Paul Les Paul (another echo?)

Gibson has announced the launch of their Paul Landers signature series Les Paul this week. For those confused as to what a Les Paul is, it's a guitar ;)

ECHO echo

Is there an echo in here? Yes, Rammstein has been awarded two Echoes, for Best Rock/Alternative National, and for Most Successful National Act Abroad. Represent!

Source: Official Rammstein website.

RZK on Rammfire

I'm not sure how I missed this at the time, but Native Instruments, with whom Richard developed the Rammfire tool, has a video up on their YouTube channel featuring Richard and Rammfire:

Combichrist Pixellated

Faderhead's new video features Z Marr, Trevor, and Andy from Combichrist, and I reckon they go down WAY too easily...in a bad way:



How readily they go down...in a good way...only their IRL 'opponents' can tell us.

I'll Drink to That

A marketing video which includes the presentation of a drink called 'Rammstein':



What do you call that? A Pyrocktail?

Rammson - The Beautiful People

Slap-Happy

I'll let this video speak for itself:

Manson & Rammstein Together at Last

Marilyn Manson's The Beautiful People will have a distinctly Teutonic flavour at the Echo Awards show this year. Rammstein will share the stage with the iconic American to perform his 1996 track.

Source: Rammstein's site.

Attention Portugal

A fan with a camera rolling got a real thrill the other day in Bercy:



Very sweet.

Spot On Joey

Soundsphere shines a light on Joe Letz. This is definitely worth checking out. For example:

In Russia Law Breaks You

Well, my question about retrospective application of legislation to the Rammstein show proves to be sound. Here is a news story from Russia about the St Petersburg regulations regarding promotion of homosexuality:

Revolver Wants You to See Rammstein

Revolver Mag is giving away tickets with the added bonus of getting up close and personal with the band. If you want to attend a US show with a friend and touch the stone then go here and enter.

Win Tickets for Rammstein in Anaheim

Gun-shy Assassin has a prize for you! Well, if you win. Go try, if you can get to Anaheim.

Five out of Five

The Guardian's Dave Simpson rates the current Rammstein tour 5/5 - I'd say that's pretty hard to beat. Why do I never get to see these shows?

By the way, there are buttloads of reviews saying similar things, with varying degrees of professionalism and skill...and research. I won't post them all. This one is in comprehensible, coherent English, so it wins.

Wait...What?

I really need a Russian to check this out for me. It *seems* that it's about to become a crime to be gay in St Petersburg. It also seems that homosexuality is grouped with paedophilia (I feel dirty just typing that word), and that Rammstein are public offenders. According the article linked above homosexuality stopped being a mental illness there only 13 years ago, and stopped being a crime some six years prior to that. What I don't get is how this kind of fuckwittage can be allowed into positions of power. Did Russians really elect these officials? If so, WHY?

Okay, so Rammstein are good at causing offence. It's part of their charm. I'm not sure how a regulation like this can be applied retrospectively. A Russian lawyer would be really handy about now, to explain this to me.

Joey Interview

Joe Letz von Combichrist has been interviewed by Playdead Nation, and is his usual awesome self. I still reckon my interview with him is the best I've seen, but I'm a tad biased.

Boo!

You wondering where I went? Yeah, sorry about that. Major issues with my MX, thus my news sources have not been getting feeds to me. I'm sorting it out, and *dun dun dun* LILT will resume regular services soon. Love you! *mwah!*