Is Rammstein the best live band?

German language industrial metallers Rammstein may well be the greatest live band on the planet. In years past, their tours have featured band members simulating anal sex on each other, wearing flaming codpieces and riding giant pink cannons ejaculating foam And fire.

What makes Rammstein so good?

Guitarists Richard Kruspe and Paul Landers both have right hands like Malcolm Young and Rammstein’s collection of riffs rivals most of their contemporaries. Rammstein’s consistency is stunning. No live show is more ridiculous than Rammstein’s. It’s like Iron Maiden meets Slipknot and Cirque du Soleil.

Is Rammstein successful?

Reise, Reise was released on 27 September 2004 and went straight into top 10 charts throughout Europe. According to the Billboard charts, Rammstein were at that stage the most successful German-language band of all time.

Is Rammstein popular?

Internationally, Rammstein is by far the most popular German band. The Japanese sing the band’s songs word for word when it plays in Japan. In Latin America, venues are sold out, no matter what.

Does Germany like Rammstein?

It turns out that Germans really don’t think much about Rammstein at all. While most of the people on the street were familiar with the band’s name and their work, some even knowing a considerable amount about their background, most didn’t care one way or another about the band’s music.

What Rammstein songs are banned?

In 2009, the government banned Rammstein`s hit album ‘Liebe ist Fuer Alle Da’ (“Love is For All”) from public display in stores because of its depictions of sado-masochism.

Is Rammstein a left-wing band?

Rammstein are a left-wing group. Their song ‘Links 1–2–3–4’ is about that very subject. Guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe personally affirmed this in an interview: ‘My heart beats on the left, two, three, four’. It’s simple. If you want to put us in a political category, we’re on the left side, and that’s the reason we made the song.

Is Rammstein an irony band?

Irony is often used to express aggression in a way that feels safe and Rammstein’s art is aggressively ironic. Years ago, I, naive American that I am, asked my German husband, “Is Rammstein a Nazi band?” and he said, “No, they are the opposite. They are anarcho-socialists (left), not national socialists (right)”.

Do you know what Rammstein means?

, I know music, I know the bands I write about. no they’re not fucking right wing. Rammstein means Battering Ram but Ramstein is an airfield where there was a mid-air collision that occurred during the Flugtag ’88 air show on Sunday, August 28, 1988, killing 70 people.

Why is Rammstein banned in Germany?

Rammstein isn’t banned but like the Scots group Runrig does not subscribe nor sign an agreement with the RIAA. Many many venues for music concerts in the U.S. have agreements with the RIAA restricting use of the venue to groups that are signed to the RIAA. Rammstein album banned from display in Germany.