#paul landers imagine

[mrsfitzgerald]

28.05.23. video: @naraism 💗

#rammstein #paul landers #richard kruspe #paulchard #ANNIE!! #💗💗💗💗 #bless your soul!! #ahhhhHH #look at them #I don't even know where to start. #the way richard grab him?? #the way they both smiling??? #richard's tummy?? #bad news: paul left him alone on auslander again #i don't understand what his problem is #but it's obvious that they're good #сan you imagine how beautiful it would have looked #if paul had kissed richard when he was dressed like this? #in this coat?? #they are killing me adfghjskdf #my happy place #stadium tour 23 #my ramm gifs

[rammingthestein]

"I’m talking to this cat after our show in Dresden. I can tell he’s a performer. I ask if he’s performing at the festival he says no, he and his friends came from Berlin just to see us. Flattered, I ask if he can write the name of his group in my phone so I can YouTube his stuff back at hotel. He hands my phone back- Rammstein. FREAKIN PAUL LANDERS FROM RAMMSTEIN. He’s very happy to hear we used his music to open Speedmouse for years. We hang. Tour made. #rammstein #paullanders #umbiesontour #humorzonedresden"

posted from The Umbilical Brothers Facebook page, 2017

#rammstein #paul landers #neue deutsche härte #guitarist #industrial metal #paul; #mine; #imagine you're performing and paul landers came by to see you #all the recognition you'd need tbh #metal;

[endlich-allein]

5. Rammstein – Zeit (Universal)

We waited 10 years for Rammstein’s seventh album, Untitled. Three years later, a global pandemic forced the Berlin stadium-shaggers to act like a normal band and release the follow-up.

Slower and more rooted in the romance between Flake’s keys and Till Lindemann’s weathered, oaky timbre, a clutch of Zeit’s tracks suggested Rammstein were growing old gracefully.

But right beside the band’s humbling, mournful ruminations on ageing and death were lewd litanies affirming the benefits of big tits, raw-dogging and plastic surgery. Normal service was resumed, then. Autotuned vocals and punk chords wrangled with those unmistakable Rammstein riffs; Lügen was genuinely experimental, whereas Angst was heavier than a caravan full of regret. Zeit rubber-stamped itself (kinky) as the sextet’s most consistent record since career-highlight Mutter. Groß.

#i love this album #so much you can't imagine #zeit album #rammstein #rammstein 2022 #till is love 🖤 #till lindemann #flake lorenz #paul landers #christoph schneider #oliver riedel #richard kruspe

[landerspaul]

Please, I need to know, as high priestess of the temple of Landers Chaos, what are your top five horrible little gremlin moments? When he’s giving absolute peak Paule energy?

Dear sister of the temple of Paulchardism, you have given me an arduous task, but I will do my best. As you can imagine, his deeds and feats are too many to contain in five points only, so I will take some liberties to showcase why I worship this devilish but also angelic entity, Paul "coccolino" Landers the God of Chaos.

Sacramental confetti: Unlike the usual customary procedure of other religions, ours preaches that God Paul ingests the confetti-host directly, blessing all his followers, without the need for us to ingest it as well. It suffices to simply observe the act! [e.g. 🎊, 🎉]

Holy zoomies: Since two different entities, the angelic and the devilish, dwell in our God Paul, they occasionally come into conflict causing a sudden release of energy. We followers can consider ourselves lucky and blessed when it happens before our humble eyes. [e.g. 🔫 , 🚐, 🌪️, 👉]

Divine decluttering: While the current pope calls on his followers to fight the disposable culture generated by consumerism, our God Paul invites us to throw away anything that has outlived its usefulness, to avoid the unnecessary accumulation of items. [e.g. 💅🏻 , 💥 , 🎀, 🎤, 💨]

Celestial mockery: Every so often our God Paul teases or provokes the other Gods, even if they are bigger than him. He fears no one and we followers aspire to be like him. [e.g. 🤡 , 🗣️, 🐸, 🩰]

It must be said that sometimes he overdoes it and thus his fellow Gods lose their patience. They have to scold him and put him back in his place every now and then.

Godly screech: And finally we have the godly screech, that only those who are worthy to be followers survive! For those of you brave enough willing to try and pass the test, you can listen to it here 🔊. Good luck!

#näd replies #paul landers #till lindemann #flake lorenz #oliver riedel #christoph schneider #richard kruspe #rammstein

[marimayscarlett]

I've just seen a photo of Khira and Emil (Paul's son) and thought it was super cute. Then I realised how close the whole „Rammstein camp" is and I almost cried a few happy tears.

Photos of Kira and Emil.

Paul and Oli together on holiday with children.

Schneider spending time with Khira and Till's grandson. Ulrikes and RZKs „birthday twin” picture.

Khira DJing at an event organised by Ollie's wife.

Selfies of Mareike and Schneider's wife.

Photos of till hugging Sophia’s mum last year.

Mareike, who is good friends with both Ariele and Nikki Landers.

The fact that Mareike has been practising in Fehrbelliner Strasse for years.

It makes me realise that they are all so much more than a band. Friends, some of whom have known each other for over 40 years and are almost like family. I think that’s so beautiful. Like imagine knowing some of your friends for more than 40 years ❤️ (and would love to be a fly on the wall when they all hang out together and talk about the good old days 😭❤️)

Hi 👋🏼

I must say, these constellations cross my mind quite frequently, especially since last year. A band which worked and created musical monuments together, rose to unbelievable fame together, went through hardships together for three decades and band members who knew each other even longer isn't the norm - so many bands out there exist only up to now because of numerous line up changes, to the point where only a small percentage of the original founding members are still present. It's also not totally the norm that family members of the band are this close to each other, support each other (like you mentioned Khira Li doing a DJ Set for Marie Riedel), spending time together so naturally. In my mind at least, all this can be viewed as signs for the band being so much more than just the work place of six creative minds who found each other 30 years ago - it's like a living space of vastly different characters, who stick together for better and for worse and have like a tightly knit support system out of their families around them, which are then again connected with each other. Of course I'm just speculating here a tiny bit on the closeness, but there really seem to exist several deeper and quite friendly connections between family members; and this whole net of support which is woven around the band is such a comforting concept to me 🤍

I didn't find pictures to all of the connections you mentioned (would honestly love to see a selfie of Mareike and Uli), but here are some photos, first up the 'birthday twin' picture of Richard and Ulrike (both having their birthday on the 24th of July:

Khira Li, Merlin, Emil and a friend of theirs, maybe enjoying the fact that Richard has a pool on his roof:

Schneider being a guest on Khira Li's birthday as well as during an excursion (even though I think the child is Maxime and not Till's grandson, I'm not entirely sure):

I'm very sure that there are more pictures like these out there, but that's enough digging for now 😇

#rammstein #ask #these connections just warm my heart 🤍 #and yes! i googled mareike's practice and she really still works there!

