – Rosenrot – austriancharts.at
SHMCD and the DVD.
[7]  finnishcharts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot

4.5.4
4.5.4 Perso
Personne
nnell [8]   danishch
danishcharts.com
arts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot
[9]  swedishcharts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot
Rammstein
[10]   Rammstein – Rosenrot
Rosenrot – hitparade.ch
• Lindemann – vocals
 Till Lindemann – [11]   ultratop.be – Rammstein
Rammstein – Rosenrot
•  Christoph Schneider –
Schneider – drums [12]  dutchcharts.nl – Rammstein – Rosenrot
 

42   CHAPT
CHAPTER
ER 4. STUDIO
STUDIO ALBUMS 
ALBUMS 

[13]  norwegiancharts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot In July 2009, a promo version of the title track, “Liebe ist
für alle da”, leaked
da”,  leaked onto
 onto the internet, along with various
[14]   lescharts.co
lescharts.com
m – Rammstein – Rosenrot promotional materials.
[15]   Rammstein – Rosenrot
Rosenrot – Music Charts As of October 16, 2009, pictures taken throughout the
[16]   portuguesec
portuguesecharts.com
harts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot
Rosenrot recording of the album are available on Rammstein
on Rammstein's's of-
ficial website.
[17]  Čns Ifpi
The album was released on October 16, 2009 in Europe
[18]  spanishcharts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot [14]
and October
land 20release,
before its solely Itfrom
in the U.S. became platinum
pre-release in Fin-
sales. [15]
[19]   http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=
http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=
slagerlistak&menu2= It debuted at number 3 in the French charts, [16] making
archivum&lista=top40&ev=2005&het=43&submit_
=Keresés it Rammstein’s most commercially successful album in
France to date. Furthermore
Furthermore,, the album entered at num-
[20]   FIMI – Federazione Industria
Industria Musicale Italiana
Italiana – Classi- ber 13 on the US charts, making it Rammstein’s highest-
fiche charting album in the United States, although it subse-
[21]  charts.org.nz – Rammstein – Rosenrot quently fell off the US albums chart after four weeks. In
Germany, the album entered the charts at number 1 af-
[22]   “T
“Top
op of the Sho
Shops
ps – sl
služ
užben
benaa tjed
jedna
na lis
lista
ta pr
proda
odani
nihh alb
albuma
uma ter the best start of a music album in 2009 [17] and beat-
u Hrvatskoj”.
Hrvatskoj”. Hdu-toplista.com. January 16, 2012. Re- ing popular
popular Germ
German an R&B-s
R&B-singe
ingerr Xavie
Xavierr Naidoo
Naidoo'snewal-
'snewal-
trieved January
January 29, 2012. bum “Alles kann besser werden”. It remained high in the
[23]  australian-charts.com – Rammstein – Rosenrot charts until it was censored.
to Richard Z. Kruspe
According to Richard Kruspe,, “B********" does not
[24]  Rammstein | AllMusic stand for “Bastard”, but for “Bückstabü", a word made up
[25]  Musiikkituottajat – Tilastot – Myydyimmät levyt by the band to mean “whatever you want”.[18]
[26]  Musiikkituottajat – Tilastot – Kulta- ja platinalevyt Paul H. Landers stated
Landers stated that tracks which did not make it
on the album would appear as B-sides on singles and that
[27]   The Official
Official Swiss Charts and Music Community there would be a special edition of the album with five
bonus tracks.
4.5.8
4.5.8 Exter
External
nal links
links The song
song “Früh
“Frühling
ling in Pari
Paris”
s” featu
eatures
res llyric
yricss fr
from
om the so song
ng
"Non, je ne regrette rien
rien"" by Edith
by Edith Piaf
Piaf..
•  Official Rosenrot  information
 information page (English)
page (English) On No
Nove
vemb
mberer 8, 2009,
2009, Ramms
Rammste tein
in pla
playe
yedd thei
theirr firs
firstt show
show
•  Official Rosenrot  information
 information page (German)
page (German) in  Lisbon,,  Portugal
for their “Liebe ist für alle da” tour in Lisbon  Portugal,,
their first live show in four years.
As announced,[19] a video was shot for the album’s third
4.6 ''L
''Lie
iebe
be ist
ist für all
allee da'' single, "Haifisch
"Haifisch", ", which premiered on the band’s MyS-
pace page on April 23, 2010.
Lieb
Liebee is alle da   (Ger
istt für alle (Germa
mann for “Lo
“Lovve is for “Waidmanns Heil” is a playable track in the rhythm video
[10] [20][21]
Deutsche ) is band Rammstein
Härte the sixth
everyone”Härte band studio album
 Rammstein, , whichbywas
German
German Neue
 Neue
released in game  Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock .
In 2013, the song “Führe mich” was featured in Lars
in  Lars von
most of Europe on October 16, 2009, the United King- Trier Trier's's film Nymphomaniac . [22]
dom on October 19, 2009 and the United States on Oc-
tober 20, 2009.[11]
4.6.2
4.6.2 Censo
Censors
rship
hip
4.6.
4.6.1
1 Hist
Histor
ory
y Thealbumwasaddedtotheindexofthe Bundesprüfstelle
für jugendgefährdende Medien (Federal
Medien (Federal Department for
The album title was confirmed on September 1, 2009, Media Harmful to Young Persons) in Germany, due to
in a promotional video[12] for the new single, "Pussy
"Pussy", ", re- "Ich tu dir weh"
the track "Ich weh" and a picture inside the al-
lease
leasedd on Sep
Septem
tembe
berr 18, 200
20099 in th
thee Eur
Europe
opeanan Un
Unio ionn and bum booklet displaying Richard Kruspe spanking a nude
September 19, 2009 in the United States. The single’s B-
single’s B- woman.[23] This means only adults can purchase the al-
 is “Rammlied”.[13]
side is
side bum; addi
additio
tionall
nally,
y, it must not be displa
displayed
yed in sto
stores
res
Thevideoo for “Pu
Thevide “Puss
ssy”
y” wa
wass rele
release
asedd on ad
adul
ultt webs
websititee Vis
Visitit--  for details).[24] As
(see BPjM for
where minors have access (see BPjM
X, two days before the single. The video features scenes a consequence, the album was re-released in Germany
of explicit male and female nudity as well as the band on November 16 in an edited version without the cen-
members (played by body doubles in the nude scenes) en- sored track and picture.[25][26] The band still played the
gaging in sexual activity with women. instrumental version song live in Germany until it was ul-
 

4.6. ''LIEBE
''LIEBE IST
IST FÜR ALLE DA''    43

timately banned from live performances. 4.6.4 Rele

4.6.4 Release
ase histo
history
ry
Despite the censorship, the video to “Ich tu dir weh” was
released on December 21, 2009, on adult website Visit- 4.6. 4.6.55 Char
Chartsts
X, just like the video to “Pussy”, after advertise
advertisement
ment on
the band’s official German website. Any references have Year-e Year-end
nd charts
since been deleted, presumably following German law
prohibiting advertisement for media on the index. In Eu- Certifications
rope, a single was released on February 5, 2010, and in
the UK on February 15, 2010. [27] 4.6.6
4.6.6 Perso
Personne
nnell
As of May 31, 2010, the administrative court in Cologne Rammstein
has decided to waive the suspensive effect of censorship
(case 22 L 1899/09). The German department department dedeleted
leted •  Till Lindemann –
Lindemann – lead vocals
the record from the censorship lists on June 1 (Decision
No. A 11 117/1 0).[28] On June 9 the band announced on
7/10). •  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
thei
theirr offi
offici
cial
al websi
website
te that
that th
thee origi
original
nal ve
versi
rsion
on of the alb
album
um
was
was alrea
already
dy avai
availab
lable
le at th
thei
eirr shop
shop and
andth
that
at a rele
release
ase of th
thee• Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
 Paul H. Landers –
single “Ich tu dir weh” in Germany was planned in a short • Riedel – bass guitar
 Oliver “Ollie” Riedel –
period of time.[29]
•  Christoph “Doom” Schneider –
Schneider – drums
4.6.3
4.6.3 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g •   Christian “Flake”
“Flake” Lorenz –
Lorenz – keyboards

All songs written and composed by Rammstein. Production

•  Also released as a double 12” vinyl and a limited •  Produced by Jacob

by Jacob Hellner
edition double 12” pink vinyl (side A = 1–3; B =
4–6; C = 7–9; D = 10–11).
4.6.7
4.6.7 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess
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ER 4. STUDIO
STUDIO ALBUMS 
ALBUMS 

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certifica
German). ficatio
German). IFPI tions
ns – Ramm
Rammstei
 IFPI Austria.
 Austria. steinn Rammstein
  Enter  – Lie
Liebe
be ist fü
 Rammstein für
 inr
the field  Interpret
 Interpret. Enter  Liebe
 Liebe ist für alle da  in the field 
Titel. Select  album
  album in the field  Format
 Format. Click  Suchen
  Suchen
[66]  “Danish album certifications – Rammstein – Liebe ist für
alle da”.
da”.  IFPI
 IFPI Denmark.
 Denmark.
[67] The first web page presents the sales figures, the second
presents the certification
certification limits:
•  “Rammstein” (in Finnis
Finnish).
h).   Musiikki
Musiikkituotta
tuottajat
jat – IFPI
Finland..
Finland
•  “Kultalevyjen myöntämisrajat”
myöntämisrajat” (in
 (in Finnish). Musi-
ikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
[68]  “French album certifications – Rammstein – Liebe ist
für alle da” (in
da”  (in French).  Syndicat National de l'Édition
Phonographique.
Phonographique.
[69]   “Gold-/Platin-
“Gold-/Platin-Datenbank
Datenbank (Rammstein;
(Rammstein; 'Liebe ist für alle
da')" (in
da')" (in German). Bundesverband
German).  Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
Musikindustrie.
[70]   “Polis
“Polishh album certifications
certifications – Rammstein – Liebe ist für
alle da” (in
da” (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video
(ZPAV).
“The
[71]   “T he Offi
Officicial
al Swi
Swiss
ss Cha
Charts
rts an
andd Mus
Musicic Co
Commu
mmuni
nity:
ty:
Awards
Aw ards (Rammstein; 'Liebe ist für alle da')".
da')". Hung Me-
dien.
 

Chapter 5

Compilation albums

5.1 ''Ori
''Original
ginal Sing
Single
le Kollek
Kollektio
tion''
n'' 3. Wilder Wein  (Demo Version 1994)  - 5:41

The  Original Single Kollektion  is a box set limited to 4. Rammstein   (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental)
Instrumental)  - 3:27
10,000 copies released by the German band Rammstein
band  Rammstein,,
it contains
contains the first 6 singles re released
leased by the band
band.. The Du hast
coverr art is similar to the
cove the East
 East German coat of arms.
arms.
Along with the singles, the box contained a poster. 1. Du hast  (Single Version)  - 3:54
2. Bück dich  (Album Version)  - 3:21
5.1.
5.1.1
1 Cont
Conten
ents
ts

Du riechst so gut
by Jacob Hellner)
3. Du hast  (Remix by Jacob Hellner)  - 6:44
4. Du hast  (Remix by Clawfinger
by Clawfinger))  - 5:24
1. Du riechst so gut  (Single Version)  - 4:50
2. Wol
Wolltlt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehe
sehen?
n?   (Album Ver- Das Modell
sion)  - 5:19
1. Das Modell - 4:46
3. Du riechst so gut  (Scal Remix)  - 4:45
2. Kokain - 3:09
Seemann 3. Alter Mann  (Special Version)  - 4:22
1. Seem
Seemann
ann - 44:48
:48 4. Rammstein
Rammstein Comp
Computer
uterspi
spiel
el für Windows
Windows   (Video
Game)
2. Der Meister - 4:10

3. Rammstein in the house   (Timewriter-RMX)  - 6:24 5.2 Mad

Madee in Ger
German
many
y 1995
1995–201
–2011
1
Engel
Made in Germany 1995–2011  is a greatest hits album
1. Engel - 4:23 released on 2 December 2011 in Europe [10] and 6 De-
cember 2011 in North America[11] by the German band
2. Sehnsucht - 4:02 Rammstein.. It contains 15 previously
Rammstein previously release
releasedd tracks, as
3. Rammstein   (Eskimos & Egypt Radio Edit)
Edit)  - 3:41 "Mein Land
well as one new track, "Mein Land".
". All ooff the oold
lder
er
tracks have
have been remastered for the rele
release.
ase. The album
Instrumental Edit)   - features six different covers,
4. Rammstein   (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental covers, depicting each of the various
3:27 band members’ death
members’  death masks
masks.. The compi
compilation
lation iiss avai
avail-l-
abl
ablee in three diffe
differen
rentt edit
edition
ions.
s. The Stand
Standard
ard Editio
Editionn
5. Rammstein   (Original)  - 4:25 (1×CD), Special Edition (2×CD), and a Super Deluxe
Edition (2×CD + 3×DVD).
Engel (Fan-Editi
(Fan-Edition)
on)

1. Engel  (Extended Version)  - 4:34 5.2.1

5.2.1 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng

2. Feuerräder  (Live Demo Version 1994)  - 4:47 All songs written and composed by Rammstein.

46
 

5.2. MADE
MADE IN GERM
GERMANY
ANY 1995–2011   47

5.2.2
5.2.2 Perso
Personne
nnell [13]  “Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS – Official Retail Sales
Chart”..  German Albums Chart.
Chart” Chart.   OLiS
OLiS.. Retrieved 2011-
Rammstein 12-16.
[14]  “MAHASZ – Magy Magyar
ar Hang
Hangleme
lemezkia
zkiadók
dók Szö
Szövets
vetsége”
ége”..
• Lindemann – lead vocals
 Till Lindemann – Companies . Retrieved
Association of Hungarian Record Companies.
2011-12-14.
•  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe – lead guitar, backing vocals
[15]   >> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compila-
Compila-
•  Paul H. Landers –
Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals tions >>
• Riedel – bass guitar
 Oliver “Ollie” Riedel – [16]  “Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLIS – Official Retail Sales
•  Christoph “Doom” Schneider –
Schneider – drums, percussion Chart”..  Polish Albums Chart.
Chart” Chart.  OLiS.
 OLiS. Retrieved 2011-12-
16.
•  Christian “Flake” Lorenz –
Lorenz – keyboards, samples
keyboards, samples [17]  Музыка: Все как у людей Lenta.ru
Additional personnel [18]  “title=Rammstein Made in Germany – Swedish Charts”
Charts”..
swedishcharts.com/ Hung Medien.
•  Bobo –
 Bobo – Additional vocals on “Engel” [19]  “Album-Top 100”.
100”.  Hitlisten
 Hitlisten..  IFPI Danmark &
Danmark  & Nielsen
Music Control. Archived from the
from the original on
original on 2012-01-
• Helbig – choir arrangeme
 Sven Helbig – arrangements
nts (tracks 4) 23.
• Kammerchor –
 Dresdner Kammerchor  – choir (tracks 4, 13), con- [20]   Die MTV.de Jahrescharts
Jahrescharts 2011! – News – MTV.de
ducted by Andreas Pabst
[21]  “Top 100 – lista roczna”
roczna”..  Polish Society of the Phono-
• Involtini –
  Olsen Involtini  – string arrangements (tracks 8, 9, graphic Industry (ZPAV).
Industry (ZPAV). Retrieved 2012-02-12.
15) [22]   http://www.ultratop.be/fr/an
http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2012&cat=a
nual.asp?year=2012&cat=a
• – oboe (track
 Bärbel Bühler – oboe  (track 15)
[23]  http://lenta.ru/articles/2012/12/28/chart/
• – mandolin (track
 Köpenicker Zupforchester – mandolin (track 15)
[24]  http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2012
[25]   “Polish album certifications – Rammstein – Made in Ger-
5.2.
5.2.3
3 Char
Charts
ts many 1995–2011” (in
1995–2011” (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio
and Video (ZPAV).
Year-end charts

Certifications 5.2.5
5.2.5 Exter
External
nal links
links

5.2.4
5.2.4 Ref
Referenc
erences
es •  Made in Germany 1995–2011 at Metacritic
 at Metacritic
[1]  http://www.reflectionsofdarkness.
com/artists-p-t-cdreviews-134/
10451-cd-review-rammstein-made-in-germany-1995-2011-2cd-special-edition
[2]  Critic reviews at Metacritic
[3]  411Mania review
[4]  About.com review
[5]  AllMusic review
[6]  The Austin Chronicle review
[7]  Consequence of Sound review
[8]  PopMatters review
[9]  Sea of Tranquility review
[10]  Einmal werden wir noch wach...! « Rammstein

[11]  :CD Review: Rammstein – Made In Germany 1995 –

2011 | COMA Music Magazine
Magazine
[12]  danishcharts.com – Rammstein – Made In Germany
 

Chapter 6

Singles

6.1 “D
“Du
u rrie
iech
chst
st so gut '98”
'98” the audience, and then the pyrotechnics would be acti-
vat
vated
ed simult
simultaneo
aneousl
uslyy whi
while
le the two
twoperf
performe
ormedd the tapp
tapping
ing
“Du riechst so gut” (German
 (German for
 for “You smell so good”) hammer on solo.[3] After being dropped for the Liebe Ist
is a song by the German Neue
German  Neue Deutsche Härte  band Für Alle Da tour in 2009, the song returned to the setlist
Rammstein
Rammstein.. It was the ban band’s
d’s first sisingl
nglee and was re- on the 2010 part of the tour, and the song was occasion-
leased on its first album,  Herzeleid . It describes the inner
inner ally performed
performed with the pyrotec
pyrotechnic
hnic jacke
jackets,
ts, howev
however
er this
thoughts
though ts of a predator hunting his prey
prey.. The title is said time it was done with both guitarists facing the audience.
by  Patrick Süskind
to be inspired by Patrick Süskind's's  Perfume, a favourite
novel of Till
of Till Lindemann's,
Lindemann's, the singer of the band.
6.1.3
6.1.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng

6.1.1
6.1.1 Music
Music vi
video
deo 1. Du riechst
riechst so gut (Single V
Version)
ersion) - 4:50
2. Wollt
Wollt ihr das Bett in Flamme
Flammenn sehen? (Album Ver-
A music video was released for this single, depicting the sion) - 5:19
band members shirtless in an all-white environment. The
Pinscher  walking across 3. Du riechst
a  Doberman Pinscher walking
video opens with a Doberman riechst so gut (Scal  Remix))   by
(Scal Remix  Project Pitchfork   -
by Project
the
the sc
scree
reen,
n, with
with repea
repeatetedd cu
cuts
ts thr
throu
ough
ghout
out of the
thedodogg loo
look-k- 4:45
ing curiously at the camera along with flowers with  flowers shown shown
in the Herzeleid
the  Herzeleid album album cover and this single.   Till Lin- • scented  digipack..
 The Limited Edition features a scented digipack
demann  is portrayed in simple close-up shots, sternly
singing the lyrics and at one point sporting a menacing
pair of gog
gogglegles.
s. The gogg goggles
les know
knownn as “Schli
“Schlitzbtzbrill
rille”
e” 6.1.4
6.1.4 1998 re-re re-rele
lease
ase
were shown again in the music video for Ohne for Ohne dich dich..
On April 17, 1998, “Du riechst so gut” was re-released
as a single under the title,
title, “Du riechst so gut '98”. Re-
6.1.2
6.1 .2 Li Liveve story
story recorded during the  Sehnsucht  sessions,
 sessions, the song retains
its original arrangement, except the start is shorter.
The son
songg was
was first
first per
perfform
ormed
ed dur
during
ing th
thee ve
very
ry first
first Ram
Ramm- m-
stein show, on April 14, 1994 in Leipzig, Germany. [1] A
fan favor
avoritite,
e, itwas used
used as ththee la
last
st so
song
ng ofofth
thee showdur
showdurin ingg Music video
ma
manyny of the
the Herzeleid tour con concert
certs.
s. Duri
Duringng liv
livee con
concert
certss
in the
the Sehnsucht tour tour,, Till usua
usually
lly sim
simulat
ulated
ed firing
firing roc
rocke ts A new music
kets music video was film filmed
ed as well. It depi depicts
cts the
over the audience with a bow (actually propelled sitting band members as albino  werewolf creatures,
albino werewolf  creatures, who follow
on a string) and then the bow started to propel sparks in a young woman to a castle, infect her, then escape. The
all directions
directions as Till rotat rotated
ed it. During some con certs, vide
concerts, videoo first
first pr
premi
emierered
ed on 25 MaMayy 199
1998.
8. The
The vide
videococlip
lipwa
wass
he used it during different songs, like Laichzeitlike  Laichzeit at  at the shot between
between 20 and 25 April 1998, at castle castle Babelsberg
 Babelsberg
Bizarre Festival in 1997, or Du or  Du hast
hast,, during the Family in Potsdam/Ber
Potsdam/Berlin,
lin, Jagdschloß
 Jagdschloß in
 in Berlin district Pankow
[4]
Values
Val Guitaristss Paul and Richard would and was directed by Philipp Stölzl. The video was in-
ues tour in 1998. Guitarist
conduct the audience during the extended solo. The song spired by the 1984 film The Company of Wolves .
wasn't played at all during the whole 2001-2002 Mutter
2001-2002  Mutter
tour, but it returned to the setlists on their Reise,
their  Reise, Reise Track listing
tour. This time,
flames/sparks Richard
from one ofand
theirPaul worerunning
sleeves, jack
jackets
ets from
that shot
the 1. Du riechst so gut '98 - 4:24
[2]
shoulder down to their forearms; one would stand fac-
ing away from the audience, the other would stand facing 2. Du riechst so gut (RMX By Faith
By Faith No More
More)) - 1:58

48
 

6.2. “SEEMAN
“SEEMANN” 
N”    49

3. D
Duu ri
riec
echhst so gu
gutt (R
(RMX
MX By   Günte
Günterr Sch
Schulz
ulz-- 6.2.1
6.2.1 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
KMFDM
KMFDM &  & Hiwatt Marshall) - 4:07
1. “Seemann” - 4:49
4. Du riechst so gut (RMX By  Sascha Konietzko
Konietzko--
KMFDM) - 4:47 2. “Der Meister” - 5:09
3. “Rammstein In The House (Timewriter-RMX)" –
5. Du riechst so gut (RMX By  Olav Bruhn
Bruhn--Bobo in 6:26
White Wooden Houses)
Houses) - 4:45

6. Du riechst so gut (RMX By Sascha

By Sascha Moser
Moser--Bobo in 6.2.2 Live Live perform
performance ancess
White Wooden Houses)
Houses) - 3:53
The first known performance of the song is from the New
7. Du riechst so gut (RMX By  Jacob Hellner /Marc Year’s Eve 1994-1995 concert in Saalfeld, Germany. It
Hellner/Marc
Stagg) - 4:34 the  Herzeleid tour.
was probably played at every date of the Herzeleid  tour.
In the Sehnsucht
the Sehnsucht tour,
 tour, during this song, Flake
song, Flake ( (keyboard
keyboard))
8. Du riec
riechs
hstt so gut
gut(“M
(“Mig
igrän
räne"-
e"-RMX small  inflatable boat
RMX)) by Günter Schulz usually sat in a small inflatable boat and
 and sailed over the
(KMFDM) - 5:18 crowd who waves and bring the boat back to the stage af-
ter a short tour. This stunt is now perform
performed ed in Haifisch
in Haifisch
9. Du riechs
riechstt so gut '95 (Multimedi
(Multimediaa music vid
video)
eo) inste
instead
ad of See
Seeman
mann.n. Ne
Neve
verr playe
playedd in the
th e Mutter or Reise,
Reise tours,
Reise  tours, Seemann was probably last played on June
23, 1999 in Los Ange Angeles
les,, Cali
Califo
fornia
rnia.. How
Howevever,
er, as of
6.1.5
6.1.5 Exter
External nal links
links November 8, 2009 and a little more than ten years out
of their setlists, Seemann returned for the first dates of
the Liebe ist für alle da tour, just to be dropped again
•
 Web’s Boulevard - Rammstein and scientific-pop later on the tour.
culture (Brazil)
culture  (Brazil)

• song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at  MetroLyrics 6.2.3 Apocaly
Apocalypti
ptica
ca co
cover
ver

“Seemann” was covered by Finnish cello metal band

6.1.6
6.1.6 Footn
Footnote
otess Apocalyptica and
Apocalyptica  and featured Nina
featured Nina Hagen on
Hagen on the band’s al-
bum,  Reflections . It was released as a single on October
[1]  Bootleg DVD shows Du riechst so gut in setlist 6, 2003. It was mixed and recorded by Mikko
by Mikko Raita
Raita..
[2]   Tour 2004 picture at media.rammstein.de
media.rammstein.de - - Photo exam-
ple Track listing

[3]   Tour 2005 picture at media.rammstein.de

media.rammstein.de - - Photo exam- 1. “Seemann” (Radio Edit) – 4:03
ple
2. “Seemann” (Album Version)
Version) – 4:43
[4]   Du riechst so gut '98 Music
Music Video 3. “Heat”
“Heat” – 3:
3:24
24

Other versions contain:

6.2
6.2 “S
“See
eema
mann
nn”
”
1. “Seemann” (Radio Edit) – 4:03
by Lolita,, see Sailor
For the song “Seemann” by Lolita see Sailor (song)
(song).. 2. “Faraway” – 3:31
by Rammstein,, released as the sec-
"Seemann" is a song by Rammstein
ond sing
single
le from
from their
their LP Herzeleid . Itstra
Its trans
nsla
latition
on is “Se a- 6.2.4 other
“Sea- other cocover
ver versio
versions
ns
man” or “Sailor”.
by Rummelsnuff along
The song was also covered by Rummelsnuff along with a
The video shows Schneider, Riedel, Landers and Kruspe music clip.   [1]
pulling a boat through the sand, with Lindemann and
Flake,
Flak e, wh
who’s
o’s wea
wearing
ring a plag
plague
ue doc
doctor
tor mas
mask,k, ins
inside
ide.. Late
Later,
r,
they winds
boat decideupto  keelhaul Lin
to keelhaul
in flames. Lindem
Thedemann,
ann,isstill
video si
singing The 6.2.5
nging.. with
intertwined 6.2.5 Ref
Refer
eren
encecess
shots of a woman, alternately dressed in a white robe and [1] Rummelsnuff (2012-12-10).  Seemann (in German). Out
black clothing. Of Line Music/Youtube.
Music/Youtube. Retrieved
Retrieved 2015-03-21.
 

50   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.2.6
6.2.6 Exter
External
nal links
links

• song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at  MetroLyrics

6.3
6.3 “E
“Eng
ngeel”

Engel   Angel 
" " l (metal
Industria
Industrial German   for
metal band
 band Rammstein) is. The
 Rammstein. a song
songbyis German
released
as the first single from their second album  Sehnsucht . An Engel in the LIFAD Tour 
English version of Engel can be found on US special edi-
tions of the Sehnsucht  album.
  album.
Single

6.3.1
6.3.1 Recor
Recordin
ding
g 1. Engel - 4:23
2. Sehnsucht - 4:02
The female part of the chorus of the song is sung by
Christiane
Christiane “Bobolina” Hebold of
Hebold of the German pop
German  pop band
 band 3. Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Radio
Egypt Radio Edit
Edit)) - 3:40
Houses .
Bobo in White Wooden Houses.
Egypt  Instrumental Edit)
4. Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Instrumental  Edit) -
3:32
6.3.2
6.3.2 Music
Music vi
video
deo 5. Rammstein (Original) - 4:25

The video for Engel appears to give a nod to one of the Fan Edition
scenes in the movie From Dusk till Dawn.
While Lindemann, Schneider and Flake
and  Flake are
 are in the au- A second single called  Engel (Fan Edition)  was released
dience in the video,  Paul Landers can
Landers  can be seen taking on 23 May 1997. It includes diff different
erent track listing fr
from
om
Schneider’s place by playing the drums and Kruspe and the original and different artwork, featuring Till.
Riedel are seen singing.
1. Engel (Extended
(Extended V
Version)
ersion) - 4:34
6.3.3 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess 2. Feuerräder (Live Demo Version 1994)  (Wheels of
Fire) - 4:47
A regu
regular
lardur
duringthe
ingthe Se
Sehns
hnsuc
ucht
ht to
tour,
ur, it wa
wass use
usedd as thelast
song of the main set in non-f
non-festiv
estival
al concerts. In the first 3. Wilder Wein (Demo Version 1994)  (Wild Wine)   -
months of the Mutter
the Mutter tour,
 tour, Engel appeared in the setlists 5:41
sporadically, but became a regular again in November,
and continued as the last song of the main set until the 4. Rammstein
Rammstein (Eskimos & Egypt Inst
Instrumental)
rumental) - 3:27

end of the tour.

