#Going solo [Lindemann]

[elliesthetics]

[anwiel13]

Well, all the fuss was about absolutely nothing.

Entre Dos Tierras Official Video

[marimayscarlett]

Obviously, I'm just speculating, but taking from what Schneider said last year - I don't think the rest of the guys were ever jealous of Till's solo work. Why would they be? Especially after Emigrate. Richard and Till clearly need a bigger let out than Rammstein can provide, and if it doesn't interfere with Rammstein, then why not? But unlike Emigrate, Lindemann went on tour. Garnered negativity that reflected onto the band. And most importantly, unlike Richard, Till got further away from them. He didn't want to and couldn't spend more time with them as individuals and as a band member. He got a new friend group, new entourage, which integrated into Rammstein and put an even bigger wedge between them. Till even stopped flying with them! And that what might've caused resentment caused by fear. Is Till quitting Rammstein? Is he even still our friend?

And Richard had a fight with Zoran before the backstage bj video which btw was tasteless and lowkey offensive to the band and the crew. Mein Teil is a great video but they've made some masterpieces since then. None of which had to involve sado masochism veiling itself as "being misunderstood".

I've nothing against Till doing what he's doing, he has every right to it but I also believe that last years incident should've been a massive eye opener (not the fucking young women part. He made it very clear with his poem that he doesn't care what we think about that) but that if he wants Rammstein to continue, he cannot lead a double life. Richard managed to separate Rammstein-self and Emigrate-self whilst still maintaining both full time. Till completely failed that, clearly deeply hurting 5 other individuals in the process. It was easier for him to do what he wants and ice everyone out. It's better if they took a long, long break than ruin 30+ year relationship with silence.

As for Zoran. He's just bitter. If post Zoran Rammstein videos are Ali Express, then wtf does that make him? Because no one even knew of him before the band and certainly he's not making any headlines post band. His only saving grace was Till but even then, his Lindemann videos aren't even the best ones..

Hi and thank you for the time and effort you put into writing this out 👋

I will work my way through this message and will add some of my own thoughts to it - this will be subjectiv and not everyone has to agree with everything.

It is true that Till and Richard both needed an additional outlet for their creative processes - the difference is that Till treats his solo project like a normal band and likes to go on tour (Richard mentioned this in one interview once that touring is a vital part for Till's creative life), while Richard treats his more like a studio project. Going out, touring with a stage show like his, putting out videos in this very style which is seen as 'typical Till' by now I might say - all this can serve as a target for misunderstanding, resentment, problems in general.

I do sometimes wonder why he takes these risks (after last summer more than ever). I know he as an artist has his own visions and wants them to come to life, which is his right - but I sometimes ask myself if it's worth it. If it's worth it that others have to deal with the problems his work/behavious has caused. But then again: it's none of my business and he has the freedom to do as he pleases.

I used this ask as an impetus to read Schneider's statement again (something which still triggers me a bit and which i haven't done in over half a year), and Schneider writes this: "Till has distanced himself from us in recent years and created his own bubble. With his own people, his own parties, his own projects. That made me sad, definitely." While I never understood this as being criticism towards Till having his musical side project, I do see it as criticism on how he treats it and how he handles things around it - between the lines there is (at least from my point of view) definitely discontent and concern. So I do believe the band doesn't see anything wrong with having side projects (in Richard's case they were even happy and relieved about it), but maybe in the trend of side projects demanding too much attention or developping possible unpleasant characteristics/outgrowths.

One can only hope that the last year really served Till as a wake up call to overthink some structures which gained influence around him.

"It's better if they took a long, long break than ruin 30+ year relationship with silence." I'm honestly not sure about this and I don't know what good a break would do in this case - since seemingly nothing incriminating had happend, there's no reason for a break in this regard, and maybe, just maybe, it's good for the band to work together this year, in their anniversary year, to actually feel close to each other, to reminisce together, something in this regard.

Regarding Zoran: Like I said in the post I reblogged, I find it highly conceited of him to quite literally say that every thing that came after him music video-wise, every art work from another director is inferior to his work in its quality (hence the 'AliExpress' metaphor). If he really means it that way, it's quite laughable to be honest. In my opinion, he is resting too much on his laurels he garnered from 'Mein Teil' - which admittedly had an immense effect and gave us Frau Schneider, and from "saving" 'Mein Herz brennt', but to say that the music videos of 'Deutschland', 'Adieu' or 'Zeit' are below his standards is mind-boggling to me (if I understand his allusion correctly).

