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Rammstein - Biography
| 07-07-2006 20:00 | 3 reaction(s) | add reply |
Rammstein was formed in 1993 by an assembly of factory-weary proletarians raised in East Germany. They took their name (adding an "m") from the location of a German tragedy where 80 people were hurt and killed as the result of a crash during an American Air Force flight show. The literal translation of "ram stein" is a battering ram made of stone.
Word of Rammstein's horror romanticist blend of theatre and music spread like wildfire. One-time Olympic swimmer Till Lindemann would sing entire songs engulfed in flame from head to toe. The band's first album, Herzeleid (or Heartache), built on the grounds created by the band's live reputation. Scaling the German charts (and remaining there until the release of the second Rammstein LP some two years later), the album also introduced the band to the world outside of the Germany/Switzerland/Austria region. As Rammstein's second album, Sehnsucht (Longing), was released, the band was headlining throughout Europe to crowds of 10,000 to 30,000 people. Sehnsucht entered the German charts at number one immediately upon its release, and came very close to doing to the same in Austria and Switzerland. Within weeks, entries on other countries' charts had Sehnsucht rubbing elbows with Prodigy, Radiohead, and the Rolling Stones on Billboard's cumulative Eurochart. From there the fever spread, transcending any perceived language barrier. Mutter followed in 2001, Reise, Reise in 2004 and Rosenrot in 2005.
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15-08-2006 01:55 Soup_kan | 
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| It's "proletariats" you nescient troglodyte. | | 24-09-2006 19:50 Torpedo1 |
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| Sorry, Soup Kan, it's "proletarians". A proletarian is a member of the Proletariat. Check your dictionary. | | 20-11-2007 23:14 kimbara |
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| Who cares where they are from, or what their political affiliations are, they rock! Who cares that I cannot understand a word of their songs ( I'm english ) the music reaches deep into my soul and moves me. Long may they reign!. |
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