Till Lindemann
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| Born | January 4, 1963 Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany |
| Origin | Berlin, Germany |
| Genre(s) | Neue Deutsche Härte |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | vocals, drums, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica |
| Voice type(s) | Bass |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Label(s) | Motor Music Republic Slash Universal Music Group |
| Associated acts | Rammstein First Arsch Feeling B Apocalyptica |
Till Lindemann (born January 4, 1963 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German musician and poet who is the frontman and lead vocalist for the German metal band Rammstein.
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[edit] Personal characteristics
Lindemann has a powerful on-stage presence and a resonant bass voice. One of his signature mannerisms is to partially squat and pound his fist onto his thigh to the beat of the riff. His vocals are easily recognizable due to his tendency to roll his Rs, and growl his achs. Lindemann is also a qualified pyrotechnician; after an accident at the Treptow arena in Berlin on September 27, 1996, where a burning stage prop fell into the audience, Rammstein began employing a professional pyrotechnical crew and Lindemann has learned from and also trained with them. Of Lindemann, band mate Christoph Schneider says, “Till gets burned all the time, but he likes the pain.” He has also engaged in other masochistic acts on stage, such as whipping himself and bludgeoning his head with a microphone until it bleeds, both of which can be seen on the Live aus Berlin DVD.[1]
[edit] Personal background
Lindemann was born in Leipzig, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in then-East Germany). His father, Werner Wolff, was a poet, and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was an artist and writer until she retired. Lindemann has one sister; she is six years younger than himself. As a child, he occasionally suffered abuse at the hands of his alcoholic stepfather. At age 11 he went to a sports school at the Rostock Sport Club, and from 1977 to 1980 attended a boarding school. His parents divorced in 1975.
In 1978 Lindemann was a participant in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Florence, but discontinued the sport soon after. According to Lindemann, "I never liked the sport school actually, it was very intense. But as a child you don't object". Lindemann later worked as an apprentice carpenter, a gallery technician, a peat cutter, and a a basket weaver. In 1981, he apparently refused to do his nine months of compulsory military service and was almost imprisoned as a result.
In 1985, Lindemann's first daughter Nele, was born. Lindemann and Nele's mother married after she was born, but they separated and he has raised Nele alone. Lindemann says, "I used to play drums in a punk band and we had our studio in the house where I lived. Seven years I had been a father raising his daughter, but nowadays I'm sharing the upbringing with her mother, because I'm gone for six months of the year with the band". Lindemann's has a second daughter, Marie Louise, with Anja Köseling. An interview with Richard Kruspe revealed that Till has a total of four children.
[edit] Career
Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch, who released an album titled Saddle Up, and played one song ("Lied von der unruhevollen Jugend") with a punk band called Feeling B (which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul H. Landers and Christian "Flake" Lorenz). In the 1990s, Lindemann began to write lyrics. In 1994, the trio entered and won a contest in Berlin that allowed them to record a four track demo professionally. Lindemann moved to Berlin.
In November 2002 Lindemann's poetry book Messer was published. It consists of 54 poems compiled by Gert Hof, who is author of the book Rammstein and has been the band's pyrodesigner for the last seven years.[2] In a radio interview in 2004, Lindemann stated that he wants to retire at 50 to spend more time with his children.
[edit] As guest artist
- Lindemann provides vocals for the track Helden (a cover of Bowie's Heroes) on the Apocalyptica album Worlds Collide.
- Lindemann also sings on "Wut Will Nicht Sterben" by Die Puhdys.
- Till Lindemann & Richard Kruspe covered the Aria song Shtil and released it as Schtiel.
[edit] Movie appearances
- In 2003, Till made an appearance as a villain, in a made for television movie for children titled Amundsen, der Pinguin. His character tries to steal a penguin who knows the location of treasure.
- Till plays an animal rights activist in a movie called Vinzent.
- Till made brief appearances in the movies xXx as himself along with the rest of Rammstein (2002) and Pola X (1999).
[edit] References
- ^ Peisner, David (February 2007). "Rock Stars Who've Caught Fire Onstage!" (in English). Blender Magazine Online. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2534&src=blender_ed. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Eichborn Internet - Autoren in Presseseite: Till Lindemann
- Peisner, David (February 2007). "Rock Stars Who've Caught Fire Onstage!" (in English). Blender Magazine Online. http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?ID=2534&src=blender_ed. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
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