Zoran's Lindemann videos are not my taste, and saying he wanted to express lonliness and insatiableness with a porn-video seems hypocritical and sends out 'oh I'm an artist, of course nobody understands me correctly'-pick me vibes. I'm not surprised that a lot of people who respects their own work didn't want to work with someone anymore who made a project like 'Till the end'.

[morgana-lefay]

I've been reading Till's poetry book, "In Stillen Nächten" ("Nas Noites Tranquilas") and I'm actually enjoying most of the poems. Some seem to make no sense or I just don't think I understand them (many times I catch myself commenting in the end "What the fuck did I just read?"😅). Others make me laugh. My favourites, so far, are the most depressive and fatalist, I'm reckoning (guess it's the Portuguese in me). And there are others that make me a bit more uncomfortable (although I think this book is "lighter" on that matter compared to what I've read about Messer). But, in the end, they all make me feel something.

This means, I will, most likely, be sharing some of my favourites, particularly in Portuguese.

Right now, I feel like talking about one called "Wenn Mutti spät zur Arbeit geht" ("When Mother goes to work late"/"Quando a Mãe vai trabalhar tarde").

Wenn Mutti spät zur Arbeit geht Wenn Mutti spät zur Arbeit geht Dann bleibe ich allein Sie wirft mir Zwieback auf den Mund Schließt mich im Zimmer ein Wenn Mutti spät zur Arbeit muß Fährt nicht mit Bus noch Bahn Ihr Arbeitsplatz ist gar nicht weit Ist das Zimmer nebenan Sie kommen und sie gehen Manchmal auch zu zweit Die späten Vögel singen Und wenn die Mutti schreit Wenn sie mich früh zu Bette schickt Sagt ich soll nicht traurig sein Weint mir ein bißchen ins Gesicht Schließt mich im Zimmer ein Sie kommen und sie gehen Das Licht im Fenster rot Ich sehe zu durchs Schlüsselloch Und einer schlug sie tot Traurig war ich vorher schon Die Mutter fehlt mir nicht Ich riech an ihren Schlüpfern Und mal mir ihr Gesicht

During my searches, I ended up on RammWiki (bless them) and was linked to MusikGuru, to find that there's a GDR children's song called "Wenn Mutti Früh Zur Arbeit Geht". Well, I'm assuming (and then, after reading the RammWiki page, confirmed) this poem takes inspiration from said song, which was interesting to learn.

As we know, Till adapts some of his poems into Rammstein songs and Lindemann/his solo work (we can read some more familiar lines in this book, that I might bring up too) and for those of you who get the language, you might have already noticed he made this one darker and it became "Puppe".

The GDR song talks about Mom having to go to work early and how the child engages in all these age appropriate chores while, also, having time to play with her "child doll" ("puppenkind"), certainly training her to be a good mother one day.

Till's poem and lyrics twist it around, setting the time in darker hours and giving it a darker meaning. In the poem, the child is on his own, after Mom feeds him a biscuit and shuts him in his room. Mother seems to be a prostitute and her work place is the room next door. He peeps through the lock and sees her getting killed by one of her clients. There's, then, a final verse where he adds how he's been sad before and won't miss her.

In "Puppe", he filled the text more and upped the weird/dark scale. This time, the story goes around a sister and no longer a mother. Same line of work, same working place [from what translation gives me, he gets a bit ironic and goes on a little word play here, changing from work place ("Arbeitsplatz") to creative place ("Schaffensplatz")] and same fate in the end. He picks the doll part from the GDR song, as the sister leaves it with him and it keeps him company (and they take it up a notch live). There's also a change to what he's feeding on - from biscuits to medicine. Contrary to the child in the poem, who wasn't sad anymore, the child in Puppe gets increasingly upset and angry, until, putting all these emotions out in the doll, ends up making him feel better.

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

Never-gonna-happen-Rammstein-tour-predictions

With various tour predictions going on, i always come up with stuff that's never going to happen anyway (am very bad at predictions), but since i feel like a poll... 😊

which would you most like to happen 😊

[herrlindemann]

Sonic Seducer, June 2015

The exotic blossoms of a band break: After Rammstein said goodbye to the collective scene after their furious final show at the Wacken Open Air in summer 2013, the individual group members are slowly but surely returning with solo projects. While guitarist Richard Kruspe kicked things off last fall with the release of the second long play from his all-star artist collective Emigrate, spring 2015 will also be dominated by the Berlin industrial metallers. While keyboardist Flake Lorenz is trying his hand at writing books, frontman Till Lindemann is also letting the sparks fly again in every way possible: On the debut album of his solo effort of the same name, the flame-retardant muscle man has enlisted the help of Hypocrisy/Pain mastermind Peter Tägtgren. Together we'll be firing on all cylinders for 'Skills In Pills' from June onwards - and all in English!

