Rammstein is German for "Ramming Stone". Till Lindemann remarked in an MTV interview about the name's origins;
"The name came from the big catastrophe that happened in Ramstein, which is a place in Germany, where the American airforce had a flight show. They crashed and over 80 people got hurt and killed. So the first song, actually, was about that accident. And then there was always like a cause when they'd say: "Ramstein, Ramstein!" So it came into our head and it stayed there. We just changed the spelling slightly because Ramstein is actually spelt with one "m". It also became somewhat of a provocation, by just repeating it, it kind of became like a symbol for us, an anthem."
Are Rammstein gay?
No. All band members are engaged in hetrosexual relationships.
Are Rammstein Nazis?
No, Rammstein aren't Nazis. It seems people automatically correlate "German" with "Nazi"
The original cover of Herzeleid caused controversey as the band were supposedly portrayed as poster boys for the "master race." Group members insist it's just the German media doing their best to cause trouble.
"It has been so silly," Flake explained. "That was just a photo of us- not some political statement! The German media sometimes gets carried away with such things. There was even one critic who said that the way Till rolls his 'r's' when he sings is supposed to mimic the way that Hitler used to speak! How silly can they get. We've never written a political song in our life, and we probably never will. It's just reverse discrimination because we are German. Kraftwerk had the same thing happen to them twenty years ago. If we were Spanish or Dutch, there would be no problem."
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How many children do they have?
Richard said in an interview in Oct 2004 that they have 13 children altogether.
Flake - 3
Olli - 2
Paul - 2
Richard - 2
Schneider - 0
Till - 4