[luftbiene]

Imagine. Imagine a sweaty man in a chicken suit kissing you once in a while. Imagine this man is so gravitationally bound to you that he can’t miss you when jumping into a swimming pool. Imagine he still likes to kneel in front of you, and you have to help him up now because he misunderstood gravity that one time. Imagine you’ve decided his new guitar is very biteable. (Yours is just lickable.) The man has decided you are both lickable and biteable (ouch). Imagine your commonalities are that you both 1) like music and guitars, and 2) are stubborn and whiny. Imagine your biggest fight was over an album about hearts aflame and horse riding and the sun. Imagine tasting the smoke on his breath while you sing about those burning hearts now. Imagine caring about the sweaty chicken man and so you nuzzle him and pet him and give him kisses and he doesn’t squawk at you. Imagine you are Paul Landers.

#paulchard #rammstein #❤️

[herrlindemann]

ROCK HARD - June 2004 - Interview with Paul Landers

Germany's currently most successful rock band was completely submerged for a year. Although the DVD 'Lichtspielhaus' was released recently, the actual concentration of the six Rammstein musicians is solely on the next studio album. Guitarist Paul Landers exclusively answered our questions shortly after Easter and revealed everything worth knowing about the upcoming record, about interpersonal problems within the band, about the relationship with Wladimir Klitschko and about the attempt to lyrically process a cannibal.

Paul, where are you right now?

At home in Berlin. Shortly before Easter we flew from Stockholm, where we are recording our new record, to Germany. Our producer and our mixer have families and children. That's why they just wanted to switch off over Easter.

Is this break in your interest, or did it burst into a creative phase?

Since we are also family people, we didn't find it bad at all. Olli likes to surf and tries to spend every free minute at the sea to quickly jump on a board. He spent Easter on the Baltic Sea, and now we're practically on our way to Stockholm again.

Before we get to Stockholm and the new record, I'd like to talk to you about the past.

Yes, so the band name comes from...(laughs)

Have you been listening to your previous albums, especially 'Mutter’, lately?

Yes. Recently, when we were in the middle of pre-production, I bought an mp3 player and put our albums on it. Then I walked around town all day and listened to all the songs we had.

Did you ever notice that at the time of your debut, 'Herzeleid’, everyone was philosophizing about the incredible guitar sound, but the true sound wonder 'Mutter’ was almost taken for granted?

I don't know now which is better and worse. At least the fact is that 'Herzeleid' sounds rawer. 'Mutter’, on the other hand, sounds smoother, more produced. However, 'Herzeleid' was then in a more extreme position than 'Mutter’ years later. Don't forget when the albums came out. 'Mutter' came out at a time (2001) when many other guitar bands were making records that sounded as good or better than our songs. That's why 'Mutter’ didn't go down in history as a milestone. In hindsight, I find 'Herzeleid' rather cute and today I don't think: Wow, what a sound!

Your producer was Jacob Hellner from the start. To exaggerate: when he hears his work on 'Mutter’, he should almost be ashamed of 'Herzeleid'.

He learned as much as we did and at the time did the best work he was capable of. Both he and we went to our limit at the time. When I see an old photo of myself, I feel ashamed of the clothes I wore back then. Then I think: man, what were you wearing back then? It becomes difficult when I already know now that I think it's very good and that in three years' time I'll also be ashamed. It's always like that.

And is it the same with your sound?

Exactly. At first you think in awe: Mannomann! That's what the Beatles used to think after hearing their four-track recordings. According to the motto: Now the bass drum really has steam (laughs)! And that's exactly how it is with us. When we hear our new songs today, we are totally blown away by the sound and think: Awesome! But in ten years the record will be in the oldie department.

It is said that with 'Mutter’ you couldn't repeat your previous success in the USA and instead had to start from scratch.

Not from the start. But we had a huge success with our second record 'Sehnsucht' and with the single 'Du hast'. That single did fantastic in the States and we had way more success than we could ever have imagined. We took this success for granted and thought: Alright, America is at our feet! Later we were surprised that 'Mutter’ wasn't doing so well.

At first we thought we had to play over there more often. So that's what we did. However, there was also the fact that a certain person, who had looked after us fantastically up until then, left our American record company. This person was infected by us and that is exactly why it is so valuable to us. And England showed that things can be done differently: 'Mutter’ was our most successful record there. All in all, it was certainly helpful for us to experience that things can go not only uphill, but also downhill. However, we were able to cope well with the decline in America because things were going very well in Europe.

Isn't it the case for rock bands in the USA: out of sight, out of mind?

No, because the closer Rammstein fan community isn't there like before. We are established in Europe. In the States, on the other hand, we are still considered exotic, a kind of insider tip with a certain, solid basis. And that base is about 2,000 people per concert. And the people who go beyond that base belong to the "out of sight, out of mind" category.

What were you doing at half past four in the morning on Easter Sunday?

Wait a minute, I can tell you exactly that: I just dreamed of a camel.

So you weren't sitting in front of the telly watching heavyweight boxing?

Klitschko? No, I have not.

I'm asking because your hit 'Sonne' was originally intended as a marching anthem for Wladimir Klitschko.

Yes, but the song was too hard for him.

Was the song really too hard, or do Klitschko think that Rammstein is an evil band?

Does that mean that Klitschko is too nice? Maybe (laughs). We thought it up really well: The whole arena counts — one, two, three, up to ten, and then "Out!”. Exactly at "Out!” Klitschko comes into the arena and goes to the ring. The moment he raises his arms in the ring, the chorus sounds: "Here comes the sun! “ That was the plan.

Anyway, the idea was great.

Yes, the idea was good. He should have done that, then maybe he wouldn't have suffered defeats. As for his last fight, I think someone put something in his water.

Maybe it was just fear that paralyzed him.

No, he was obviously in shape.

Or it was fear of one's own courage.

He may not have any courage to be afraid of. Ah, I don't know. Maybe someone who finds Rammstein too hard is too soft for boxing. He's too weak.

Was 'Sonne’ created specifically because of Klitschko?

Yes, if there hadn't been this request back then, the song wouldn't have existed like this. When the request came, Till sat down and described the topic of boxing in words so that it didn't seem so flat. And then the song came into being in the rehearsal room.

What if there was a request from hockey, football or wrestling?

Oh no, we like the Klitschkos. I also think that the two brothers still have their careers ahead of them.

In any case, one of your best songs ever remained from the failed story.

And that's why it didn't matter that things didn't work out with Klitschko. The song was good. In any case, we thought: You can't force someone to be happy. If someone really wants to march in to Tina Turner's 'You're Simply The Best', they can. It's a nice song too (chuckles).

And then there was a video clip with the big Snow White and you as six little dwarfs.

Yes, we generally try not to translate a video clip as a one-to-one text translation. In addition to the text, the viewer should be offered images that create another level that he would never reach without images.

Does the example 'Sonne' show that you are not fixed in terms of content and that you cannot be grasped, or does it show that the Rammstein brand is primarily about imagination?

It shows that we're pretty great. Before Snow White, we had the idea that there would be six of us on the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

You're not serious.

Yes! First comes the refrain - "Here comes the sun" - then the bomb goes off. However, we would have shown it as it really was. The pilots who sat in the atomic bomb planes are already dead. They took their own lives after being shattered by what they had done.

Immediately after the drop, one of the pilots yelled: "Oh, my God! What have I done?”