The good news at the very beginning: the all-clear can be given. Despite all the rumors and speculation, the founding of Lindemann does not mean the end of Rammstein, as Till solemnly explains in the preliminary discussion about his latest field of musical activity. "Peter and I have been planning this project for ages. We had to keep postponing it because of time constraints — either he was on tour or I was busy with Rammstein. For me, Lindemann means more of a vacation from Rammstein. 15 years together is a long time. During this time we lived almost exclusively for the band and neglected our private life a lot. Some band members have small children and we are aware that we need more time for our families and whatever else is going on these days. It was urgently necessary for some of us to take a longer break from Rammstein. A break during which you can collect yourself again and really relax without the next appointments being on your calendar."

Anyone who knows the New German Hardness pioneer and the Scandinavian death metal veteran knows: you won't rest for a single minute on the twelve tracks of 'Skills In Pills'. On the contrary. As the names Rammstein and Pain suggest, on their first album the Lindemann/Tägtgren duo created a darkly bombastic, subtly electro-fied hybrid monster that stomps through the metal forest with glowing eyes, broad shoulders and a dirty grin to make his way through the mainstream and underground regardless of the losses. A real man's record, the result of a German-Swedish friendship that has now lasted a good 15 years. A long shared history that, according to Tägtgren, "starts with bar fights and continues through vomiting in Chinese restaurants" to the present day. Sounds too weird for a PR stunt, as Lindemann confirms. "We met when Flake and I got into a fight in a small bar somewhere in the north of Sweden. Peter somehow got in the way. I previously only knew him from seeing metal clubs and bars in Stockholm, but had never spoken to him. Back then we hung out a lot with the guys from Clawfinger and our mixer at the time, Stefan Glaumann. A time when I was out every night and knew all the clubs. Peter and his brother really saved our asses in that fight and kept us out of a lot of trouble. He calmed the heated tempers and said to these guys: By the way, that's the singer from Rammstein, they're okay. Afterwards there was home-made beer for the whole house. Then we all crashed really badly together."

Instead of burning off their excess energy in trendy shops in Stockholm, LindGren now prefers to spend her time on 'Skills In Pills'. With instant neckbreakers like 'Ladyboy' and 'Golden Shower', the bizarre fetish metal smash 'Fat' and the polarizing family planning guide 'Praise Abort(ion'), the duo will be open-mouthed and perhaps one or two scandal headlines from June onwards in relevant tabloids. The new pieces are based on Till Lindemann's notorious, deep black humor, which was often misunderstood in Rammstein and in his two previously published volumes of poetry. In English form, all non-German-speaking regions now have the chance for the first time to immerse yourself in the eerie and beautiful world of thoughts of the R-rolling fifty-something. Brutal humor for everyone.

"It’s just part of my job. I've always tried to let a certain kind of humor shine through; even if sometimes it wasn't much fun to record the songs. I can't judge whether this is the light, carefree side of Till Lindemann. The biggest difference is definitely that the songs are in English - a completely new field of work that I'm working on today."

The album was created in Peter Tägtgren's semi-legendary The Abyss studio in the tiny village of Pärlby, around 200 kilometers northwest of Stockholm. Where over the last twenty years milestones have been recorded by mostly black metal formations such as Dimmu Borgir, Dark Funeral and of course Peter's numerous in-house projects, last summer they clubbed their way through their collection of acoustic pills in a relaxed mood. Relaxed feel-good atmosphere à la Lindemann. "In his studio you can literally throw a fishing rod into the water from the comfort of your own home. Peter did the editing of the songs and I fished during my breaks from recording. We approached this project without any great expectations or plans. We just wanted to do something together. Everything has developed step by step into what you can hear and see today. Initially we thought we'd record a few songs and put them online to see how people would react."

"We are very serious about music," concludes Peter Tägtgren. "We are extremely proud of what we have created together with this album. But at the moment the project is still in its infancy. You have to see how much the audience likes our work. If it goes down well out there, I could imagine playing concerts with Lindemann. But at the moment it is still too early to judge. We'll wait for the feedback first."