When performed
performed on stage, flames shoot into the air, and 6.3.5 6.3.5 Ref
Refer eren
ence
cess
Schneider’s drumsticks would shoot sparks. On the 'Live
Rammstein to sing her [1] nasbootlegs.
aus Berlin' shows, Bobolina joins Rammstein nasbootlegs. “RAMMSTEIN
 “RAMMSTEIN - Engel + Final live London
parts from inside a flaming cage, instead of the usual pre- 2010 Wembley Arena”.
Arena”.  YouTube. Retrieved
Retrieved 6 December
rec
recor
orded
dedchchoru
oruss use
usedd in mos
mostt of th
thee show
shows.
s. Aft
After
er mis
missi
sing
ng 2014.
the entire Reise, Reise tour; Engel returned to the setlists
as the closing song of the Liebe Ist Für Alle Da tour, tak- 6.3 6.3.6
.6 Exter
External nal links
links
ing
ingpla
place
ce dur
during
ing200
20099 and
and201
2011.1. Th
This
is tim
timee aro
around
und,, vo
voca
cal-
l-
ist Till Lindemann sang the chorus instead of Bobo’s pre- • song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
recorded lines. For the pyrotechnics, Lindemann wears
a set angel wings that shoot flames from the tips and that
have sparks go off along them. [1] Engel was the penul-
timate song on the setlist during the Made in Germany 6.4 6.4 “D “Du u ha
hasst”
tour.
Du hast   You have
"
industrial (German:
"metal band
German
metal : Rammstein.). isIt awas
 band Rammstein song by German
released as the
6.3.4
6.3.4 Trac
Track
k listin
listings
gs second single from their second album Sehnsucht  (1997).
 (1997).
It has appeared on numerous soundtracks for films, most
 

6.5. “DAS
“DAS MODE
MODELL” 
LL”    51

Music from the Motion Picture, How

notably The Matrix ::   Music •  Featured in the music game Rock Band 3 and Guitar 
High, and the home video, "CKY2K "CKY2K", ", and is featured Hero 5.
in the music video games  Guitar Hero 5  and  Rock Band 
3. The song’s title is a play on the homophones
the  homophones  du hasst  • the  MTV series
 Appeared in an episode of the MTV  series  Daria,
(“you hate”) and du hast  (“you
  (“you have”). Epi
Episod
sodee 301
301“Th
“Throu
rough
gh a Len
Lenss Dar
Darkl
kly”
y”,, just
just theint
the intro
ro
of the song is played.
• the  NHL's's Philadelphia
 Played when the NHL  Philadelphia Flyers come
Flyers  come
6.4.1
6.4.1 Overv
Overvie
iew
w
out to the ice to start the game
There are two versions of the song: the original version • the AHL's's Norfolk
 Played when the AHL  Norfolk Admirals
Admirals come
 come out
completely
comple tely in German, and a second versio
versionn partially in before the game
the  Sehnsucht al-
English (found on special editions of the Sehnsucht  al-
bum). In the secon
secondd vers
version,
ion, the first ch
chorus
orus and the • movie  How High
 Featured in the movie How
verses are in English and the last chorus is in German.
The English lyrics are not a direct translation of the Ger-
man; the original lyrics use the German homophones 6.4.5 Chart perform
performance
ance
haben (to have) and  hassen  (to hate). When conjugated
When  conjugated
in the second person singular form (i.e. “you”), the verbs “Du hast” peaked at number twenty on the   Billboard 
haben   and  hassen  become respectively  hast   and  hasst ;
Mainstream
Mainstre am Rock Songs
Songs chart
 chart in the United States. It is
there is no phonetic difference between these two words. the most successful German language song in the history
of that chart.

6.4.2 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess
6.4.6
6.4.6 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess

The
Mayfirst
1997known performance
in  Amsterdam,
in Amsterdam , TheofNetherlands.
the song dates fromthe
[1] Over 15 “RammsteinNicCa
[1]   “RammsteinNicCage.com
ge.com Concert Info - Amsterdam,
The Netherlands - April 9, 1997”.
1997” . Retriev
Retrieved
ed 14 June
years, several stunts have been used during the live per- 2009.
formances
form ances of “Du Hast”, ranging from the the dildo
 dildo used
 used in
Dich",
"Bück Dich ", to the bow used in "Du
" Du Riechst So Gut".
Gut". [2]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Shq39kWglZ4
In their Reise, Reise and Liebe ist für Alle Da  tour, flames [3]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLp63WBV-Ic
shoot several feet into the air and Till
and  Till Lindemann
Lindemann fired fired
with a different bow into the air, “starting” a chain re- [4]   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lowBYuKoWIc
owBYuKoWIc
action that fired rockets over the audience. Being a fan [5]  “Rammstein - Du hast - austriancharts.at (in German)"
German)"..
favourite, it has been played in almost every concert Retrieved
Retrieved 14 June 2009.
to date since its initial performance.
performance. When perf performed
ormed
live, the intro is always a bit longer than in the studio [6]  “Rock/Altern
 “Rock/Alternatiative
ve - Volume
Volume 68, No. 6, Nov
Novembe
emberr 02
version.[2][3][4] 1998”..  RPM . Retrieved 2010-10-19.
1998”
[7]  “Rammstein - Du hast - hitparade.ch (in German)"
German)".. Re-
trieved 14 June 2009.
6.4.3
6.4.3 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g

by  Rammstein..
All songs written and composed by Rammstein 6.4.7
6.4.7 Exter
External
nal links
links

Th
Thee UK vers
versio
ionn of the sing
single
le does
does not
not incl
include
ude“Bü
“Bück
ck • song at
 Full lyrics of this song  at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
dich”.

6.5
6.5 “D
“Das
as Mo
Mode
dell
ll”
”
6.4.4
6.4.4 In po
popu
pular
lar cultu
culture
re

•  Featured in The Matrix: Music from the Motion Pic- This article is about the Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk song. For other uses,
ture. see
see Model
 Model (disambiguation)
(disambiguation)..

•  Appeared in  Gilmore Girls  (TV

 (TV Series, 2001) 2x06 "Das Model" (spelling on all releases of the album up to
'Presenting Lorelai Gilmore' the 2009 remaster: "Das Modell"; English version
version title:
•  Appeared in Bam
in Bam Margera's
Margera's CKY2K  movie.
 movie. "The Model") is a song recorded by the German group
•  HBO series
 The intro to the song appeared on the  HBO  series Kraftwerk in
Karl Bartos in, with
Kraftwerk
Bartos, 1978,artist Emil
written
artist  EmilbySchult
musicians
musicians Ralf
 Ralf Hütter
Hütter and
Schult collaborating
 collaborating on and
the
Entourage, in reference to Stellan
to Stellan Skarsgård's
Skarsgård's char- lyrics.
lyrics. It is featured on the album, Die Mensch-M
Mensch-Maschine
aschine
acter on a warpath. (English version title:  The Man-Machine).
 

52   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

First released
released as a 7” single in German
Germanyy (B-side: “Neon-  “Das Modell” was re-released in 2010 as a digital
•

licht”), under its English translation the song was eventu- download, but the video game is currently not avail-
ally included
included on the B-side of the “Computer Love” sin- able for download.
gle released
released in July 1981, whic
whichh reached no. 36 in the
UK charts. When radio DJs starte startedd playing the B-s
B-side,
ide,
EMI re-issued the single in December 1981—apparently Chart perfo
EMI re-issued performance
rmance
against the band’s wishes—with “The Model” as the A-
side. It reached no. 1 in February 1982 and spen spentt a total 6.5.3 Other
Other cocover
ver versio
versions
ns
[4]
of 21 weeks in the top 75 of the UK Singles Chart. The song was first covered by Snakefinger
by  Snakefinger on on his debut
LP  Chewing Hides the Sound  in   in 1979.  Noise rock pio-
rock  pio-
6.5.1 Chart perform
performance
ance neers Big
neers  Big Black
Black covered
 covered the song on their 1987 album
Songs About Fucking. It has also been covered by Hannes
6.5.2 Rammste
Rammstein
in versio
version
n Kröger,   The Cardig
Cardigans
ans,,   The MemMembers
bers,,   Terrorvision
(with Die Cheerle
Cheerleader),
ader), Carter
 Carter USM USM,,  Canasta
 Canasta,,  The Di-
German Neue Deutsche Härte band
German Neue Härte band Rammstein
 Rammstein covered
 covered vine Comedy,
Comedy, Electric Six,
Six, Yat-Kha
 Yat-Kha,, Balanescu Quartet
Quartet,,
the German version of “Das Model” in 1997 as "Das Hikashu,  Ride
Hikashu,  Ride,,  Chris Whitley,
Whitley, Aviador Dro, Dro,  Eläkeläiset
Modell". It was releas
released
ed as a non-album single. and Zoot
and  Zoot Woman
Woman,,  Scala & Kolacny Brothers
Brothers,, Russian
experimental surf
experimental  surf rock
rock band
 band Messer
 Messer Chups,
Chups, Demolition
“Das Modell” is introduced by a French phrase spo- Group, Wunderkind, the Dutch band Treble Spankers,
ken by film Bonnefoy::[11] “Mesdames et
by film editor Mathilde Bonnefoy Fink, English folk band Tickled Pink,  Sopor Æternus
Fink,
messieurs,
messie urs, nous avon
avonss l'honneur ce soir, de vous présen- & the Ensemble of Shadows  (sung in Latin, and re-
ter la nouvelle collection de Rammstein” which translates leased under the title 'Modela Est'),  Supernaut
 Supernaut (a  (a Ser-
to “Ladies and Gentlemen, tonight we have the honour bian punk-funk underground hard rock band), as well
of presenting
something thatyou
one with
wouldRammstein’s new
expect to hear collection”
about a clothing– as a French
Dutronic. version by recorded
Spizzenergi Canadian their
  Spizzenergi recorded  electropop
 electropop duo
version duo Lola
in 2000
collection. The beginning sounds like a fashion catwalk. by  Martyn Ware and
produced by Martyn Ware  and features on the Cherry
the  Cherry
Someone belches then a bump and a scream is heard, Red compilation
Red  compilation  The Very Best of Spizz . In 2001 Czech
followed by laughter and cameras clicking, apparently to model Veronika
Veronika Zemanová (a.k.a. Ver Veronica
onica Zemanova)
Zemanova)
sound as if the model stumbled and fell. released a version, in which the lyrics were changed into
The single contains three non-album tracks taken from 'I'm a model' instead of the original 'She’s a model'.
the Sehnsucht  recording
  recording sessions. In the special vers
version
ion Edmondson's's folk
Adrian Edmondson  folk band
 band the
 the Bad Shepherds
Shepherds cov-
 cov-
of “Alter Mann”, Bobo
Mann”, Bobo (Christiane
 (Christiane Hebold) sings along- ered the song on their debut album  Yan, Tyan, Tethera,
side Till
side Lindemann  in the chorus. Also included is the
 Till Lindemann in Methera!  released in 2009. Japanese musician Tomoyasu
musician Tomoyasu
game   "Asche zu Asche"
computer game  Asche" for Microsoft
for  Microsoft Win- Hotei covered
Hotei  covered it on his 2009 cover album  Modern Times 
dows..
dows Rock'N'Roll . Brazilian singer
singer Seu
 Seu Jorge
Jorge covered
 covered the song
on his 2010 covers album “Seu Jorge and Almaz”, and so
did Tangerine
did Tangerine Dream in
Dream in their 2010 album  Under Cover – 
Live versions Chapter One. Die Toten Hosen covered the song on their
Ballast der Republik album
Republik album in 2012.
Desp
De
livespit
itee being
once, beingaa si
on 23 sing
ngle
le,, “Da
October“Das1998
s Mod
Model
inell”
l”St.has
hasonlonlyy bee
Louis, been
MO, n playe
playedd
USA,
duringthe Family
Family VaValue Tourr.[12] Ithadashortenedintro 6.5.4
luess Tou 6.5.4 RefRefereren
ence
cess
and outro, making it one of the few few Rammstein songs to
be shortened instead of extended
extended when played live live.. The [1]  Reynolds, Simon
Simon (2009).
 (2009).  Rip It Up and Start Again: Post-
second song Kokain was also played in concerts two or  punk 1978–1984.  Faber and Faber Faber..  ISBN 978-0-5712-
three times. Moreover Flake Lorenz stated it was a diffi- 5227-5.
5227-5. A few weeks later, another song from 1978 —
Kraftwerk’s 'The Model', the catchiest song on The Man-
cult song to put across live[13] Machine — was released as a single and, as if to proclaim
the Dusseldorf group’s ancestral centrality for synthpop,
Track listings promptly soared to number 1
[2]   Kraf
Kraftwerk
twerk International
International Discography:
Discography: Germany
Germany at
 at the
Promo CD Wa
Wayback
yback Machine
Machine(arc
(archiv
hived
ed 6 Februar
Februaryy 2006). Retrieve
Retrievedd
4 April 2009.
•   Germany: Motor Music / 569 029-2 [3]  Kraftwerk International Discography: Great Britain
Britain at
 at the
Wa
Wayback
yback Machine
Machine(arc
(archiv
hived
ed 6 Februar
Februaryy 2006). Retrieve
Retrievedd
Enhanced CD 4 April 2009.
[4]   “Kraftwerk”
“Kraftwerk”..   Official Charts Company.
Company. Re Retri
triev
eved
ed 2626
•   Germany: Motor Music / 569 029-2 June 2013.
 

6.6. “DU RIECH

RIECHST
ST SO GUT
GUT '98”    53

Dutchcharts.nl – Kraftwerk – The Model”

[5] ""Dutchcharts.nl  (in Dutch). in the Herzeleid
Model” (in the  Herzeleid album
 album cover and this single.   Till Lin-
Single Top 100
100.. Retrieved 20 July 2013. demann  is portrayed in simple close-up shots, sternly
singing the lyrics and at one point sporting a menacing
[6]  “Kraftwerk – Awards”.
Awards”.   AllMusic.
AllMusic.  All Media Network
Network..
Retrieved
Retrieved 20 July 2013. pair of gog
goggle
gles.
s. The goggl
goggles
es known as “Sch
“Schlit
litzbr
zbrill
ille”
e”
for Ohne dich
were shown again in the music video for Ohne dich..
[7]   “F
“For
orum
um – ARIARIA
A Cha
Charts
rts:: Spe
Speci
cial
al Occ
Occasi
asion
on Cha
Charts
rts
– CH
CHARARTT PO
POSI
SITI
TION
ONSS PR PREE 191989
89””. Aust
Austra
rali
lian
an--
charts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved
Retrieved 22 July 2013. 6.6.2
6.6.2 Li
Live
ve st
stor
ory
y

Officialcharts.de – Kraftwerk – Das Model”

[8] ""Officialcharts.de Model”.. GfK Enter- The son
songg was
was firs
firstt per
perfformed
ormed dur
during
ing the
the ve
very
ry first
first Ram
Ramm-
m-
tainment.. Retrieved
tainment Retrieved 20 July 2013. show,, on April 14, 1994 in Leipzig, Germany.[1] A
stein show
Model”..  Irish fan fav
"The Irish Charts – Search Results – The Model”
[9] "The avor
oritite,
e, itwas usused
edasas the
the lastsongof
lastsongof the
the showduri
showduringng
Singles Chart.
Chart. Retrieved
Retrieved 20 July 2013. manyofthe Herzeleid tour conc concerts
erts.. During
During live
live con
concert
certss
in th
thee Sehnsucht tour, Till
Till usua
usually
lly sim
simula
ulated
ted firin
firingg roc
rocke
kets
ts
[10] ""Arch
Archiv
ivee Char
Chart:t: 1982-
1982-02-06”
02-06” UK Sing
Singles
les Chart.
Chart. Re- over the audience with a bow (actually propelled sitting
trieved 22 July 2013. on a string) and then the bow started to propel sparks in
Discogs. all directions
Enh)"..   Discogs.
[11]  “Rammstein – Das Modell (CD, Maxi, Enh)" directions as Till rotated iit.t. During some conc
concerts,
erts,
Retrieved
Retrieved 22 April 2009. like  Laichzeit at
he used it during different songs, like Laichzeit  at the
or  Du hast,
Bizarre Festival in 1997, or Du hast, during the Family
[12]  “Rammstein – RammsteinNicCage.com – Concert Info – Values tour in 1998. Guitarists Paul and Richard would
St. Louis, MO, USA – October 23, 1998”.
1998” . Rammstein- conduct the audience during the extended solo. The song
NicCage.com.
NicCage.co m. Retrieved
Retrieved 23 April 2009. wasn't played at all during the whole 2001-2002 Mutter
2001-2002  Mutter
Flake”.. tour, but it returned to the setlists on their Reise,
Jeremy.  “Press: Rammstein Chat with Flake”
[13] Williams, Jeremy. “Press: their  Reise, Reise
Herzeleid.com.
Herzeleid.com. Retrieved
Retrieved 20 July 2013. tour. This time, Richard and Paul wore jack
jackets
ets that shot
[14] ""Austriancharts.at
Austriancharts.at – Rammstein – Das Modell”  (in Ger- flames/sparks
Modell” (in shoulder downfrom one forearms;
to their of their sleeves,
[2] one running fromfac-
would stand the
 Ö3 Austria Top 40
man). Ö3
man). 40.. Retrieved 20 July 2013. ing away from the audience, the other would stand facing
[15] ""Officia
Officialcharts.de
lcharts.de – Rammstein – Das Modell”.
Modell”.  GfK En-
the audience, and then the pyrotechnics would be acti-
tertainment.. Retrieved
tertainment Retrieved 20 July 2013. vat
vated
ed simult
simultaneo
aneousl
uslyy whi
while
le the two
twoperf
performe
ormedd the tapp
tapping
ing
[3]
hammer on solo. After being dropped for the Liebe Ist
[16] "Swed
"Swedish
ishchar
charts.co
ts.com
m – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Das Modell”.. Singles Für Alle Da tour in 2009, the song returned to the setlist
Modell”
Top 60.
60. Retrieved
Retrieved 20 July 2013. on the 2010 part of the tour, and the song was occasion-
ally performed
performed with the pyrotec
pyrotechnic
hnic jacke
jackets,
ts, howev
however
er this
time it was done with both guitarists facing the audience.
6.5.5
6.5.5 Exter
External
nal links
links

• Model"" at Discogs
  "Das Model at Discogs (list
 (list of releases) 6.6.3
6.6.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
•  70 “Das Modell” covers (Russian)
covers (Russian) 1. Du riechst
riechst so gut (Single V
Version)
ersion) - 4:50
2. Wollt
Wollt ihr das Bett in Flamme
Flammenn sehen? (Album Ver-
sion) - 5:19
6.6 “D
“Du
u rrie
iech
chst
st so gut '98”
'98”
3. Du riechst
riechst so gut (Scal Remix))   by
(Scal Remix  Project Pitchfork   -
by Project
 (German for
“Du riechst so gut” (German for “You smell so good”) 4:45
is a song by the German Neue
German  Neue Deutsche Härte  band
Rammstein.. It was the ban
Rammstein band’s
d’s first sisingl
nglee and was re-  The Limited Edition features a scented digipack
• scented  digipack..
leased on its first album,  Herzeleid . It describes the inner
inner
thoughts
though ts of a predator hunting his prey
prey.. The title is said 6.6.4
6.6.4 1998 re-re re-rele
lease
ase
to be inspired by Patrick
by  Patrick Süskind
Süskind's's  Perfume, a favourite
novel of Till
of Till Lindemann's,
Lindemann's, the singer of the band. On April 17, 1998, “Du riechst so gut” was re-released
as a single under the title,
title, “Du riechst so gut '98”. Re-
recorded during the  Sehnsucht  sessions,
 sessions, the song retains
6.6.1
6.6 .1 Music
Music vi video
deo its original arrangement, except the start is shorter.
A music video was released for this single, depicting the
band members
video shirtless
opens with in an all-white
a  Doberman
a Doberman environment.
Pinscher
Pinscher walking The Music video
 walking across
the
the sc
scree
reen,
n, with
with repea
repeate
tedd cu
cuts
ts thr
throu
ough
ghout
out of the
thedo
dogg loo
look-
k- A new music
music video was film
filmed
ed as well. It depi
depicts
cts the
ing curiously at the camera along with flowers
with  flowers shown
 shown band members as albino  werewolf creatures,
albino werewolf  creatures, who follow
 

54   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

a young woman to a castle, infect her, then escape. The distorted and slowed-down sound of a motorcycle engine
vide
videoo firs
firstt pre
premi
mier
ered
ed on 25 Ma
Mayy 199
1998.
8. The video
videoclclip
ip was
was running, while the main melody begins with a car’s igni-
shot between
between 20 and 25 April 1998, at castle  Babelsberg
castle Babelsberg tion starting, and the end uses sounds of fireworks. [1]
in Potsdam/Ber
Potsdam/Berlin,
lin, Jagdschloß
 Jagdschloß in
 in Berlin district Pankow The band’s U.S. label Sire
label Sire Records
Records,, however, decided to
and was directed by Philipp Stölzl.[4] The video was in- use
use the
the B-B-si
side
de “B
“But
ut No
Nott Ton
oniight”
ght” on the
the soun
soundt
dtra
rack
ckto
to the
the
spired by the 1984 film The Company of Wolves . movie Modern
 Modern Girl s  and incl
Girls  include
udedd the
the son
songg on US editi
edition
onss
of Black Celebration. As a result, the single was flipped,
Track listing and released as “But Not Tonight” in the United States
to help promot
promotee the movi
movie. e. The band wa wass not happy
1. Du riechst so gut '98 - 4:24 with this decision, seeing “But Not Tonight” as a useless
pop track recorded in less than a day. The single did not
2. Du riechst so gut (RMX By Faith
By Faith No More
More)) - 1:58 chart. Surprisingly, despite previous criticism of the song
3. D
Duu ri
riec
echhst so gu
gutt (RMX By   Günter
(RMX Günter Sch
Schulz
ulz-- by the band, an acoustic version of “But Not Tonight”
KMFDM &
KMFDM  & Hiwatt Marshall) - 4:07 was sometimes performed by Martin Gore on Depeche
Mode’s Delta Machine Tour and is included in the 2014
4. Du riechst so gut (RMX By  Sascha Konietzko
Konietzko-- album "Live
"Live in Berlin
Berlin".".[2]
KMFDM) - 4:47 The other two B-Sides are “Breathing in Fumes” and
Bruhn--Bobo in
5. Du riechst so gut (RMX By  Olav Bruhn “Blac
“Bl ackk Day”.
Day”. “Br
“Brea
eathi
thing
ng in Fum
Fumes es”” was
was a ne
neww son
songg using
using
White Wooden Houses)
Houses) - 4:45 samples from “Stripped”, mixed by the band and Thomas
Stiehler.
Stiehler. “Black Day Day”” is an acoustic, alterna
alternate
te versi
versionon
By Sascha Moser
6. Du riechst so gut (RMX By Sascha Moser--Bobo in of “Black Celebration” sung by Martinby Martin Gore
Gore,, and is co-
White Wooden Houses)
Houses) - 3:53 written by him, Alan
him, Alan Wilder
Wilder,, and producer Daniel
producer Daniel Miller
– the only Depeche Mode song where Miller receives a
7. Du riechst
Stagg) Hellner/Marc
- 4:34so gut (RMX By  Jacob Hellner/Marc writing credit.
The “Highland Mix” of “Stripped” was mixed by Mark by Mark
8. Du riec
riechs
hstt so gut
gut(“M
(“Mig
igrän
räne"-
e"-RMX
RMX)) by Günter Schulz Ellis (better
Ellis  (better known as Flood), who in the future would
(KMFDM) - 5:18 produce
prod uce Depech
Depechee Mode
Mode’s’s Violator  and
 and Son
Songsgs of Fait
aithh and 
9. Du riechs
riechstt so gut '95 (Multimedi
(Multimediaa music vid
video)
eo) Devotion rec
 records.
ords. Some editi editions
ons of the Black Celebra-
tion CD include the extended remix of “But Not Tonight”
along with “Black Day” and “Breathing in Fumes” as
6.6.5
6.6.5 Exter
External
nal links
links bonus tracks.
The music video for “Stripped” was the last Depeche
•  Web’s Boulevard - Rammstein and scientific-pop Mode video to be directed by Peter Care and was filmed
culture (Brazil)
culture  (Brazil) outside of Hansa Studios in Berlin
in  Berlin.. The music video for
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics “But Not Tonight” was directed by Tamra by  Tamra Davis
Davis and
 and is
available in multiple versions.

