Interview with Paul Landers and Oliver Riedel 3.03.2006
Why should people listen to this record (Rosenrot)?
We are so relaxed that we approach it quite casually; the result is a calmer record.
Ultimately, these were the songs that made the cut—very tender and melancholic ones.
We can move on to the issue of homosexuality and sexuality in general, as discussed in the album.
Sexuality drives the entire world, so I think everything you see and do is related to sex.
For example, no one would go to a disco if there was no sex, or at night, or to a restaurant if they could eat there, but from now on...
From 11 p.m. on, there won't be any bars, for example, and no music will be playing. Why would I care?
It's also important to note that these songs need to reach people because of the shame they evoke.
Before we move on, there needs to be something boring, something new, and so on, that just occurred to me.
I've always enjoyed festivals where, for example, we're not headlining, where other bands are playing on a different floor.
A big oil tanker, cruising the world's oceans, and if it ever needs to change course, it has to start preparing a week in advance so it can then round the bend.
We didn't get what we wanted, but we knew exactly what we didn't want: simply copying other bands. That was the trend at the time.
We're imitating American bands, it's a crossover, and we were trying to find our own identity, and you can probably see that.
Now everything's going great; we've just found our own identity. ❤️🖤❤️🔥💪
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