The Lindemann album ‘Skills In Pills’ will be released in June; The detailed interview with Till and Peter can be found in the next issue.

[derwahnsinn]

31 Days Rammstein Challenge - Day 28: Favourite Solo Project

I thoroughly enjoy the various Rammstein solo projects. While I have to admit some of the Lindemann lyrics were a bit - interesting - I really enjoyed the music. I am also happy that I got to see three of the concerts before Till Lindemann and Peter Tägtgren split up.

Till Lindemann is, for now, mainly the same music, but Till's collaborations and new material is great. I love that he is not afraid of singing in various languages, and I can't wait to see his new band play live.

Till's poetry is good as well, but unfortunately, my understanding of German is not good enough for me to grasp all the nuances of his writing.

Flake Lorenz's writing, radio, and podcasts is fantastic. He is so straight forward and funny, and it's wonderful to get insight into his thought processes and to read the stories from his life as a musician.

That said, I have to go with Emigrate for this one.

It's definitely a close call and a difficult choice, but Richard is a strong songwriter, and I like how he has moved into the rock/pop genre and how he collaborates with other musicians. As a bonus, his work with Emigrate has generated a lot of photos and interviews. Finally, Richard having Emigrate helps him find balance in his life so that he can still do Rammstein. And Rammstein beats everything.

Illustration: Richard Z. Kruspe by Alexander Gnädinger for Emigrate, 2014. I'm a sucker for photos of Richard smiling.

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Day 1: Favourite Song Day 2: Favourite Era Day 3: Favourite Single Day 4: Favourite Album Day 5: Favourite Music Video Day 6: Favourite Member Day 7: Favourite Lyrics Day 8: Favourite B-side or Unreleased Track Day 9: Favourite Remix Day 10: Favourite Live Photo Day 11: Favourite Live Video Day 12: Favourite Making of Day 13: Favourite Picture Official or Unofficial Day 14: Favourite Vocals Day 15: Favourite Bass, Guitar, Drums, or Keyboard Work Day 16: Favourite Outfit Day 17: Favourite Live Moment Day 18: Favourite Pyro Effect Day 19: Favourite Herzeleid Song Day 20: Favourite Sehnsucht Song Day 21: Favourite Mutter Song Day 22: Favourite Reise, Reise Song Day 23: Favourite Rosenrot Song Day 24: Favourite LIFAD Song Day 25: Favourite Untitled Song Day 26: Favourite Zeit Song Day 27: Favourite Pre-Rammstein Photo

[waldschimmel]

Till’s new songs are *chef kiss*! His voice is better than ever and the music are a ream banger. I’m hooked and hyped for the album. And agree that the videos are genius, but Till is a genius even if he would deny it

He is one of the few singers whose voice just gets better with age and probably experience. I think he sounds absolutely incredible in Zeit – especially in Schwarz and Meine Tränen. Those songs are just awesome, but the way Till sings them make them a real experience to listen to. He really interprets the songs with his voice and doesn't "just sing".

It's taken me a long time to get into Lindemann (I didn't listen to them while they were still together, only started after they broke up). The snippets I heard weren't really doing it for me. Then, on a long run, I just made myself to listen to Skills in Pills and found that I really liked it and listened to not only this album, but to F&M, too. Both are so diverse and creative (I can't believe they did a rap song; it was so funny), but especially F&M. Now, I put a song on and am immediately hooked, same as with Rammstein. (My 8-year old son was hooked right from the start on every Lindemann song, by the way.)

I often listen to the radio in the car and discover new pop songs that I immediately like, and then I listen to them again and again. And then I get tired of them, and even if I listen in again after months or even a year, I am often not that into them anymore.

With Rammstein, and now also with Lindemann and Till's solo work, I am often not that impressed at first, then listen a couple more times and really start to appreciate each song. There is something different about it – I don't know what it is. I don't grow tired of the songs; they are a staple for me. They take time to get into, and then it's real love 😌

With Zunge, I was not that impressed at first, then suddenly I couldn't get the song out of my head and just absolutely love it now. I didn't like NSL, now I do like N and S very much 🙃 (His voice when he sings "und die kleinen" in Nass sounds so incredibly beautiful. There is something similar in Wo bist du ("als du mich geliebt hast"), just a second, where his voice opens up on the vowel, and I always love that so much.)

So when the rest of the album comes out, I'm not going to say anything, but listen a couple of times first, ha. (By the way, I think both the Zunge and the NSL video are just beautiful works of art.)