Exactly. The pilots had forfeited their lives. Anyway, we wanted to show how six people can do something like that.

Not a single music station would have broadcast this clip, especially not in the USA.

You shouldn't think like that. You have to think that you want to make a good video. Whether it will then be sent is the second question. However, that was one of many ideas that we ultimately scrapped. We now also calculate whether the masses could misunderstand us and our concerns. I can tell from your reaction that people wouldn't have understood us. At least I would have liked it if the atomic bomb had gone off in contrast to the beautiful chorus. Nobody could have resisted a corresponding feeling.

Certainly not. But the general public would completely misunderstand you. They would be outraged.

That's what everyone thinks. And that's why it's bullshit.

But what would have happened if it had worked out with Klitschko? Do you have an idea up your sleeve for this case?

Nope I don't know what would have happened then. Maybe then we would have done something together with Klitschko. But that would have been a shame, because we really enjoyed the Snow White story. The video shoot lasted two days. If we didn't feel like driving home from Babelsberg, we immediately slept in the little dwarf house. A friend of ours drove to the gas station and got a box with various drinks. After that we got locked in the studio and had a real dwarf party in the dwarf house. In the making-of part of the 'Lichtspielhaus' - DVD there is a place where Flake looks a bit disorganized and has some difficulties.

'Mutter’ was created to a large extent in a little house on the Baltic Sea...

The songs come from different places. But then we usually go to a place to record them as pre-production. As if summarizing all the notes. The last time the pre-production took place in Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea.

The Baltic Sea seems to be very important to you, because some of you used to spend the summer time on the island of Hiddensee with your band Feeling B during the GDR era.

We still do. There are only two ways to go: Either you go to the mountains or to the sea.

Did you get to know each other better than ever in the little house in Heiligendamm - that is, in a small space?

No. The best way to get to know each other is on tour, because it doesn't get any closer than that. It's a bit like in the submarine. Every now and then you turn up and play a concert (laughs).

How did your new album come about? How can we imagine your new record without hearing a sound?

In contrast to our previous three albums, the new record was written in a different constellation. The ones who used to bring in a lot of ideas have stepped back this time, and those who used to have few song ideas are much more represented this time.

Who belongs to which group?

That is not important. It is important that the new album has a different tone color for the reason mentioned. And: In contrast to the last record, we had a lot of fun this time. The knot has broken. Also, due to time constraints for songwriting and pre-production, we didn't leave this time, but stayed in Berlin.

Does your statement mean that you had little fun working on 'Mutter'?

Yeah, 'Mutter’ really wasn't that much fun. The famous third album, as the saying goes. There were also personal reasons. After eight or nine years, the balance of power had shifted within the band. It actually happens in every band that Ritchie Blackmore quits because he can't go on with Jon Lord anymore. For years their friction was refreshing for the listeners, but at some point it gets on everyone involved so much that one has to drop out.

But nobody left Rammstein.

No, not that. But we also had gossip and stress between two people because of competence difficulties as well as over- and underestimation. We had to reorient ourselves. It also cracked. But — I knock on wood! — we got through it well, so we could work on the fourth album with fun.

You certainly don't want to mention the names of the two.

Correct. It can happen to anyone, because everyone is unreasonable from time to time.

Back to the richness of tone again: Can you speak of any major differences to 'Mutter’?

We tried to embed the vocals even more into the music. Or to put it another way: the music is more than ever a ring in which the singing comes into its own. Like ten white tigers. A platform, an aircraft carrier for the words (chuckles).

Very lyrically put...

Yes, I try to find the best words. In any case, the planes have to be able to take off nicely (laughs). Also, there are fewer riffs on the record because the guitars are kinda different.

More like a guitar rug?

I do not know it either. Somehow different. But there are people who have listened to it. In any case, for me the album is already different from 'Mutter’, and for the attentive Rammstein fan it certainly is too. Maybe not for my grandma, but every AC/DC song sounds the same to her. So do we: for some it will sound different, for others the new record is exactly the same. And both parties are probably right.

As someone who still appreciates your performance on 'Mutter’, I would like to say quite heretically: the new record can only be a disappointment. It's almost impossible to top 'Mutter’ or at least match it with an equal successor.

But I'm not making a record to top the last one. I always try to make a good album. Now that may sound boring. But your girlfriend won't break up with you either because you have a better...Okay, maybe that's a bad example (laughs).

You can really only find one girlfriend, any one. If you're lucky, it's a good one, and if you're unlucky, she looks pretty but she's daft. A woman can be pretty and everyone thinks, man, why doesn't he stay with her? But her character is completely insane. An album can also sound good, but it must also be fun to write this album. It has often been my experience that people who are less successful work very hard and without fun to be successful. And that, in contrast, people who tend to languish are mostly in good spirits. I have also met people who are very successful and who are totally relaxed.

What can I say: Metallica also continued after their black album. You don't write a good album so that you can't make another one afterwards. Rather, you try to make a good album every time. Or to put it diplomatically: another album, a further development.

Single song titles and various album titles are already floating around. Which titles actually exist?

First the record was going to be be called 'Amore', then 'Rosenrot', and finally we got to 'Rot'. At the moment it has no name at all and we call it 'The Red Album' in everyday parlance. We used to always choose the title after one of the songs, but that doesn't come out on this record. For example, a song is called 'Stein um Stein'. That somehow doesn't fit as an album title. So we're still looking. Another piece is called 'Rosenrot'.

Which is definitely about a woman...

It's about women always wanting something. And the man does it even though he knows it's not good — not good for either of them. But he does it anyway, and in the end he dies. What else can I tell you? A song about Moscow is included. And one about America.

Because you've been to both Russia and the US?

Not necessarily. One song is specifically about the city of Moscow. The America song is about our current relationship with America and the current situation. Lots of people bitch about America, opinion has swung against America a lot lately — because of that country's impeccable foreign policy (chuckles).

On the other hand, I looked in my closet. There were four jackets from America hanging in there. If you complain that the Americans get involved everywhere and are everywhere, then you should start with yourself. It's true that America is everywhere. But in many cases it can only be there because it is wanted. They don't force you to go to Burger King or put on Levi's. In this respect, it is about the positive and the negative in one whole.

A topic that would have been unthinkable at Rammstein five years ago.

Yes, but the America song in particular came to mind, because when we started work on the record, the Iraq war was on. You couldn't avoid that. We weren't looking for such a song theme, rather it was over-present.

By the way: Another innovation is that a little Russian and a little English is sung on the record. Possibly also French, but we don't know that yet. The album isn't designed to be international, but it's not one hundred percent German.

Russian isn't that far off.

Well, everything and nothing is far-fetched.

In any case, Russian fits very well with Till's form of expression.

We weren't specifically looking for that. It just turned out that way.

Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, your fellow guitarist, once said in an earlier interview that you want to make pop music with heavy riffs. Pop music also means that you reach a wide audience. At what point can one say in the case of Rammstein that you've reached a large audience, and at what point would an album be a flop in your eyes?

You have reached a broad mass when you look into the audience and there are men with mustaches standing there.

