Rammstein
- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
Electronic metal band formed in Germany in 1993. Initiated by former
'Orgasm Death Gimmick' guitarist
Richard Kruspe along with guitarist
Paul Landers, keyboardist
Christian Flake Lorenz [the two both
ex-Feeling B], drummer
Christoph Schneider,
bassist Oliver Riedel and ex-champion
swimmer Till Lindemann at vocals. Their
first song, "Rammstein", was about a crash incident during a airshow.
They keep the name and were signed by label Motor in Germany. After a
couple of hit singles in their home country, they released a first
album, "Herzeleid", in 1995. The next year,
David Lynch licensed two "Rammstein"
songs for the soundtrack of his movie
Lost Highway (1997). Before that,
the band never released a track in America. In 1997, the second album
"Sehnsucht" went on to surprisingly sell over half a million copies in
the United States. The hit "Du Hast" played in German on the radio even
if "Rammstein" recorded an English version of the song. They released
live video and album "Live Aus Berlin" in 1999 and hit back in 2001
with the long-awaited album "Mutter".