It would be interesting to see what the creative process is like with Till and Daniel Karelly or Sky Van Hoff. To be a fly on the wall. Since Till already has had some of the texts there as poems and now turned them into songs, I would love to see how the collaboration works with regard to putting music to it. We got some insight into the process with Peter and Till in interviews – I wonder if it works the same here?

[ahalal-uralma]

I was tagged by @kvtie-pie to post 10 songs. Thank you!

I am going to recommend 10 underappreciated female singers, both solo & part of groups that I think deserve more attention.

Here are lists for two archetypes of feminine tastes, although you'll notice they will intersect and share similarities as much as differences. Enjoy!

Light Side

Feral Hearts by Kerli (Bubble Goth Pop)

Said It After by Summy (Ethereal Indie Pop)

Cicada by Blackbriar (Symphonic Goth Metal)

Hypnotic by Zella Day (Indie Pop/Desert Rock)

Hurricane by Cannons (Indie Synth Pop)

Wonderland by Alice Chater (Electro Synth Pop)

Not Human by Iamamiwhoami (Spiritual Avant Garde Pop)

Nothing Matters by The Last Dinner Party (Baroque Pop)

Like A Stranger by Kitten (New Wave Power Pop)

Birth of Venus by Banshee (Fairy Metal)

Dark Side

Ghost by Fefe Dobson (Power Pop Rock)

Fall Into by Ally Nicholas (Indie Pop Rock/Metal)

My Heart's Grave by Faouzia (R&B Synth Pop)

Scissorhands by Maggie Lindemann (Pop Punk Revival)

Biscuit by Ivy Levan (Pop Soul/Swamp Hop)

The Matrix by Omnimar (Goth Dark Wave)

Diabolical by Nyxx (Goth Synth Pop)

Black Cat Bone by The Haxans (Goth Power Pop)

Possessed by Stitched Up Heart (Post Grunge/Goth Metal)

From Ashes To Flames by Dust In Mind (Industrial/Melodic Death Metal)

[theworldsendandmythoughts]

Zunge (Album) - review 2023

Till Lindemann's first full album as a solo artist. Something I've barely kept up with and Marton was my saving grace for updating me on the developments of the album. It's the continuation of Ich Hasse Kinder and Till The End.

With Till seperating from the Lindemann group project with Peter Tagtgren, he went into a more electro metal direction with the music producer Sky Van Hoff. As well as a mellow techno song Till The End which is speculated to have been the cause for Till and Peter seperating. After Till's obsession with Russia and the successful rleease of Ich Hasse Kinder and Beloved Town, we fans were waiting for a full album.

When he released Zunge, I was immediately excited for his album release. The lyrics, instrumental and visuals is exactly what I wanted from Till. Something semi gore, sexually implying yet fresh and deep. I loved the red theme he went for here.

The release of Nass, Lecker and Schweiss was something else. First of all; the three music videos being connected in an 18 minute long video. The first of the visuals reminded me too much of TTE, which I wasnt fond off. In general I'm not too happy about the music videos. Though the songs really grew on me over the upcoming days. Schweiss has to be the most relatable song Till has ever made.

I was pleasantly surprised in regards to Sport Frei. Incredibly heavy with an unusal theme alongside unique lyrics. I had to get used to this song a lot more than the previous four, I still do to be quite honest. The video was not to my taste particularly but I see he has the pill influence still going.

Now for the album release, something I got a day early by my beloved insider connections. The songs on that album that I hadn't heard already, blew me away. The heaviness in these songs was something completely different from the previously released singles. I cant help but wonder if he saved the best for last. Tho we have two songs which are on the softer side, as well as on the Schlager. I see the influence my dear friend Sky Van Hoff has had on Till (he did produce some of the music on this album). The elements fit so well, it burts your train of thought and the eardrum.

[darkerthanblack-666]

What do you think about Vem da greš?

I'm not that familiar with Joker Out except a few songs, because most leave my memory after listening to them, so I had to google this one and indeed, I had 0 memory of ever listening to it (perhaps I never did 😂). As I said, their rock genre is rather out of my usual stuff I listen to, I need something faster.

So I googled the lyrics translation first, and I thought "great, not another love song, but it's kinda sad, so it passes the vibe I guess?"

