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KERRANG, 2005 - Interview with Richard Kruspe and Paul Landers

Next week, German industrial gods Rammstein hit Britain. But while the fiery, sex-and-death spectacle of their show is legendary, what about behind the scenes? Here’s the bit that you don’t ever see…

Few bands are as mysterious as Rammstein. Their paradox is at the heart of their appeal: these are men who, onstage, serve up an infernal cabaret of fire, sex, death, poetry, drama and the soundtrack to their souls’ darkest recesses.

And then, in the blinding afterglow of the final explosive flash, they are gone, replaced by something more earthly: great musicians, fearsomely creative minds, and very private men.

We wanted to know how the six members of Rammstein prepare, execute, and think about their show. Onstage and off, just what makes them tick?

So we persuaded guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruse-Bernstein to take us inside…

From KRUSPE-BERNSTEIN’s first greeting («That last interview we did, I got really worried afterwards. You got inside my head, I kept thinking, ‘What have I said?’) it’s clear the livewire guitarist has made a decision. This time, there’s nothing to lose. No holding back. He lights a cigarette, draws deep, and prepares to tell the whole truth…

Question of a MTV viewer: So who is dressing you. 

Flake: Paul is dressing me, because he is so good at it,

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