Paul Landers
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| Paul Landers | |
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 Landers in a Brazilian hotel, 1999
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Heiko Paul Hiersche |
| Born | December 9, 1964 Berlin, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Neue Deutsche Härte |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Years active | 1983 – present |
| Label(s) | Motor Music Republic Slash Universal Music Group |
| Associated acts | Rammstein, Feeling B, First Arsch, Die Firma, Die Magdalene Keibel Combo |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Music Man EVH Music Man Axis ESP Paul Landers Eclipse Gibson Les Paul |
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Paul H. Landers (born December 9, 1964) is a German musician, notable as the rhythm-guitarist for the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Landers was born in East Berlin, Germany from a Russian mother. His real name was Heiko Paul Hiersche, which he hated. He lived in Moscow for a short time as a young child. Landers speaks fluent Russian but he can't read or write it. He moved out of his parents' house at the age of 16 due to fights with his stepfather and subsequently switched his first names, also in honor of his biological father. He soon left out Heiko, making his name Paul Hiersche.
[edit] Music career
In 1983, Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, together with Flake Lorenz and Aljoscha Rompe, in which Christoph Schneider would later also play. In 1986, Landers formed First Arsch with Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe. He also played in a number of other bands including Die Firma and Die Magdalene Keibel Combo.
Lindemann, Kruspe, Schneider and bassist Oliver "Ollie" Riedel entered and won the Berlin Senate Metro Beat Contest in 1994 that enabled them to have a four-track demo professionally recorded. Landers and Flake soon followed suit to join the band which became known as Rammstein.
Oddly, he has stated that he does not like rock, but "with Rammstein it seems to work".
[edit] Personal life
When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of 20), he took his wife's surname, thus making his name Paul Landers.
Landers and Nikki had a son, Emil. They later divorced in 1987, but he kept her last name. He also has a second child, a daughter, whose name and date of birth are unknown. Now he lives with his girlfriend Marina Drujko (Russian model and horror writer) in Berlin.
After his divorce with Nikki Landers, he lived with his Feeling B band mate Christian "Flake" Lorenz for a number of years. Paul has since had a daughter. He is also the shortest member of the band, standing at 5"9.
[edit] Equipment
Landers is a self-taught guitarist.[1] He can also play the piano and violin, which he learned to as a child.
Paul plays two Music Man Van Halen guitars and according to the Live Aus Berlin DVD Trivia Game; in his guitar-rack there is a Tech 21 PSA-1 preamp, of which he only uses one preset; he goes from the preamp to the mixer and into a Mesa/Boogie Strategy 500 power amp and two Marshall 4x12" cabinets. When playing in C tuning, Paul uses a Custom Les Paul Studio. During the Völkerball performance of the song "Rammstein", Paul is seen using another Custom Les Paul Studio which was drop D tuned for the song. He also uses EMG 60 and EMG 81 pickups.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Rammstein.com - Official site (English)
- Rammstein.de - Official site (German)
- Info on "Feeling B"
- "Feeling B" - Look out! We're coming to get you!
- Rammstein-Interviews.com
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