Then I checked a video and the song is actually about friendship, isn't it? It's 8AM and my brain is not functional at this hour and I had to rewatch the ending (because my brain started to think about my fanfic suddenly), but it looks like it's a story of two friends who had a childhood dream to go to space together, but they eventually didn't? Ugh, I'd have to watch this video again, it's too early for this 😫. I only hope it isn't about romantic love and about friendship, because I'm so done with romantic love being everywhere. The space theme is pretty cool, though. I know another video with astronauts, but it's Till Lindemann's solo project and some people might not be ready to watch it 🤣 (if you still want to, here, but it's not as soft as Joker Out's vid) Anyway, the song is a bit too slow for my taste, I need something more dynamic to listen to (but that's just my personal preference, unless I'm in a specific emotional mood I can't listen to slower music ever, because I get impatient), the video looks interesting though.

But if I had to pick one Joker Out song I like the most it would be Demoni, not this one 😂

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

not sure if the full link is posted yet? here it is

Have to admit i'm not a fan of Zoran that much because his and Till's working relationship pretty much seems to amount to, as i see it, "how can we get Till hurt in many different ways" (which i'm not really into), and especially when the BJ at a Rammstein concert was used at a Lindemann concert (for me it had made all the difference if they shot the BJ at a Lindemann concert) and a fan asked Zoran on IG 'did Rammstein know about it', he replied 'they do now'

As for the reason Rammstein not working with him anymore, we had the rumour first that it was because Richard was disagreeing with Zoran about the cost of an Emigrate video, now we have another explanation (the band being jealous of Till's solo succes): i would like to know the other side of the story, so from the band's point of view. But also...does Zoran see himself as the reason for Till's succes, why else would Rammstein stop working with Zoran be because jealousy of Till?

Zoran has also previously shared his opinion about the Deutschland video (all style, no heart, or something like that), and i happen to love that video, as well as pretty much all the videos of both the Untitled and Zeit albums, so i guess i disagree with him on that too.

But what i don't really understand from this interview is Zoran talking negative about Till...i thought they worked well together? Saying the videos Till does without him are Rammstein on Ali Express? That Till sees that but only says it when he's drunk? Till only sells books because of his huge fanbase? And seeing the recent allegations against Till saying 'he is really so controversial and dark in private'...why would you say that as a friend?

But it is interesting that he also draws the parallel between Till and Marina Abramovic, i'm not surprised by that comparison, i had the feeling earlier that Zoran and Till were going for an Abramovic vibe in their work..

"A Serbian website, kurir.rs, interviewed Zoran Bihać during his visit to Belgrade's FEST film festival. Among others, Zoran discusses Rammstein, his work with the band and Till's solo projects, provides details on why he stopped working with Rammstein explains the story behind the videos for "Platz Eins" and "Till the End". He also shares an intimate story of Till Lindemann's visit to his mother's house. Excerpts:

"Till pushed me, I pushed him, we were a perfect symbiosis, but a bit brutal. I worked with him honestly and wholeheartedly, and he with me. What he's doing now with other people is like Rammstein from Ali Express. He sees that too, but he only says it out loud when he gets drunk."

"When he went into a solo project, it was in a way the breakup with Rammstein. That's why I wanted to do videos for his independent project in a completely different way. I made a music video for the song "Praise Abort" with a message explaining that situation. The video starts with "Rammstein Till" and then "solo Till" comes in with a pig face and kicks him off the stage. A lot of people didn't understand that. After working on Till's solo project, the other members of the band told me that I would no longer do Rammstein videos. They couldn't handle Till's success without them. So they decided to stop working with me. Till knew that, but I didn't, that was the price I had to pay."

"People only see what is brutal, the scenes from that video ("Till the End" - ed. note) are images from their nightmares. They don't see what I wanted to say with such a video. It is a story about a man who is always hungry and, no matter how much he eats, he cannot be satisfied. And he is the loneliest man in the world and he cannot find the love he is looking for. A lot of people understood that, but we didn't want to offend anyone with erotica, but only to cause a shock. It created a lot of problems for me in Germany, several jobs were cancelled."

Photo: Dado Djilas"

Rammwiki

[marimayscarlett]

I just someone ask about Emigrate and since I love them a lot I wanted to ask what are your top 10 songs of theirs?