6.6.6
6.6.6 Footn
Footnote
otess
6.7.1
6.7.1 Trac
Track
k listi
listings
ngs
[1]  Bootleg DVD shows Du riechst so gut in setlist
media.rammstein.de - - Photo exam- 7": Mute / 7Bong1
[2]   Tour 2004 picture at media.rammstein.de 7Bong10
0 (UK)
ple
1. “Stripped” – 3:52
[3]   Tour 2005 picture at media.rammstein.de
media.rammstein.de - - Photo exam-
ple 2. “But Not Tonight” – 4:15
[4]   Du riechst so gut '98 Music
Music Video
12": Mute / 12Bong10 (UK)

6.7 “S
“Str
trip
ippe
ped”
d” 1. “Stripped (Highland
(Highland Mix
Mix)"
)" – 6:42

"Stripped" is Depeche
is  Depeche Mode's
Mode's fifteenth UK
fifteenth  UK single,
 single, re- 2. “But Not Tonight
Tonight (Extend
(Extended
ed Remix)" – 5:13
leased on 10 February 1986. It was the first single from 3. “Breathing in Fumes” – 6:07
the album
overall and Black consecutive, and
sixth Celebration thetoband’s
single hit thethirteenth
UK Top 4. “Fly on the Windscreen
Windscreen (Quie
(Quiett Mix)" – 4:24
20, peaking at number 15. “Stripped” is well known for
its innovative use of sampling. The underlying beat is a 5. “Black Day” – 2:37
 

6.7. “STRIP
“STRIPPED” 
PED”    55

CD: Mute / CDBong10 (UK) 6.7.2 Chart perform

performance
ance

1. “Stripped” – 3:52 6.7.3

6.7.3 Ramms
Rammste
tein
in cove
coverr
2. “But Not Tonight” – 4:15 Neue Deutsche Härte Härte band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein released
 released a cover
3. “Stripped (Hi
(Highland
ghland Mix
Mix)")" – 6:42 of "Stripped" in 1998. This ve versi
rsion
on cuts the lin
linee “Let
me see you stripped down to the bone” to “Let me see
4. “But Not Toni
Tonight
ght (Exten
(Extended
ded Remix)" – 5:13 you stripped”, which was due to singer Till
singer  Till Lindemann’s
5. “Breathing in Fumes” – 6:07 difficu
diffi cultltyy singi
singing
ng “do
“down
wn to the
the bon
bone”.
e”.[9] (Th
(Thee ent
entire
ire line
line is
restored in the “Heavy Mental Mix” by Charlie Clouser.)
The song was originally on the  tribute album  For the
6. “Fly on the Win
Windscreen
dscreen (Qui
(Quiet
et Mix)" – 4:24 Masses  and reached number 14 in the German single
7. “Black Day” – 2:37 charts.[10] The song also appears as a hidden track on
some special editions of the band’s sophomore release
Sehnsucht . It was the first English
English song re released
leased by th thee
The CD single was released in 1991 as part of the singles band.
box set compilations.
The video for the song incorporated footage from the
Leni Riefenstahl Nazi propaganda film  Olympia, which
7": Sire / 7-28564 (US
(US)) led to threats
threats agai
against
nst the band
band.. Mem
Membersbers of the band
praised Riefenstahl’s filmmaking abilities and aesthetic
1. “But Not Tonight” [*] – 3:52 choices in a 2011 documentary of the making of the
video, particularly the imagery of the athletes, while
2. “Stripped " – 3:59 simultaneously disassociating themselves from Riefen-
stahl’s
Martinpolitics.
politi
Gore,cs.responded
Memberspositively
of Depec
Depechehe
to Mode, especiall
especially
the cover, sincey
12": Sire / 0-20578 (US) it was so different from any other versions of Depeche
Mode’s work.[9]
1. “But Not Toni
Tonight
ght (Exten
(Extended
ded Mix)" [*] – 6:18
2. “Breathing in Fumes” – 6:07
6.7.4
6.7.4 Othe
Otherr ve
vers
rsio
ions
ns
3. “Stripped (Hi
(Highland
ghland Mix
Mix)"
)" – 6:42
•   In 1997,
1997, the
the Ger
German
manelectrogoth
electrogoth band In St
Stric
rictt Con
Con--
4. “Black Day” – 2:37 fidence recor
fidence  recorded
ded a version
version of the song. Their ve ver-
r-
sion, however, is very different and almost ten min-
[*] The 7” and 12” versions on the US “But Not Tonight” utes long.
single are different versions than used on the UK singles •  Also, in 1997, the Swedish electro/synth-pop band
by Robert Margouleff
– they were remixed by Robert Margouleff.. The 12” mix Statemachine released a version of “Stripped” on
later appeared on the rare fourth disc of Depeche Mode’s their album Legerdemain.
remix
Dance compilat
compilation,
Mix.” ion,  Remixes 81–04, as the “Margouleff •   The Ital
Italian
ian prog
progress
ressiv
ivee dea
death/d
th/doom
oom meta
metall band
Novembre covered
Novembre covered “Stripped” on the album 1995
CD: Intercord / INT 826.835 (Germany)
album Arte Novecento
•  The USA one-man based black metal Leviathan
metal  Leviathan
1. “Stripped (Hi
(Highland
ghland Mix
Mix)"
)" – 6:42 covered “Stripped” on Demo Five.
2. “But Not Toni
Tonight
ght (Exten
(Extended
ded Remix)" – 5:12 [*] • 2001, Scott Weiland of
 In 2001, Scott Weiland of Stone
 Stone Temple Pilots
Pilots cov-
 cov-
3. “Breathing in Fumes” – 6:07 ered “But Not Tonight” for the soundtrack to   Not 
Another Teen Movie.
4. “Fly on the Win
Windscreen
dscreen (Qui
(Quiet
et Mix)" – 4:24
•   In 2004,
2004, GeGerma
rmann tec
techn
hnoo ban
bandd  Scooter  covered
5. “Black Day” – 2:37 “Stripped” on their album  Mind the Gap, and later
on their 2006 live album Excess All Areas . In 2007,
[*] This is the UK Extended 12” version. The German they
they prod
produced
ucedaa dow
downloa
nload-onl
d-onlyy orc
orches
hestral
tral ver
versio
sionn of
CD was released in 1986 the song.
by  Martin L. Gore
All songs written by Martin Gore except
 except “Black Day” • 2004,  Jimmy Somerville
 Also in 2004, Jimmy Somerville covered
 covered “But Not
which is written by Gore, Alan
Gore, Alan Wilder
Wilder,, and Daniel
and Daniel Miller Tonight” on his album  Home Again.
 

56   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

•  In 2005,  Shiny Toy Guns  covered “Stripped” on

2005, Shiny [6] ""Sw
Swedi
edish
shcha
charts
rts.co
.com
m – Dep
Depech
echee Mod
Modee – Str
Stripp
ipped”
ed”..
Goth Electro Tribute to Depeche Mode. The sing
single
le 60.
Singles Top 60.
canalsobefoundonthesecondversionoftheir2005
"We Are Pilots".
album "We Pilots". Archivee Chart: 1986-03-01” UK Singles Chart.
[7] ""Archiv Chart.

•  Swedish rock band Kent

band Kent used
 used to end many of their [8] ""Charts.org.n
Charts.org.nzz – Depeche Mode – Stripped”
Stripped”..  Top 40 Sin-
concertss during the
concert  Isola tour
the Isola  tour in 1998 by playing a gles..
gles
cover of “Stripped”, announcing it as “one of our fa-
[9]   “Rammstein - Making
Making of Stripped”.
Stripped”.  Rammstein: Made in
voriteversion
This songs, was
that we
alsosadly didn't write
performed ourselves”.
on Swedish talk Germany bonus DVD . Retrieved 3 April 2013.
show Sen
show  Sen Kväll Med Luuk
Luuk..
[10]   German single charts for Rammstein
Rammstein..   Musicline.de. Re-
•   In 2005,
2005,Ame
Americ
rican
an ele
electr
ctroo ind
industr
ustrial
ial band Brainclaw
bandBrainclaw trieved 21 May 2011.
covered “Stripped” and released it as a digital single.
[11]  She Wants Revenge IMEEM
•  British band Long-View covered “Stripped” and re-
leased it as a single.
6.7.6
6.7.6 Exter
External
nal links
links
•  The intro to “But Not Tonight” is heavily sampled
(with notes rearranged and set to a 3/4 beat) in the •  Single information from the official Depeche Mode
2002 Dntel
2002  Dntel song,
 song, “Don't Get Your Hopes
Hopes Up”. The web site
song was released on a 7” vinyl,   Styrofoam /Dntel 
Styrofoam /Dntel 
Split . •  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
• 2006, Darkwave-revival
 In 2006, Darkwave -revival duo She
duo She Wants Revenge
covered the song live at the Jet Nightclub in Las
in  Las Ve-
Nevada.[11]
gas, Nevada. 6.8 “A
“Asc
sche
he zu Asch
Asche”
e”
•  The California rock band Drist
band Drist covered
 covered the song on
their album Orchids and Ammunition in 2006. "Asc
Asche
he zu Asc
Aschehe" is a   single   by the German   band
Rammstein,, from their first studio
Rammstein first studio album
album,, Herzeleid.
 Herzeleid. The
•   In 2012, English power pop band Magic Eight Ball single was included as a “Bonus CD” for the re-releasere-releasedd
released their own version of “Stripped” as a limited Australian Tour Edition of  Sehnsucht , and as a separate
edition single. CD Single. It contains the 1995 album version of “As-
che zu Asche”, and five live tracks taken from  Live Aus 
•  Sylvain Chauveau covered
Chauveau covered the song for Down to the Berlin. It was only released in Australia
in  Australia as
 as promotion of
Bone - An Acoustic Tribute to Depeche Mode  with the  Big Day Out Festival
the Big Out Festival '01, for which Rammstein were
Ensemble Nocturne. a headlining act.
•  In 2011, darkwave band Lost
band Lost Children covered
Children covered the
song as an online exclusive.
6.8.1
6.8.1 Li
Live
ve st
stor
ory
y
•
2010, Gregorian (band) covered
 In 2010, Gregorian (band) covered the song on their
album The Dark Side Of The Chant . Since its release, “Asche zu Asche” has been a staple in
Rammstein’s live shows. It is the only Rammstein song to
ha
have
ve been
been plplay
ayed
ed in ev
every
ery one of the
the ban
band’s
d’s tou
tours.
rs. During
During
6.7.5
6.7 .5 Ref Referenc
erenceses performances the microphone stands would be set on fire
ne
near
ar the
the en
endd of the
the so
song
ng and
and clou
clouds
ds of smok
smokee wowoul
uldd co
cove
verr
[1]   “A Recoil Retrospective
Retrospective - Depeche Mode special part 1: the stage. The song was played at almost every concert
Black Celebration”.
Celebration”.   Recoil.co.uk . Retrieved 16 October from 1995 to 2002. Initially it wasn't played during the
2010. Reise, Reise tour, but it was included agai againn by the end of
[2]  The Delta Machine Tour February 2005, ultimately
ultimately replacing “Rein, Raus” in the
setlist
setlists.
s. More
Morerece
recentl
ntly,
y, “Asc
“Asche
he zu Asc
Asche”
he”has
has been
beenabse
absent
nt
[3] Pennanen, Timo (2006).  Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät  during most of the Liebe ist für alle da tour, but has made
Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972  (in Finnish) (1st som
somee rar
raree ap
appea
pearan
rance
cess in Ge
Germa
rmany
ny and
andDeDenma
nmark,
rk,rep
repla
lac-
c-
Tammi.  ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. ing the song “Ich tu dir weh”, which was indexed by the
[4] "Musicli
"Musicline.de
ne.de – Depeche Mode Single-Char
Single-Chartverf
tverfolgung”
olgung”
German Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien.
(in German). Media
German).  Media Control Charts.
Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. During
dir weh”these performances,
are used, which meansthethe
effects usedstand
flaming for has
“Ichnot
tu
[5] "Swisscharts.com
"Swisscharts.com – Depeche Mode – Stripped”
Stripped”..   Swiss been used. In the current  Made In Germany 1995-2011
Singles Chart.
Chart. Tour , the song is again on the setlist.
 

6.9. “SONNE” 
“SONNE”    57

6.8.2
6.8.2 Trac
Trackli
klist
sting
ing in it (ex: Snow White smoking a cigaret
cigarette
te while looking
at a gold ring).
1. Asche zu Asc
Asche
he (Album V
Version)
ersion)
2. Spiel mi
mitt mir (Live V
Version)
ersion) 6.9.2
6.9.2 In po
popu
pular
lar cultu
culture
re
3. Laichzeit (Live Version) •  It was featured as the opening song on the very
4. Wol
Wolltlt ihr das Bett in Fl
Flammen
ammen sehe
sehen?
n? (Live V
Ver-
er- first episode of Kerrang! TV , with Marilyn
with Marilyn Manson
[2]
sion) speaking before the song kicked in.
5. Engel (Li
(Live
ve V
Version)
ersion) •   An exce
excerpt
rpt of “Sonne” was used in the 2002 movie
6. Asche zu Asche (Li
(Live
ve Ve
Version)
rsion) FeardotCom, when the psychopathic torturist ab-
ducted an aspiring actress.
7. We
Website
bsite ex
extras
tras included as Enhanced CD content
The song has become a regular feature on the Moroccan
De
Deser
sertt Rac
Race,
e, the
theTuar
Tuareg
eg Rall
Rallyy. As the Germ
German
an org
organise
anisers
rs
6.8.
6.8.3
3 Char
Charts
ts play it at loud volume each morning at 06.00 across the
race hotel to awaken the competitors.
6.8.4
6.8.4 Ref
Referenc
erences
es
[1]  “Pandora Archive” (PDF).
Archive” (PDF). Pandora.nla.gov.au.
Pandora.nla.gov.au. 2006-08- •   The fema
femalele vocals in the song “Sonne” are samples
23. Retrieved 2012-01-14. (called Lamenting 6, 7, 8, and 10) from the music
library Sy
Symphon
mphonyy of Vo
Voices  Spectrasonics..[3] Paul
ices by Spectrasonics
Romer
Rom eroo also
also use
usedd the
the lam
lament
enting
ingsam
sampl
ples
es in the
the 199
19999
game  Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor .
6.8.5
6.8.5 Exter
External
nal links
links This sample may be heard in the outside Ambient
•  Web’s Boulevard - Rammstein and scientific-pop Music. They can also be heard in the Australian TV
culture series “Underbelly”.

•  Hardcore producer and DJ  Angerfist

 Angerfist samples
 samples the
6.9
6.9 “S
“So
onn
nne”
e” Rammstein song in his track “Criminally Insane”,
from his album   Pissin' Raz orbladez,[4] using the
Razorbladez
German for
"Sonne" (German  for "Sun
"Sun")") is a song by the German outro of the original song where the vocal sample
Neue Deutsche Härte group
Härte group Rammstein
 Rammstein.. It was the first is used.
single released from the album  Mutter . According to Tillto Till
Lindemann,, the
Lindemann theson
songg wa
wass origin
originall
allyy wri
writttten
en as an en
entra
tranc
ncee • band  Caliban   and
 Metalcore band Caliban and Schlager
 Schlager// traditional
song for the boxer Vitali
boxer  Vitali Klitschko
Klitschko,, whose surname was Volksmusik singer Heino
Volksmusik singer Heino have
 have done a cover.
also the working title of the song.[1]
•   Some viral videos hahave
ve a song called ""Hitler
Hitler"" by an
unknown band erroneously identified as Rammstein
6.9.1
6.9.1 Music
Music vi
video
deo which fuses the melody to “Sonne” with incoherent
potentially
potentially pro-
pro-Nazi
Nazi lyrics.
 lyrics. There are many gram-
The video features the band as dwarves
as  dwarves mining
 mining gold for matical errors in the lyrics.[5]
Snow White.
White. Appa
Apparent
rently,
ly, this came aboabout
ut whil
whilee sev-
eral of the band members were watching the old old Disney
 Disney
film  Snow White, and had “Sonne” playing in the back- 6.9.3
6.9.3 Li
Live
ve st
stor
ory
y
ground, giving them the idea for
for the video. Also (as told
by Paul in the  Making Of Sonne  video) the video came It de
debut
buted
ed as “Kl
“Klititsc
schk
hko”
o” on 16 Ap
April
ril 2000.
2000. The
The son
songg was
was
out of a video Olliver (bassist) did mixing the “Sonne” very different from the final version released in  Mutter .
song and parts of the  Snow White  movie with his com- the Big Day
“Sonne” was also played in some concerts of the Big
puter. The band supposedly we wentnt through nearl
nearlyy 40 dif- Out festival
Out  festival 2001, and those concerts were the only time
ferent ideas for the video, such as the story of a  boxer
 boxer,, the third verse of the song was sung. When played live,
before choosing the Snow White theme. One of the other the band usually omits the final stanza, and instead they
the atomic bomb
ideas was a video about the dropping of the atomic play a slightly longer intro and outro. Theatrical flames
on Hiroshima
on Hiroshima (which
 (which would have matched the lyrics and shoot several feet into the air when Rammstein plays the
the depressed-sounding
(German "Schneewittchenvocalization).
vocalization). Lady
 Lady
") is played by Snow-White
the Russian soap
the Russian soap song."Since
with "Ich May
Will
Ich Will" 2001, the
" during “Sonne” hasinbeen
encores mostplayed paired
Rammstein
actress Joulia
actress  Joulia Stepanova
Stepanova (Yulia
 (Yulia Stepanova). There is also concerts to date, this has been changed however since
an extended version, which is longer and has more scenes 2009.
 

58   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.10.1
6.10.1 Overv
Overvie
iew
w

The lyrics were written in response to allegations of

fascism/nazism directed
fascism/ nazism directed at the band. In the song they say
“my heart beats to the left, 2-3-4”, insinuating they are
the political spectrum.
on the left of the political spectrum. The refrain
refrain is an al-
lusion to the revolutionary
the revolutionary song Einheitsfrontlied , written
by Bertolt Brecht
by Bertolt Brecht for
 for the Communist
the Communist Party of Germany
in the 1930s
German and re-popularized
Democratic Republic.[1]by
Republic. by Hannes
 Hannes Wader in
Wader in the
Heino
Heino and 
and Rammstein
Rammstein performing Sonne at the
 performing the Wacken Open Air  The song uses an alternate pronunci
pronunciation
ation of the German
2013 two, using zwo (pronounced tsvo) rather than zwei  ( (tsvy).
“Zwo” is more commonly used within the German
the German mili-
6.9.4
6.9.4 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g tary,, or in the Austrian dialect, and this song presents a
tary
strong, militaristic theme, 'left - two - three - four' be-
1. “Sonn
“Sonne”
e” - 4:3
4:322 ing a common drill instructor’s chant to keep a marching
formation in step.
2. “Adios” - 3:48
(Clawfinger K.O.
3. “Sonne” (Clawfinger  K.O. Remix) - 4:11 6.10.2
6.10.2 Music
Music video
video

(Clawfinger T.K.O.
4. “Sonne” (Clawfinger  T.K.O. Remix) - 5:52 The  music video
The music video for
 for the song uses CGI
uses  CGI  to portray the
struggle of an ant
an  ant colony against
colony against attacking beetles
attacking  beetles.. The
5. “Sonne” (Instrumental) - 4:31
antsfootball,
ing in the
foot ball,video
watcare
hingdoing
watching tele human-like
television,
vision, tasks such
and dancing. D as play-
During
uring the
•  Also available as a 2-track CD, featuring “Sonne” video, the band can be seen playing on a movie a  movie theater
and “Adios”. screen. During the movie theater scene the beetles attack
killing many ants, one ant is seen watching what the bee-
tles are doing. The same ant then goes under underground
ground to
6.9.5
6.9 .5 Ref Referenc
erences es rally the other
other ants and kill the beetles
beetles.. There is also a
left hand belonging to a body lying near a grave with a
[1]   Rammstein Press:
Press: Maternity Leave |
Leave | Herzeleid.com | The cross on it, covered by ants near the end of the video.
number one source for Rammstein
[2] First Kerrang Episode -   http://www. 6.10.3
6.10.3 LiLive
ve st
stor
oryy
tv-ark.org.uk/mivana/mediaplayer.php?id=
4d39fce97df33422bf5729adee4515be&media=
kerrang_launch020401&type=mp4 The song debuted live in April 2000 on a concert just
for members of the fan club. Then it was called simply
[3]  herzeleid.com: Mutter “Links” and had some minor differences compared to the
final
someversion
[4]   Angerfist 's's “Criminally Insane”  at whosampled.com
 at  whosampled.com concertsreleased  Mutter . It was also played during
of BiginDay Out 2001. When played live,
[5] ramstein - hitler - YouTube  http://www.youtube.com/ it usually extends to almost 5 minutes because of added
watch?v=awU4sLfDlKA instrumentals. Since its debut, it has been played in vir-
tually every Rammstein concert, exceptions being most
of the shows in Big Day Out 2001 and three consecutive
6.9.6
6.9 .6 Exter
External nal links
links concerts exclusively for members of the Fan Area in Oc-
tober 2004.
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
6.10.4
6.10.4 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
www.toureg-rallye.com
a B-side of
The single has a B-side  of “Halleluja”, a track frequently
perfform
per ormed
ed liv
livee by the
the band. It is alsoalso av
avail
ailabl
ablee on
6.10
6.1 0 “L “Lininks
ks 2-3-4
2-3-4” ” the Limited Edition release of  Mutter , as well as some
Japanese releases and Resident
and Resident Evil Soundtrack
Soundtrack..
German for
"Links 2-3-4" ((German  for Left 2-3-4) is a song by the A DVD version of “Links 2-3-4” contains the audio
Neue Deutsche Härte
Härte band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein,, released on their tra
track
cks,
s, as well
well as a vi video
deo porti
portion
on with
with the
the offi
officicial
al
third studio album,  Mutter  ( (Mother )).. its  making-of documentary
music video, its making-of  documentary and a photo
 

6.11. “ICH WILL” 

WILL”    59

gallery
gallery.. Bot
Bothh videos
videos wer
weree sub
subseq
sequent
uently
ly re-re
re-released on the 6.11
leased 6.11 “I “Icch willwill” ”
Lichtspielhaus DVD.
Lichtspielhaus DVD.
"Ich will" (German
(German f  for
or I want ) is a single
a single by
 by Rammstein
 Rammstein..
Maxi-CD
It was original
originally
ly released in
in Germany
 Germany on  on September 10,
the  September
2001. Since it was released the day before the September
1. “Links 2 3 4” - 3:43 11, 2001 attacks,
attacks, many channels did not air the music
video (which was to debut on U.S. television the night of
September 11, 2001). The German single contains a live
2. “Halleluja” - 3:46 cover versi
cover version
on of The Ramo
Ramonesnes'' song
song “Pet
“Pet Sem
Sematatary
ary”,
”, sung
sung
( Clawfinger Geradeaus
3. “Links 2 3 4 (Clawfinger  Geradeaus Remix)" - 4:28 by keyboardist  Flake.
keyboardist Flake .
4. “Link
“Linkss 2 3 4 ((Westbam
Westbam Technolectro
 Technolectro Mix)" - 5:58
Westbam Hard Rock Cafe
5. “Links 2 3 4 ((Westbam  Bonus 6.11.1
Cafe Bonus 6.11.1 Music
Music video
video
Mix)" – 3:43
The music video of “Ich will” features the band mem-
bers staging a bank robbery, making it seem as realistic
•  The 2-track CD features Links 2 3 4 and Hallelujah. as possible.
possible. The vide
videoo shows both the robbe
robbery
ry and its
aftermath, and moves between these two scenes.
DVD Maxi-Single The robbery: The band is shown entering a bank wear-
ing stockings over their heads, except for Flake, who has
Audio Part a very large and elaborate-looking bomb strapped to his
chest.
che st. The band has the strang
strangee abili
ability
ty to mak
makee peo-
1. “Links 2 3 4” - 3:43 ple faint,
scene; Tilleither intentionally
is facing or unintentionally,
an audience with one
of media in a room, all
2. “Halleluja” - 3:46 conscious and then they are all suddenly unconscious (ex-
cept for Till), with what may appear to be blood drip-
 Geradeaus Remix)" - 4:28 ping. How they are able to is not reve
( Clawfinger Geradeaus
3. “Links 2 3 4 (Clawfinger revealed.
aled. Vari
Various
ous band
members (excluding Flake) later leave the bank and are
4. “Link  Technolectro Mix)" - 5:58 conf
Westbam Technolectro
“Linkss 2 3 4 ((Westbam confronted
ronted with bothboth Spezialeinsatzkommando
 Spezialeinsatzkommando,, the me-
dia and spectators. The reaction of the media towards the
5. “Links 2 3 4 (Westbam
(Westbam Hard Rock Cafe
Cafe Bonus
 Bonus Rammstei
Rammsteinn band members is quite outlandis
outlandish,
h, as they are
Mix)" – 3:43 celebrated
celebrated by the media, with the band seeming to revel
in the attention and the audience even mouths the cho-
Video Part ruses. At the very end of the video, the timer on Flake’sFlake’s
bomb reaches
reaches zero. The video quic quickly
kly flicks throu
through
gh a
series of short clips from some of Rammstein’s other mu-
1. “Links 2 3 4 (Video)" - 3:37 sic videos,(See
videos,(Seemann,  Du hast
mann, Du hast,, Du riechst so gut '95, Du
riechstt so gut '98,
riechs '98, Stripped
 Stripped and
 and Sonne
 Sonne)) then comes to an
2. “Links 2 3 4 (Making of)" - 10:11 end.
3. Photo gallery The aftermath: The band (Flake excluded) emerges from
a bus wearing shackles
shackles and prison atti
attire.
re. They are sur-
rounded by a large crowd and the media, and the crowd
6.10.5
6.1 0.5 Popu Popularlar cultu
culture
re cheers for them. They step up to a podium and receive
Kamera (Golden
a  Goldene Kamera  (Golden Camera) award, a German
This song was featured in the  CSI  episode
 episode “What’s Eating versi
versionon of the
the Emmy
 Emmy award.
 award. Behind the band is a large,
Gilbert Grissom?" during a scene in a sex shop. sepia
sep ia pict
picture
ure of Fla
Flake
keand
andaa coffin
coffin whic
whichh is supp
suppose
osedl
dlyy the
place where his “remains” lie (most of the “aftermath” is
shown at the beginning of the clip, although
although it is also re-
6.10.6
6.1 0.6 Ref Referen
erencecess visited later).
[1]  laut.de | Laut.de – Rammstein: Das Herz schlägt links,
In an interview, Rammstein described the music video of
oder? “Ich will” as being a demonstration of the media’s obses-
sion with a good story, as well as an illustration of the
immortality that can be achieved by those who commit
6.10.7
6.1 0.7 Extern
External al links
links wrongs.
The video was filmed in Berlin in the former State
former State Coun-
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics cil building
cil  building (Staatsratsgebäude) of the German
the  German Demo-
 

60   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

cratic Republic which
Republic which now houses the European
the  European School •   4 x 30 Seconds Vide
Videoo Clips
of Management and Technology.
Technology.
•  Bück dich
6.11.2
6.11.2 Li
Live
ve stor
story
y •   Rammstein
•  Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?
Along with “Nebel”, “Ich will” was the only song from
Mutter  that
  that was not played live in its demo form in the •  Asche zu Asche
concertit for
stead, fdebuted
or members of the
on May 1, Fan Area
2001, on Aprilconcert
in another 2000. In-
ffor
or •   Photo Galle
Gallery
ry (10 Shots)
members of the Fan Area. When played live, explosions
are par
partt of the
the perf
perform
ormanc
ance,
e, and
anditit usu
usual
ally
ly cl
close
osess the
thesh
show
ow •  2 x Audio Tracks
during festivals. It has been played paired with “Sonne”
during the encores in every Rammstein concert up un- •  Feuerräder (Live Demo Version 1994)
til Made in Germany 1995–2011 (tour)
til Made (tour),, where “Sonne”
opened the show while “Ich will” maintained its position •  Rammstein (Live)
in the encore.

6.11.4
6.11.4 Ref
Refer
erenc
ences
es
6.11.3
6.11.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
6.11.5
6.11.5 Extern
External
al links
links
Maxi-single

1. Ich will (A
(Album
lbum Ve
Version)
rsion) - 3:37 •  Making of “Ich Will” video  – an interview with

2. Ich will (Live Pre

Preussag
ussag Arena, Hannov
Hannover,
er, Germany Rammstein
on 1 June 2001) - 4:17
3. Ich will (Westbam
Westbam Mix)
 Mix) - 6:19 6.12
6.12 “M
“Mut
utte
ter”
r”
Dyk Mix)
4. Ich will (Paul van Dyk  Mix) - 6:13
( German for
"Mutter" (German  for mother ) is a song by Rammstein
by  Rammstein
5.  Pet Sematary (Performed live with Clawfinger
5. Pet with Clawfinger)) - 6:31 on the album
the album of the same name
name..
6. Ich will (Li
(Live
ve CD-R Tra
Track)
ck) - 4:05
6.12.1
6.12.1 Overv
Overvie
iew
w
•  Comes as a 2-track CD with Ich will (Album Ver-
sion) and Ich will (Live).
by  Till Lindemann
The song was confirmed by Till Lindemann and
 and Richard
 Richard
Kruspe to
Kruspe  to be a reference to their unhappy childhood rela-
UK CD Part 1  (Red Cover) tionships with their own mothers. The lyrics tell the story
of a child not born from a womb but in an experiment,
1. Ich will (Radio Edit) thus having no true father or mother. The lyrics describe
2. Link
Linkss 2 3 4 ((Clawfinger  Geradeaus Remix) - 4:28 his plan to kill both the mother “who never gave birth
Clawfinger Geradeaus
to him” and himself, a plan which he proceeds to carry
By Jacob Hellner
3. Du hast (Remix By Jacob Hellner)) - 6:44 out. However, he still fails to kill himself, instead end-
ing up mutilated and no better off than before. The child
4. Ich will (Video) - 4:05 begs, possibly prays, for strength, but his dead mother
does not answer. The narrative of the song is similar to
UK CD Part 2  (Green Cover) Frankenstein by Mary
Frankenstein by  Mary Shelley
Shelley,, in that the character takes
revenge for his misfortunes on his 'parent', and then ends
1. Ich will (Radio Edit) up no different from before the 'parent' died.
2. Halleluja - 3:45 The video for Mutter follows the storyline of the song,
whereby the character kills his mother and then dumps
Clouser)) - her body in a river, ending with the character in a cage or
By  Charlie Clouser
3. Stripped (Heavy Mental Mix By Charlie
5:18 dungeon that
dungeon  that is set into the ground.