Everyone has a different definition of when an album is a flop. Personally, I don't go so much by sales numbers. Michael Jackson has sold about 40 billion or 40 million copies of 'Thriller' (laughs). The record after it only managed eight million and was a flop in his eyes and in the eyes of the media.

Eight million! That would be an absolute rocket for us. In this respect, it is a matter of opinion what a flop is.

Let's get back to the DVD 'Lichtspielhaus'. I find both the bank robbery clip and the making-of of 'Ich will’ impressive. This clip required tremendous acting. Did you have to practice for it, or did you develop a certain momentum during the shooting because you realized that the clip could be a real hit?

So if boys are allowed to play shooting, they don't need extra training for it. No, that was easy for us, especially since each of us has criminal tendencies. But it was also hard at times: after this shoot I wouldn't want to rob a bank because this special task force KSK — or SEK or something like that — is really tough. Richard told them not to go easy on it, just make it look real. The guys slapped us so brutally on the floor that my nose bled the first time I turned. You can't see that in the clip.

Unfortunately, the video didn't run very long on TV because it came at a time when two planes crashed into the World Trade Center. So people weren't too keen on a video clip of bank robbers taking hostages. Osama was first and we couldn't top that.

How big was the effort for this clip?

One day of shooting in and around the GDR State Council building.

How much does something like that cost?

You're asking the wrong person. In any case, our manager had negotiated a good video budget with the record company. Normally a band gets around 30,000 euros there. We had maybe 300,000 euros. I don't know, but I'm guessing. We were just lucky, because at that time the treaties from peacetime still existed before the whole dilemma began with the majors.

Your bass player Olli says in the making-of that your self-confidence when it comes to your own songs is washed. Does that mean that you weren't particularly comfortable with your early songs, with which you had incredible success?

No, we were just six naïve East Germans who were let loose on trained journalists. And we've awkwardly tried to resist things we shouldn't have resisted. When I read or listen to our old interviews, I always feel a bit ashamed. On the one hand we had no idea and on the other hand we always meant the best. But actually, from today's perspective, it's just embarrassing.

If people accused me of being right-wing radicals today, I would just giggle. In the past, I would have launched a lengthy defense speech. Kind of like: "But we... There and there..."

At that time, after all these accusations, we only started to think about who we are, what we have done and where we wanted to go. In the beginning we just started without thinking about what we are doing.

The piece 'Ich will’ is to be seen as a homage to being a rock star.

Exactly.

Other bands behave in an awkward manner on stage, annoy with percussion solos and animate with “Heyheyhey!” - and “Ohohoh!” - Call the audience to participate. You've exacerbated the whole thing by making fun of it.

The song is typical for us, because it's meant to be ironic, but then again it's not. Of course we're making fun of bands that start these join-in choirs. But we use it ourselves. We're also happy when people stand down and raise their arms and sing along. When we played 'Seemann' for the first time, we were terribly embarrassed that lighters were waved in the audience. It's okay now because it's part of it.

But there are different ways of animation. You can stand at the edge of the stage like Robbie Williams or Fred Durst and put your hand to your ear, which I find totally disgusting. I find sayings like: “Oh, this city here, Berlin. I love you, it's insane. It's the best concert of the whole tour." This is disgusting gluttony. But either people don't notice it or they don't see it as a prank. In this respect, these musicians should continue to do so.

You, on the other hand, generally don't talk on stage.

The man from the 'Tagesschau' doesn't say anything between the news either. He just presents the facts. It must be enough.

So Rammstein live means: facts, facts, facts.

(Laughs) We let the flames speak for us and don't have to say anything about it. There are many bands that don't talk. And there are bands that I find it cute when they talk a lot. For example Die Ärzte. I think the announcements are better than the music. When Farin talks, I'm happy.

What influence do daily events around the world and looking at the newspaper in the morning have on your ideas for songs and lyrics?

There are influences. For example, we're considering putting a piece about Armin Meiwes, the cannibal from Rotenburg, on our album.

Meiwes was convicted of eating another man...

What do you say: would you have judged him?

Morally, ha. I don't know whether he can be legally convicted.

Morally? Not that. He is legally to be condemned.

If you asked me to cook and eat you...

I would not do that.

But what if. And suppose I actually ate you. Then I would be a creature who should also be condemned from a moral point of view...

You cook your soup chicken too, and it didn't even ask you to. I find it a bit cheeky: When two people make up, one person asks, "Will you marry me?”, and the other one says “Yes, okay!”, because as a third party you don't interfere in their affairs. That's what the two actors in the cannibal story wanted. And if they were fine doing it, I see no reason to get involved.

That's what the stuff movies are made of.

If we did a music video about it, we could take parts from the original video that was shown in court.

But back to the topic: We can't imagine in our imagination that there are people who think it's good when they're peed on. Or that men who work in managerial positions find it good to be humiliated and whipped in a brothel. But there's all that, and there's a lot more, a lot more crass stuff. And when one of the crass things comes to light, everyone is suddenly surprised. Although such things always and everywhere exist.

And what if a cannibal goes unpunished, finds the next victim, kills and eats them against their will - but claims it was consensual?

He can have this confirmed in writing beforehand, quasi by a notary. Like euthanasia, which I support, by the way. I also think it's crazy that you have to buckle up in the car. Everyone should decide for themselves whether they want to buckle up or not. In general, I find the prescribing of security stupid. Everyone should do what they want. I don't mean speed limits in dangerous places. If someone is so stupid and thunders around the corner too fast, they should be punished for it. But if he doesn't want to buckle up, he's supposed to have the right to die on the tree.

Or traffic lights on the street: I have never signed anywhere in my life with which I agreed that I could go green and have to stop at red. I think it's cheeky that I have to stick to these rules. There used to be a forest here through which you could walk freely. Today there is a street with a traffic light. Actually, every citizen should take an oath at the beginning of his life: "I am willing to submit to myself here.” Instead, you are born and you are told: “Well, now join in here! Go join the army and get yourself shot for us! Pay taxes and stop at red”.

Were you in the army?

No, I didn't have time for that. But I pay quite a lot of taxes. If I get two apples from my record company, I have to give one apple back immediately.

#Rammstein #Paul Landers #2004 #interview #translation #*

[notafraidofredyellowandblue]

OOR 2001 - Nr 8 - Rammstein interview

Rammstein <Germans have a very good sense of humor>

Rammstein: those are boring, surly men, who take themselves too seriously and even are perhaps a little 'wrong'. You would think. But with the release of the third album Mutter, singer Till Lindemann and drummer Christoph Schneider prove that Germans do have a sense of humor. "Only... we don't laugh."

by Robert Heeg

Actually, Rammstein's entire career is a joke. Or at least a bizarre twist of fate. Born and raised in the GDR, Lindemann, Schneider, keyboardist Flake Lorenz, bassist Oliver Riedel and guitarists Paul Landers and Richard Kruspe despite state censorship managed to develop into stubborn punks with their own vision on hard music. Only in '93, long after the fall of the wall, did they convert their ideas into the total concept Rammstein. In addition to hard industrial metal with a gothic touch, this concept also includes a well-oiled show in which sweaty male bodies and stunts with fire play a leading role. Despite international aspirations, the mother tongue was retained. That did not stop the albums Herzeleid ('95) and Sehnsucht ('97) from being very successful. Even in the US, entire tribes sing along at the top of their lungs during the performances. It must be a great victory for the six 'Ossies'. Can you therefore blame Rammstein for using images from the propaganda film Triumph of the Will, by Hitler's court filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, in a video clip.

