Interview: “Oomph!” guitarist Flux talks about the evolution of his band and the other goals. He also said something about Rammstein.
Question: People always say, you are the original and Rammstein the copy. What do you think about such statements?
Flux: In the music history is it so that we founded our group 20 years ago, and Rammstein just the mid-1990s. They were with us at the concerts and had their first demos we delivered. They call us nicely in interviews again and again as the influence and sources of inspiration. However, Rammstein then went their way and we ours further. Rammstein play with stereotypes, which we would never do. If we do these sterotypes, we could not see our face in the mirror next morning.
Question: What awaits the visitor at your concert tour?
Flux: Our show focuses primarily on us as personalities. If you have expected a fire show like Rammstein, you are wrong. We do not want such distracting elements in our music. Of course we will play many songs from the new album, but also many older stuff, so a colorful cross-section of our creation. It will be a big party, Dena goes into the audience to work with people.
Source: fnweb.de
Hehe, thank you very much! ;D
I just thought I had to put some facts on the table – because to say that Rammstein ONLY make songs about stereotypes clearly shows some ignorance :S
Well put! ^
Well, maybe Rammstein’s music is more one-dimensional than Oomph!’s – but then they have more power in their music + some melody too, actually..
Come on, Rammstein is not all about “uhh, let’s get that WTF reaction” – they actually have a good number of beautiful songs/lyrics, but that’s unfortunately not the kind of songs that people focus on.. And maybe Rammstein just dare more when it comes down to the songs about stereotypes – they actually find it interesting to analyze the darker side of the human mind, which means that it comes natural for them to make songs about these kind of people.. And if some of you Oomph!-fans are going to argue with me on that, then let’s talk about denial – because then it would actually mean that they make songs about stereotypes too..
Well, if Oomph! never really tried the international market and are satisfied with their success in Germany, then there’s nothing to complain about, right? Unless they’re actually secretly jealous on Rammstein’s worldwide success..
Oohhh, so Oomph! aren’t mainstream at all? Well, based on their popularity and success in Germany, then they’re actually mainstream there – so get over it, they’re not some kind of underground-band or whatever..
Well, that’s actually why I love Till’s voice so much – because he doesn’t sound like a “normal singer”..
So Oomph! aren’t radio-friendly either? Come on, it’s not like they’re “too dangerous” or whatever to be played on the radio.. And don’t you dare to compare Rammstein and The Jonas Brothers – they’re as different as they can get when it comes down to the quality of the music..
Excuse me, is “Brich Aus” a song or what? As far as I know, then it’s not a Rammstein-song..
Rammstein have never made songs about “how great Germany is”, and they’ve only made one song about “getting your dick eaten by humans” (it’s actually only one human to be correct), which is “Mein Teil” – and as Troy says, then their songs are about a lot more than that.. So try to understand their lyrics just a bit before you begin to talk like that..
Maybe i’m just being ignorant right now, but, when does Rammstein go on about how great Germany is? Rammstein songs are about a lot more than “getting your dick eaten by humans.” A good portion of Rammstein songs are based on actual events. I’ve listened to Oomph and Rammstein, Oomphs style changed quite a bit after their self titled CD (which was their first.) If Oomph was with Rammstein as much as they say they were in R+s beginning, then, that’s really weird that Oomph’s style would just change so drastically in 2 years. I think Rammstein (as i’m pretty sure they’ve said before) have influence from Oomph, but I think Oomph changed up a bit after hearing Rammsteins demos. And Oomph thought “well, we were here first so people will say they bit us.” Well, look at how well that worked out.
I’m not going to mention any names, but it’s obvious that some Oomph!-fans can talk shit about Rammstein too – so don’t come and tell me that it’s only Rammstein-fans who talk shit about Oomph!..
Btw, I’m listening to other German bands like Eisbrecher and Megaherz too, and I truly love them almost as much as Rammstein – so I’m not one of those who see Rammstein as the only great German band.. And what about Oomph!? Well, I respect them for their big influence on the NDH/industrial music, but I simply just don’t find them as interesting as the other bands.. So the reason why I’m not a fan of them has nothing to do with hate – it’s all about the lack of interest..
And now you’re free to talk shit about me and my opinions – come on, show me what you got! xD
HAHA i heard rammstein first and loved them cause my boyfriend is a fan so he got me addicted. Then i first heard brich aus… im sorry R+ fans. After Brich Aus. i got so sick of R+ cause for one thats not singing its talking.. that sounds constapated. and 2 oomph sings about everything not jsut how great germany is, about getting your dick eating by humans or love being aweful… Flux is correct. 00mph is the first best then Rammstein was interested so followed.
“but when I say oopmh to one of my friends are they like O.o who???”
because Rammstein is mainstream and oomph makes less catchy more abstract and deeper music
when I say Madonna everyone knows her
she sold over 200 million CDs
Rammstein sold less than 20 millions
so you must think she is better than Rammstein
🙂
Rihanna comes up before Rammstein if you write an R in a search engine like Google so IN YOUR PERSONAL OPINION she is way better than Rammstein
😀
rammstein plays with stereotypes?
what the fu… that doen’t sound like rammstein at all
and to say such thing is … well stupid
ooomph are really awesome, but everyone knows rammstein are way way better.
I mean come on… everyone, even those who don’t like matel have heard of rammstein, but when I say oopmh to one of my friends are they like O.o who???
I dont know how is it possible to compare a mainstream rockband to OOOOMPH!!!
“Dero tries to growl like Till and he fails at it”
WTF?
Oomph! is the earlier so if you find the vocals simular Till tries to sound like Dero
but He dont because Dero sings
while Till talks slowly and deeply (and thisis what R+ fans call singing)
Who gives a fuck who is more famous???!!!! Fuck radiofriendly mainstream bands, everyone who dont like Oomph! can shut up and continue listening to Rammstein, Linkinpark, Jonas brothers etc…
By the way there are more German bands out there that sound
real good as well and no one cares because they are obsessed
with Rammstein. Because of that you are missing out on some
other great bands. You’re loss. Rammstein is great but there
are other bands just as good and you will never know it because
you are obsessed with one band. Each band is different and that
is good. I could not stand to listen to bands that all sound
the same. I quit listening to American music because now they
all sound the same.
The songs that Rammstein writes is about certain stereotypes,
like mann gegen mann, is a song about how people perceive
homosexuals. That is a stereotype. Geez, people he is speaking
or typing in English. Get a clue.
how people definte success is different. Rammstein is not musically better than Oomph. Rammstein i find a lot of fun to listen to. if you had any musical hearing, you’d know this.
Rammstein is the most famous and most succesfull German band. Therefore they are better than Oomph. End of story.
exactly. belittling other bands just makes you the poof. 🙂
I agree with TRAUMSTDU. I personally prefer Rammstein (R+ für immer!!!!) but I also like other Neue Deutsches härte bands like Oomph because though they fall in the same category as Rammstein they have their own style: Rammstein is more heavy guitar riffs and provocative lyrics whereas Oomph adds more electronic sounds and has more toned down lyrics. Either way works and sounds great.
I would like to mention that I find it a little disturbing how many of you seem to be obsessed with Rammstein to the point of belittling every other German band. I noticed the same thing on Youtube with “Rammstein vs Tokio Hotel” videos. It becomes really annoying to always see stuff like “Oomph is gay” and “Tokio Hotel sux”. I am not a fan of Tokio hotel btw, just trying to make a point. Posting messages saying that a band is made up of poofs is just pointless and a bloody waste of time.