UK DVD Part 3  (Orange Cover) Thesi

The singl
nglee inclu
instrumental incexcept
lude
dess “5/
“5/4”,
for4”, a son
songg &
a Speak
a Speak in Spell
quint
quintup
uple
le me
meter
Spell dialogueterth
 dialogue that
at is
sample
that was played as the intro for live shows since 2000, but
•  Ich will (Live Video Version) wasn't released until 2002.
 

6.13. “FEUE
“FEUER
R FREI!" 
FREI!"    61

6.12.2
6.12.2 Li
Live
ve stor
story
y performances of this song Richard, Paul, Till and some-
performances
times Ollie will wear masks with flamethrowers attached
It debuted on April 2000 in its demo form, in a concert that shoot flames several feet into the air.
exclusively for members of the fan area. The only differ-
ence between it and the final release was that the demo
version
version was less orchestrated  tour, it 6.1
orchestrated.. During the Mutter  tour, 6.13.2
3.2 Overv
Overvie iew
w
was played at every concert, and played in select concerts
in the Pledge of Allegiances tour in North America. The “Feuer frei!" is one of the band’s most known songs, and
song
whendisappeared from Rammstein’s
it became a staple in the Made inshows
Germany 2011,- is
up to1995 notcredited
credited on
feature as their
the
theirband’s
most greatest
popula
popular.
r.hitsDes
Despit
pitee this,Made
collection it does
in
2011 tour. Germany 1995–2011, for reasons that have not been ex-
plained. The song is featured in the film  xXx , it is also
featured during the   CSI  episode
  episode “Slaves of Las Vegas”.
6.12.3
6.1 2.3 Trac
Trackk listi
listing
ng The UK Feuer frei!!  single was released in three parts (2
CDs, 1 DVD), in three different colours (Yellow-Green-
1. Mutter (Radio Edit) - 3:40 Orange), each with different tracklistings.
2. Mutter (Vocoder
(Vocoder Mix)
 Mix) - 4:32 The video was directed by Rob
by Rob Cohen
Cohen who
 who also directed
the movie xXx
movie xXx..
3. 5/4 - 5:30
The video for “Feuer frei!" was released in America on
4. Mutter (Sono’s Inkubator Mix) - 7:22 MTV, to promote the film  xXx . The mus music ic vid
video
eo con-
sisted of the band playing on a fiery stage, with several
•  The 2-track edition included Mutter (Radio Edit) clips from the film. In the film  xXx , Rammstein is fea-
and 5/4. in  Prague in
tured playing the song in a club in Prague  in the film’s
opening.
The song was covered by the band Sabaton
band Sabaton in  in their album
6.13 “F “Feue
euerr frerei!"
i!" Carolus Rex  (2012)
 (2012) and by Prong
by Prong on
 on their album  Carved 
Into Stone (2012).

6.13.3
6.13.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng

German version

1. Feuer Frei! - 3:13

2. Fe
Feuer
uer Fre
Frei!
i! (Ramm
(Rammste
stein Remix)) -
in vs.  Junkie XL Remix
4:10
(Rammstein Remix 130)
3. Feuer Frei! (Rammstein Remix 130) - 3:44
A performance of Feuer Frei!
4. Feuer Frei! (Rammstein Remix
(Rammstein Remix 95)
 95) - 3:34
"Feuer frei!" /ˌfɔɪər ˈfraɪ/ is
ˈfraɪ/ is a song by German industrial
German  industrial
metal band
metal  band Rammstein
 Rammstein.. The song is released as the fifth 5. Du hast  („A Tribute to Rammstein” Cover
Rammstein”  Cover version by
version  by
single from their third album  Mutter . The title is from the Battery) - 4:42
command to start shooting in German
in  German military language
language,,
can be compared to “fire
“ fire at will”, or “open fire” (literall
(literally,
y, 6. Bück dich („A Tribute to Rammstein”
Rammstein” Cover version
version by
 by
“fire freely!"). Battery) - 3:39
The single charted in Germany, peaking at number 33,
UK version, part 1 (yellow cover)
and in the UK at number 35.
1. Feuer Frei! - 3:11
6.13.1 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess
2. Mutter (Radio Edit) - 3:40
“Feuer frei!" debuted live in a concert exclusively for
3. Kokain - 3:08
me
memb
mbers
“Punk
“Punk”.ersof
”. of
Itsthe
thnex
e fan
next area
areaormance
t perf in April
performanAprceil 200
2000,
0,'twhen
wasn
wasn't when itMay
until wa
wass ca
calle
lledd
2001 4. Feuer Frei! (Video)
(this being the album version) and since then, it has been
played in almost every Rammstein concert. During live 5. Interview Sonne")
Interview (On the set of ""Sonne")
 

62   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

UK version, part 2 (green cover) which helped to boost it to second place in the Ger-
man music charts after its release in early August 2004.
1. Fe
Feuer
uer Fre
Frei!i! (Rammstein
Rammstein vs.
 vs.  Junkie XL  Remix) - Remixes of the song were done by Arthur
XL Remix) by  Arthur Baker
Baker and
 and the
4:10 Boys.
Pet Shop Boys.
2. Mutt
Mutter
er - 44:33
:33 At the beginning of the song in the video, the phrase
“Suche gut gebauten Achtzehn- bis Dreißigjährigen zum
3. Feuer Frei! (Rammstein
(Rammstein Remix
 Remix 95) Schlachten – Der Metzgermeister” (“Looking for a well
bu
built
ilt 18- to 30-
30-ye
year-
ar-ol
oldd to slau
slaugh
ghte
terr – The Mas Maste
terr
4. Intervie
Interview
w (On the set of ""Ich
Ich will")
will") Butcher”) is spoken, voiced by Ollie
by Ollie,, although the album
5. Photo Gallery versio
ver sionn of the song does not have this begi
beginning
nning.. The
quote is taken from an online post by Armin Meiwes.
UK CDS Part 3 (DVD)(orange cover) for Best Metal Performance
“Mein Teil” was nominated for Best
at th
thee 48th Gramm
Grammyy Awar
wardsds butlostto Slipknot
Slipknot's's "Before
I Forget".
Forget". [2]
1. Feuer Frei! (Video) - 3:11
2. Intervie
Interview
w (The early years disc
discussed)
ussed)
6.14.1
6.14.1 Li
Live
ve histo
history
ry
Rammstein”  Cover version
3. Du hast (“A Tribute to Rammstein” Cover
by Battery) - 4:42
4. Büc
Bückk di
dich
ch(“A
(“A Tri
Tribut
butee to Ram
Ramms
mste
tein”
in”Cover
Coverversi
version
on
by Battery) - 3:39
5. Photo Gallery

6.13.4
6.13.4 Extern
External
al links
links

• song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at  MetroLyrics

6.14
6.14 “M
“Mei
ein
n Tei
eil”
l”

 (German:: “My share”, “My part” or slang for

Mein Teil (German Lorenz (in left) and Till Lindemann during “Mein Teil”.
“My penis”) is the first single
first single by
 by the German
the  German industrial
metal  band Rammstein
metal band  Rammstein from from their fourth album   Reise, It debuted in three consecutive concerts for members of
Reise. The song is inspired by the case of Armin
of Armin Meiwes the fan
fan club, in Octob
Octoberer 2004. This song is one of the
and Bernd Jürgen Armando
Armando Brandes. In March 2001, in most notable live performances of the 2004–2005  Reise,
Rotenburg an der Fulda
Fulda,, the two men aged in their 40s Reise tour
tour.. From the cen
central
tral bac
backst
kstage
age acc
access,
ess, Till Lind
Linde-
e-
met each other, cut off and cooked Brandes’ penis and mann
as appears
a blood
blood-st pulling
-stain
ained chefahold
ed chef giant
ho ingcooking
ldingcooki
a micngropho
microp pot.
hone Hewith
ne wiisthdressed
a large
large
consumedd it togeth
consume together.
er. Afterw
Afterwards,
ards, Meiwe
Meiwess killed Bran-
des — with Brandes’ permission — and ate his remains. butcher
butc her’s’s knife
knife att
attach
ached
ed to the end. Key
Keyboard
boardist
istChristian
Christian
As a result, Meiwes was sentenced to eight-and-a-half “Flake” Lorenz appears
Lorenz appears in the pot, with metal cylinders
years in jail for manslaughter
for  manslaughter,, but was later charged with attached to his arms and legs, and plays the keyboard
murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. during
duri ng the song. Af After
ter the secon
secondd chorus
chorus,, Till tak
takes
es a
flamethrower and roasts the bottom of the pot, “cook-
A prominent phrase in the song is "... denn du bist, was ing” Flake. Flake escapes from the pot and starts running
du isst, und ihr wisst, was es ist” (“Because you are what around the stage with flames erupting from his arms and
you eat, and you (pl.) know what it is”). legs, while chased by a knife-wielding Till.
According to bassist Oliver
bassist Oliver “Ollie” Riedel
Riedel,, the song came When Flake was asked about what it is like to perform
about after “one of our members brought a newspaper this, he said: “It is fine. It is only pain. Although one can
to rehearsal and it had a story about the cannibal guy in not breathe in, because then one would inhale the flames
it. We were fascinated, shocked and amused at the same and die”. Due to all of the theatrical pe performan
rformance, ce, the
time”. Vocalist Till Lind
Lindeman
emannn stat
stated
ed,, “It
“It is so sick
sickth
that
at it song usually extended to 6 or 7 minutes when played live.
becomes fascinating and there just has to be a song about
it”.[1] It was played
dropped theat Liebe
every ist
on the Liebe concert
für alle the  Ahoi
of da Tour,, aTour,
the Ahoi
Tour Tour, but
move was
which
“Mein Teil” attracted controversy in Germany; the media irritated many fans. However, it returned to playlist for
dubbed it “Das Kannibalenlied” (“The Cannibal-Song”), the Latin American leg of the tour in 2010, the Auckland
 

6.15. “AMERI
“AMERIKA” 
KA”    63

and Perth legs of the Big Day Out festival and the South 2. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Instrumental
African leg of the tour in 2011, all replacing "Ich
" Ich tu dir Mix) Remix by Pet
by Pet Shop Boys – 7:00
weh"" except on the Brazllian leg of the South America
weh
tour, where both songs were played”. The song has since 3. Mein Teil (The Return to New York Buffet Mix)
returned to the playlist of the Made
the  Made In Germany 1995- by Arthur Baker – 7:22
Remix by Arthur
2011 Tour.
Tour. 4. Mein Teil (The Return to New York Buffet Instru-
by Arthur Baker – 7:23
mental Mix) Remix by Arthur

6.14.2
6.14.2 Music
Music vi
video
deo
6.14
6.14.5
.5 Note
Notess
The controversy over   Mein Teil  prompted MTV Ger-
many to restrict the airing of the music video to after 11 [1] Agence France-Presse (29 August 2004).  German rock
PM. The video shows a Christoph
PM. a Christoph “Doom” Schneider
Schneider be-
 be- band’s 'part' song tells of cannibal
cannibals’s’ repast.
repast.  Taipei Times .
ing  cross-dress
ing  cross-dressed
ed as
 as Armin
 Armin Meiwes's
Meiwes's mother, Till
mother, Till being
 being Accessed 2 July 2009.
fellated by an angel before he eats her wings and kills her;
fellated by 48thGra
[2]   48th Gramm
mmyy Awa
ward
rdss - 200
20066. Rock on the Ne
Net.t. Accesse
Accessedd
“Flake” performing
“Flake”  performing ballet in a hallucinatory state;  Paul 2 July 2009.
shaking, screaming violently and wandering around the
set in a frantic and crazed state; Richard
state;  Richard violently
 violently fight- [3]  http://www.austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=
his  doppelgänger;; Ollie
ing with his doppelgänger  Ollie writhing
 writhing on the floor in Rammstein&titel=Pussy&cat=s
painful spasms with his skin covered in white powder; the [4]  http://www.danishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=
band fighting in a mudpit; and five of the band members, Rammstein&titel=Pussy&cat=s
while behaving like dogs, crawling out of the Deutsche
the  Deutsche
Oper U-Bahn (subway)
U-Bahn (subway) station while held on leashes car- [5]  Suomen virallinen lista
ried by “Doom”
by “Doom”.. The video is directed by Zoran
by  Zoran Bihac
Bihac.. [6]  http://www.mcm.net/programmes/top50/
There is also a remix-version of the PSB-Mix. [7]  http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/
charts-kw-41-madonna-und-rammstein-vorn/280182
6.14
6.14.3
.3 Char
Charts
ts
[8]  Swedish Singles Chart
6.14.4
6.14.4 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng [9]  http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=
Rammstein&titel=Pussy&cat=s
5” CD Single
[10]  UK Singles Chart
1. Mein Teil (Single Version) – 4:23
2. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit)  Remix by 6.14.6
6.14.6 RefRefererenc
ences
es
Pet Shop Boys – 4:07 1. “Strange tastes”,   Sunday Herald Sun  (Melbourne,
3. Mein Tei
Teill (Return to New York Buffe
Buffett Mix) Remix Australia),
Australia), October 24, 2004
by Arthur Baker – 7:22
by Arthur 2. “German cannibal inspires
inspires hard rocke
rockers
rs Rammstein
4. Mein Teil (There Are No Guitars on This Mix) to new hit”, Agence France Presse, August 27, 2004
by Pet Shop Boys – 7:20
Remix by Pet
3. “Shoc
“Shock'n'r
k'n'roll
oll Circ
Circus”,
us”, The Time
Timess (Lond
(London),
on), Janua
January
ry
29, 2005
•  The Australian edition also features the Mein Teil
video.
6.14.7
6.14.7 Extern
External
al links
links
3” CD Single
• song at
 Full lyrics of this song  at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
1. Mein Teil (Single Version) – 4:23
2. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Edit)  Remix by
Pet Shop Boys – 4:07
6.15
6.15 “A
“Am
mer
eriika”

•   Also relea
released
sed as a 2-track 5” CD single. For other songs of this name, see Amerika
see Amerika (disambigua-
tion)#Music..
tion)#Music

2 x 12” Vinyl Single (limited to 1000 copies) "Amerika" is a songsong peperf

rfor
orme
medd by Germ
German
an band
band
Rammstein.. It was release
1. Mein Teil (You Are What You Eat Mix)  Remix by Rammstein releasedd in Septem
September
ber 2004 as the
Pet Shop Boys – 6:45 second single from their album  Reise, Reise.
 

64   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.15
6.15.1
.1 Cont
Conten
entt [2] ""Australian-charts.com
Australian-charts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
Amerika”..  ARIA
Top 50 Singles.
Singles.
The song deals with the worldwide influence of the [3] ""Aust
Austria
rianch
ncharts.
arts.at
at – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Amer
Amerika
ika”” (in Germa
German).
n).
culture of the United
culture of the United States of America.
America . The two verses Ö3 Austria Top 4040..
are sung in German with a chorus in Denglisch
in  Denglisch::  We're all 
living in Amerika, Amerika ist wunderbar, We're all liv- Ultra
[4] ""Ultratop
top.be
.be – Ram
Rammst
mstei
einn – Ame
Amerik
rika”
a”   (in Dutch).
Dutch).
ing in Amerika, Amerika, Amerika  and We're all living in Ultratop 50
50..
Amerika, coca cola, sometimes war . The band views it as Ultratop.b
[5] ""Ultratop.bee – Ramm
Rammstei
steinn – Amer
Amerika
ika””   (in French
French).
).
arefer
sati
satiric
rical Ultratip
Ultratip..
toalsuch
comm
comment
entary
thingsary on Americanization
Americanization,
considered , an
and
d th
thee lyri
American as Coca-Cola
as lyrics
 Coca-Cola, cs,
Claus,, Wonderbra and
Santa Claus  Wonderbra and Mickey
 Mickey Mouse.
Mouse. Dani
[6] ""Danish
shch
char
artsts.c
.com
om – Ramm
Rammst
stei
einn – Amer
Amerik
ika”
a”..
Tracklisten
Tracklisten..
Rammstein: Amerika” (in
[7] ""Rammstein: Amerika” (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat
Finnish).  Musiikkituottajat –
6.15
6.15.2
.2 Vide
Video
o IFPI Finland.
Finland.

The
The vide
videoo show
showss the band in Apollo-era spac
the band spacee suit
suitss on th
thee [8] ""Lescharts.com
Lescharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika” (in
Amerika”  (in French).
Moon, with shots of other cultures acting like like stereotyp- Les classement single.
single.
ical Americans
ical  Americans and and some using American-owned prod- [9] ""Musiclin
Musicline.de
e.de – Rammstein Single-Chartverfolgung”
Single-Chartverfolgung” (in
 (in
as  cigarettes,, with the assertion that Ameri-
ucts such as cigarettes German). Media
German). Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
 Media Control Charts.
can culture is everywhere.
everywhere. The high-tech Apoll
Apolloo scenes
are intercut with African
with African,, and Australian
and Australian Aborigine
Aborigine tribal
 tribal [10] ""Nederlandse
Nederlandse Top 40 – Rammstein search results”   (in
footage as a stark cultural contrast. The end of the video  Dutch Top 40.
Dutch) Dutch
Dutch) 40.
shows that the band have actually been in a fake Moon [11] ""Norwegiancharts.com
Norwegiancharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
Amerika”..   VG-
set in a studio,[1] complete with film crew, an allusion
to Apollo
to  Apollo moon landing hoax accusations.
accusations.   Till Linde- lista..
lista
mann,, Rammstein’s lead singer, wears a space suit with
mann Swedishcharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”
[12] ""Swedishcharts.com Amerika”..   Singles
the name “Armstrong” on it, a reference to Neil to  Neil Arm- Top 60.60.
strong.. The video ends with a band photograph left be-
strong Swisscharts.com – Rammstein – Amerika”.
[13] ""Swisscharts.com Amerika”.  Swiss Sin-
hind on the moon’s surface while the recording of  Jack gles Chart.
Chart.
Swigert's's quote “Houston, we've had a problem here” is
Swigert
being played.
6.15.7
6.15.7 Extern
External
al links
links

6.15.3 Live
Live perform
performance
ance • song at
 Full lyrics of this song  at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics

As with every song from   Reise, Reise  (except “Ohne

Reise, Reise
Dich”), “Amerika” debuted live in three consecutive con- 6.16 6.16 “O “Ohn hnee dich
dich” ”
certs for
for members of the Rammstein ffan an club. During
tour,  Flake is
the live performances of this song on tour, Flake  is of- For the Christina Stürmer song, see Ohne
see  Ohne dich (Christina
ten
nonsseen riding
firing red,around
white on
anda Segway
a Segway PT
PT with
 with
blue confetti in confetti
a parodycan-
of Stürmer song).
song).
 ticker-tapee parade
a  ticker-tap parade.. It was the lalast
st song of the ba band’s
nd’s
main set, and was played at every concert of the  Reise, "Ohne dich" (English: Without You) is a power a  power ballad
Reise  tour. During a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden on by German band Rammstein fromth
in Gothenburg, Sweden on rom thee album
album Reise, Reise.
July 30, 2005, frontman
frontman Till
 Till Lindemann  suffered a knee It can be seen as expressing mourning over the loss of a
Lindemann suffered
injury when keyboardist Flake  accidentally ran into him loved person. The song was released as the third single
keyboardist  Flake accidentally
with the Segway PT; this caused concerts scheduled in fromthealbumon22November2004inGermany(peak-
Asia to be cancelled. ing at #12), Switzerland and Austria. Other countries’ re-
leases followed up from that date. It follows a slow, even
romantic ballad style.
style. The central motif is 'Without you,
6.15.4
6.1 5.4 Trac
Track k listi
listing
ng
I cannot be..., With you, I am alone also...'

6.15
6.15.5
.5 Char
Charts
ts 6.16.1
6.16.1 Li
Live
ve st
stor
ory
y

6.15.6 Ref
6.15.6 Referen
erence cess The
The song
cert songfor
just debu
debutetedd livein
membe
memberslivein
rs ofits
itthe
s be
beta
ta ve
fanvers
rsio
ionn. in
club 20
2000
After00,, in aitco
that, con-
n-
was
Landing”,, Ethan Siegel.
[1]  “How to Fake your own Moon Landing” droppe
droppedd dur
duringthe
ingthe 2002001-2
1-2002
002Mut
Mutte
terr tour.
tour. It ret
return
urneded to
Science Blogs. June 7, 2009. Accessed June 7, 2011 the setlists for the 2004-2005 Reise, Reise tour, in which
 

6.17. “KEINE
“KEINE LU
LUST” 
ST”    65

it was played in almost every concert, exceptions being 6.17

6.17 “K
“Kei
eine
ne Lus
ust”
t”
festivals. Usually, sparks would rain over Till Lindemann
during the final chorus.
chorus. In those of the live sho
shows
ws that "Keine Lust" is a song by the German
the German band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein..
Apocalyptica
Apocalyptica was
 was the support act, they played the cellos
the cellos  single from
It was released as a fourth & final  single  from the al-
in the song. The song wasn't played in the Liebe Ist Für bum "Reise, Reise" on 28 February 2005 in Germanyin  Germany,,
Alle Da tour, but it reappared fo
forr the Made In Germany Austria, and Switzerland
Austria, and Switzerland as as a maxi-single, a limited edi-
1995 - 2011 tour & Download festival 2013  digipak single,
tion digipak
tion  single, a 7” vinyl
7”  vinyl single,
 single, a 12” Vinyl single,
and as a two-trac
two-track.
k.
6.16
6.16.2
.2 Vide
Video
o
6.17
6.17.1
.1 Vide
Video
o
The video was filmed in the Kaun Valley and on the
Großglockner in
Großglockner in Tyrol
 Tyrol,, Austria
 Austria.. It shows the band climb- Lust”  video,, filmed in January 2005 and
In the “Keine Lust” video
ing in the mountains when Rammstein’s vocalist Till
vocalist Till Lin- finally presented only a month later, the band is morbidly
demann f
demann  fall
allss and gets badly hurt
hurt.. The song the thenn ends obese. The film appears to be a reunion with visibly aged
while the band sits in the tent and Till, with  gangrene band members and instruments that are clearly old and
eating away at his injured leg, longingly watches up on a dusty. Out of all of the band members only keyboardist
mountain peak. The music starts again as the band starts Flake  appeared not to have gained any weight (because
Flake appeared
to cli
climb
mb the moun
mountain
tain,, carr
carrying
ying Till on their
their sho
should
ulders.
ers. In “anything he doesn't want to do, he doesn't do”, which
the end, they reach the mountain peak, Till takes a look includes
includ es eating). He arrives in a motorized wheelc
wheelchair,
hair,
around and dies satisfied. just in time to play the keyboard part. At the end of the
video, the rest of the band leaves, abandoning Flake who
6.16.3
6.16.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng has managed to stand during the song and now cannot sit
back down (or walk).
CD Maxi-Single[1] the MTV Europe
The video was up for a nomination for the MTV
Music Awards in
Awards in November 2005.
1. Ohne dich (Album Edit) - 4:31
2. Oh
Ohnene dic
dichh (Mina
(MinaHark
Harker’s
er’sVe
Versi
rsion)
on) Remix by Laibach 6.17.
6.17.2 2 Meani
Meaning ng
- 4:09
3. Ohne dich (Sacred Mix)  Remix by  sven helbig - 4:34
 Remix by sven
In the video The Making of Keine Lust , guitarist Richard
guitarist Richard
Kruspe discussed
Kruspe  discussed the meaning of the song and music
(Schiller Mix)
4. Ohne dich (Schiller  Mix) - 5:22 video.
(Under Byen
5. Ohne dich (Under Byen Remix)
 Remix) - 5:48
"You know, after all of these years 
6. Ohne dich (Beta
(Beta Version
Version)) - 4:23 we
we'r'ree full
full-u
-up!
p! Fame,
ame, succ
succes
ess,
s,
money.
mone y. We don't want
want to do any-
CD Single[2] thing anymore! Nothing! That’s the
ide
ideaa in the song. We've e've returne
returned 
d 
to the starting point
point again. We just 
1. Ohne dich (Album Edit) - 4:31
want
want to mak makee music
music ag
agai
ain.
n. We
2. Oh
Ohnene dic
dichh (Mina
(MinaHark
Harker’s
er’sVe
Versi
rsion)
on) Remix by Laibach don't want all the circus that goes 
- 4:09 wit
withh it anymor
anymore.e. So, we meet
meet up
again, one more time, for one more
 performance-
 perf ormance- just to make music to-
6.16
6.16.4
.4 Char
Charts
ts  gether. The fa fact
ct that we are fat 
is just symbolic
symbolic for
for excess.
excess. It’s re-
6.16.5
6.16.5 Ref
Referen
erence
cess ally just about returning to the be-
 ginning."
[1]   http://www.discogs.com/Rammstein-Ohne-Dich/
release/467115
[2]   http://www.discogs.com/Rammstein-Ohne-Dich/ 6.17.3
6.17.3 Li
Live
ve st
stor
ory
y
release/631655
It was first played in three consecutive concerts for mem-

6.16.6
6.16.6 Extern
External
al links
links bers
it wasofplayed
the ed
play faninclub, in October
every concert. 2004.
concert. LargeIncolumn
the formal
columns s of  tour,
CO 
2

were part of the stage show. The band played the song in
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics the  Echo Awards
the Echo Awards 2005,
 2005, dressed in the costumes used in
 

66   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

the video. They eveven

en arrived on stage in the cars seen in 6.17. 6.17.55 Char
Charts ts
the video. At first, “Kein
“Keinee Lust” was the only song from
Reise, Reise in the
the Li
Lieb
ebee Is
Istt Fü lle Da tour setlist, eexcep
Fürr Alle xceptt 6.1
6.17.6
7.6 Extern
External al links
links
for "Amerika
"Amerika"" which was played at one show, and "Mein " Mein
Teil",
Teil ", which was reintroduced into the setlist later in the • song at
 Full lyrics of this song  at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
tour.