How does Mutter differ most from its two predecessors?

Till: "We used more acoustic instruments and recorded a string orchestra 'live' for the first time. We also worked on the mix for a very long time. We even broke off a mix because the album started to sound too much like Sehnsucht. We were looking for a more modern sound"

The official biography says that no one sounds like Rammstein, but I definitely recognize that rigid sound of Die Krupps...

Christoph: "Yes, of course. And there are more bands with which we have something in common. In that bio they are probably referring to the combination of show and German-language singing."

Till: "Especially that German thing, yes. Most acts sing in English, which sounds much rounder than German. So we do offer something new internationally."

The lyrics on Mutter seem less harsh, slightly more personal. Is there a thematic shift?

Till: "You should interpret them the way you want. Use your imagination. I do believe that they are less abstract than before, they have become clearer stories. However, we try to stick to our well-known style."

If you used to express yourself in macho rhetoric such as: 'Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen', you now cry for Mutter. Back to the womb?

Christoph: "Mutter is simply the word that fits the mood of the record, you don't have to look for any special meaning behind it. Inspiration can really come from anywhere: personal experiences, magazines, a book, a good film... It makes It doesn't matter. It can also happen if you happen to get your finger stuck in the electrical socket. Anything."

Is this a democratic band or are there members who have more influence?

Christoph: "It is quite a democratic whole. And that does not always make it easy when you are in a hurry. Fortunately, there is also a producer [Jacob Hellner] who makes decisions every now and then. It is also a lot more productive that we now sometimes work in smaller teams. If there are six of us, there is always someone who disagrees with something."

Till: "It is good to learn that you occasionally have to defer to the majority opinion. After three or four weeks it often turns out that the consensus was the basis for the right decision. It is essential that you share everything as a band: equal rights, equal duties. It has been my experience that when someone feels underexposed in a band, they usually leave."

Would Rammstein be over then?

Christoph: "It's like cutting off an arm. We would continue, but it would be very different."

In interviews the band members sometimes come across as a bit rigid. You rarely allow yourself to be lured out of your tent.

Christoph: "That depends on how someone responds to us and our texts. Every journalist does that in his own way, and we respond to that. But I know that we are considered difficult. Whether it is photographers, cover designers or people at the record company, they experience us as difficult. That is because we have a very strong opinion about how things should sound and look. We don't compromise well."

This also applies to the language...

Till: "Yes, why should we? Words are free."

And you were also right, in America people sang along with complete lyrics.

Christoph: "Well, at least they tried, haha. In any case, we had a good time with their attempts. They looked like teenagers going to their first pop concert, not having fully understood the lyrics, but still trying to sing along. Very amusing."

You guys have something special with America. Did that start when David Lynch used two of your songs for his film Lost Highway?

Christoph: "That was our first contact with America. It made us a bit known and gave us the opportunity to perform there. However, it was very difficult to make the right contacts and bring Sehnsucht there. We only managed that in '98."

American record companies are traditionally skeptical of European acts. Especially when they stubbornly continue to sing in their native language.

Till: "If you hang around somewhere in the middle, that is certainly true, yes. But once you are successful, you can do just about anything there. The most idiosyncratic acts are often the most successful."

Idiosyncrasy is also often poorly understood. For example, you are often associated with the extreme right. You went one step further by using fragments of Leni Riefenstahl films in the video for the Depeche Mode cover Stripped.

Christoph: "We have never really understood that prejudice. In our opinion, it is not demonstrable. In interviews we have often said that we have nothing to do with it. We are busy discovering our own German music and creating our own German band , and we have mentioned many things that have to do with our culture. We are getting quite tired of the allegations. People simply have an opinion about us, no matter how often we contradict those prejudices through the media. The only thing we can do now all that's left is to just continue making music. If you follow us a bit, you know that we have nothing to do with the right. For the people who still need an explanation, we have included the song Links 234 on the album. Listen to that."

Is your sense of humor and sarcasm underestimated?

Till: "Oh, you either understand us or you don't. There is no in between. You either love us or you hate us. The fans understand our intentions."

Christoph: "The problem is that people are always presented with something that is ready-made. But as soon as they have to interpret something for themselves, think for themselves, they have a problem. You do have your own opinion, right? Then don't ask me what you have to think about it. I can't explain it either."

Don't you secretly cherish those different reactions a little?

Till: "If people think we are really bad, that is of course often annoying and questionable. But it is indeed better than not arousing any reactions at all."

Christoph: "It did surprise us, but it has become part of us."

You also evoke reactions with the show. For the stunt with the dildo, you were even held in an American cell for a couple of hours in '98.

Christoph: "Americans are easily shocked by things that we consider very normal here. But for those involved it was certainly not a pleasant incident, I can assure you. Perhaps Till would like to say something about that."

Till: "We don't do something like this with premeditation. We mainly do a show like that for fun and to illustrate the music. That makes it a bit more pleasant for us on stage, because at least something happens and time goes by faster, haha. And the audience is grateful that there is also something to experience visually. It is not our style to deliberately evoke such extreme reactions. It is not as if we plan it, it just happens naturally."

And yet... Does that rebelliousness have nothing to do with your GDR youth? Is the animal out of the cage now?

Christoph: "That is probably innate, yes. In the GDR, of course, nothing was allowed and the music scene was of little significance. We spent our youth and teenage years in the GDR, so it could not have been otherwise or that it left an indelible impression."

Till: "Yet we weren't really rebellious. We just did what we did, also on stage. We just lived it up, and actually we still do. Only later did we realize that it was quite bold to do that in the GDR."

Were you influenced by show bands like Kiss?

Christoph: "Of course. I wasn't that impressed with the music, but I did have the posters hanging. Musically we were more impressed by Udo Lindenberg, AC/DC, Neubauten, the Neue Deutsche Welle. Very few of them actually came to the GDR. But we didn't know any better. If a band came, it would be talked about for another five years. Those performances were incredibly inflated. haha."

Did you feel like second class citizens?

Till: "That was a big problem, yes, because we were constantly looking to the west. I think the worst thing was that we were not allowed to travel. That was really sad. Other than that, life wasn't that bad, just the traveling... ."

Once an Ossie, always an Ossie?

Till: "Certainly. We still live in East Berlin. Due to our extensive travelling, I don't know whether the term Ossie still has the same meaning for us. But it remains our homeland. You carry it with you in your heart. "

Am I wrong or are you parodying the cliché image that foreigners have of Germans?

Christoph: "You might think. Well, we know how people sometimes think about Germany. Never mind, there is little we can do about that."

Till: "We like to exaggerate and that's part of parody. Only... we don't laugh."

Do you think Dutch people understand German humor?

