Houston, We have Germans

A photo-set is up on Flickr from the Houston show, courtesy of mrchris cornwell photography. Photos galore (199), for a feast of Texan proportions.

Take a Moment

And chill out with Oliver.



Very endearing chap.

Joe Mixes it Up

Joe remixing Rammstein, live:



So, Joey doesn't just hit shit.

Limited Run Merchandise Available

The official Rammstein shop has the limited editions of a Mein Land book and the Made In Germany steel box available at the moment. Get in while they're available!

LIFAD Photo Contest

For those of you who are members of the official Rammstein community, LIFAD, there is a tour photo contest on at the forums. All photos (including from meet & greets) from the current Made in Germany tour are eligible. You can enter here.

Details:

LIFAD / Photo contest

We are searching for your best picture of a Rammstein concert experience from the "Made in Germany 1995-2011" tour - the band, a Meet & Greet or from the audience.
The tour started Nov. 6th 2011 in Bratislava, so pictures from that date until the deadline can be entered.
The unique atmosphere, unforgettable moments before / during or after the concert. Did you capture those moments in a picture?
Then post your picture here!

As stated before, it can be snapshots of the band, but also photos of the audience or the venue.
The photos can also be from Meet & Greets, from waiting in line, from your trip to the concert, anything that you can connect to the "Made in Germany 1995-2011" tour.

You can win:

1st prize: One framed and signed live photo of the band, by Olaf Heine, in A2 size, as well as a 100 € merchandise pack.
2nd Prize: 1 x 100 € merchandise package

3rd prize: 1 x 50 € merchandise package

Post your photo (1 photo per participant) in this thread, and write when and where the photo was taken.
Of course, the pictures must be taken by you personally!

The deadline for the photo contest is May 10th. 23:59, German time.
The winners will be announced within one week of the deadline.

Disclaimer:
Participants agree that the photos if necessary may also be published.
Participants warrant that they have all necessary rights to the submitted images, the images are free of rights and that any moral rights or other rights of third parties is not violated.

We look forward to see beautiful and unique photos and wish you all the best of luck!


Your LIFAD Web team

Rammstein Jr

Fond fan parents, or do you think the kids are fans themselves? I love the bit at the end. Drummer-child has unexpected depths.

Rocksound Talks to Paul

If you see issue 160 out and about you might want to grab it.

Rammstein Photos

Rammstein has launched their photo blog with some gems.

Rammstein in the USA

Again. You lucky blighters.

The Rammstein juggernaut returns to North America! Following a sold-out arena-tour in Europe, Rammstein take their new "Best of" show across the US and Canada starting April 20th - with 24 trucks and a crew of over 100 strong! The "Made in Germany 1995-2011" Tour launches in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Rammstein then play 21 shows throughout North America till the end of May. A full list of tour dates including pre-sale information is here.

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: