Rammstein
June 2nd 2006 03:20
Formed in East Berlin in 1994, Rammstein were no doubt affected greatly by the Berlin Wall, and its destruction in 1989. Out of this they developed a mistrust of Capitalism, especially in the commercialised American system. That is not to say that they support Stalinism, or any other offshoot of Communism. They were once accused of Nazi sympathies, but these have no apparent basis in fact; the cover of their album, ‘Herzeleid’, features the band topless, and because all of the members are German, they are accused of portraying the German people as a ‘Master Race’ can we grow up please?
Their name is translated as ‘battering ram’, and is also a reference to a town in Germany called Ramstein. They have succeeded in becoming Germany’s most internationally popular band, despite singing almost all their songs in German.
I don’t know much of their first album, besides the controversy it caused, but ‘Seemann’ is a very good song, surprising from a metal band and showing their diversity.
SehnSucht was released 2 years later, in 1997, and this was the period in which Rammstein first became popular. ‘Du Hast’ is a good song, but there was nothing spectacular about it. Buck Dich is well worth a listen, and is a bit more original and innovative. In some country’s, the band’s cover of ‘Depeche Mode’s’ ‘Stripped,’ which is very good. I need to do a post on Depeche Mode, they write so many good songs, but never get recognised for them because more famous bands cover them.
In 2001, Rammstein released ‘Mutter’ – yes, it does translate as Mother, and you’ve gotta respect a metal band for releasing an album of that name, and succeeding with it. Ich Will is an incredible song, and the Video for it is great. Sonne shows just how far above most metal bands Rammstein is. ‘Feuer Frei’, translated as Fire Freely would be recognised as the intelligent satire it is, except that the song sounds angry and aggressive, scaring many people away from the band and leading to rumours spreading about the ‘militant Rammstein’
‘Reise Reise’ is, in my opinion the most anti-American of all their albums, but that could just be my interpretation. I saw the song ‘Keine Lust’ as a satire of the American Upper Class – rich, bored and greedy. However, a band member said that it was more of a personal story, of how hollow their life had become, and how they just wanted to go back to making music. However, beyond doubt the song ‘Amerika’ is a criticism of the country, and globalisation as a whole. ‘Moskau’ (which, as rumour has it, was to be sung with the lead singer of T.A.T.U., a controversial Russian, all Lesbian pop group) is a contrast between Russia’s cultural beauty and its seemy underbelly. So the album is more of a political attack on many culutures.
Rosenrot, I haven’t got into much, yet. The song, Rosenrot, is good, and the filmclip interesting, but beyond that I can’t tell you much
Peace
Their name is translated as ‘battering ram’, and is also a reference to a town in Germany called Ramstein. They have succeeded in becoming Germany’s most internationally popular band, despite singing almost all their songs in German.
I don’t know much of their first album, besides the controversy it caused, but ‘Seemann’ is a very good song, surprising from a metal band and showing their diversity.
SehnSucht was released 2 years later, in 1997, and this was the period in which Rammstein first became popular. ‘Du Hast’ is a good song, but there was nothing spectacular about it. Buck Dich is well worth a listen, and is a bit more original and innovative. In some country’s, the band’s cover of ‘Depeche Mode’s’ ‘Stripped,’ which is very good. I need to do a post on Depeche Mode, they write so many good songs, but never get recognised for them because more famous bands cover them.
In 2001, Rammstein released ‘Mutter’ – yes, it does translate as Mother, and you’ve gotta respect a metal band for releasing an album of that name, and succeeding with it. Ich Will is an incredible song, and the Video for it is great. Sonne shows just how far above most metal bands Rammstein is. ‘Feuer Frei’, translated as Fire Freely would be recognised as the intelligent satire it is, except that the song sounds angry and aggressive, scaring many people away from the band and leading to rumours spreading about the ‘militant Rammstein’
‘Reise Reise’ is, in my opinion the most anti-American of all their albums, but that could just be my interpretation. I saw the song ‘Keine Lust’ as a satire of the American Upper Class – rich, bored and greedy. However, a band member said that it was more of a personal story, of how hollow their life had become, and how they just wanted to go back to making music. However, beyond doubt the song ‘Amerika’ is a criticism of the country, and globalisation as a whole. ‘Moskau’ (which, as rumour has it, was to be sung with the lead singer of T.A.T.U., a controversial Russian, all Lesbian pop group) is a contrast between Russia’s cultural beauty and its seemy underbelly. So the album is more of a political attack on many culutures.
Rosenrot, I haven’t got into much, yet. The song, Rosenrot, is good, and the filmclip interesting, but beyond that I can’t tell you much
Peace
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I agree, the video for 'keine lust' where they are all wearing suits that make them look obese, seems definately to be an attack on American affluence. I would highly recommend Rosenrot because it has some of their best tracks like 'Spring', 'Wo Bist Du', 'Zerstoren' and 'Te Quiero Puta'. Rammstein have received such unfair negative press, when really they are a band who are very poetic and passionate in what they do.
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