6.18
6.18 “B
“Ben
enzi
zin”
n”
6.17.4
6.17.4 Trac
Trackli
klist
sting
ing
German CD Single "Benzin" (German, in English: Gasoline) is a song by
industriall metal band Rammstein
German industria Rammstein,, re
rele
leas
ased
ed as the
the
1. Keine Lust - 3:44 first single from their album  Rosenrot .
2. Keine Lust (Remix No.1) By Clawfinger
 By Clawfinger - 4:37 In
In Germany
 Germany,,  gasoline
 gasoline is
 is called  Benzin (which is derived
 By  DJ Drug - from the chemical mixture benzine
3. Keine Lust (The Psychosonic Remix)  By DJ mixture benzine).). The song uses the
5:02 word “Gasolin”, however the word does not exist in the
German language,
language, but it is an English
an  English word
 word made Ger-
4. Kein  By Azad - 3:52
Keinee Lust (Bozz Remix) By Azad man. There
There was
was,, how
howev
ever,
er, a Germ
Germanan cha
chain
in of gas statio
stations
ns
5. Keine Lust (Jazz Remix) By Clawfinger
 By Clawfinger - 4:11 called “Gasolin.”
Benzin was Rammstein’s first number one single, getting
(Black Strobe
6. Keine Lust (Black Strobe Remix)
 Remix) - 7:08 to number one in Finland after its release in 2005.
7. Kein
Keinee Lust (Curv
(Curvee Remix) By Front
 By Front 242 - 3:40

8. Kein
Keine Fliegenn Remix) By Krieger
- 3:30e Lust (Ich zähl die Fliege  By  Krieger 6.18.1
6.18.1 MusicMusic video
video
In the video, Rammstein
video,  Rammstein are
 are firefighters. They have not
• and Pock-it CD
 Also released as a 2-track CD and Pock-it  CD fea- had a call for a long time, and are thus very ill-equi
ill-equipped
pped
turing “Keine Lust” and “Keine Lust (Remix No.1)" for dealing with an emergency. They enter a huge, three-
lane-wide fire-engine, and set off on their journey, not
UK CD Single
taking any notice of the damage they are causing, or the
1. Keine Lust - 3:44 people they are killing. They plow through high-voltage
high-voltage
power-lines, trains, trees and normal road vehicles; de-
2. Ohn
Ohnee dic
dichh (Mi
(Mina
na Har
Harkeker’s
r’s Version) by Laibach -4:09 spite
Version) spite this, the truc
truckk remains unsc
unscratc
ratched.
hed. Durin
Duringg the
journey, the scene changes to a fantasy by guitarist
guitarist Paul
 Paul
3. Mutter (Orch
(Orchestra
estra V
Version)
ersion) H. Landers,
Landers, during which he saves a “damsel-in-distress”
UK DVD Single
from
from a burning building. During this ffantasy,
antasy, the band
members are seen playing their instruments in the back-
1. Keine Lust Audio - 3:44 ground
gro undamo
amongngst
st the
thesm
smok
oke.
e. The
The sce
scene
ne re
retur
turns
ns to the
the Fir
Fire-
e-
engine, plowing through traffic and buildings before it
2. Mein TeTeilil (Single V ersion) Audio - 4:26
Version) overturns and sends the band-members crashing through
the windscreen.
windscreen. As Till comes round, a man points to the
3. Mein Teil (Video) Full Version 4:25 top of a nearby building. It dawns on them that they have
4. Making of the 'Me 'Mein
in Teil' Vi
Video
deo - 11:38 crashed right outside
outside the emergenc
emergency. y. They scrambl
scramblee to
get a safety trampoline out for the jumper, who happens
UK 7” Vinyl Single to be Christian
be Christian “Flake” Lorenz.
Lorenz. The trampoline rips just
as he jumps, at which point the video ends, implying the
1. Keine Lust - 3:44 man’s death seconds later - the actual event likely consid-
2. Du hast (Live) (Live audio from Parkbühne Wuhlheide, ered too graphic to includ includee - and thus the destruction up
Berlin, August 1998) - 4:27
to that point having achieved nothing.

12” Vinyl Single

6.18.2 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess
1. Kein
Keinee Lust (Black SStrobe
trobe Remix)
the  Reise, Reise tour
The song was first played live in the Reise, Reise tour on
2. Kein
Keinee Lust (Black Strobe Re
Remix
mix Instrumenta
Instrumental)l) 23 June. 2005
release
release. in Berlin’s
It replac
replaced
ed Moska
MoskauWuhlheide , months
u on the setl
setlist. beforewa
ist. Benzin itss
was
3. Kein
Keinee Lust (Curv
(Curvee Remix)
played on the next two nights, lyrics changing a little bit
4. Kein
Keinee Lust (Curve Rem
Remix
ix Instrumen
Instrumental)
tal) even from one night to the next. Theatrical flames shot
 

6.19. “ROSENRO
“ROSENROT” 
T”    67

The lyri
lyrics
cs con
contain
tain elemen
elementsts fr
from
om   Johann Wolf
Wolfgang
gang
von Goethe's
Goethe's poem "Heidenröslein
"Heidenröslein"" (while his poem
Erlkönig"" sim
"Erlkönig similar
ilarly
ly inspir
inspired
ed the Rei
Reise, Reise track
se, Reise track,, "Dalai
Lama"),
Lama "), and the story "Schneeweißchen
"Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
Rosenrot,”,”
from the Brot
Brothers
hersGrimm
Grimm.. Tillal
Till also
so seld
seldom
om use
usess histra
his trade
de--
mark curling of 'R’s in the song.
The single was released in Germany on December 16,
2005.
The song features riffs used previously in “Stein um
Stein”.

Benzin  perf
 performed
ormed live at Bercy (Paris), 2009 6.19
6.19.1
.1 Vide
Video
o

twent
twentyy me
metr
tres
es into
into the
the ai
airr during
duringtho
those
se lilive
ve perf
perform
ormanc
ances
es.. The vivideo
deopor
portra
trays
ys the
theban
bandd as trave
travelli
lling
ng monks from dif-
It was then played in the non-festival concerts until the ferent religious
ferent orders who have come to a small village,
 religious orders who
end of the tour, but this time without any pyrotechnics. Fundata (nearby
Fundata  (nearby Brașov
 Brașov),), Romania
 Romania.. The m main
ain sstory
tory ooff
However, as of the Liebe Ist Für Alle Da tour, Benzin has th
thee video
videoshshow
owss the
the ban
band’s
d’svo
voca
calis
listt Till
TillLind
Lindeman
emannn falling
returned to being performed with pyrotechnics, including in love with one of the local girls, whom he met during a
a flamethrower disguised as a petrol pump. By the end of celebratory feast. At her request, he enters her house and
the song Till Lindemann uses it to set a 'fan' on fire, who murders her parents. As he leaves the house, he smiles
runs through the stage until the song is over. to the girl and she smiles back briefly, before crying out,
at which the villagers rush upon Till from the darkness
and beat him. They tie him up and burn
and  burn him on a stake
stake;;
6.18.3
6.18.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng Till’s fellow monks and his lover participate in the execu-
tion by throwing burning brands onto the woodpile.woodpile. The
All songs by Rammstein. girl
girl in the
thevi
vide
deoo is por
portra
traye
yedd by Rom
Romani anian
an mod
model
el Căt
Cătăl
ălina
ina
Lavric, who was 14 at the time of shooting.
1. Benzin - 3:47 The plot partially mirrors the song’s lyrics: in both the
video and the song, a man is asked to commit a self-
2. Benzin (Combustion Remix) by Meshuggah
 by Meshuggah - 5:05 destructive yet pointless act by his lover, and dies in the
attempt
atte mpt while
while she is unharme
unharmed. d. In the video the man
 by Ad Rock - 3:45
3. Benzin (Smallstars Remix) by Ad commits murder and is executed; in the song he attempts
to retrieve a rose from a mountain, and falls - “Both fall
 by Apocalyptica - 3:48
4. Benzin (Kerosinii Remix) by Apocalyptica down” (Beide fallen in den Grund) - to his death .

6.18.4
6.18.4 Ref
Referen
erence
cess 6.19.2
6.19.2 Trac
Trackli
klisti
sting
ng
6.18.5
6.18.5 Extern
External
al links
links 1. Rosenrot (Single Edit) - 3:47
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics 2. Rosenrot (The Tweaker Remix)   by  Chris Vrenna   -
by Chris
4:34

6.19
6.19 “R
“Ros
osen
enro
rot”
t” 3. Rosenrot (Northern Lite Remix)  by  Northern Lite  -
 by Northern
4:45
"Rosenrot" (German for Rose-red) is a song and single 4. Rosenr
Rosenrot
ot (3a
(3am
m At Cos
Cosyy Remix
Remix)) by Jagz Kooner -4:50
Kooner
from the album
the album of the same name by
name by the German band
Rammstein.
Rammstein.
The “Rosenrot” track was highly anticipated by fans of •  Two 2-track CD’s were released, featuring slightly
Rammstein
Rammstein,, as it was first hailed in February 2004 to be different tracklists:
the first single from the band’s fourth studio album,  Reise,
•   “Ros
“Rosen
enro
rott (Sin
(Singl
glee Edit
Edit)"
)" and
and “Ros
“Rosen
enro
rott
the (the
Reise
In end, song "Mein didn't
"Mein
“Rosenrot” Teil
Teil"" even
took make
the honour instead).
the tracklist of (Northern Lite Remix)"
Reise, Reise, a move that the band’s management claimed •  “Rosenrot (Single Version)" and “Rosenrot
“left them speechless.” (Northern Lite Remix)"
 

68   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.19.3
6.19.3 Ref
Referen
erence
cess The German word  Schwuler  is
 is the equivalent to " gay" in
English, although some people have concluded that Till’s
deliberate mispronunciation is intended to be translated
6.20
6.2 0 “M “Mann
ann gegegegenn Man
Mann” n” as a derogatory term, and would translate more as the
equivalent to the American derogatory term for a homo-
"Mann gegen Mann" (“Man against Man” ) is a song sexual man, “ fagg ”.[1]
ot ”.
 faggot 
from the German
the  German band
 band Rammstein
 Rammstein.. Thi
Thiss son
songg was rre-
e-
leased in March of 2006, and was the third and final sin-
gle
traysfrom Rammstein
from  Rammstein's
a man 's album,
with strong,  Rosenrot . The
repressed The son
repressed homosexual song por-- 6.20.3
g por
 homosexual desires,
 desires, 6.20.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listings
ngs
and it is the first Rammstein music video to have nudity 2-track UK CD single
of  Depeche Mode
since the music video for their cover of Depeche Mode's's
"Stripped ", ". This 1. “Mann gegen Mann” – 3:52
", and it is the second track on " Rosenrot ".
song and its accompanying music video were never aired 2. “Rosenrot” (The Tweake Tweakerr Remix) by Chris Vrenna –
 by Chris
in the United
the United States
States due
 due to the subject of homosexuality 4:34
being very controversial.

Enhanced CD single
6.20.1
6.20.1 Music
Music vi
video
deo
1. “Mann gegen Mann” – 3:51
The video premiered
premiered on 2 February 2006, on MTV Ger- 2. “Mann gegen Mann”
Mann” (Popular Mus
Music
ic Mix) by  Vince
 by Vince
many and was directed by Jonas by  Jonas Åkerlund
Åkerlund.. The video
video Clarke – 4:06
quite
qui te clearl
clearlyy con
conveveys
ys imag
images es of a homosexual nature. The
band members in the video are almost entirely naked, 3. “Mann gegen Mann” (Musensohn Remix)   by  Sven
by Sven
aside from frontman Till
frontman  Till Lindemann
Lindemann.. Till Till iiss dr
dres
esse
sedd Helbig – 3:12
in long black hair extensions, and feminine high
feminine  high heeled
boots that go part way up his thighs. He also wears a set 4. “Ich will” (live
(live vid
video
eo at
at Festival
 Festival de Nimes
Nimes)) – 4:02
of black latex briefs. The rest of the band members wear
only black army boots, and their instruments cover their •   Also released as a 2-track CD featuring “Mann
genitals.
genital s. The video alternates betw between
een shots of the band gegen Mann” and “Mann gegen Mann (Popular Mu-
playing in an open room and a writhing group of naked, sic Mix)"
muscular, oiled men.
Duri
Duringng the
the br
brid
idge
ge of
ofth
thee so
song
ng,, th
thee ba
band
ndis
isbe
bein
ingg rain
rained
ed on
on,, Australian version
and a frenzied Till screams the lyric "Schwuler-Ah!" as a
tongue begins
forked tongue  begins to flick from his mouth. The tempo 1. “Mann gegen Mann” – 3:52
of the song changes to a melodic pace, as the band mem-
bers then appear with the oiled naked men, and are car- 2. “Mann gegen Mann”
Mann” (Popular Mus
Music
ic Mix) by
 by Vince
 Vince
ried over them.
them. Till has become aa demon  demon,, and the hands Clarke – 4:06
and the arms of naked men reach up towards him; and 3. “Mann gegen Mann” (Musensohn Remix)   by  Sven
by Sven
the song’s tempo changes again to the frenzied pace. The Helbig – 3:12
group of men with the band members begin to wrestle
and fight with one another as it rains on them. Screaming 4. “Mann gegen Mann” (Type O Remix)  by Josh Silver
 by Josh
"Schwuler " again, Till starts to rip his long black hair out – 3:59
as the song closes.
12” vinyl single

6.20.2 Pronunc
Pronunciat
iation
ionss 1. “Mann gegen Mann” – 3:52
Till’s pronunciation of “Schwuler ” emphasizes the “ER” 2. “Rosenrot” (3am at Cosey Remix)  by  Jagz Kooner –
 by Jagz
into an “A” sound. Pronounced as “Schwulah”, in com- 4:50
parison to English, the pronunciation itself would be sim-
ilar to the pronunciation of "Player " as "Playa" in the 2-track promo CD
American English
English dialect
 dialect known as African
as  African American
Vernacular English or
English or ebonics. However in the German
the  German 1. “Mann gegen
gegen Mann” (Futurist Rem
Remix) by Alec Em-
ix) by Alec
language
language,, the
lophone [ɐ̯ “ER” (this
],], making pronounced:/əʁ/),
theory unlikely,has
as ait regular al-
is not em- pire –
pire  – 3:53
phatic but regular in speech with any words ending the 2. “Mann gegen Mann” (Popular
(Popular Musi
Musicc Mix) by
by Vince
 Vince
same way. Clarke –
Clarke  – 4:06
 

6.22. “ICH TU DIR

DIR WEH” 
WEH”    69

12” promo vinyl • Galore, a fictional character in the novel and

 Pussy Galore,
film Goldfinger 
1. “Mann gege
gegenn Mann” (Futurist Re
Remix)
mix) by
by Alec
 Alec Em-
pire –
pire  – 3:53
6.21
6.21.3
.3 Musi
Musicc
2. “Mann gegen ManMann”
n” (Popular Mus
Music
ic Mix) by Vince
by Vince
Clarke –
Clarke  – 4:06 • song), a 1998 acid house
 “Pussy” (Lords of Acid song),
song
6.20
6.20.4
.4 Char
Charts
ts •
  “Pussy” (Rammstein
(Rammstein song),
song), a 2009 industrial metal
song
6.20.5
6.20.5 Ref
Referen
erence
cess •   “Pussy” (Iggy Azalea
Azalea song),
song), a 2011 hip hop song
[1]   “Rammstein Mann gegen Mann lyric lyric with English trans- •   "Pussy (Real Good)",
Good)", a 2004 hip hop song by Jacki-
lation”.. affenknecht.com
lation” affenknecht.com.. Retrieved
Retrieved 2012-04-13. O
[2] Zywietz, Tobias.  “Chart Log UK: The Rabble Army - • PussyRiot, a Russ
  PussyRiot, Russian
ianpost
post-f
-femin
eminist
ist band
bandand
and act
activi
ivist
st
RZA”.. Zobbel. Retrieved 2011-01-05.
RZA” group
Rock” (in
[3]  “Pop Rock”  (in Spanish
Spanish).
). Record
Record Report.
Report. 2006-07-15.
2006-07-15. •  Pussy Whipped , a 1993 album by punk band Bikini
Archived from the
from the original
original on
 on 2006-11-24. Kill

6.20.6
6.20.6 Extern
External
al links
links 6.21.
6.21.4
4 Se
Seee al
also
so
• song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at  MetroLyrics •

 Pussycat (disambiguation)
•  Puss (disambiguation)
6.21
6.21 “P
“Pus
usssy” •   All pages beginning
beginning with “pussy”
Pussy may refer to a cat, or be used as sexual slang or as
•  All pages with titles containing “pussy”
an insult.
Pussy may also refer to: 6.22
6.22 “Ic
“Ich
h tu dir
dir we
weh”
h”
•   Cat
Cat,, a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivo- "Ich tu dir weh" ("I hurt you" or "I do you woe” ) is the
rous mammal second
secondsi
sing
ngle
le from
romthe
the200
20099 album
album LiLieb
ebee is
istt für alle da by
alle
• drink),, a British soft drink
 Pussy (energy drink) band Rammstein.. Due to the sado-masochistic
German band Rammstein the sado-masochistic
content of this song, the album was placed on the “in-
• Pussy (hors
  Pussy (horse)
e)   (1831–after
(1831–after 1848)
1848),, thor
thoroug
oughbr
hbred
ed dex” maintained by the German Bundesprüfstelle
German Bundesprüfstelle für ju-
racehorse
raceho rse and winner of the 1834 Epsom Oaks gendgefährdende
gendgef M edien..[1][2] In May 2010, the original
ährdende Medien
uncensored album and the single were de-indexed and
consequently released in Germany.[3]
6.21
6.21.1
.1 Pl
Plac
aces
es

• France, a village in the commune of La 6.22.1

 Pussy, France, 6.22.1 Music Music video
video
Léchère in the Savoie département of France, not
far from Moûtiers The music video for the song was released online on 21
December 2009, hosted on the adult site visit-X.
6.21
6.21.2
.2 Peo eopl
plee The video shows the band performing the song with
equipment
equipm ent that has black and gray colors. BothBoth Till
 Till Lin-
•  Jeanne-Justine Fouqueau de Pussy  (1786–1863), demann and
demann  and Oliver
 Oliver Riedel
Riedel are
 are wearing eye contact
contactss that
19th-century French author eventually turn colors (Riedel’s turn green and Linde-
mann’s turn red). Lindemann’s mouth also emi emits
ts a white
• Jones (1871–?), Welsh rugby union centre
 Pussy Jones (1871–?), liligh
ghtt when
when he sing
sings.
s. A cabl
cablee run
runss thr
throu
ough
gh hisch
his chee
eek,
k, and
andaa
• Pussy Tebe
  Pussy Tebeau
au   (1870–1950)
(1870–1950),, Ame
America
ricann base
baseball
ball light is mounted inside of his mouth. Lindemann wanted
right fielder the
just effect
for thetoproduction.
be authentic,
[4][5]soAthethe
had his cheek
climax of thepierced
video,
• Pussy Tourette (21st
Tourette (21st century), stage name of Amer- the stage around Flake
around  Flake fills
 fills with electricity, resulting in
ican drag queen the band members exploding at the last note.
 

70   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.22.2 Live
Live perform
performance
ancess Digital download EP

When pla
When played
yedlivlive,
e, larg
largee amou used 1. “Ich tu dir weh”
nts of pyrotechnics are used
amounts weh” (radio eedit)
dit) – 3:57
during
during “Ich tu dir weh weh”.”. A chore
choreogra
ographe
phedd fight takes
takes 2. “Pussy” (Lick It Remix) by Scooter
by Scooter –  – 4:54
place mid-song between Lindemann and Flake, which
ends with Flake being forced into a large bathtub. Lin- 3. “Rammlied” (Rammin' the the Stein
Steinss Remix) by
by Devin
 Devin
demann proceeds to stand on a platform that raises him Townsend –
Townsend  – 5:09
high above the bathtub, from which he pours a large
amount of sparks from a milk can into the bath below. 4. “Ich tu dirh –weh”
Schmalbach
Schmalbac 6:42(Smallboy Remix) by Jochen
This causes multiple large explosions, after which Flake
emerges
emerg es wearing a sil silver
ver holog
holographic
raphic sui
suit.t. In the first 5. “Ich tu dir weh” (Fukkk
( Fukkk Offf Remix)
Offf Remix) – 6:07
few German concerts of the  Liebe ist für alle da  tour,
they modified song’s lyrics to allow Lindemann to sing  Includes digital booklet
•

them, because the original lyrics were tagged as inap-

propriate by the Bundesprüfstelle
the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende
Medien..
Medien [1][2] 6.22.
6.22.4
4 Char
Charts ts

6.22.5
6.22.5 Ref
Refer
erenc
ences
es
6.22.3
6.22.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng
[1]  Konzert mit “Ich tu dir weh”,
weh” , N24, 24 November 2009.
All songs written by Rammstein. (German)
[2]   RAMMSTEIN - Bundesprüfstelle
Bundesprüfstelle setzt neues Album auf
den Index,
Index, Whiskey-Soda.de,
Whiskey-Soda.de, 7 November
November 2009. (Ger-
Limited CD single
man)
[6] [3]  http://www.rammstein.de/blog/lang/en/2010/06/09/
ich-tu-dir-weh-ich-tu-dir-weh
1. “Ich tu dir w
weh”
eh” (radio edi
edit)
t) – 3:57 [4]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szkjx3KUmVE

by Scooter –
2. “Pussy” (Lick It Remix) by Scooter – 4:54 [5]  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYA5wjlZRU&
feature=related
3. “Rammlied” (Rammin' th
thee Stein
Steinss Remix) by
by Devin
 Devin [6]  http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/56180.htm
Townsend –
Townsend – 5:09
[7]  http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/56182.htm
4. “Ich tu dir weh” (Smallboy Remix) by Jochen [8]  http://www.whatrecords.co.uk/items/56181.htm
Schmalbachh – 6:42
Schmalbac
[9]  Ich tu dir weh at Austriancharts.com
12” vinyl single [10]   Ich tu dir weh at lescharts.com
lescharts.com
[11]  http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/rocksingles/
[7]

1. “Ich tu dir w
weh”
eh” (radio edi
edit)
t) – 3:57 6.23
6.23 “H
“Hai
aifis
fisch
ch”
”
( Fukkk Offf Remix)
2. “Ich tu dir weh” (Fukkk Offf Remix) – 6:07 "Haifisch" (German
German:: “Shark”) is the third single from
the 2009 album  Liebe ist für alle da by the German band
 The European edition is pressed on black vinyl, and Rammstein.
• Rammstein. Just before before announcing the premier
premieree of the
the UK edition is pressed on white vinyl. video, Rammstein’s website left this quote regarding the
so
song
ng:: “t
“the
he shar
sharkk nonott on
only
ly has
has te
teet
ethh – he’s
he’s got
got te
tear
arss as we
wellll..
But since it lives
lives in the briny deep, no one sees them. A
7” single-sided etched vinyl single shame
shame.. Af
Afte
terr all,
all, this
this car
cartil
tilagi
agino
nous
us fish
fish is on
onee of the
the olde
oldestst
[8]
of the world’s many misunderstood creatures. A bit more
sympathy couldn't hurt!"
Thechorustothesongisanallusiontothelyricsof"Mack
Thechorustothesongisanallusiontothelyricsof" Mack
1. “Ich tu dir w
weh”
eh” (radio edi
edit)
t) – 3:57
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TheKnife",
Knife ", a song
Threepen
Thre epenny written
ny Oper
Opera byifisc
a. “Ha
“HaifiBerthold
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•

the UK edition is pressed on red vinyl. week.

 

6.23. “HAIFI
“HAIFISCH” 
SCH”    71

6.23.1
6.23.1 Music
Music vi
video
deo 6.23.3
6.23.3 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng

The music video was released on 23 April 2010 on the All songs by Rammstein.
band’s MySpace
band’s  MySpace page.
 page.
[2]
Thevi
The vide
deoo show
showss the
the ban
bandd at the
theffune
uneral
ral of th
thee le
lead
ad singer, Limited CD single
singer,
Till Lind
Lindeman
emannn, with
with som
somee oth
other
er mo
mourn
urners
ers,, one of whom
whom
is  Marilyn Manson.
is Marilyn Manson. A figh fightt bre
break
akss out bet
betwe
ween
en tw
twoo 1. Haifisch - 3:46
women
of who contemplate
the band have had Till’swhochildren.
should Meanwhile, the rest
replace Lindemann 2. Haifis
Haifisch
ch (Ha
(Hais
iswin
wingg Remix
Remix)) by Olsen Invol
Involtini
tini -3:40
as the singer (Henry
(Henry Rollins
Rollins and
 and James
 James Hetfield are
Hetfield are sug-
gested, with Hetfield presumably being picked, as his pic- (Hurts Remix)
3. Haifisch (Hurts Remix) - 3:45
ture was shown more than once, as well as being pointed 4. Haifisch (Schwefelgelb
(Schwefelgelb Remix)
 Remix) - 4:24
to by one of the band members). As the video continues,
Linde
Lin deman
mannn is lowe
lowere
redd int
intoo hisgra
his graveve belo
below
w th
thee in
inscr
script
iptio
ionn
12” limited and numbered blue vinyl
(German:: “finally alone”)
“endlich allein” (German alone”) and many sce-
narios are shown of how Lindemann died, which are all
based on previous Rammstein videos: being beaten and 1. Haifisch - 3:46
set on fire by Christoph
by Christoph Schneider ("
Schneider ("Du Du hast
hast"),
"), having his
rope cut while rock climbing by Richard
by  Richard Kruspe
Kruspe (" ("Ohne
Ohne (Schwefelgelb Remix)
2. Haifisch (Schwefelgelb  Remix) - 4:24
dich"),
dich "), having his oxygen pipe removed from his space
suit
suit by Oliver
Oliver Riede
Riedell whileonthemoon("
whileonthemoon("Amerika Amerika"), "), and 7” limited and numbered blue vinyl
a fat Lindemann being suffocated with spaghetti force-
fed to him by Christian
by Christian Lorenz (an
Lorenz (an homage to the movie 1. Haifisch - 3:46
Se7en, ""Mein
Mein Teil"
Teil" and also "Keine
"Keine Lust
Lust")
") . Lorenz also
imagines Paul
imagines  Paul Landers
Landers being
 being spanked by Lindemann in a 2. Haifis
Haifisch
ch (Ha
(Hais
iswin
wingg Remix
Remix)) by Olsen Invol
Involtini
tini -3:40
("Sonne").
Snow White costume ("Sonne "). There is a reference to
"Ich will
the "Ich will"" video as Landers opens the French doors to Digital download[3]
confront Kruspe. Later in the video, the band begins to
fight amongst themselves and Lorenz finds himself falling
into the grave and breaking open Lindemann’s coffin, re- 1. Haifisch - 3:46
vealing that there is no body inside. Lindemann, having 2. Haifis
Haifisch
ch (Ha
(Hais
iswin
wingg Remix
Remix)) by Olsen Invol
Involtini
tini -3:40
grown a mustache, is then shown alive and well in Oahu,
in  Oahu,
Hawaii,, where he sends a postcard to the band that reads
Hawaii 3. Haifisch (Hurts
(Hurts Remix)
 Remix) - 3:45
“Viele Grüße vom Arsch der Welt” Welt” (German: “Greet-
ings from the ass (arse) of the world”) and shows that he (Schwefelgelb Remix)
4. Haifisch (Schwefelgelb  Remix) - 4:24
has caught a tiger
a tiger shark on
shark on what appears to be February
" Mein Land
14, 2010, being a prelude leading into the "Mein Land"" 5. Haifisch (Paul
(Paul Kalkbrenner
Kalkbrenner Remix)
 Remix) - 3:28
video.
•  Includes Digital Booklet
Itnotwas
to the first Rammstein
be premiered on thevideo
adultfrom  Liebe ist für alle da
site Visit-X.
6.23.4
6.23.4 Chart
Chart posit
positio
ions
ns

6.23
6.23.2
.2 Liv
Live •   UK Rock Chart - 34
  German singl
• singles
es chart - 33
“Haifisch” made its live debut, as most of Rammstein’s
songs, during fan exclusive concerts held in Berlin in Oc-  French singles chart - 51
•

tober 2009, segueing out of Sonne and follo

followed
wed by “Ich
will”, separating the common duo that has been a feature
in the encores since 2001. When played live, the break is 6.23.5
6.23.5 Ref Refererenc
enceses
extended and a band member (usually Flake
(usually Flake,, who hadn't
performed the stunt in years) surfs the crowd in a rubber [1]  “HAIFISCH (Single)"
(Single)"..
dinghy - a feat that previously had been performed dur-
ing “Stripped”, “Seemann” and, occasionally, “Heirate [2]   “Hai“Haifisch
fisch:: Ramm
Rammstei
stein:
n: Amazo
Amazon.de:
n.de: Musi
Musik”
zon.de. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
k”.. Ama-

Mich”. Thecountry
flag of the band membe
member
that ther show
will then proceed
is being to w
wave
avein.a
performed [3]  “The Gauntlet News - Rammstein to release new single
Due to this boat ride, the song may reach the 10 minutes June 1.html”.
1.html”. Thegauntlet.com. 2010-05-18. Retrieved
mark, almost three times the length of the studio version. 2012-02-20.
 

