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Premiere:
March 2002
Location:
Berlin
Director:
Jörn Heitmann
Single:
Mutter
From the album: Mutter
The single MUTTER included the radio edit and a "Vocoder" version of the song as well as the unreleased instrumental track "
5/4". A remix by Sono completes the tracklist of the single.
Biography:
Rammstein was formed in
1993 by an ensemble 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 injured and killed as the result of a crash during an
American Air Force air show. The literal translation of "Ram
Stein" is a battering ram made of stone.
Word of Rammstein's horror/romanticist blend of theater and music - spread quickly - one-time
Olympic swimmer
Till Lindemann would sometimes sing entire songs engulfed in flame from head to toe.
The band's first album, HERZELEID (
English:
Heartache), elaborated on the foundations set 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 (English:
Longing), was released, the band was playing headlines shows across
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 the same in Austria and Switzerland.
Within weeks, entries on other countries' charts had SEHNSUCHT rubbing elbows with
The 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 the live collection VOLKERBALL in
2006. LIEBE
IST FÜR ALLE DA followed in 2009. A limited edition of the album was packed in a metal suitcase that also housed six sex toys, one for each member of the band.
~
Ed Nimmervoll,
Rovi
- published: 31 Jul 2015
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