Rammstein

Rammstein is a Neue Deutsche Härte, industrial metal and hard rock band that was founded by Richard Z. Kruspe on 1994 in Berlin. Richard envisioned something that would combine the sounds of machines with the sounds of heavy guitars.

Richard, Oliver Riedel and Christoph Schneider started working together in a new project, Richard, the founder of the fledgling band, found it extremely difficult to write both music and lyrics at the same time, and later talked Lindemann into joining the band.

A contest was held in Berlin for amateur bands in 1994, Richard, Oliver, Christoph and Till entered the contest and won, which caught the attention of Paul Sanders who wished to enter the group. Richard latter recruited Christian Lorenz into the group.

The band called themselves Rammstein, inspired by the Ramstein Airshow disaster.

The majority of the songs of the group are in German, although they sometimes write songs in other languages, such as: Russian, French, Spanish and English.

Group members:

•            Till Lindemann – lead vocals, harmonica (1994–present)
•          Richard Z. Kruspe – lead guitar, keyboard, backing vocals (1994–present)
•          Paul Landers – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1994–present)
•          Oliver Riedel – bass (1994–present)
•          Christian Lorenz – keyboard, samples, synthesizers (1994–present)
•          Christoph Schneider – drums, percussion (1994–present)

Famous songs:

•        Du Hast (You have)
•          Sonne (Sun)
•         Engel (Angel)
•          Amerika

I like the band primarily because of its musical style and the controversial themes their music deals with, as well as the primary language of the band, German. I listen to Rammstein when I feel like it, there isn’t a “right time or place”, although during certain periods of time I listen to their music more frequently.

Favorite songs:

Sonne (Sun)

Moskau (Moscow)