72   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.23.6
6.23.6 Extern
External
al links
links 6.24.3
6.24.3 Ref
Refer
erenc
ences
es

•   Video [1] Hart, Josh (November 11, 2011).  “Rammstein Release

New Music Video for “Mein Land"".
Land"". Guitar World. Re-
trieved 11 November 2011.
•  Rammstein’s official web site
[2]  “Poslušajte novi singl grupe Rammstein - 'Mein Land' –
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics audio” (in
audio”  (in Croatian). 
Croatian).   MTV
MTV.. 28 October 2011. Retrieved
20 November 2011.
[3]  “Single-Release of Mein Land”.
Land”. Rammstein. 10 Novem-
6.24
6.24 “M
“Mei
ein
n La
Land
nd”
” ber 2011. Retrieved
Retrieved 11 November 2011.
[4]   “Rammstein Unleash New Video For
For ‘Mein Land’".
Land’".  Rock
German for
"Mein Land" ((German  for “My country”) is the first sin- Sound.. 11 Novem
Sound November
ber 2011.
2011. Retriev
Retrieved
ed 20 Nov
Novembe
emberr
gle of the retrospective  Made in Germany 1995–2011 2011.
by the German band Rammstein
band Rammstein.. It was releareleased
sed on 11 •  Rammstein To Release New Single, “Mein Land,”
November 2011 in Germany
in  Germany,,  Austria 
 Austria   and
and   Switzerland on November 11.
11. Rev
Revolve
olvermag.com.
rmag.com. 24 October
and internationally on 14 November.[3] 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
The cover art is based on The
on  The Beach Boys
Boys''  Surfer Girl 
album cover.
6.24.4
6.24.4 Extern
External
al links
links

•  Rammstein - Mein Land

6.24.1
6.24.1 Music
Music vi
video
deo
•  Full lyrics of this song at
song at MetroLyrics
 MetroLyrics
The music video for “Mein Land” was filmed on 23
May 2011 at Sycamore Cove State Beach, in Malibu in  Malibu,,
California
California.. It was di
direc
rected
ted bbyy  Jonas Åkerlund
Åkerlund,, and de- 6.25
6.25 “M
“Mei
ein
n He
Herz
rz br
bren
ennt
nt”
”
pict
pictss ban
bandd me
memb
mbers
ersin
in cas
casual
ual 196
1960s0s bea
beach
ch at
attitire.
re. It show
showss
them having a party while words in Beach Boy-type font "Mein Herz brennt" (German(German for
 for “My heart burns”) is a
describe the
the beach party. Near the end of the video, it by German industrial
single by German  industrial metal band Rammstein
band Rammstein.. The
cuts to 2012 and shows the band performing at the same so
song
ng fir
first
st ap
appe
pear
ared
ed as the
the op
open
enin
ingg so
song
ng to the
the band
band’s
’s thir
thirdd
beach, but dressed up industrially with flames shooting album Mutter  in in 2001, and was used as the opening track
from
from various things around the stag stage.
e. During the stage for concerts during that era. In 2011 it appeared on the
performance, each band member has face paint similar band’s first greates
greatestt hits compila
compilation
tion titled Made in Ger-
to Brandon Lee in
to Brandon Lee in the film The
film  The Crow
Crow.. The music video many 1995–2011, being the only song on the album that
was released on 11 November 2011.[4] at the time of release had not been released as a single or
had a music video.
6.24.2
6.24.2 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng It was announced on November 22, 2012 that the song
would be released as a single to promote the then-
All songs by Rammstein. upcoming video colleccollection
tion Videos 1995–2012.[1][2][3] A
piano version of the song was released as a single on 7
December 2012.
CD single
The song’s lyrics involve a narrator describing the terrors
of nightmares. The opening line of the song’s intro and
1. “Mein Land” (“My Land”) - 3:53 chorus (Nun, liebe Kinder, gebt fein Acht. Ich habe euch
etwas mitgebracht , meaning “Now, dear children, pay at-
2. “Vergiss uns nicht” (“Don't forget us”) - 4:10 tention. I have brought something for you”) is taken from
the 1950s German children’s TV show   Das Sandmän-
3. “My Co
Country
untry”” (The
(The BossHoss
BossHoss)) - 4:08 nchen (The Little Sandman
Little Sandman). Every night the show would
come on and Das Sandmännchen would tell bedtime sto-
4. “Mein Land” (Mogwai
(Mogwai Mix)
 Mix) - 4:30 ries. This may entail the song’s narrator bei being
ng a darker
version of the title character.
7” vinyl

1. “Mein Land” - 3:53 6.25.1

6.25.1 Music
Music video
videoss
Two separate videos were composed for “Mein Herz
2. “Ver
“Vergiss
giss uns ni
nicht”
cht” - 4:10 brennt”, one for the original version and another for the
 

6.25. “MEIN HERZ BRENNT” 

BRENNT”    73

piano cover. The music video for the piano version of the CD-Maxi
song premiered on 7 December 2012 via via Vimeo
 Vimeo.. It was
of  Beelitz-Heilstätten,, and 1. Mein Herz brennt
filmed in the main bathroom of Beelitz-Heilstätten brennt – Piano V Version
ersion - 4:31
was
was dir
direc
ected
tedbyby Zor
Zoran Bihac..[4] Thi
an Bihac Thiss is Bih
Bihac’
ac’ss four
ourth
th co
col-l- 2. Gib mir deinedeine Aug
Augenen - 3:44
laboration with the band, previously directing the videos
for "Links
"Links 2-3-4
2-3-4",", "Mein Teil Teil"" and "Rosenrot
"Rosenrot". ". Bih
Bihacac 3. Mein Herz brennt brennt – Vi
Video
deo Edit - 4:18
describes the relationship between the two videos as 'yin 'yin 4. Mein Herz brennt – Boys – Boys Noize RMX
Noize RMX - 5:00
and yang',
yang', with the piano version being the latter.
The vid
video
eo featur
features
es sing er Till Lind
singer Lindeman
emannn weari
wearing ng a black
black 5. Mein Herz brennt brennt – Piano Instrum
Instrumental
ental - 4:31
dress and fishnets, while also sporting black and white
face
face paint. The entire bathroom is lig light
ht red, and in the iTunes Exclusive Edition
centre is a 'T' shaped pool emitting light. The video con-
sists of close-ups on Lindemann singing from behind the 1. Mein Herz brennt brennt – Piano V Version
ersion - 4:31
pool, until the second verse begins, where he begins to 2. Gib mir deine deine Aug
Augenen - 3:44
walk to the pool’s foot. As the song closes, Lindemann
ades. The music video for the 3. Mein Herz brennt
walks into it and its light ffades. brennt – Vi
Video
deo Edit - 4:18
piano version of the song is the first to feature only Lin- 4. Mein Herz brennt brennt – Boys Noize R RMX
MX - 5:00
demann since Mutter.
The video for the original version was released on De- 5. Mein Herz brennt
brennt – Piano Instrum
Instrumental
ental - 4:31
cember 14. In this video, the character of the Sandman 6. Mein Herz brennt
brennt - Turntable
Turntablerock
rocker
er RMX - 5:23
is played by Melanie
by Melanie Gaydos
Gaydos.. She first appears to a sleep- sleep-
ing Ric
Richard
hard Z. Krus
Kruspepe,, trigge
triggering
ring nig
nightma
htmares
res and send
sendinging
him into a state of agony. Meanwhi Meanwhile, le, Till plays a being 7” vinyl
who terrorizes the complex of Beelitz-Heilstätten
of Beelitz-Heilstätten,, which 1. Mein Herz brennt brennt – Piano V Version
ersion - 4:31
acts an orphanage.
orphanage. He kidnaps the orpha orphans ns and places
them in a cage located in the main bathroom, despite a 2. Gib mir deine deine Aug
Augenen - 3:44
female warden attempting to defend the children with a
overpowers her. The warden appears in [5]
shotgun, as Till overpowers
the video both young (Lilith Beck Becker)er) and old (Anna von
Rüden), while Till remains the same age, indicating Till’s
immortality and paranormal abilities. 6.25.3 Relea
6.25.3 Release se histo
history ry
Whilee guar
Whil guarding
ding the orphorphans,
ans, Till take
takess a grotgrotesq
esque,
ue,
•  7 December 2012 - Germany, Austria, Finland,
insect-like form with an elongated head and fingers. The Sweden, iTunes
Sweden,  iTunes (international)
 (international)
children are then used in various examinations and surg-
eries with the rest of the band playing the doctors. The •   10 Decembe
Decemberr 2012 - France, UK
female warden is also seen assisting them in her younger •   11 Decembe
Decemberr 2012 - Spain, USA, Canada
form. One of the surgeries sees a child’s tears extracted
through a syringe, which is then vaginally injected by the [5]
Sandman. The Sandman is also subject subject to examinati
examinations ons
by the doctors, as Paul
as  Paul H. Landers
Landers is is seen giving her a
gynecological
gynecol ogical eexaminati
xamination. on. She later wa lks in a dress 6.25.
walks 6.25.4 4 Char
Charts ts
shielding two small children, possibly indicating that the
tear
tearss are
are inv
invol
olve orm of In vit
vedd in a form vitro
ro fe
fertil
rtilisat ion.. While 6.2
isation 6.25.5
5.5 Ref Refererenc
ences es
Till is away from the main bathroom, the children (por-
trayed by the rest of the band as disheveled adults) escape [1]  News - Rammstein
from
rom the
the thei
theirr ca
cage
ge and th thee orp
orphan
hanag
age.e. Thi
Thiss ca
cause
usess Till
Till to [2]   RAMMSTEI
RAMMSTEIN: N: Videokollektion und neue Single | News |
tear out and consume his own heart while the Heilstätten In-Your-Face.de<
is engulfed in an inferno. [3]  RAMMSTEIN announce DVD collection, new single -
The video ends with the liberated walking away from the #AltSounds
building, while the chorus of the piano version plays in [4]  http://www.rammstein.de/en/news/
the background, signalling the video of the piano version videopremiere-mein-herz-brennt-explicit-version/
as an afterword.
[5]   http://www.rammstein.de/en/mein-herz-brennt/
[6]   Die ganze Musik im Internet:
Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinung
Neuerscheinungen,
en,
Tickets,
Tick ets, Genres, Genresuc
Genresuche,
he, Genrelex
Genrelexikon,
ikon, Künstler-
6.25.2
6.25.2 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
ng Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - mu-
sicline.de
 

74   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 6. SINGLES 
SINGLES 

6.25.6
6.25.6 Extern
External
al links
links

• song at MetroLyrics
 Full lyrics of this song at  MetroLyrics
 

Chapter 7

Videos
7.1 ''L
''Liive aus Berlin
Berlin''
'' menu, the music
the music video Stripped will
Stripped will play. The song
the  Depeche Mode
is a cover of the Depeche Mode song
 song and is also fea-
For the Rosenstolz album, see Live
see  Live aus Berlin (Rosen- turedasabonustrackonRammstein’ssecondalbum
stolz album).
album). Sehnsucht .
•  As winning the second part of the quiz, a weblink
Berlin   (German   for  Live from Berlin),
Live aus Berlin is a and secret password is given in order to download a
recording of a concert by the German
the German NDH-metal
NDH-metal band
 band Rammsteinn screensav
Rammstei screensaver.
er. The webpage is no longer
Rammstein, performed in 1998 and released a year later.
Rammstein, available.
It has been released in several formats:

•
  CD (15 tracks) 7.1.
7.1.2
2 Char
Charts
ts
•   2 CD Lim
Limitited
ed Edi
Editition
on (18 tracks
tracks + multimed
multimedia
ia content)
content) 7.1
7.1.3
.3 Certifi
Certifica
cati
tion
onss
•  Censored VHS/DVD (Without Bück dich)
7.1.4
7.1.4 Perso
Personne
nnell
•  Uncensored VHS (With Bück dich)
• Lindemann – vocals
 Till Lindemann – vocals
The performance of “Bück dich” (“Bend down”, “Bend •  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe  – electric
 electric guitars,
guitars,  acoustic gui-
over”) is controversial.
controversial. The mimed portrayal of  anal sex
of anal tar on
tar  on “Wilder Wein”, backing
Wein”,  backing vocals
vocals,, Additional
using a water-squirting dildo
water-squirting dildo led
 led to the video being given keyboards
keyboards on
 on “Bück Dich”
an  18 certificate
an 18 certificate in
 in Europe. The DVD releas
releasee of the con-
cert does not include the performance, although it is in- • Landers  – electric guitars, acoustic guitar on
 Paul Landers –
cluded on the VHS and CD releases. “Wilder Wein”, backing vocals
•   Oliver
Oliver Riede
Riedell   –   bass guitar
guitar,, acous
acoustiticc guit
guitar
ar on
7.1.1
7.1.1 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g
“Wilder Wein”, backing vocals on “Bück Dich” and
“Sehnsucht”
• Cassette version is available (Side A = 1-8; B
 Audio Cassette version
= 9-15) •  Christoph Schneider –
Schneider – drums
 drums,, Additional keyboards
on “Wilder Wein”
Limited edition •   Christian Lorenz
Lorenz –
 – keyboards

Video
7.1.
7.1.5
5 Note
Notess
•   The DVD ver
versio
sionn also
alsocon
contain
tainss a sub
subtit
titled
ledinte
intervie
rview,
w,
with the band’s members
members,, discussing Rammstein in [1] listed
listed as 4:36
general, and a multi-angle area featuring Tier, Du [2] listed
listed as 6:31
hast, and Rammstein.
Rammstein. There is also a 2 stage qu quiz
iz
accessible through PCs. [3] omitted in censored version
version

Easter eggs 7.1.6

7.1.6 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess
•   Whe
Whenn acc
access
essing
ing th
thee num
numbe
berr pad
padffea
eatur
turee at th
thee Men
Menuu Steve.   “Live Aus Berlin – Rammstein”
[1] Huey, Steve.  Rammstein”..  Allmusic
 Allmusic..
the DVD and
of the DVD  and entering '23
'23'' anywhere in the main Retrieved 28 February 2012.
 75

76   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 7. VIDEOS 
VIDEOS 

Reviews” .   Rolling Stone. 7.2

[2]  “Rolling Stone Music | Album Reviews”. ''L
''Lic
ichts
htspi
pielh
elhau
aus’'
s’'
Retrieved 28 February 2012.
[3] ""Rammstein
Rammstein – Live aus Berlin”
Berlin” (in Austrian- Lichtspielhaus   (obsolete 
 (in German). Austrian- (obsolete   German  fo
 forr “cinema"
“cinema";; liter-
liter-
charts.at. Hung Medien. Retriev
Retrieved
ed 28 March 2013. ally “light-pl
“light-play
ay house”) is the
the German
 German NDH-metal band
NDH-metal  band
Rammstein's
Rammstein's second DVD
second DVD,, and was released on Decem-
"Ram
[4] "Ramm mste
tein
in – Li Livve aus BeBerrli
linn”   (i
(inn Du
Dutch).. ber 1, 2003. It is a compilation of all their videos to date
tch)
Dutchcha
Dutchcharts.n
rts.nl.l. Hung Medien.
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performances,
ormances, commerc
commercialial adve
advertisemen
rtisements,
ts,
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[5] ""Ramm
Rammsteistein:
n: Liv
Livee aus Berl
Berlin”
in” (in Finnish). Mus
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iikkituot-
tajat
tajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 28 March 2013. 7.2.1
7.2.1 Trac
Track
k listi
listing
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Officialcharts.de.
alcharts.de. GfK
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Vorführung
ment.. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
ment
[7] ""Ram
Ramms
mstei
teinn – Li
Live
ve au
auss Ber
Berlin
lin””. Charts.org.nz.
Charts.org.nz. Hung
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gut""
dien. Retrieved 28 March 2013. Seemann""
2. "Seemann
Rammstein – Live aus Berlin”
[8] ""Rammstein Berlin”.. Norwegi
Norwegiancharts.co
ancharts.com.
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Rammstein"
Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
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[9] ""Rammstein Berlin” . Swedish
Swedishchar
charts.co
ts.com.
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Rammstein – Live aus Berlin”
Berlin”.. Swisscharts.com. Hung 6. "Du riechst so gut 98
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7. "Stripped
Awards”.. Allmusic. Re-
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trieved 28 March 2013.
9. "Links 2-3-4
2-3-4""
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[12] ""Rammstein Berlin” (in
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Concert-highlights / Auff
Aufführung
ührung

Top-10”..  Hitlisten.nu.  IFPI Denmark.

[15]  “Musik DVD Top-10” Denmark. Re- •   100 Jahre Rammstein Are
Arena
na Berlin 1996
trieved 28 March 2013.
•   Herzeleid 
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(in German). 
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Musikindustrie. Retrieved
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•  Philipshalle Düsseldorf 1997
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(in German). 
German).   Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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28 March 2013.
•  Rock am Ring Festival 1998
“The
[18]   “The Offi
Officicial
al Swi
Swiss
ss Cha
Charts
rts an
andd Mus
Music ic Co
Commu
mmuni
nity:
ty:
Awards
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Berlin')".. Hung Medien. •  Heirate mich
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“The
[19]   “The Offi
Officicial
al Swi
Swiss
ss Cha
Charts
rts an
andd Mus
Music ic Co
Commu
mmuni
nity:
ty:
Awards
Aw ards (Rammstein; 'Live aus Berlin')"
Berlin')".. Hung Medien. •  Live aus Berlin Wuhlheide 1998
Retrieved
Retrieved 28 March 2013.
•  Sehnsucht  (Edited
  (Edited studio recording over live
[20]  “American video certifications – Rammstein – Live aus performance)
Berlin”..  Recording Industry Association of America
Berlin” America.. Re-
trieved 28 March 2013.   If necessa ry, click  Advanced
necessary,   Advanced , •  Big Day Out Festival Sydney 2001
then click  Format
 Format , , then select  Video
 Video Longform , then click 
SEARCH •  Weißes Fleisch
 

7.3. ''VÖLKERBA
''VÖLKERBALL'' 
LL''    77

•  Asche zu Asche 7.3.

7.3.1
1 Nam
Name

Völkerball  is the German name for the game of dodge of  dodge

•  Velodrom Berlin 2001
ball.. Literall
ball Literallyy it mea
means
ns Peo ples’ Ball . One coul
Peoples’ couldd also
also think
think
that the combination of the word  Ball , being a dancing
•  Ich will 
event like English  ball   or
or  prom, in connection with  Peo-
•  Links 2 3 4  ples  and
  and relating to the musical act Rammstein, means
Dancing/Musical event of (all) people.

Making Of / Dreharbeiten
7.3.2
7.3.2 Versio
ersions
ns
1.  Du hast 
Standard edition: 2 disc set
2.  Du riechst so gut 98 
•   1 DVD, 140min concert footag
footagee filmed in:
in: Nîmes
 Nîmes,,
3.   Sonne Tokyo,, London
Tokyo  London,, and Moscow
and Moscow
4.  Links 2-3-4 •  1 Audio CD, 75min live audio recorded in Nîmes
5.  Ich will  •  Released in both CD-sized packaging and DVD-
sized Packaging

TV Trailer / Reklame
Special edition: 3 disc set
1.  Achtung Blitzkrieg!

2.  Du hast  •   1 DVD, 140min concert footag

footagee filmed in:
in: Nîmes
 Nîmes,,
Tokyo,, London
Tokyo  London,, and Moscow
and Moscow
3.  Links 2-3-4
•  1 Audio CD, 75min live audio recorded in Nîmes
4.   Mutter 
•  1 DVD, 90min documentary:  Anaconda in the Net 
and Reise, Reise: The Making of the Album
7.2.2
7.2.2 Ref
Referenc
erences
es
•  Released in both CD-sized packaging and DVD-
[1] LeVasseur, Andrea. “Lichtspielhaus
Andrea.  “Lichtspielhaus overview”.
overview”.  Allmovie sized Packaging
(Rovi Corporation
Corporation).). Retriev
Retrieved
ed on 14 May 2010.

Limited 'tourbook' edition: 4 disc set

7.3 ''V
''Völk
ölker
erball
ball''
''
•   1 DVD, 140min concert footag
footagee filmed in:
in: Nîmes
 Nîmes,,
Tokyo,, London
Tokyo  London,, and Moscow
and Moscow
 (German for"
Völkerball  (German for"Dodgeball
Dodgeball",
", lit. “P
“Peop
eoples’
les’ball
ball”)
”)
is the German
the  German NDH-metal
NDH-metal band band Rammstein
 Rammstein's's live
 live al-
bum//DVD set.
bum DVD set. It was released on November 17, 2006 in •  2 Audio CDs, the entire live-audio-recording of
Europe, December
December 19, 2006 in Canada, and on Septem- the concert in Nîmes (105 minutes, dead airs were
ber18,
ber 18, 200
20077 in the
the U.S
U.S.. The
The alb
album
um wa
wass ad
adve
verti
rtised
sed withi
withinn edited)
media by the Ich
the Ich will live
will live video featured on the DVD and
Mann gegen Mann single.
Mann single. •  1 DVD, 90min documentary:  Anaconda in the Net 
and Reise, Reise: The Making of the Album
The standard edition-packaging comes in both CD-sized
and DVD-sized formats. The special edition features two
DVDs and one CD. The extra DVD comes with the doc- •   190 page special num
numbered
bered tour-photobook
tour-photobook (27
 (27 cm
umentary 'Anakonda
Reise album'.
album'. Im Netz'
The limite
limited and thehas'Making
d edition ttwo Of Reise,
wo DVDs, two x 31 cm),
CDs and a photobook. The logo is derived from that of •  O
Onl
nlyy 40,
40,000
000 co
copi
pies
es were
were prprodu
oduce
ced,
d, each
each one
the
the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.
 1980 Summer Olympics in marked with a unique serial number.
 

78   CHAPTER
CHAPTER 7. VIDEOS 
VIDEOS 

7.3.3
7.3.3 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
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7.3.4
7.3.4 Rele
Release
ase histo
history
ry
[13]   “Uke
“Ukens
ns sing
singlel
leliste
iste-- VG-
VG-lista
lista.. Offisie
Offisielle
llehitl
hitliste
isterr fr
fraa og med
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7.3.5
5 Char
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7.3.6 Recep
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  was nominated for Echo
for  Echo Awards 2007 in
2007 in the
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7.3.7 Perso
Personne
nnell 29.
•  Till Lindemann -
Lindemann - vocals
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 on Los  [19]   “FIMI - Federazione Industria
Industria Musicale Italiana - Classi-
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Guitars,  backing vocals,
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Guitar on
 on Los  [20]
•

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Acoustic   -  on
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Riedel - Bass
 Bass Guitar
Guitar,, backing vocals on
vocals on Stein ficial UK Top 40 Albums Chart”
Chart”.. BBC. Retrieved 2011-
um Stein and Sehnsucht  01-29.

•  Christoph Schneider -
Schneider - drums
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“CAN
ANO OE - JA JAM!
M! MuMussic SoSoun
undS
dSccan Cha
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•  Christian Lorenz -
Lorenz - keyboards
 keyboards
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"'New
w Moon' Rises
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7.3.8 Ref
Referenc
erences
es [25]   ">> IRMA << Irish Charts - Singles, Albums & Compi-
lations >>".
>>". Irma.ie. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
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 AllMusic 7.3.9
7.3.9 Exter
External
nal links
links
[3]  “Germany Music Charts - Top Albums”
Albums”.. Allcharts.org.
Allcharts.org. •

Retrieved
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•  Volkerball.Ru Official Russian Website
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Chart”.. Allcharts
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2011-01-
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Chapter 8

Related articles

8.1
8.1 Em
Emiigr
grat
atee ies give usage examples: Webster 3rd Unabridged: “em-
igrated to Texas";
Texas"; Random House Unabridged: “to emi-
“Emigrant” redirects
redirects he
here.
re. For the ban
band,
d, see  Emigrate grate from Ireland to Australia"; Collins: “he emigrated
see Emigrate
(band).. For the butterfl
(band) butterflies,
ies, see
see Catopsilia
 Catopsilia.. to Belgium”.
Emigration  is the act of leaving one’s native coun-

8.1.
8.1.1
1 Hist
Histor
ory
y

Patterns of emigration have been shaped by numerous

economic, social, and political changes throughout the
world in the last few
few hundred ye years.
ars. For instanc
instance,
e, mil-
lions of individuals fled poverty, violence, and political
turmoil in Europe
in Europe to
 to settle in the Americas
the Americas and
 and Oceania
 Oceania
during the 18th, 19th, and 20th centurie
centuries.
s.