Christoph: "Germans have a very good sense of humor. But let's talk about you, with your Big Brother-Shit! 1)"

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1) The Big Brother reality tv show format was originated in the Netherlands, first aired in 1999, and had spin-ofs in many other countries around the world

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List of other Rammstein OOR interviews

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[mrsfitzgerald]

11.06.23

#rammstein #paul landers #richard kruspe #paulchard #you can't even imagine how mad i am #WHAT THE FUCK #I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE LAST YEAR. #I THOUGHT I'D NEVER SEE THEM TOGETHER ON THIS SONG AGAIN. #AND TILL RUINED EVERYTHING. #ПИЗДЕЦ НАХУЙ #Я ЗЛА КАК ТЫСЯЧА ЧЕРТЕЙ #this is not funny #my ramm gifs #stadium tour 23

[reeshyz]

Title: Don't you know that you're my shooting star? Pairing: Paul Landers / Richard Z. Kruspe Presentee: @manngegenmann Prompt: Shooting Star Warnings/Tags: too much fluff | all of them being idiots | insecure Richard Word Count: 2.164 Summary: Richard is afraid to tell the band a secret that he had kept for so long by now. Luckily a shooting star helps him. Read on AO3: here

♪

Richard is nervous. He’d been nervous all day and he hates it. It had been so bad that he had almost canceled their trip, but he had known that the other idiots wouldn’t have accepted that.

“Are you okay?” Paul asks and he looks so worried. Richard wishes he was braver and would finally take Paul’s hand into his, but he can’t. That would be weird, so Richard just nods slowly.

“Yeah you don’t look that well, Scholle,” Till says from behind them and Richard sighs quietly. Of course his best friend would also know that something is up. Sometimes he hates how close they all are.

“We can take a break if you need one,” Ollie says now and Richard sighs. Always teaming up against him. They are not even close to their location yet and Richard hates it if he’s the reason for another delay. 

“No need. Just… lost in my thoughts,” Richard finally answers, before he cuddles even more into his scarf. It’s fucking cold outside and he doesn’t know who’s idea it was to do the hike today, but Richard already hates it.

“Are they good thoughts?” Paul asks and Richard sees how far Flake and Schneider are in front of them already. It’s surprising that Ollie is walking so slowly today, but Richard doesn’t mind his calm presence. 

He wishes he could tell Paul about his thoughts, but he can’t.

“Not really,” Richard answers. He’s scared of what the others would think of him if he’d shared his thoughts with them. What if they didn’t want him in the band anymore? What if they didn’t want him as a friend anymore? Richard wouldn’t survive that.

This secret is eating Richard alive. Sometimes he wishes he didn’t have feelings for Paul, but he actually… likes being in love. He loves Paul and he’s fine with it. He just wishes everyone would see it like this. 

“And here I thought this hike would finally cheer you up,” Paul says and he laughs so cute. Richard has to look away, so he doesn’t stare at Paul again. He’s sure he’s already doing that too much lately, but he can’t help it. Paul looks so beautiful, especially on a snowy night like this.

“You know exactly how much I hate this tradition,” Richard mumbles and he can hear how loud Till laughs. For some reason they all have fun doing this each year, even Flake. Richard hates how cold he’s already feeling.

If he was allowed to take Paul’s hand, he could warm his ohand a bit up.

Maybe… maybe Paul would even let Richard kiss him. Gosh, that would warm him up in a second. Just imagining kissing his soft lips lets Richard shudder. He bet they’d feel so good against his own. 

“That’s why we love this tradition so much,” Ollie says, but he’s smiling. Richard huffs. He’s not even sure what the point of these hikes are. They always stay at that tiny house in the middle of nothing and are having a sleepover as if they’re still fourteen. 

Paul often claims it’s something they do to relax. Richard knows he’s just loving it, because most of the time they’re drunk and tell each other lots of secrets. Two years ago Schneider had told them that he was going to be a father again. And Till told them about his new Lindemann tour and that he wanted to throw fish and cake at the crowd. Paul had really loved that idea.

It’s always fun, even though Richard hates walking towards the damn house.

So in the end it’s really a fun sleepover. Once Richard had even been allowed to braid Schneider’s hair. That had been amazing.

The bad thing about this year is Richard’s secret about his feelings for Paul. He had wanted to share that secret with his bandmates, but he’s not sure if he can. He’s dizzy just thinking about it. He’d never been this exposed. 

“It will be alright,” Ollie says, as if he can read Richard’s thoughts. Richard nods, even though he doesn’t believe him.

Paul’s nervous glance at him doesn't make it better.

*

Two hours later Richard finally sits down on his camping chair. They’re all sitting outside around a bonfire Till had started a few minutes ago and Richard holds his mulled wine close to his chest.

“Shit, I missed this,” Schneider says and he leans back in his own chair. Richard nods to himself, sometimes it’s kinda fun to spend some time with these idiots without any music related topics. 

“It was a stressful year,” Flake says and he takes another sip of his tea. Ollie hums quietly and Till groans, when he stretches his back. It’s kinda funny that they all turned into old men together. 

“I don’t care about all your smalltalk. I wanna hear some secrets,” Paul says and he clasps his hands. He’s sitting opposite of Richard and sitting way too close to the fire. He had tried to roast marshmallows earlier, but it seems like now he’s way too excited to think about food. 

Richard wonders how sweet his lips would taste now.

“Yeah me too,” Schneider says and his grin is almost dangerous. Richard remembers how one year he had admit that he liked Frau Schneider, that had been rather dumb on his part. 

“Well then how about you two start?” Till says, now smiling as well. Richard rolls his eyes at nothing, he’s glad that nobody pays him attention so far. His stomach is hurting from his anxiety. 

Logically he knows his friends are pretty open about anything and that they do love him, but this is so hard. Richard had told them a lot of shit in the past, especially when he had told them about his drug problem, but this feels way more special. Richard really wants them to support him in his feelings.

He looks back to Paul for a moment. He’s smiling and Richard’s chest aches to be close to him. He hadn’t thought that love like this existed, but Paul had really stolen his heart. 

“Okay I’ll start easy. I started writing another book and I will expose you all a lot in this one,” Flake says and everyone starts to gasp at him. In reality Flake knows that they all enjoy reading his books.

“Yeah what will you even tell everyone?” Paul asks and Flake turns to him.

“I need to let the world know that the famous Paul Landers loves to match his clothes to the one’s his dogs wears, when nobody sees him,” Flake says as dryly as he can and Paul pouts. Richard chuckles, because that is just adorable.

“Fuck you!”

“You asked!” 

“Well now that’s at least a secret Paul doesn’t have to admit himself tonight,” Schneider laughs and he clasps Paul on the back, who’s still sulking. Richard needs to ask him about those outfits some time. 

“Okay I wanna admit something too. Schneider I know you’ve been looking for your leather jacket for weeks now. I stole it, even though I said I didn’t,” Till says and he’s grinning. Schneider glares at him.

“You asshole! Why would you do that?” Schneider asks immediately.

“Because it was so ugly. I threw it into the trash,” Till says, he’s still relaxed. It’s an unspoken rule that it was allowed to make fun at their secrets, but nobody would ever get really angry.

Normally that should calm Richard down, but if it’s a secret like his, then they were allowed to be angry. 