(sorry if you answered this before lolol)

Hi, thank you for this message, that's so sweet of you to ask 🤍

I could make it easy for me and just throw the first two albums in here (they kind of feel like home to me, especially the first one) and call it a day, but I sat down and took my time to ponder my selection a bit 😌 Took me a bit to sort them into a top 10 list, but here we go:

I'm still alive: Vampire goth dad singing about the passage of time and overcoming seemingly depressive episodes is a fucking anthem for me, this song takes up about 65% of my brain capacity 🦇🤍

2. Wake up: This actually was my favourite song back when I discovered Emigrate and my alarm clock for almost my whole university time. Because yep, this wakes you up in 0.2 seconds, it's so powerful 👏

3. Happy times: Richard's and Margaux' voices are complimenting each other so good in this and I love the rythm of this song 🤍

4. Always on my mind: Till sings one (1) syllable and I start bawling, every damn time. And when Richard starts to sing, I'm this 🤏🏻 close to dissolve into tears completely. This song is very dangerous to the hydration level of my body.

5. This is what: The drums in this are insane and the guitar solo is so good 👌

6. Rainbow: This is a song which doesn't leave my brain as soon as I hear it. Gotta deal with it for 3-5 business days because it's so damn catchy 🤌🏻 Plus I really love the lyrics.

7. Hypothetical: Not going to comment anything here. Not a thing. The song speaks for itself I guess.

8. You can't get enough: So much feelings and emotions in this song, Richard's voice in it is so wonderful 🤍

9. New York City: 🎶NEW YORK CITY WILL NEVA SLEEP 🎶 This is imprinted in my brain since day one and I love it so much.

10. You're so beautiful: I can't describe the feeling I get when I listen to this song. Like a melancholic, sad vibe mixed with positivity and love. It's a wonderful song, chance that I burst into tears while listening to it is about 75% 👌🏻

I know this isn't a tag game but I have three mutuals of which I know they listen or listened a lot to Emigrate and I would love to see your top 10 Emigrate songs (of course only if you want to): @dandysnob @ms-nerd @gothtoast 😌

[morgana-lefay]

Ciao (◕U◕)ﾉ You are walking around in your city, minding your own business, when suddenly Till appears. He materializes out of nowhere! After the initial surprise, what would you like to say to him? (•̀ω•́ )

Ciao, completely unknown Anon! 👀 Come stai?

Oh my...It took me a while to focus, as I was thinking about an answer (this was VERY hard), while creating a few scenarios in my head.

So let's see...First, yes, you bet I'd be surprised, because how the hell would he find this place?! 🙈 It's not in the middle of nowhere, but still, it's a small city. Anyway, this is my daydream take on how I imagine it going. I got a bit carried away, as usual.

I would be taking one of my walks along the sidewalk, by the sea, up until my favourite place, at my favourite beach that, at this time of year, is mostly deserted. I sit on the sand, distracted with my thoughts, contemplating the ocean, as I always do, while listening to my favourite music. I have Rammstein, Lindemann and Till's solo songs on shuffle. It's almost lunch time, so I start getting ready to get back home, as it's another hour walk back and I enjoy taking all in.

(photos by me)

I stand up, shaking off the sand from my pants and quickly turn around, when I completely face-bump into this huge, dressed all black body that came, literally out of nowhere, as there wasn't anyone at the beach, besides me. [it would be something like this, but not on purpose and without the squeezing]

I get jump scared, my headphones fall, hanging from my neck (yes, I still use wired heaphones) and when I realised it was a person and not a fucking imaginary wall, I automatically say, apologetically, "Ai, desculpe!" ("Oh, I'm sorry") and hear something being mumbled back, in what I believe sounded like German. Somehow, the "not a wall" person (at this point I still didn't look up), heard the music coming from my headphones and comments, little smile on his voice, "buena música" (the song was "Entre dos Tierras" 🤷🏻‍♀️). I promptly answer, while starting to look up to the actual person, slight irritation in my voice, because the person spoke in Spanish, "I think so, but I'm not Spani--", "Oh shit!", I say when I finally look up at the person's face and realise who it is.

He gives one of his shy little grins and says "I don't think that's Portuguese either", while frowning under his sunglasses, because the sun was shining directly on his lovely pale, slightly red, face.

The only thing I could manage to get out of my mouth was "What the hell are you doing here? How do you know this place?". He started to tell me about how he was chilling by the lake in his place and suddenly, he felt something pulling him and ended up here, like some kind of teleportation.