8.1.2
8.1.2 Expatr
Expatria
iati
tion
on

Blacks Law; EMIGRATION. The act of removing from

one country or state to another. It is to be distinguished
from “expatriation.” The latter means the abandonment
of one’s country and renunciation of one’s citize
citizenship
nship in
it, whil
whilee emi
emigrat
gration
ion den
denotes
otesmer
merel
elyy the rem
remov
oval
al of pers
person
on
and property to another
another country. The form former
er is usually
the consequence
consequence of the latlatter.
ter. Emigration
Emigration is also used
of the removal from one section to another of the same
The Last of England by Ford Brown , depicting emigrants  country.
 by Ford Madox Brown ,
leaving England 
8.1.
8.1.3
3 Push
Push an
and
d Pull
Pull
try with the intent to settle elsewhere. [1]Conversely,
immigration describes the movement of persons  into one
immigration describes article:  push and pull factors
Main article: push
country
coun try from another.[2] Bothareactsof migration across
another.
national boundaries. Demographers distinguish factors at the origin that push
Demographers examine push and pull factors for people people out, versus those at the destination that pull them
to be pushed out of one place and attracted to another. in.[3] Motives to migrate can be either incentives attract-
There can be a desire to escape negative circumstances ing people away, known as  pull  factors,
 factors, or circumstances
such as shortages of land or jobs, or unfair treatment. encouraging a person to leave.
Peoplee can be pulled to the opportuniti
Peopl opportunities
es available else-
where. Seeking refugee
Seeking refugee status
 status in a foreign country from
oppressive conditions may lead to permanent emigration. Push factors

•
In contrast
tion
tion refers to groups
 refers to voluntary
that“emigration”, involuntary
“emigration”,
are forced to involuntary migra-
abandon their na-   Lack of emplo
employment
yment or entreprene
entrepreneurial
urial opportuni-
ties;
tive country, such as by enforced population
enforced  population transfer
transfer or
 or
the threat of ethnic
of  ethnic cleansing
cleansing.. The standar
standardd dict
dictiona
ionar-
r- •  Lack of political or religious rights;
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•  Better opportunities for acquiring farms for self and

children
•  Cheap purchase of farmland
•  Quick wealth (as in a gold rush)
•  More job opportunities
•
 Promise of higher pay
•  Prepaid travel (as from relatives)
•  Better welfare programmes
•  Better schools
•   Join relatives who have already moved; chain migra-
tion
•  Build a new nation (historically)
•  Build specific cultural or religious communities
•  Political freedom
•  Cultural opportunities

8.1.4 Emigrati
Emigration
on restri
restricti
ctions
ons

Poster showing a cross-section of the   Cunard Line's

Line's emigrant 
RMS  Aquitania
 Aquitania , launched in 1913.
liner   RMS 

•  Threat of arrest or punishment;

•  Persecution or intolerance based on race, religion,
gender or sexual orientation;
•  Lack of freedom
of freedom to choose religion
religion,, or to choose no
religion;
•
  Shortage of fa
farmland;
rmland; hard to start new farms
farms (his- East Germa
ward 
Germany
ny ere
erected
cted the Berli
Berlinn Wall 
all to
to pre
prevent
vent emigr
emigration
ation west-
west-
torically);
•  Oppressive legal or political conditions; Further inf
information:
ormation:   Eas
Easte
ternrn Bl
Bloc
oc em
emig
igrat
ratio
ionn and
defection,,  Illegal emigration
defection emigration,,   Panmunjeom
Panmunjeom,,   Operation
•  Struggling or Failing economy; Keelhaul and
Keelhaul  and Berlin
 Berlin Wall
•  Military draft, warfare or terrorism
or terrorism;;
Some countries restrict the ability of their citizens to em-
• Famine or drought
  Famine or drought;; igrate to other countries.
countries. After 1668, thethe Qing
 Qing Emperor
 Emperor
to Manchuria.. In 1681,
banned Han Chinese migration to Manchuria
•  Cultural fights with
fights with other
 other cultural groups;
groups; th
thee emper
emperor
or order
ordered
ed co
cons
nstru
truct
ctio
ionn of the
the Willow
WillowPalisade
Palisade,,
•  Expulsion by armed force or coercion; a barrier beyond which the Chinese were prohibited from
encroaching on Manchu and Mongol lands.[4]
•   Overpopulation.
Overpopulation.
The Soviet
The  Soviet Socialist Republics
Republics of
 of the later Soviet
later  Soviet Union
began such restrictions in 1918, with laws and borders
Pull factors tightening until[5]even
sible by 1928. To illegal emigration
strengthen wasset
this, they nearly impos-
up  internal
up internal
•  Favourable letters relatives or informants who have passport controls 
controls   and individual city Propiska
city  Propiska (“place
 (“place
already moved; chain migration of residence”) permits, along with internal freedom of
 

8.1. EMIGRA
EMIGRATE 
TE    81

the  101st kilometre

movement restrictions often called the 101st kilometre,, •  Foot voting
rules which greatly restricted mobility within even small
areas.[6] •  Human migration
At the end of World
of  World War II
II in
 in 1945, the Soviet
the  Soviet Union •   Settlement
occupied several Central
several  Central European countries,
European  countries, together
the  Eastern Bloc
called the Eastern Bloc,, with the majority of those liv- •  International Organization for Migration
ing in the newly acquired areas aspiring to independence •  Migration Letters
[7]
and wanted
million theemigrated
people Soviets tofrom
leave.the Before 1950, overeast-
Soviet-occupied 15 •  Political asylum
into the west
ern European countries and immigrated into the west in in
the five years immediately following World
following World War II II..[8] By •  Political migration
the early 1950s, the Soviet approach to controlling na- •  Population transfer
tional movement was emulated by most of the rest of the
Eastern Bloc.[9] Restrictions implemented in the Eastern •   Refugee
Bloc stopped most East-West migration, with only 13.3
million migrations westward between 1950 and 1990.[10] •   RMS Mooltan
However, hundreds of thousands of East
of East Germans
Germans annu-
 annu- •   Separation barrier
ally immigrated to West
to West Germany
Germany through
 through a “loophole”
in the system that existed between East and West Berlin
West  Berlin,, •  Snowbird (people),
(people), temporary seasonal tourists
where the four occupying World War II powers governed
movement.[11] The emigration resulted in massive “brain •  Swedish emigration to the United States
drain” from East
from East Germany to
Germany to West
 West Germany of
Germany of younger •  Yerida (Jewish
 Yerida (Jewish emigration from Israel)
educated professionals, such that nearly 20% of East
Germany’s
by 1961.[12]population had Germany
In 1961, East migrated to West aGermany
erected barbed- 8.1.
8.1.66 Note Notess
wire barrier that would eventually be expanded through
construction
construc tion into the Berlin
the Berlin Wall
Wall,, effectively closing the [1]   http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english//
[13]
loophole. In 1989, the Berlin
the  Berlin Wall fell
fell,, followed by emigration
German reunific
reunification
ation and
andwi
withi
thinn tw
twoo years
yearsth
thee dissolution [2]   http://www.oxforddiction
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/
aries.com/us/definition/
of the Soviet Union.
Union. american_english/immigration
By the early 1950s, the Soviet approach to controlling
international movement was also emulated by  China  China,, [3] Zeev Ben-Sira (1997).  Immigration, Stress, and Readjust-
ment . Greenwood. pp. 7–10.
Mongolia
Mongolia,, and North Korea.[9] North Korea still tightly
and  North Korea.
restricts emigration, and maintains one of the strictest [4] Ell Ellioiott,
tt,Mar
Markk C. “The
“The Limitsof
Limitsof Ta
Tarta
rtary:
ry: Manch
Manchur
uria
ia in Im-
emigration bans in the world,[14] although some North some  North perial and National Geographies.” Journal of Asian Stud-
 still manage to illegally emigrate to China. [15]
Koreans still
Koreans ies  59,
 59, no. 3 (2000): 603-46.
Other countries with tight emigrati
emigrationon restric
restrictions
tions at one [5]  Dowty 1989 1989,, p. 69
included Angola,, Ethiopia
time or another included Angola  Ethiopia,, Mozambique
 Mozambique,,
Somalia,
Somalia
(Cambodia,  Afghanistan,
 Afghanistan,  Burma
 Burma,,, Democratic
from 1975-1979),
1975-1979) Laos,,   NorthKampuche
  Laos Kampuchea
Vietnama,
Vietnam, [6]  Dowty 1989
1989,, p. 70
Iraq
Iraq,, South Yemen
Yemen and  Cuba..[16]
 and Cuba 2004,, p. 188
[7]  Thackeray 2004
[8]  Böcker 1998
1998,, p. 207
8.1.
8.1.5
5 See
See al
also
so 1989,, p. 114
[9]  Dowty 1989

•   Deportation [10]  Böcker 1998

1998,, p. 209
[11]  Harrison 2003
2003,, p. 99
•   Diaspora
[12]  Dowty 1989,
1989, p. 122
•  Eastern Bloc emigration and defection
[13]  Pearson 1998
1998,, p. 75
•   Émigré
[14]  Dowty 1989,
1989, p. 208
•   Exile
[15] Kleinschmidt, Harald,   Migr
Migration
ation,, Regional
Regional Integrati
Integration
on
•   Expatriate an
andd Hu
Huma
mann Se
Secu
curi
rity:
ty: The
The Forma
ormati
tion
on and
and Main
Maintete--
nance of Transnational Spaces, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.,
•  Feminization of migration 2006,ISB
2006,ISBN
N 0-7546-4646-7  , page 110

•   Immigration [16]  Dowty 1989

1989,, p. 186
 

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RELATED ARTICLES 
ARTICLES 

8.1.7
8.1.7 Ref
Referenc
erences
es Hea Hoa Hoa Hea Hea Hoa. Rammstein
Rammsteintwi
twice
ce played
playedthis
this
song live in St.
in St. Petersburg
Petersburg and
 and Moscow
 Moscow in
 in 2001, during
•  Böcker, Anita (1998),  Regulation of Migration: In- their 'Mutter' tour.
Experiences , Het Spinhuis,  ISBN 90-
ternational Experiences 
The group disbanded mid 1990s. Bassist Christoph Zim-
5589-095-2 mermann died in a plane crash in 1999. On special occa-
•  Dale, Gareth (2005),  Popular Protest in East Ger- sions,
sions, the band
bandmem
members
berswou
wouldld get
gettog
togeth
ether
er fo
forr indi
individ
vidual
ual
many, 1945-1989: Judgements on the Street , Rout- concert
con certss at punk fe
festi
stival
vals,
s, unti
untill Rompe died in Nov
Novemb
ember
er
ledge, ISBN 0-7146-5408-6
ledge, ISBN 2000 of an asthma
Eventually attack at 53 years
Flake rediscovered tapesold.
of old and partial
•  Dowty, Alan (1989),  Closed Borders: The Contem- unreleas
unreleased
ed record
recordings
ings.. This unre
unreleas
leased
ed materi
material
al and
 porary Assault on Freedom of Movement , Yale Uni-
remixes of some already known songs were released as
versity Press, ISBN
Press, ISBN 0-300-04498-4 Grün & Blau in 2007.
•   Harrison, Hope Millard (2003),   Driving
Driving the So-
viets Up the Wall:
Wall: Soviet-E
Soviet-East
ast German Relations,
Relations,
1953-1961, Princeton University Press,   ISBN 0- 8.2.
8.2.1
1 Memb
Member
erss
691-09678-3
• Rompe – lead-vocals
 Aljosha Rompe –  lead-vocals
•  Krasnov, Vladislav (1985),   Soviet
Soviet Defectors:
Defectors: The
KGB Wanted List , Hoover Press,   ISBN 0-8179-
KGB •   Christian “Flake”
“Flake” Lorenz –
Lorenz – keyboards
 keyboards
8231-0
•  Paul Landers –
Landers – electric
 electric guitar
•   Mynz, Rainer (1995),  Where Did They All Come
From? Typology and Geography of European Mass  •  Alexander Kriening – drums
– drums,, percussion
Migration In the Twentieth
Migration Twentieth Century;
Century; EURO
EUROPE
PEAN 
AN   Christoph Zimmermann – bass
– bass guitar
POPULATION CONFERENCE CONGRESS EURO- •

PEAN DE DEMOGRAPHE , United Nations Popula-

tion Division •   Chris
Christop
tophh “Doom
“Doom”” Schn
Schnei
eider
der –drums(
–drums(1990
1990––1993
1993))

•  Pearson, Raymond (1998), The Rise and Fall of the

Soviet Empire, Macmillan, ISBN
Macmillan, ISBN 0-312-17407-1 8.2.2
8.2.2 Di
Disco
scogra
graph
phy
y

•  Thackeray, Frank W. (2004),  Events that changed  •  Hea Hoa Hoa Hea Hea Hoa (1989)
Germany, Greenwood Publishing Group, ISBN
Group,  ISBN 0-
313-32814-5 •  Wir kriegen euch alle (1991)

•  Die Maske des Roten Todes  (1993)

 (1993)
8.1.8
8.1.8 Exter
External
nal links
links
•  Grün & Blau (2007)
•  Translation from Galician to English of 4 Classic
Emigration Ballads 8.2.3
8.2.3 Ref
Refer
eren
ence
cess

8.2
8.2 Fee
eeli
ling
ng B 8.3
8.3 “S
“Sccht
htiiel”
German punk rock
Feeling B was a German punk rock band.
 band. "Shtil" (Russian
(Russian:: Штиль, lit. “Calm”) is a popular song
The band was foun
founded
ded inin Berlin
 Berlin in the Russian band
 in 1983 and started out by the Russian  band Aria
 Aria from
 from the 2001 album Chimera
album  Chimera
and 2002 EP “Calm”. [1]
firmly grounded in the underground punk
underground  punk   sce scene.
ne. Over
Over
time, Feeling B’s popularity grew greatly, and climaxed
the German Democratic Republic
around the end of the German Republic..
8.3.
8.3.1 1 Hist
Histororyy
Frontman Aljoscha Rompe, a Swiss living in East in  East Berlin
Berlin,,
supplied
supplied the vocals to th thee band’s songs. His accompa- The song was originally recorded for a Chimera a  Chimera album
 album
nying keyboardist and guitarist have since found fame in 2001 year. Also was recorded vers version
ion of the song for
as keyboardist Christian “Flake” Lorenz and rhythm- a Tribute to Harley to Harley Davidson
Davidson and
 and the title is a duet be-
guitarist Paul Landers of Rammstein
of Rammstein..
Rammstein's
Rammstein's singer, Till
singer,  Till Lindemann
Lindemann,, also participated is tween Valery
tween  Valery
based Kipelov and
Kipelov
on  Jack
on Jack  and Udo
London's
London 's Udo
shortDirkschneider.
Dirkschneider
"Francis. The
story "Francis title"
Spaight
Spaight"
once with Feeling B for the song “Lied von der un- and tells about a ship crew that is lost at sea and starved
ruhev
ruhevoll
ollen
en Juge
Jugend”
nd”,, for wh
whicichh he is credi
credite
tedd on the alb
album
um to to cannibalism
 cannibalism..
 

8.3. “SCHTIE
“SCHTIEL” 
L”    83

8.3.2
8.3.2 Trac
Track
k listin
listing
g

1. “Shtil (Штиль)"

8.3.3
8.3.3 Perso
Personne
nnell

•  Music is by Vitaly
by Vitaly Dubinin
• by Margarita Pushkina
 Lyrics by Margarita Pushkina..

8.
8.3.
3.4
4 Till Li
Lin
nde
dem
mann
ann and
and Richar
hard Z.
Kruspe version

Lindemann and Richard
Till Lindemann and  Richard Z. Kruspe (vocalist
Kruspe (vocalist and gui-
band  Rammstein,, re-
tarist of German industrial metal band Rammstein
spectively) covered the song and released it as a single.
Till sang the song completely in the original Russian
original Russian..

History

It was released as a single with 400 copies for the

2003 Harley Party in  Moscow,
 Moscow, celebrating the 100th
anniversary of
anniversary  of Harley
 Harley Davidson
Davidson mot
 motorbik
orbikes.
es. It was re-
titled "Schtiel", so as to be pronounced properly in
German
German,, the language in which most of Rammstein’s
songs are written.

Track listing

1. “Schtiel”

Personnel

•  Till Lindemann –
Lindemann – lead
 lead vocals
vocals,, drums
•  Richard Z. Kruspe –
Kruspe  – guitars
 guitars,,  bass guitars
guitars,,  backing
vocals
8.3.5
8.3.5 Ref
Referenc
erences
es

[1]   Aria - Shtil (8/10) - Russia - 2002 - Xzona.net.ru

Xzona.net.ru
 

Chapter 9

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licenses

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1106940  Contributors:  Robbot,
  Robbot,
Dave2, KeyStorm, Rich Farmbrough,
Bvontob,, Cani
Bvontob CanisRuf
sRufus,
us, Justzis
Just zis Guy
Guy,, youknow?,Thun
youknow?, Thunderb
derbrand
rand,, Bobo
Bobo192,NetBot,
192,NetBot, Kingnothing,
Kingnothing, Angr
Angr,, FlaBot,
FlaBot, Made
Made2Fa
2Fade,
de, Der
DerSpor
Sporkme
kmeis-
is-
ter, YurikBot, RussBot, Wolf Of Norway, Amberrock, SmackBot, Hraefen, Killeroid, Ry4n, A5b, Ligulembot, SashatoBot, Oagersnap, E-
Kartoffel, Richhoncho, Headbomb, RobotG, JAnDbot, Fethroesforia, R'n'B, Erikire, Rei-bot, Moonriddengirl, Otaku loco, RampinUp46,
Jax 0677, XLinkBot, Wolfer68, Addbot, Vvv444, The Shadow-Fighter, Ptbotgourou, Agent McIntyre, Unara, Ximmerman, DSisyphBot,
Erik9bot, JIK1975, RedBot, Full-date unlinking bot, Trappist the monk, EmausBot, WikitanvirBot, ZéroBot, SporkBot, Mishukdero,
YFdyh-bot, LyricsBot, Knife-in-the-drawer and Anonymous: 33
•   Engel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(song)?
Engel (song) Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engel_(song)?oldid=6643532
oldid=664353256
56 Contributors:   Gamalie
Gamaliel,l, KeyStorm, Rich Farmbrough,
Farmbrough,
MattTM, NetBot, Smmurphy,
Smmurphy, Exoriven,
Exoriven, ElKevbo, Pathaugen, Der Sporkmeister,
Sporkmeister, YurikBot, Marcus Cyron, Stevewei
Steveweiser,
ser, Jogers, Shawnc,
Paul Erik, Amberrock, Mdd4696, Staz, OrangeDog, Ry4n, Radagast83, Mtmelendez, Ligulembot, Rokur~enwiki, TenPoundHammer,
Epingchris, Oagersnap, Stefan2, Jacquismo, E-Kartoffel, LAUBO, Thijs!bot, Headbomb, Lunamaria, RobotG, Alphachimpbot, Gw-
ern, Sniping
iptheNickel,
iptheNick dreamer,
el, Crash PhoenixBlitzkrieg,
Underride,
Underride, AnonGuy FBMrider86,
AnonGuy,, Notredameo Cjc3991,
Notredameowns,
wns, Erikire,
Gunmetal Angel,Rei-bot, AlleborgoBot,
Alinblack, SieBot, Moonriddengirl,
Alexbot, Zombie433, Addbot, MalconAruse,
Malconfort, Fil-
fort, Un-
derwaterbuffalo, X1234567890x, LaaknorBot, The Shadow-Fighter, Tassedethe, Numbo3-bot, Luckas-bot, AnomieBOT, Rubinbot, Dra-
mamoose, Ximmerman, Xqbot, Nitrogenc, FrescoBot, RedBot, FoxBot, TobeBot, Zak Hammat, Urban Vo0do0, Catlemur, Kasirbot,
Mishukdero, BG19bot, Hmainsbot1, LyricsBot and Anonymous: 84
 

90   CHAPTER 9. TEXT AND IMAGE

IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS,
CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES 

•   Du hast  Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_hast?oldid=664
iki/Du_hast?oldid=664184713
184713  Contributors:  AxelBoldt, Chuck Smith, Bryan Derksen, An-
dre Engels, Ortolan88, KamikazeArchon, Lir, D, Ixfd64, Delirium, Pcb21, KAMiKAZOW, DropDeadGorgias, Netsnipe, SeeSchloss,
Jouster, Skyfaller, Mkrose, Morwen, Fibonacci, Nickshanks, Stormie, Secretlondon, Dale Arnett, Fredrik, RedWolf, Lowellian, Tex-
ture, Meelar, Acegikmo1,
Acegikmo1, Saforrest, Seth Ilys, PeerBr, Laxori666, Gamaliel,
Gamaliel, Avala, Matthäus Wander, J. 'mach' wust, OverlordQ, Mark-
Sweep, TJSwoboda, Genesis, Sparky the Seventh Chaos, Rich Farmbro
Farmbrough,
ugh, Ivan Ba
Bajlo,
jlo, Horkan
Horkana,
a, Kwamikaga
Kwamikagami,
mi, Shanes, Mike Garcia,
Bobo192, HasharBot~enwiki, TheParanoidOne, ProhibitOnions, Harej, Rainbo RainbowOfLight,
wOfLight, Sciurinæ, DominicC13,
DominicC13, Liface,
Liface, Obersachse,
Wachholder0,
Wac hholder0, Kane5187, Edison, ElKevbo,
ElKevbo, FlaBot, Der Sporkmeister,
Sporkmeister, Classz123, Iridos~en
Iridos~enwiki,
wiki, Calamari, Hellbus, Stephenb, Kyoro-
suke, Rammstein90, MosheA, NawlinWiki, LaraCroft NYC, Moe Epsilon, Aldawalda~enwiki, Mail2amitabha, DrJKL, Teiladnam, Jogers,
Ray Chason, Shawnc, SmackBot, Archangel1054,
Archangel1054, Pgk, Mdd4696, Doc Strange, KittenKlub, Gilliam, Audacity, Moshe Constantine Has-
san Al-Silverburg,
Al-Silverburg, OOODDD, Ry4n, Jmlk17, Makemi,
Makemi, T-borg, SuperDT, Ligulembo
Ligulembot,t, Fyver528, Rory096, AmiDaniel, Oagersnap,
Oagersnap, NJ-
Zombie, Jacquismo, Ocatecir, Karlwiegand, Optimale, Benwedge, Commodore64~enwiki, Phoenixrod, Painjoiker, Flubeca, The Haunted
Angel, Jender4, Addict 2006, Madsyc0, Taschenrechner~enwiki, NorthernThunder, Mfko, Krylonblue83, Jedibob5, John Comeau, Z10x,
CharlotteWebb,
CharlotteW ebb, Escarbot, Caleson, RobotG, Bull-Doser, Vitonis, Darklilac, Legitimus, Zchris87v, Qwerty Binary, VoABot II, BanRay,
Twsx, JaffaCakeLover, Torchiest, Glisteningsquid, St.Jimmy666, DerHexer, JaGa, Fethroesforia, Tercer, MartinBot, Peter v, Nono64,
PhoenixBlitzkrieg,
PhoenixBlitzkri eg, Andy5421, Brazo622, Nimicitor, Pyrospirit, 97198, Stillthemama,
Stillthemama, Cometstyles, Ajfweb,
Ajfweb, Gtg204y,
Gtg204y, Bonadea, Vranak,
Hammersoft, VolkovBot, LordCodeman, Polarbear97, TXiKiBoT, Hqb, Rei-bot, Kyle112, Aeldred, Yaksar, Beprep2010, EHonkoop,
SieBot, PlanetStar, Moonriddengirl, FiliptheNickel,
FiliptheNickel, RobertsZ, Gunmetal Angel, Wasatchbl,
Wasatchbl, F3AR, Soporaete
Soporaeternus,
rnus, ClueBot, Binksternet,
Badger Drink, Alinblack, EoGuy, Aria1561, DanielDeibler,
DanielDeibler, Boing! said Zebedee, Blanchardb, Nymf, A Powerful
Powerful Weakness, Kick2002,
Doomedmaan, DILNN1, Cexycy, Redthoreau, BOTarate, Thingg, Aitias, Zombie433, RampinUp46, MMZ Mesmerize, SteelMariner,
J1.grammar natz, XLinkBot, Silvon
SilvonenBot,
enBot, Badgernet, Livio.morina, Addbot, Jojhutton, Download, Smittie3000,
Smittie3000, Tassedethe, Tide rolls,
MuZemike,
MuZemik e, Legobot, Luckas-bot,
Luckas-bot, Yobot,
Yobot, XxXxKiariDe
XxXxKiariDemonzxXxX,
monzxXxX, Hydroracee,
Hydroracee, ByM4k5, Public Kanonkas, Agent McIntyre, João Dias
UltraJohnny,, Materialscientist,
UltraJohnny Materialscientist, ArthurBot, Ximmerman, Xqbot, DSisyphBot, Richar
Richardd BB, Green Cardamo
Cardamom,m, FrescoBot, Maxamil
Maxamilliona,
liona,
Tzau, D'ohBot, Xfansd,
Xfansd, Florescent, Cnwilliams, Jon da mon, SolidsnakeFTW,
SolidsnakeFTW, Mjs1991,
Mjs1991, Thestorm85, John Mischief
Mischief,, The cactar, Murat-
Songur, A p3rson, Diannaa, EbrithilCthulhu, Hex539, Kronf, MatthewGoodfan101,
MatthewGoodfan101, EmausBot, John of Reading, GoingBatty, Rename-
dUser01302013, RadiumMetal, ZéroBot, Zornukopia, X Runbash65 x, Slay555pt, ClueBot NG, Widr, Helpful Pixie Bot, Thedigital-
ninja, MusikAnimal, BattyBot, B1tchwheremypbj, Makecat-bot, Umbra noctis, LyricsBot, Synthwave.94, Olliebear93, RockNRollWiki,
Gw1398, Anonymus19990729 and Anonymous: 342
•   Das Model  Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Model?oldid=6
iki/Das_Model?oldid=669120204
69120204  Contributors: 
Contributors:   Schneelo
Schneelocke,
cke, Nickshanks, Bearcat, Ds13,
DO'Neil, Urhixidur, Smyth, Kappa, Differentgravy, Feline1, Daniel Case, GregorB, Vberger~enwiki, FlaBot, Mike Selinker, Kingboyk, Ri-
cadus, Ian Rose, Bluebot, Chadwholovedme, Ianmacm, MartinP1983, Luigi.a.cruz, Gatesofawesome!, Davemcarlson, E-Kartoffel, Athalis,
J Milburn, Birdieball, WeggeBot, Vectro, Cydebot, -Anthony-, Gogo Dodo, Ss112, Yorkshiresky, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot, Headbomb, Teys,
Jhabib, Acalamari, Jsawiuk, Electrokinesis, Kitmaster, EHonkoop, Sbrouse, Mungo Kitsch, JD554, Gunmetal Angel, Alpha Centaury,
Fleutist, ImageRemovalBot, Every3rdthought, Yellowxander, Tuzapicabit, Gitosz, XLinkBot, Milosppf, Kbdankbot, Addbot, Tassede-
the, Ximmerman, J04n, Lothar von Richthofen,
Richthofen, Gudinge, Xf
Xfansd,
ansd, Metamatica, Diannaa, Hiddenstranger, EmausBot, ZéroBot, Josve05a,
SporkBot, CactusBot, Helpful
Helpful Pixie Bot, BZTMPS, NodBot, Esszet, Smittyjenkins, LyricsBot, Synthwave.94
Synthwave.94 and Anonymous: 64
•   Du riechst so gut  Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_riechst_so_g
iki/Du_riechst_so_gut?oldid=671368
ut?oldid=671368620
620  Contributors: 
Contributors:   Michael
Hardy, SirJective,
Gamaliel, KeyStorm, Rama,
Gamaliel, Rama, Martpol, Just zis Guy, you know?, Thunderbrand,
Thunderbrand, NetBot, King nothing, Embryomysti
Embryomystic, c, Smmurphy, R
Rjwilms
jwilmsi,i,
Der Sporkmeister, Welsh, DeadEyeArrow,
DeadEyeArrow, Jogers, LeonardoRob0t,
LeonardoRob0t, Seasonsinth
Seasonsinthesky,
esky, KnightRider~en
KnightRider~enwiki,
wiki, SmackBot, TheBluesBrother,
Mdd4696, Alex533, OOODDD, Ry4n, Hugoflug~e
Hugoflug~enwiki,
nwiki, Ligulembot,
Ligulembot, Rigadoun,
Rigadoun, Oagersnap, Mario 64 Master, Nádvorník, Myscrnnm,
Taschenrechner~enwiki, Thijs!bot, Headbomb, JustAGal, Escarbot, RobotG, TuvicBot, R'n'B, Technolust, VolkovBot, ABF, Kyle the bot,
Asarlaí, Erikire, Rei-bot, Lamro, EHonkoop,
EHonkoop, SieBot, Moonridde
Moonriddengirl,
ngirl, HamadaFanFFSM, Alinblack,
Alinblack, Knepflerle,
Knepflerle, Wolfer68,
Wolfer68, Addbot, The
Shadow-Fighter, Tassedethe, Yobot, Agent McIntyre, Yeboah17, ArthurBot, Ximmerman, Xqbot, Metand.azv, Paine Ellsworth, D'ohBot,
Alph Bot, EmausBot, TuHan-Bot, ZéroBot, WBlinder, A234567890,
A234567890, Mishukdero, Khazar2, LyricsBot and Anonymous: 46
•   Stripped (song)   Source:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_(song)?o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripped_(song)?oldid=6705147
ldid=670514772 72   Contributors:    Catherin
CatherineMunro,
eMunro, Radio
Radiojon,
jon,
Bearcat, Jooler, Imroy, Moochocoogle, Night Gyr, Bender235, Feduciary, Tycho, John5008, Vossanova, Floydgeo, Koavf, Extraordinary
Machine, Arado, Epolk, Gaius Cornelius, Retired username, BGC, VeiledAbVeiledAbyss,
yss, Jogers, Wsiegmund, Amberrock, KnightRid
KnightRider~enwi
er~enwiki,
ki,
SmackBot, Chairman S., NikJam, Bluebot, MalafayaBot,
MalafayaBot, Bretonbanquet, Midkay, Jackbo
J ackbox1971,
x1971, Kawayama,
Kawayama, Dl2000, Mranostay,
Canadaolympic989, Syxx, Cyrus XIII, Cydebot, Drjayphd, DumbBOT, In Defense of the Artist, Richhoncho, Headbomb, QuasyBoy,
17Drew, Andrzejbanas, Muppetman, Garik 11, InnocuousPseudonym, Acalamari, Jacobfox2000, Outrune, Srev12, Morefun, Cleverblack-
box, Soul Train, Lola Voss, Chris9086, Karaboom, Nite-Sirk, Holiday56, Binksternet, DumZiBoT, Kalied04, Wolfer6 Wolfer68,8, WikHead, Ad-
dbot, Ginosbot, Tassedethe, Luckas-bot, Yobot, II MusLiM HyBRiD II, JackieBot, Agent McIntyre, OscarFercho, Citation bot, Frous,
Ximmerman,
Ximmerm an, Tuesdaily, Stefaniak,
Stefaniak, FrescoBot, Hell in a Bucket, Cs32en, LostSpies, Full-date unlinking bot, Tbhotch, Zak Hammat, Hid-
denstranger,r, EmausBot, Midas02, Sk4170, Pokbot, ClueBot NG, FamilyGuy1998
denstrange FamilyGuy1998,, Movses-bot, HedgePodg
HedgePodge, e, Alf.laylah.wa.lay
Alf.laylah.wa.laylah,
lah, Mark
Arsten, ChrisGualtieri, Myxomatosis57, Kasparas~enwiki, LyricsBot, Synthwave.94, Igor Jakub Tokarski, Derebel, Depeszy Morda, Kas-
parasWikiEditor,
parasWikiEdi tor, Useless 6789, Igorro 666 and Anonymous: 91
•   Asche zu Asche  Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asche_zu_Asche?oldid=67
iki/Asche_zu_Asche?oldid=670602900
0602900  Contributors:   KAMiKAZOW, Tomwalden,
Just zis Guy, you know?, Koavf, FlaBot, Der Sporkmeister,
Sporkmeister, WriterHound, WoWolflf Of Norway, Dr. Wеаzеl, Jogers, Amberroc
Amberrock,
k, Crys-
tallina, SmackBot, Mdd4696, Hmains, Ry4n, Derek R Bullamore, Victor Lopes, Ligulembot,
Ligulembot, Wossi, TenPou
TenPoundHamme
ndHammer,r, Oagersn
Oagersnap,
ap, El
Paulio, Branclem, Thijs!bot, NoWay555, RobotG, STBot, Torres penjamo, Idunno271828, Veikia, DorganBot, OsirisV, Crash Underride,
Billy4k
Billy4kate,
ate, F3AR,
F3AR, Sublime5
Sublime5891
891,, Wo
Wolf
lfer68
er68,, Silvon
SilvonenBot
enBot,, Addbot,
Addbot, Vvv444
Vvv444,, Tassedet
Tassedethe,
he, Luc
Luckas-
kas-bot,
bot, Age
Agent
nt McIn
McIntyre
tyre,, JEA13
JEA13,, Ximm
Ximmerma
erman,
n,
Xqbot, GrouchoBot, Louperibot, MastiBot, Diannaa, Zak Hammat, EmausBot, EdoBot, Scpaistechina,
Scpaistechina, Svante Sörberg and Anonymous:
Anonymous:
37
•  Sonne (Rammstein song)  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonne_(Ram
/wiki/Sonne_(Rammstein_song)?oldid=67
mstein_song)?oldid=670230931
0230931  Contributors:   Modemac,
KAMiKAZOW, Vanished user 5zariu3jisj0j4ir
5zariu3jisj0j4irj,j, Morwen, Secretlondon,
Secretlondon, Robbot, Xorx77, Matthäus Wander, Beland, SecfSecfan,
an, Grm wnr,
DanielCD,
DanielCD, Rich Farmbrough,
Farmbrough, Thunderbran
Thunderbrand,d, Mike Garcia, Pearle, Garga
Gargaj,j, Stupid Ho, Irdepesca572, Woohookitty,
Woohookitty, Cabhan, FlaBot, Der
Sporkmeister, DeadEyeArrow, Jakobpr, Rikimaru~enwiki, SmackBot, Haymaker, Mdd4696, Commander Keane bot, Thumperward,
Killeroid, Tsca.bot,
Quaeler, Joe Alphathon,
Schmoe~enwiki,
Schmoe~en Szarka, Ry4n,
wiki, Aeternus, Gmcole,
Ss112, Hugoflug~enwiki,
Knight45,
Knight45 , Thijs!bot, RichAromas,
Thijs!bot, Headbomb, Ligulembot,
Feuerstorm, Ulgar, Oagersnap,
AntiVandalBot, RobotG,Slup, E-Kartoffel,
Nman5, SOAD
KoRn, Ingolfson, Repku, Magioladitis, Fethroesforia,
Fethroesforia, PhoenixBlitzkrieg, Bioform 1234, Black Kite, Bear91602, Stryik, Moonridde
Moonriddengirl,
ngirl,
Iaroslavvs, TubularWorld, Martarius, Lisadee, DumZiBoT, Prayer for the wild at heart, Salamibears58, MystBot, Addbot, Tassedethe,
PlankBot, Luckas-bot, EchetusXe, AnomieBOT, Agent McIntyre, Ulric1313, ArthurBot, Ximmerman, Xqbot, J04n, Shirik, Dinflux,
 

