Hey Affenknecht forum!
I really liked the Affenknecht website, and when I discovered this forum I really wanted to share my knowledge and interest for Rammstein and/or metal music in general. However, I was not really aware of this "introduce yourself" section which you are currently reading from.
First of all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my thread about the Rammstein movie/documentary. I got some really great answers and responses as well. I developed a sort of distaste for forums or comment sections when I was younger. I once wrote a piece on Imdb.com about a few thoughts I had on "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception", and the first couple of comments said things like "F---k off Moron" or "You are going to die lonely". Now I know that there is no reason to take phrases like that serious on the Internet. However, I disliked the fact that I rarely got some constructive or well written criticism or praise for what I had said. Thats why I guess I fell in love with Affenknecht so quickly. It's more of an closed environment where people are more careful about what they write, post or say.
I am still not very comfortable to talk about myself as a person on the internet, so I guess you just have to wait for me to post information about myself once I feel like it. As of now, I can tell you a little bit about what I think about Rammstein. They have always been my favorite band. One thing I can say of myself, is that German is my mother tongue. So understanding their lyrics has never been a problem for me.
I dont really have a favorite album or member of the band. I think you have to look at their whole work as one big project or collaboration. However, I do have a favorite era of Rammstein. I really like the 2004-2005 "Reise, Reise/Rosenrot" era. I also think that the Ahoi-tour has been their best tour for now. I think they just had their best live sound during that tour, and the whole band was really energetic. For instance, I think that the Sonne performance at Brixton Acedamy which you can see on "Völkerball" is the best performance of that song the band is ever going to have.
I also like to refer to the years between 1997-2005 as the band's "golden age". I just think that in that time frame, the band made the most progress and were at their most creative. I also think that in those years they had some of their wildest and best concerts of all time (Berlin '98 , Bercy '05 ,Nimes '05 just to name a few).
Nowadays, they are still fantastic. Although you do realise that they struggle to come up with new ideas, and sometimes just repeat themselves in order to please their old fans. They definitly admit that Rammstein isn't the centre of their lives anymore, which I guess is a good thing if you think about the fact that the band members are just people like us.
So this is basically all I have to say for now. I guess another thing which you can tell about me, is that I am quite a movie nerd. Knowing that, you can probably expect another 1000+ word article from me once they announce the director for their upcoming movie/documentary.
I really liked the Affenknecht website, and when I discovered this forum I really wanted to share my knowledge and interest for Rammstein and/or metal music in general. However, I was not really aware of this "introduce yourself" section which you are currently reading from.
First of all, I want to thank everyone who responded to my thread about the Rammstein movie/documentary. I got some really great answers and responses as well. I developed a sort of distaste for forums or comment sections when I was younger. I once wrote a piece on Imdb.com about a few thoughts I had on "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Inception", and the first couple of comments said things like "F---k off Moron" or "You are going to die lonely". Now I know that there is no reason to take phrases like that serious on the Internet. However, I disliked the fact that I rarely got some constructive or well written criticism or praise for what I had said. Thats why I guess I fell in love with Affenknecht so quickly. It's more of an closed environment where people are more careful about what they write, post or say.
I am still not very comfortable to talk about myself as a person on the internet, so I guess you just have to wait for me to post information about myself once I feel like it. As of now, I can tell you a little bit about what I think about Rammstein. They have always been my favorite band. One thing I can say of myself, is that German is my mother tongue. So understanding their lyrics has never been a problem for me.
I dont really have a favorite album or member of the band. I think you have to look at their whole work as one big project or collaboration. However, I do have a favorite era of Rammstein. I really like the 2004-2005 "Reise, Reise/Rosenrot" era. I also think that the Ahoi-tour has been their best tour for now. I think they just had their best live sound during that tour, and the whole band was really energetic. For instance, I think that the Sonne performance at Brixton Acedamy which you can see on "Völkerball" is the best performance of that song the band is ever going to have.
I also like to refer to the years between 1997-2005 as the band's "golden age". I just think that in that time frame, the band made the most progress and were at their most creative. I also think that in those years they had some of their wildest and best concerts of all time (Berlin '98 , Bercy '05 ,Nimes '05 just to name a few).
Nowadays, they are still fantastic. Although you do realise that they struggle to come up with new ideas, and sometimes just repeat themselves in order to please their old fans. They definitly admit that Rammstein isn't the centre of their lives anymore, which I guess is a good thing if you think about the fact that the band members are just people like us.
So this is basically all I have to say for now. I guess another thing which you can tell about me, is that I am quite a movie nerd. Knowing that, you can probably expect another 1000+ word article from me once they announce the director for their upcoming movie/documentary.
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