“Richard, what about you?” Paul asks now and Richard looks back to him. He’s not sure why Paul would call him out like this and he can’t really see in his facial expression if Paul is teasing him or not.

“Yeah you’ve been awfully quiet,” Ollie says, which is an irony itself. Richard shrugs and bites down on his lower lip.

He had waited so many months for this moment. Richard closes his eyes and takes another deep breath. He could do this. He trusts his friends, but he knows that he can’t look at Paul while saying this. 

Richard thinks about how to say this.

“I sold my apartment,” Richard says and he can hear how they all gasp at that. He’d managed to do it secretly with his agent and that wasn’t actually what he had wanted to say. Shit.

“What - why?”

“Will you move to New York once more?”

“Are you having a bad time again?”

Richard sighs.

“It’s because I… I’m… I mean…,” Richard stutters and then squeezes his eyes shut once more, before he could do something stupid, like starting to cry. He just can’t do it. He remembers the first time he had told them something important about his life. They had been angry back then and of course it makes now sense to compare his feelings to Paul to that shitty wedding he had back then. 

“It’s okay. You don’t have to tell us why right now. Take your time,” Till says and he holds his hand out. Richard takes it and tries to relax.

Paul looks so sad. It breaks Richard’s heart.

"Yeah, it's okay. You know we’re always there, right?” Schneider offers with a small smile and it only makes Richard feel worse. Why can’t he admit it?! Would it be easier if Paul wasn’t there?

“Holy shit a shooting star!” Flake says then and points into the dark sky. Richard looks up, but it’s already too late.

“Oh yeah I read tonight should be a good night to see lots of them,” Ollie explains and they all look up again. It’s kinda adorable how excited they all get now, because it’s quiet for several moments. 

Richard looks back to Paul instead. Paul’s eyes are shining from this angle and he smiles, but it’s so sad. Richard would do anything to change that and he actually knows that he can. He gathers all his courage.

It’s not about him. This is about Paul.

“Another one!” Paul says then and his voice is even higher with excitement. Richard smiles softly, now that everyone pays Paul and his shooting star some attention. 

“Quick make a wish,” Schneider says and Paul nods. Richard watches how Paul closes his eyes and frowns, seems like he is concentrating rather hard on something. Richard slowly gets up. 

He can see that Till is watching him now, a bit surprised, but Richard ignores that and walks over to Paul, who still has his eyes closed. Richards sits carefully down on his lap and presses his lips to Paul’s.

Everyone around them makes some sort of noise and Richard tries to ignore his own loud heart beat, instead he softly deepens the kiss. Paul hums and opens his mouth a bit too happily, Richard gasps against his lips.  “The hell!”

Richard breaks the kiss, he’s for sure blushing now, but that doesn’t really matter because Paul is not sad anymore and he doesn’t seem angry. Now he’s beaming up at him.

“Exactly what I wished for,” Paul mumbles, his cheeks a bit red as well.

“Shit what just happened?” Schneider asks and Richard wants to get up again. Not to run away, but he’s embarrassed as fuck. Paul holds him at his hips though. Richard grumbles and then leans down to hug Paul (and to hide his face against his neck).

“Well… actually that was the big secret Richard wanted to reveal earlier,” Paul explains slowly and he strokes so wonderfully over Richard’s back. He makes himself even smaller on his lap. 

“So you’re together?” Till asks, sounding actually pretty happy. Richard tries to relax.

“Yes, have been for six months. We wanted to tell you but… we were kinda scared it would ruin the band,” Paul admits, sounding really shy himself now. It doesn’t suit him. Richard presses a short kiss against his skin.

“Congratulations!” Schneider says and this time Paul pushes Richard up. Richard whines, but as soon as he and Paul are standing, they are squished together by a damn group hug.

“I knew it,” Flake says, and he cuddles them even more. Richard can’t stop smiling. He feels silly now for being so afraid. They all seem perfectly fine with their relationship and he couldn’t be happier.

“So that’s why you sold your apartment?” Ollie wants to know and Richard nods.  “We… bought a house together. It has an amazing studio!” Richard says happily and Paul next to him laughs.

“It even has a pool, but not on top of the studio again,” Paul explains and he winks at Richard, who playfully pushes Paul away.

“Shit. I’m so happy for you,” Till says and he promptly hugs them once more.

“Oh another shooting star!” Ollie says, but Richard ignores it. He doesn’t need any more wishes. He has everything he had ever wished for. Paul’s heart.

“You want me to kiss you?” Till laughs and Ollie throws some snow at him. 

Richard smiles at Paul and promptly gets kissed again.

#paulchard #reeshyzadventcalendar

[nichtaufgewacht]

Fancast for Rammstein: the early days movie.

Daniel Brühl as Till Lindemann

Aiden Turner as Richard Z. Kruspe

Alexander Skarsgård as Oliver Riedel

Daniel Radcliffe as Paul Landers

Stephen Merchant as Flake Lorenz

Tom Hiddleston as Christoph Schneider

I would imagine it as an origins story, showing how they met and how was their life before the wall fell. Then, flash forward to how from the ashes of First Arsch and Feeling B a new idea was born. Lots of 80s music, electronic soundtrack as well, and lots of feeling.

#rammstein #rammstein fanart #rammstein movie #r+ fanart #fanart #fancast #till lindemann #richard kruspe #paul landers #christoph schneider #oliver riedel #flake lorenz

[rammbles]

So as the boys have flown over to their next tour destination and been flocked by fans, I’ve read a few rude comments (primarily in Facebook groups) that are just sticking with me, and I think they need to be addressed.

Till Lindemann does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit. Richard Kruspe does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit. Paul Landers does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit. Oliver Riedel does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit. Christoph Schneider does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit. And Flake Lorenz does not owe it to you to stop, take pictures, and answer questions during transit.

✨ NO CELEBRITY OWES IT TO YOU TO STOP, TAKE PICTURES, AND ANSWER QUESTIONS WHENEVER THEY DO NOT FEEL LIKE IT. ✨

It should never, ever be forgotten that celebrities are real people with identities beyond their fame. They deserve to exist outside of the cameras and microphones. I could not even begin to imagine how it must feel to take a few steps outside your home and you’re being hounded, and I even less want to know how it affects the mental health of the individual to know thousands of judging eyes are constantly peering down on you. They exist beyond us, and if they’re not in the mood to linger and interact, let them. It has nothing to do with getting too big for their britches or being rude or inconsiderate or unthankful, but entirely about simply needing space to take care of themselves. If you love, respect, and/or look up to someone, you’d want them in a good place in all dimensions, physical and mental, right? So love them and always respect a “no.”

#rammstein #rant #celebrities #celebs #WHEW i feel better just writing this out #the fucking disrespect from some ''fans'' is going to drive me mental #ACHTUNG! #ozz's oc

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[scotianostra]

Happy Birthday 80’s one hit wonder Owen Paul McGee born May 1st 1962 in Glasgow.

As a youngster, Paul was taken on as an apprentice with Glasgow Celtic, but after hearing the Sex Pistols he decided to pursue a career in music. In the early 80s he played and sang with Glasgow band Venigmas, which released the single Strangelove

Owen said “I was fifteen and it was around the time of the punk boom, I was still on the books at the club, but everybody was forming bands, and I got roped in. I couldn’t play an instrument but I could make a good noise and to everybody’s surprise, including my own. Immediately I heard punk I knew I had to stop playing football.”