We both thought that was silly at first, but couldn't really find a better explanation...I jokingly apologised to him, saying I might have caused it, as, during all my walk, I was thinking about him and the next Tour, while listening to his voice, which always gives me a sense of comfort and makes me feel happy. He gave me a tight hug, which felt like I always imagined it would (warm and familiar) and I told him how the other day I read somewhere that "Thoughts become things", so that might be it. We both laughed, slightly nervously, pondering about what kind of Twilight Zone episode was this, but decided to embrace the madness for the time being.

He asked me my name and said it was funny the way I pronounced it, as it sounds different in German. We sat back in the sand, close to the sea and I told him I was reading "In Stillen Nächten" and that I was really enjoying it, even if at first I had my doubts about it. I shared which kind of poems were my favourites and that some I didn't really understood and others I just thought were weird. He laughed, in one of his adorable laughs. (You know, those...)

[me inside...]

[me on the outside, trying my best...]

...and remembered how the book is called in Portuguese ("Nas Noites Tranquilas"), which made me laugh and make fun of his accent, because I'm a little shit. 😏

We talked a bit more about his poetry, music, Portuguese food and Port wine, of course and he also asked me about myself, while we just sat there until the tide started rising and I completely forgot I was on my way home to have lunch.

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

Till is probably going to tour with his solo stuff during the Rammstein break, so we’ll at least get something Ramm adjacent during that time. Maybe we’ll get Richard doing a new Emigrate album as well.

Till's tour in 2024 is indeed already planned and announced afaik, as Till seems to love touring (as Richard mentioned in an interview and he would know) i could well see the Till Lindemann band doing a follow up tour in 2025 too, we'll know soon enough

Richard had indicated he was done with Emigrate, but as he recently started being active on Emigrate's IG account who knows.. 🌺

I'm sure they all have their own projects to pursue, i just hope that they all also have time to get together as Rammstein to work on all the stuff Paul announced 🥰

[herrlindemann]

Rock Hard - December 1997

Within two years from underground act to million seller. Rammstein wherever you look and zaps. Even the teen publications have now discovered "the boy band of staged horror" (quote: TAZ) for themselves. Rammstein answer readers' letters in Bravo. The increasing level of awareness and success, however, also call critics and moral guardians on the scene. Because the hard guitar riffs with rumbling vocals and ominous lyrics from the children's room make even the most understanding parents grow gray hair.

Till Lindemann's provocative enigmatic poetry certainly does not necessarily correspond to current "political correctness" and to everyone's taste. Nevertheless: It's only Rock'n'Roll. And for as long as rock 'n' roll has existed, the standard themes of sex, drugs and violence have held an undeniable fascination for generations of youngsters. So the concerned parents and the fire brigade dutifully wait in the cold in front of the sold-out Lichtenfels town hall.

Meanwhile, inside, the dear little ones try to fight their way between bikers and goths, while KMFDM struggles on stage. As an opener, it's doubly difficult to survive in front of a hit parade audience that unites teenagers and Rammstein fans from the very beginning. But the quintet around the American exile and band founder Sascha Konietzko doesn't make it easy to find access to pounding electronic music either. True to the motto "No pity for the majority", dull techno beats with synth gimmicks are used throughout. Like the most recent CD, the performance suffers from the guitarist's lack of assertiveness. The hole that opens up here shows once again the handicap of the Elektrolurche-Industrial faction in large halls. The matter remains cold and sterile, the beat doesn't get into your blood or dance.

The rumble of thunder and hail of bombs shake the hall. Curtain up for five metal machine people. The "Tillminator" joins them from the burning underground. “Spiel mit mir” is the motto of the evening; it could also mean “Sing mit mir”. The fans are hooked — every line is cheered on from the start. Compared to the tour last May, everything is one size bigger. No song can do without a show element, the pyromaniacs Rammstein do a great job. Something is constantly hissing, sparking, crackling and cracking. If not, spotlights, stage floor, keyboards or microphone stands have to take their toll. In addition to the apocalyptic facade, the six Berliners also show a certain amount of self-irony, for example when the three amigos with sombreros and traveling guitar intervene in the action, Till empties the contents of his plastic cock into Flake's pants or Richard pulls a real metal solo from the leather. Otherwise, the musical moments of surprise are limited. The show is in the foreground — not a bad price-to-smoking ratio for 35 marks. The atmosphere in the audience is excellent, but calls for encores can hardly be heard. Isn't that the case today, when a whole hall is enthusiastically asking for more? hit audience? Sated youth? It doesn't matter, Till is still rolled across the audience to the stage in a burning steel coat on a cart. But then the vermilion ends surprisingly quickly. Parents and the fire brigade can go home relaxed.