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"Forever thankful to six legendary artists, six gentlemen known as Rammstein for having us as their Support!!! ❤️‍🔥" © Jens Koch @ abelard_official

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Leaving this here just because ❤️🖤

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RAMMSTEIN - Rammstein ( Live Aus Berlin 1998).  Extended version, with guitarists only.

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Richard Kruspe: Berlin is a very destructive city

Richard Kruspe is the guitarist of Rammstein and frontman of the band Emigrate. In the interview he tells why he lives in Berlin but never got really warm with the metropolis.

December 14, 2018

Mr. Kruspe, are not you busy with Rammstein, or what are you doing with your second band Emigrate?

“The idea of Emigrate is that I do what I can not do in the closed cosmos of Rammstein.”

And that would be exactly?

“To open up musically and to work with as many people as possible. I enjoy to illuminate all facets stylistically. I do not want to restrict myself to this project and do not let myself be pushed into any drawer.”

Rammstein means pressure. Does Emigrate mean to relax?

“Emigrate means fun for me in the first place. The band is antagonist, equilibrium and the balance in my life. For me Emigrate is a matter of the heart and not an economic topic.”

Rammstein celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2019. A reason to celebrate?

“Rammstein is always a reason to celebrate, but I have no feeling for such anniversaries. I never think about birthdays either.”

Because then you realize how old you already are? 

Yes. I’m 51 now. I used to think it’s over at 50. Since then, the expiration date of rock'n'rollers has moved extremely backwards. Unfortunately, it’s just that rock music is dead. The rebellion is no longer in guitar music today, but in the language.  In this respect, it is good that a few older people keep up the rock music”.

You used to be a wrestler and you looked very fit. Do you feel the age?

“Who does not feel that? I do sports five times a week, one hour each, only on weekends. The full program: running, swimming, cycling, gymnastics. On tour also yoga. I need a long morning to wake up.  The sport helps me with that.”

Do you live well in general?

“I am an addict. I have managed that alcohol never becomes an issue for me, also because I do not like it and when I drink some, I always start embracing people, which I later feel embarrassed about.  In the diet I try to pay attention to certain things, for example to eat little sugar.  But I’m also someone who likes to relax and try things out.”

Till Lindemann sings the song “Let’s Go” with you on your album “A Million Degrees”. Interesting to hear him in a different context than Rammstein.

“The song is already very old, originally Till and I had written it for the first Emigrate album over ten years ago. It is about our friendship, about the feeling we had at the time of the reunification and before that. "Let’s Go” is a chapter of our story.“

You have next to your seven-year-old daughter Maxime, two grown children. How are you as a father?

“To be a father again in my mid-40s is quite different from when I was 23, which was relatively early.  You always make mistakes, but today I have a much greater peace and enjoy the time I spend with my daughter.”

Are you still together with Maxime’s mother Margaux Bossieux, who also sings on “A Million Degrees”?

No. I am not the classic family man. I have three children of three women. I think I’m too polygamous for a long relationship.  Incidentally, my adult daughter also lives here in the house.

You bought this apartment building in Prenzlauer Berg years ago, after you came back from New York, and you not only put a penthouse dream apartment on top of it, but also created your studio here. Did you settle down in Berlin right now?

“I always had a difficult relationship with Berlin, and I still have. I always found the city very elitist and cool.  It was hard for me to get along here. Now it opens a bit, and I would not know where else I could live in Germany.  But it was not love at first sight”

What bothers you about the city?

“Berlin is a very destructive city. Drugs have always been a big topic here. This desire to destroy has, as I said, an attraction, but you have to be a little careful.”

Is New York so different?

“New York has a clearer, more brutal energy that has always fascinated me. The city is "in your face”.  I came back to Berlin when my daughter was born, and the stereotype is right: if there’s a place in the city where children can grow up well, then it’s Prenzlauer Berg.  I have never seen as many playgrounds as here in PB.“

(About the person)

Richard Kruspe, 51, is the guitarist of Rammstein and frontman of Emigrate. He grew up in Brandenburg and moved shortly before the turn to East Berlin. He also returned there after working in West Berlin and New York.  Kruspe has three children, the first comes from a relationship with the ex-wife of Till Lindemann.

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Set of Rosenrot, 2005. Till and Olli sharing a laugh + Till waiting for Schneider 💓 Pictures by rammclan

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22.05.

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from ig account chrystell__ Paul behind the scenes keeping an eye on everything 🥰

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Richard & Till during ‘Puppe’ (Vilnius, 22/05/23)

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RAMMSTEIN - Mein Teil (Vilnius 2023). NO KISS! 😳 Author: AJ

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See you tomorrow! 🙂 (Vilnius 20.05.2023 Rehearsal).

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RICHARD🖤💖🖤 Rammstein- Sonne ((Vilnius 20.05.2023 Rehearsal)

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Till 🔥 (Vilnius, Lithuania, 20-05-2023) @ rammsteinfans.ger

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RAMMSTEIN - Sonne ((Vilnius 20.05.2023 Rehearsal). Author: @_stonkute OMG! Just look at Richard's outfit and those strong arms 😍  I dreamed of seeing that vest, sleeves and sailor pants on him again.

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RAMMSTEIN -Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen (Live aus Berlin, 1998).

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Rammstein Prague 2009 (TV News)

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RAMMSTEIN - Moskau (Maimarkthalle, Mannheim 01.11.2004).

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30 day idol challenge - 11. being geeky

Maybe just maybe, i ❤️ the guitarists being guitar geeks even more than the kissing stuff 😊 because you can tell (especially in 2022) they are having their own fun on stage.

Paul playing Richard's guitar post by @mrsfitzgerald

Richard playing to see what Paul makes of it (mimicking catching a fly that's buzzing around, that's what 😊), see post

Richard holding that note especially for Paul, see post and Paul liking it ❤️

follow the music after it stops, gif by @mrsfitzgerald this clip also shared on Rammstein official and Paul's IG

Synchronised guitaring, see post they're liking that, aren't they 😊

Advanced synchronised guitaring, strumming the others guitar, from a post by schneewitchn

Playing eachother's guitar also in this clip from Pussy by @emysteri where, while everyone is looking at Till, the two guitarists get together on stage and Richard plays a few notes on Paul's (best with sound on)

Guitarists meeting in the middle of the stage, supposed to look angry and evil (as Rammstein guitarists do) but not quite managing, post by @a-demon-daughter

And from this post by @emysteri Paul watching richard's hands as he does a new variation on the Ausländer outro (Richard looking at Paul to see if he likes it 😊)

There is much more like this, let's keep fingers crossed we'll get even more in the 2023 tour 🤞

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