Considering the fact that Owen’s brother Brian went on to form Simple Minds, the move from football to music made sense. Owen, dropped the McGee from his name, became just Owen Paul and moved to London to be involved with a number of lesser known punk and new romantic bands, before getting his big break on BBC2’s Oxford Roadshow. At which point Owen must have thought that this was the start of something big. He was half right.

Although his first single Please To Meet You flopped, it was his follow up that proved to be pivotal moment in what turned out to be a short-lived career.

No sooner had his debut album seen the light of shop shelves, Owen’s began a series fights with label Sony over the direction he wanted to go, by 1986 he turned his back on music. Paul explains: “Everybody thought I was insane, but to me it was obvious. I couldn’t express myself in that environment . If I had been attracted by fame it would have been different. But I wasn’t. If I couln’t make the music I wanted and be happy within myself, I wasn’t going to do it.”

Owen partnered up with old friend Charles B. Lewis, and between them they embarked on all manner of business ventures, including the development of Hard Rock Cafe, Planet Hollywood and Warner Village.

It doesn’t end there either. Through his ventures, Owen found the time and money to begin his vision of making music his way. He has released a couple of albums, although they never lived up to his 80’s hit.

Owen has made two memorable television appearances. The first was on the BBC live programme Pebble Mill, when he was meant to mime to “My Favourite Waste of Time” but missed his cue due to a technician’s mistake. The second came much later, as the unfortunate guest of a neighbour of the Osbourne’s, when, by playing music in that neighbour’s garden, he provoked Ozzy and the rest of his dysfunctional family into throwing food.

During the pandemic Owen released a jam based on the chorus of My Favourite Waste of Time featuring Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols), Toyah, Carol Decker (T'pau), comedian Matt Lucas, Leee John (Imagination), Cheryl Baker (The Fizz), Celtic folk legends Phil Cunningham and John McCusker, session pros Gary Barnacle, Judd Lander and Matt Backer, Mick MacNeil from Simple Minds, Ezio, Bruce Watson from Big Country, members of The Alarm, Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers, Terry McDermott (The Voice runner up), and many many more. Each guest improvised, recorded and filmed their parts remotely from their own lockdown situations. 

Owen plays the 80′s circuit around holiday camps like Butlins and will next line up with 80′s hitmakers Tight Fit in Wigan this July.

A wee bit trivia, as I said earlier, Owen’s brother is Brian McGee, he was the original drummer with Simple Minds, but left the band in 1981 a year before they hit the big time.

#Scotland #scottish #pop star #80's #happy birhtday

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The Indie Animation Boom Continues in 2022 [part 3]

Reprinted from Pop Culture Maniacs, my History Hermann WordPress blog on Jan. 21, 2023, and Wayback Machine. This was the ninth article I wrote for Pop Culture Maniacs. This post was originally published on January 27, 2022.

© 2022-2023 Burkely Hermann. All rights reserved.

Notes

[1] Of note are animated series in development like Re: Quest, The Alyssian, Don’t Touch the Props, Bloop and Friends, Gadzooks and the Cryptoid Kids, Project: Tideaway, Please Stay Tuned, Finding Alyx, Bleating Heart, Marabelli: A Scoundrel’s Tale!, Accidental Gehenna!, Hockey, Love, and Guts, The Crystal Eden, Dragon Falls, The Incredible Adventures of Detective Cat, Blackwater Creek, Defender Squad, Framed, Violet, Revamped, Destination Unknown (to be re-imagined), Broken Hearts Club, Alfred the Alien, Zeyka, The Cosmos in Your Eyes, Captain Zero, The Fantastic Warriors (tentative title), Sorein (working title), Royal Pain, Atomic Horseman, Swift Spark and the Defense Five, Space Landers, Crescent Fire, Dark Pages, Crash in the System, The Crystal Eden, and Aleph Stars. 

Additionally, Final Frontier, a sci-fi/dark satire webtoon may be turned into animation if there is enough support. While I would include Fruition of the Damned, the creator of that series, JrRMack, strongly supports NFTs, a morally corrupt cryptocurrency scheme which is harmful to the environment and the livelihood of artists. So, I cannot, in good conscience, support him or his series. The same applies to Roads to Rome, which is also funded by an NFT. Compare this to Whitman, who has said publicly that “NFTs are garbage as is, and you wont find my work involved in them,” as did the official account of Wild Card and the account of Faeduck Studios, which is producing Howdy Cloudboy.

[2] Century Park is said to include Indigenous characters. Christopher Wade noted his film, in development, The Will of Monsters. Jenn noted their indie animation studio, Sunflower Club, and their animatic pilot for The Figments. It is not known the progress of Dark Harvest, with the official account saying that the episode is 45% done, and the show’s creator calls himself an “expert procrastinator.”

The same can be said about Aisle99 which has an inactive YouTube channel, but semi-active Twitter, or CriTORA. The social media accounts for animated series like Harri’s World, Dirt: The Series, Romancing Roslyn Cherry, Phantom Hollow, Deranged, Zoolaplex, Cabiria Intermezzo, Here We Are, and Demonic Crepes (created by Bubblegum Cartoons, and has a pilot in 2019) are inactive.

While there is a listing of those working on the show Mayhem by Magpie V. Raven’s website, she is stepping back to pursue her own projects, like the Kina’s Adventure series while Sir Mayhem / Paul may continue the series after the animated film Mayhem Zombie Oblivion premieres. Raven is also an artist for Lackadaisy, Mystery Skulls, Ollie & Scoops, and more.

The pilot episode of Stars Align has been written, and it will “premiere when completed on YouTube,” with characters redrawn, people cast for roles, in a series with The Owl House and Infinity Train vibes. It is possible that Sara Eissa’s Astur’s Rebellion might be pitched somewhere again, as that animation is now under a company named Toon Cave, according to the updated website.

[4] The author of the webcomic based on the series, Jocelyn Samara DiDomenick, said that there was a number of reasons for the series ending, but said that “the very short answer…is that things just kinda weren’t working out” and called it “a bummer,” but is trying to look at the positive here.

[5] Cirque Du Monstro (CDM) is an additional series which fell apart, but for different reasons than Rain. The CDM Twitter account was deleted. The YouTube channel is empty. The creator, Krisis, seems to have scammed those who wanted to work with them, and sexually assaulted (and harassed) people, according to animators and storyboarders. For information on the latter, see Céline Heijnen’s thread beginning here, Bakakoujin’s tweet (and tweet thread), Antonia Pinnola’s Facebook post, and other tweets. Even a month before the tweets in December 2021, various animators promoted the show. According to a private tweet of Krisis‘s account, M0nsterParent, on December 8, 2021, the “CDM crew has been officially disbanded” and the animation is no longer being made. This is unfortunate because I felt that the project had some promise. Animators like Shou Tuzi (creating Tallyho!) stepped away from any affiliation with the show or the company producing it, 3M Productions, as did voice actor Mark Allen Jr.

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