9.1. TEXT 
TEXT    91

D'ohBot, Dark Charles, HRoestBot, Full-date unlinking bot, Diannaa, EmausBot, WikitanvirBot, MasterOfBucket, Illegitimate Barris-
ter, Mikhail Ryazanov, Mishukdero, Pit476, 3Pac-Man2, TotalUseless, LyricsBot, KingSiri, Nomad racing, Its LoTek and Anonymous:
95
• 2-3-4   Source:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Links_2-3-4?oldid=655707590   Contributors:    KAMiKAZOW, Furrykef, Ertly,
  Links 2-3-4
MMuzammils, Piet Delport, SmackBot, TenPoundHammer, E-Kartoffel, Quaeler, NorthernThunder, Cancun771, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot,
JAnDbot, TXiKiBoT, H3xx, Moonriddengirl, Wolfer68, Doctorak, Addbot, Mootros, Underwaterbuffalo, Tassedethe, Vasiľ, Yobot,
EchetusXe, TaBOT-zerem, KamikazeBot, AnomieBOT, Agent McIntyre, Jonas J onas Talks, Ximmerman, Xqbot, Wüstenfuchs, DanTheMan-
Farnworth, D'ohBot, MastiBot, TheAceIsChase, Dinamik-bot, Zak Hammat, Whisky drinker, EmausBot, Undertaker289, Mishukdero,
LyricsBot and Anonymous:
Anonymous: 38
•   Ichwill Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_will?oldid=629664846 Contributors:   KAMiKAZOW, Acegikmo1,
iki/Ich_will?oldid=629664846 Acegikmo1, Everykin
Everyking,
g, Niteowl-
neils, Grstain, Rich Farmbrough, Aranel, Thunderbrand,
Thunderbrand, GK, Kotasik, Irdepesca5
Irdepesca572,
72, Woohookitty, SeventyThree,
SeventyThree, Radiant!, FlaBot, Der
Sporkmeister, Sharkface217, Wolf Of Norway, Kaiti, Jogers, SmackBot, Mdd4696, Krooga, ApolloCreed, Ry4n, Hugoflug~enwiki, Victor
Lopes, Ligulembot, TenPoundHammer, Oagersnap, E-Kartoffel, Quaeler, Joe Schmoe~enwiki, Hyperboreios, Valos, Headbomb, Escarbot,
RobotG, Wootoftheday, Twsx, Fethroesforia, Torres penjamo, Wizzel, Moonriddengirl, Vanished user 82345ijgeke4tg, SilvonenBot, Myst-
Bot, Addbot, Yoenit,
Yoenit, Nj
NjardarBot,
ardarBot, Zorrobot, Luckas-bot, EchetusXe, KamikazeBot, Rubin Rubinbot,
bot, Jim1138, Agent McIntyre, Cyanidethistle
Cyanidethistles,
s,
Ximmerman,
Ximmerm an, Xqbot, Tomhornstra,
Tomhornstra, Sylfi, DanTheManFarnwo
DanTheManFarnworth, rth, Wraith1
Wraith108,
08, D'ohBot, Baisulis, Mjs19
Mjs1991,
91, Illegitimate Barrister, ClueBot
NG, Petey Parrot, Mishukdero, Wesker018, Tandrum, King Cat93 and Anonymous: 47
• (song)   Source:    https://en.wikipedia.org/w
  Mutter (song) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutter_(song)?oldid=6 54481326  Contributors:    KAMiKAZOW, Betterworld,
iki/Mutter_(song)?oldid=654481326
Caknuck, Rich Farmbrough, Pmsyyz, MeltBanana, Thunderbrand, Nezbie, Woohookitty, Smmurphy, GregorB, Mihhkel, Rjwilmsi, Neon-
Merlin, Made2Fade, Der Sporkmeister, SpectrumDT, RussBot, Giro720, Spicouc, Amberrock, SmackBot, Mdd4696, Ry4n, Victor Lopes,
Ligulembot, TenPoundHammer, Oagersnap, RomanSpa, TastyPoutine, E-Kartoffel, Quaeler, Joe Schmoe~enwiki, CmdrObot, Centuriono,
RobotG, Fethroesforia, Rettetast, Wiher, Spellcast, TXiKiBoT, AlleborgoBot, Moonriddengirl, Binksternet, XLinkBot, Wolfer68, Addbot,
SamatBot, Luckas-bot, EchetusXe, Ptbotgourou, Amirobot, AnomieBOT, Agent McIntyre, ArthurBot, Ximmerman, Xqbot, DanTheMan-
Farnworth, LucienBOT, D'ohBot, RedBot, EmausBot, Rammsteinerfan6, ZéroBot, Casperhightower, ScotXW and Anonymous: 31
•   Feuer frei!   Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuer_frei!?oldid=62
iki/Feuer_frei!?oldid=625535213
5535213  Contributors: 
Contributors:  Damian Yerrick, KAMiKAZOW, Fur-
rykef, Lowellian, Ich, Florian Blaschke, Neg, Woohookitty, BD2412, FlaBot, BOT-Superzerocool, Teiladnam, Jogers, SmackBot,
EvilCouc
Evil Couch,
h, TheKiller
TheKillerAng
Angel,el, Kitt
KittyKat
yKat,, Mak
Makemi,
emi, T-borg,
T-borg, Ten
TenPou
PoundHa
ndHamme
mmer,r, JzG, Oagersn
Oagersnap,
ap, E-Kar
E-Kartoff
toffel,
el, Mari
Marioo 64 Mast
Master,
er, Joe
Schmoe~enwiki, MrBoo, REN, Madsyc0, Thijs!bot, Headbomb, Escarbot, RobotG, Fethroesforia, Torres penjamo, Bippy1990, Dorgan-
Bot, Idioma-bot, Visokor, CMBJ, SieBot, Grimitar, Wildjoe182, Gunmetal Angel, Alexbot, XLinkBot, Wolfer68, Addbot, Tassedethe,
OlEnglish, Yobot,
Yobot, EchetusXe, KamikazeBot, Agent McIntyre, Ximmerman, Xqbot, Metand.azv, Erik9bot, Captain Cheeks, D'ohBot, Di-
annaa, Ghustefee, O'Shch, EmausBot, Narcosis17, FiGhT 12, LudwigSpieLudwigSpieluhr,
luhr, ChuispastonBot, Ich901, DiendJap, LyricsBot, Vorti Vortiene
ene
and Anonymous:
Anonymous: 74
•   Mein Teil   Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Teil?ol
/wiki/Mein_Teil?oldid=66800612
did=6680061299   Contributors: 
Contributors:  Zocky, KAMiKAZOW, Rayray, Evercat,
Thue, Robbot, ChrisO~enwiki, RedWolf, GreatWhiteNortherner, KeyStorm, Johan Elisson, Selphie, YUL89YYZ, Just zis Guy, you
know?, Mike Garcia, NetBot, Vitarcus, PatsaloPatsalov,
v, Perceval, Garga
Gargaj,j, Walter Görlitz, AmbassadorShras, Gpaliot, BadSeed, Isfisk, Philthe-
cow, Woohookitty,
Woohookitty, Sysys, Avador,
Avador, Roboto de Ajvol,
Ajvol, YurikBot, Kyorosuke,
Kyorosuke, Irishguy, Asarelah, JakobJakobpr,
pr, Aceti
Aceticc Acid, Jonks, KingKane,
Teiladnam, Rehevkor, SmackBot, KnowledgeOfSelf, Mdd4696, Pathless, Ry4n, Jmlk17, Steff, Ligulembot, John, Epingchris, Oagersnap,
O0pyromancer0o, Richhoncho, Sabbre, Thijs!bot, Ancatdubh43, Headbomb, Mentifisto, Somnabot, RobotG, Andrzejbanas, KeineLust90,
SnapSnap, Spellmaster, Fethroesforia, 52 Pickup, Deathsdebt, Tazzaler, Potatoswatter, Jevansen, DorganBot, Idioma-bot, Spellcast,
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SuperHamster, Azrael Nightwalker, Kreepin Deth, Addbot, JNESS22, Luckas-bot, Hydroracee, Agent McIntyre, Materialscientist, Ci-
tation bot, Marauder09,
Marauder09, Waldo9000, Ximmerman,
Ximmerman, Buters757, Xqbot, Locobot, FrescoBot, D'ohBot, Dinamik-bot, Diannaa, Gorlingor,
TuHan-Bot, ZéroBot, Zornukopia,
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p53, DragonflySixtyseven, Rich Farmbrough, JoeSmack, Acjelen, Interiot, Primalchaos, Mad Hatter, Philthecow, OwenX, BD2412,
Ianthegecko,
Bot, Micler,Garric,
Arogyaswamy, RussBot, Hellbus, AKADriver,
Kintetsubuffalo, Hakkinen, Zer0fighta,
Dlodge, Chemturion, Jogers,
RuudVisser, Spin
Ry4n, Boy 11,
T-borg, Shawnc, Beliar,
Brainyiscool, VictorAmberrock, Smack-
Lopes, Ligulembot,
Jzummak, John, Oagersnap, JHunterJ, Illythr, Canadaolympic989, Myscrnnm, Rocket000, Richhoncho, Thijs!bot, Jedibob5, Headbomb,
Z10x, RobotG, Dr who1975, Blidu, JAnDbot, Fethroesforia,
Fethroesforia, Cocytus, Mapep, Mattnad, Tdadamem
Tdadamemd, d, Sema
Semajdraehs,
jdraehs, Wiher, Zerokitsune,
Thesis4Eva, Veikia, STBotD, Equazcion, Ajfweb, Vranak, VolkovBot, TXiKiBoT, Pwnage8, SteveStrummer, Bodybagger, Falcon8765,
The Taste of Monkeys, SieBot, PlanetStar, Moonriddengirl, Aruse, Nite-Sirk, Lucas.tej, Likeminas, F3AR, Darthnix, Aria1561, Rock-
fang, Redthoreau, Digimatt20, DumZiBoT, OcelotIIX, Addbot, The Shadow-Fighter, Сдобников Андрей, Luckas-bot, Yobot, Amirobot,
Eamonster, KiraTHO, Rubinbot, AnthonyBurgess, Agent McIntyre, Billy Bullshot, AcousticSynth, Aldebaran, Giovannii84, Ximmerman,
Xqbot, XZeroBot, The Evil IP address, GrouchoBot, D'ohBot, XxTimberlake
XxTimberlakexx,
xx, HRoestBot, Tim1357, TobeBot, Throwaway85,
Throwaway85, Oracle-
ofottawa, Fu7uR, Disambigutron, TuneyLoon, Zornukopia, Petey Parrot, Ich901, Mrt3366, Arthasale, Hmainsbot1, Flammeimwind333,
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Acegikmo1,
o1, Nite-
owlneils, Andycjp, Grm wnr, Andylkl, KeyStorm, Rich Farmbrough, Livajo, The Noodle Incident, Just zis Guy, you know?, Thunder-
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tor Lopes, Ligulembot,
Ligulembot, Rokur~enwiki, TenPoundHammer,
TenPoundHammer, John, Oagersnap,
Oagersnap, Ninjoc,
Ninjoc, Richhon
Richhoncho,cho, Thijs!bot, Ancatdubh43, Moelarious,
Headbom
Hea dbomb,b, Caleson,
Caleson, Rob
RobotG,
otG,Segi
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terrus,
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ILIAS, Feth
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VolkovBot,
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TXiKiBoT,Iciac,
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Bot, RedBot, Diannaa, Starcheerspeaksne
Starcheerspeaksnewslostw
wslostwars,
ars, UkrA1N1sh, Хедиум, Adolf Grobber,
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LyricsBot, Roachet and Anonymous:
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iki/Keine_Lust?oldid=650427065
0427065   Contributors:    Zippy, KAMiKAZOW, TUF-KAT,
Philwelch, Bobblewik, Grm wnr, DanielCD, Moochocoogle, Spearhead, Thunderbrand, Pikawil, Gargaj, GVOLTT, Male1979, Rjwilmsi,
Chsf, FlaBot, Agiesbrecht, Der Sporkmeister, Malhonen, YurikBot, JdwNYC, Jogers, Ray Chason, Amberrock, SmackBot, Mdd4696,
 

92   CHAPTER 9. TEXT AND IMAGE

IMAGE SOURCES, CONTRIBUTORS,
CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSES 

Sectryan, Ry4n, Victor Lopes, Ligulembot,

Ligulembot, Rokur~enwiki, John, Oagersn
Oagersnap,
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Fethroesforia,
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murphy, Rjwilmsi, Angusmclellan, FlaBot, Der Sporkmeister, Penguin, YurikBot, Mushin, TodorBozhinov, Hellbus, SignalMan, Vladislav
Voronin~enwiki, Teiladnam, Jogers, SmackBot, TheKillerAngel, Mdd4696, RuudVisser, Ry4n, Victor Lopes, Ligulembot, TenPound-
Hammer, Oagersnap, CmdrObot, Floydiac, Bigwhiteyeti, Richhoncho, Headbomb, RobotG, JAnDbot, MER-C, Fethroesforia, Alt.dev,
Volk
VolkovBot,
tyre, ovBot, Enigmaman,
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DSisyphBot, Alexbot, FrescoBot,
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D'ohBot, AnthonyBurgess,
MastiBot, Agent
JacksonESP, McIn-
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EmausBot, ZéroBot, Rmashhadi, FamilyGuy1998,
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenrot_(song)?ol
iki/Rosenrot_(song)?oldid=67106352
did=6710635211   Contributors: 
Contributors:  KAMiKAZOW, Rich Farm-
brough,
broug h, Thunderbrand, King nothing, Bobrayner,
Bobrayner, GVOLTT, Hellbus, Limetom,
Limetom, Jogers, Samuel Blanning, Amberrock,
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Phi*n!x, Headbomb, RobotG, ArnoldPlaton, Andrzejbanas, Fethroesforia, TXiKiBoT, Charlesdrakew, AlleborgoBot, Moonriddengirl,
Katiej88,
Katie j88, Iciac, BlueSakura, F3AR, Denisaron
Denisarona,
a, Nad
NadjaCS,
jaCS, DragonBot, SilvonenBot, Addbot, Kipperfi
Kipperfield,
eld, Kisbesbot, Amirobot, THEN
WHO WAS PHONE?, AnomieBOT, Agent McIntyre, Ximmerman, GrouchoBot, D'ohBot, DrilBot, JacksonESP, Full-date unlinking bot,
DixonDBot, Dixtosa, Rammsteinerfan6, ZéroBot, Mishukdero, BattyBot, Hmainsbot1, JordiTK and Anonymous: 40
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Cat, Secfan, Thunderbrand, HasharBot~enwiki, Tedp, Smmurphy, Der Sporkmeister, Celebere, Roboto de Ajvol, TodorBozhinov,
Hede2000, Retired username, Asarelah, Unforgiven24, Shawnc, Rehevkor, Amberrock, Chairman S., Mdd4696, Kowski~enwiki, Ke-
iron22, Insineratehymn, DMacks, Rodrigogomespaixao, Yoshi n Justin, KanadierausDeutschland, Oagersnap, Trickzzz, King Noth-
ing~enwiki, Floydiac, DarkJin, Teutoberg, Thijs!bot, Ancatdubh43, Moelarious, Headbomb, QuasyBoy, RobotG, Qwerty Binary, Thekliv-
ertaker, JAnDbot, Jasonipod2, Fethroesforia, STBot, Norfair18, Ahuskay, VolkovBot, Cnilep, Closenplay, Moonriddengirl, Libido~enwiki,
F3AR, ImageRemovalBot, Robby.is.on, DumZiBoT, Wolfer68, Addbot, Darena mipt, CanadianLinuxUser, Stephen923, WisdomSphere,
DemocraticLuntz,
Democra ticLuntz, Rubinbot,
Rubinbot, Karstengroe
Karstengroebe~enwi
be~enwiki,
ki, Agent
AgentMcIntyre,
McIntyre, Ximmerman,
Ximmerman, Xqbot, DSisyphBot,
DSisyphBot,FrescoBot,
FrescoBot, D'ohBot, JacksonESP,
Kıdemli, AvicAWB,and
venge, DtheZombie Zornukopia,
Anonymous:ClueBot
73 NG, FamilyGuy1998, Ascker, Mishukdero, FSII, BattyBot, LyricsBot, Quenhitran, KetchupRe-
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pussy_(disambig
wiki/Pussy_(disambiguation)?oldid=6644
uation)?oldid=664468277
68277  Contributors: 
Contributors:  Alan Liefting, Discospin-
ster, Anthony Appleyard,
Appleyard, Bhny,
B hny, Paul Erik, John, Bydand, Courcel
Courcelles,
les, Syxx, Neelix, PamD, Bongwarrior, JNW, Froggerlaura, Steel1943,
VolkovBot,
Volk ovBot, Morenooso, Station1, Zidonuke, Aymatth2, Kmhkmh, Cnilep, A21sauce, JasonHocke JasonHockeyGuy,
yGuy, Addbot, Tide rolls, 1Sire, Ville
Siliämaa, DSisyphBot, Pinethicket, Sirkablaam, The Utahraptor, BidingMyTime2, In ictu oculi, Nuujinn, Wikipelli, Dolovis, Idodok,
Tiaaaa, Vesuvius Dogg and Anonymous: 28
•   Ich tu dir w weh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ich_tu_dir_weh?ol
eh Source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/w iki/Ich_tu_dir_weh?oldid=66729102
did=6672910255  Contributors:  AxelBoldt,
  AxelBoldt, Teiladnam, SmackBot,
OOODDD, Victor Lopes, J 1982, Cydebot, Isjke, Isjke, Ss112, Richhoncho, Headbom
Headbomb, b, Lfstevens, Qwerty Binary, PhoenixBlitzkrieg, Ryan-
S79, Erikire, Feudonym, Cnilep, Crash Underride, TubularWorld, ClueBot, Nnemo, Gamuzajoe, XLinkBot, Good Olfactory, Addbot,
Puppenbenutzer, Luckas-bot, Amirobot, AnomieBOT, Citation bot, MauritsBot, Xqbot, GrouchoBot, Niddy, Kornixz, Demihalf, Espi-
oChameleonLikes311, Kıdemli, MrMoustacheMM, Diannaa, James Brian Ellis, Carnutter750, Alpha Quadrant, Alpha Quadrant (alt),
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•   Haifisch   Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haifisch?oldid=66
/wiki/Haifisch?oldid=669021490 Contributors:  Koavf, Malcolma, Teiladnam, Closedmouth,
9021490  Contributors: 
SmackBot, Derek R Bullamore, Victor Lopes, NJA, CmdrObot, Playtim Playtime, e, KnightMove, Ss112, Domino2097,
Domino2097, Headbomb, Mr. Phillips,
JamesBWatson, Emeraude, SaviorSix, VolkovBot, TXiKiBoT, Kww, Erikire, SieBot, PlanetStar, Nite-Sirk, Werldwayd, Wilhelmina Will,
Kjtobo, Tradereddy, ClueBot, Gamuzajoe, J1.grammar natz, HMFS, Addbot, JNESS22, L3eater, Tassedethe, Legobot, Luckas-bot,
Liderian, AnomieBOT, Xqbot, Wüstenfuchs, GrouchoBot, Sophus Bie, Manuelt15, FrescoBot, Dinamik-bot, Heartless4, Ripchip Bot,
Haifisch93,
Haifisch9 3, ZéroBot, Das Beta, Mishukdero,
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•   Mein Land  Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/w
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Land?oldid=6
iki/Mein_Land?oldid=654481230
54481230 Contributors: 
Contributors:  Peter
  Peter Greenwell, Woohookitty, BD2412,
Hel
Hellbus
lbus,, Teilad
Teiladnam,Richho
nam,Richhonch ncho,
o, Asarlaí,
Asarlaí,Plan
PlanetSt
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ar, Tata
Tataryn,
ryn,Noma
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91910, XLin
XLinkBot,
kBot, Add
Addbot,
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Drummerfmerfrea
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k4327,
7, Luc
Luckas-
kas-bot,
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Yobot,
AnomieBOT, Wüstenfuchs, SD5, Asdino, Yawaraey, Clarkcj12, Ripchip Bot, EmausBot, ZéroBot, BadaBoom, Mishukdero, Veyneru,
Dr.tolga, Bruceboehner,
Bruceboehner, Inops, Maox223, LyricsBot, Monkbot, Thursao and Anonym Anonymous:
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•   Mein Herz brennt   Source:   https://en.wikipedia.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Herz_b
wiki/Mein_Herz_brennt?oldid=66893
rennt?oldid=6689318831883   Contributors: 
Contributors:   KAMiKAZOW, Mush-
room, Genesis, Bluemask, Woohookitty, Smmurphy, Kallemax, Maverick Leonhart, Teiladnam, Saranghae honey, Jogers, SmackBot,
Mdd4696, Colonies
Colonies Chris, Милан Јелисавчић, Puska, E-Kartoffel,
E-Kartoffel, FairuseBot, OS2Warp, CmdrObot, Ss112, Rocket000, CharlotteW CharlotteWebb,
ebb,
Twsx, Torres penjamo, Spellcast, Hollandhoodie, Crash Underride, Tradereddy, Elephant Talk, Xavexgoem, Kafkakazakh, Addbot, Jake-
fry2,, Underwaterbuff
fry2 Underwaterbuffalo,
alo, Vasiľ, Yobot, EchetusXe, J Milburn Bot, Ulric1313, Xqbot, GrouchoBot, Rapsar, Rammste RammsteinAM,
inAM, Ghustefee,
EmausBot, LJSavery, Das Beta, Fascinoma, Veyneru, Sozertsatel, Mogism, Makecat-bot, Taras98, LyricsBot, Spyman05 and Anonymous:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_aus_Berl
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Farmbrough, MattTM, GVOLTT, Tabletop, Koavf, Doppelgangland, FlaBot, YurikBot, Yrithinnd, Jogers, SmackBot, Chaojoker, Derek R
Bullamore, SashatoBot, Childzy, E-Kartoffel, Nádvorník, Jannelp, Painjoiker, Athalis, The Haunted Angel, CmdrObot, Lugnuts, Guitarde-
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