Till, Coliseu de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, 05-06-2001 © TTO
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Till, Tallinn, Estonia, 23.11.2001 / Photo by Kristjan Lepp
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Rammstein in 2001, ©️ Erik Hackenschmidt
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Wait wait wait, on which occasion did Ollie try to set his farts on fire?
I've never heard of that, but the thought is hilarious
This happened during the German leg of the Mutter Tour in 2001. In the "Deutschlandtour 2001" book with photos by Matthias Matthies, there is a picture of a naked Oliver Riedel in a bucket:
The story behind the picture was uncovered by Ezzy Davidson who runs the "Rammstein stuff by Ezzy" Facebook page. According to them, there had been a contest where you could send in your questions to Rammstein, and this was the only question they could come up with (which I am definitely thankful for!)
«During the long waits before the shows they can get really bored. Olli was trying if he could light his farts. It worked, so there's a box with icecubes to take away the heat»
Thank you for the ask and the opportunity to post this photo (and spread the story behind it)!
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why am i more excited about my potential september roadtrip w/ my mum to winnipeg/calgary/lethbridge 2 (re-)meet my aunts+uncles on her side than 4 my solo trip 2 finland in may/june >_< ??!?
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Till by Scarlet Page for Kerrang!, 2001.
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Rammstein at the Velodrom Berlin
Today, I want to talk about this amazing gig a tiny bit 🤍
On 18th of May 2001, Rammstein played a gig at the Velodrom in Berlin, which marked the seventh show of the Mutter tour. It was the first of two concerts in this venue and back then, a ticket for this concert cost between 60 and 68DM (Deutsche Mark), which equals to about 30-35€ today.
Both concerts were fully sold out.
While the concert was apparently fully recorded and filmed, only the songs "Ich will" and Links 234" were released as video material to the public on the DVD 'Lichtspielhaus' in 2003 as well as audio clips on the bonus tour edition of the Mutter album.
The plan was to use the footage of this whole gig for a Mutter tour DVD, yet this DVD never was released. No official reasons were given for this, but there are rumors that the band seemingly wasn't satisfied with the quality of the recording, didn't think the stage show was interesting enough to be on a DVD or overall didn't like the Mutter tour very much.
There is however a full audio recording of this exact concert available:
One of my favourite recordings so far, Till sounds really powerful, the audience is really enthusiastic and the guitar sound is pretty crisp, especially during the "Adios" solo [the song starts at 24:27min, solo starts at 26:49min]. I'm always so thankful when I find full recordings like this one, it's like a little concert-time capsule ⏲
For my german peeps - a newspaper report about this concert, published on the 20th May 2001:
So all in all: If I would have the chance to use a time machine, I would use it (apart from Live aus Berlin) definitely for this gig. Especially to witness 'Links 234' live in this setting, which blows me away everytime I watch it 🤍
Sources: Rammwiki, rockinberlin.de
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🎈Happy 23rd birthday to the single "Sonne", released on this day in 2001 (12th February) 🎂
Sonne was written on request by the boxer, Vitali Klitschko in 2000, because he wanted a new song for his entrance to a fight. Rammstein wrote the song while having in mind, that he lifts up his arms in the ring during "hier kommt die Sonne" and was written in two days.
Paul: "Someone rushed into the rehearsal room and said: "Hey, Klitschko needs a song! Klitschko needs a song! After two days we were done. We have never done a song as fast as "Sonne". We dropped everything."
The song was supposed to premiere in 2000 for Klitschko's champion fight, but he lost the fight before, so it wasn't used. Klitschko ended up using a different song, because Rammstein's song "was a bit too hard"
The female vocal sample that I'm sure we've seen everywhere on TikTok, is taken from the sample CD Spectrasonics Symphony of Voices.
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"Well... live and learn as they say. No, wait. That's wrong, that doesn't apply here at all. Silly me."
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Is there any information about the time where Ollie lived in a Camper? I'm also not quite sure if I'm making this up...
It is correct that Oliver used to live in a mobile home. I don't know the exact timeframe, but I estimate that he bought it around 1999.
In a Kerrang interview, Paul Landers said: «Oliver sold all his furniture and bought a motor home. He said 'Like a bum, I will go and live in a car, I want to live on the street.' We were astonished.»
Oliver used to park near a lake in Berlin, but whenever he felt like surfing or snowboarding, he'd drive to the sea or to the mountains and stay there for a while. He told Orkus: «When you have lived in the city centre for so long, you look forward to some peace and quiet.» Oliver also said that should he get problems with fans, he could always just drive away.
It is known that Oliver had his mobile home with him when Rammstein recorded Mutter. He had it with him to Heiligendamm, and he also drove it to France, where the rest of the band stayed in apartments. Christoph Schneider said: «He did park by the swimming pool though. He definitely had the best spot.»
There are a few photos of Oliver and his mobile home:
1) This photo is from the Gert Hof photo book from 2001, and shows Oliver sitting in the door of his mobile home playing his acoustic guitar. The photo is taken by Erik Hackenschmidt.
2) A photo from (probably) inside Oliver's mobile home, probably from the same session by Erik Hackenschmidt.
3) Photo of the house Rammstein stayed in when they were in Heiligendamm. Oliver's mobile home was parked outside.
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