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[Snake]

I won't pay 25 euros a year, just for being on a forum. All the info those people get, is only minutes later to be found elsewhere on the web + I almost never buy from their stores + for the Belgian venues tickets are never easier to obtain, so for me there's little mirth in joining their offical board. And maybe the try-outs would be nice (although I'd have to be very lucky), but I wouldn't go without my partner who won't join either so...

And I too don't know which magazine Ollie reads on the toilet... And I don't care too much, fankly !

I'm not gonna rebut your arguments (since I also don't pay 25 a year for pretty much the same reasons you state), but there are two things you are overlooking:

1) Compared to ohter oficial clubs, the annualship for Rammstein is pretty cheap (and it really isn't that much for a year access)
2) By joining the lifad community, you are also eligible to win meet & greets, which unlike rehearsal shows, you do can bring somebody with you. Granted, that also depends a lot on luck, but the chances are way higher than winning the lottery or even the rehearsal shows.

Also, if by any chance you do get lucky enough to be invited to a try-out, you really shouldn't refuse just because you couldn't bring anybody with you, or because somebody doesn't want to go with you. If you ever get that chance, just *GO*.

[Maya]

xD ... but you'll have a lot of fun with the contests.

I wasn't able to find the interview, that was the fun. And the question wasn't exactly about what he reads, it was this one: At home, I always have «xxx» laying in the bathroom. What literature can you find in Olivers quiet place?

If somebody cares, the correct answer was Blond.

[Waidmann]

You knew it? I should have asked you, you should become a LIFAD member, you'll love these contests. And the Germán forum is more active, maybe it worth it for you. Without leaving us....

I fail this one, the other about the model and one asking about what Magazine Ollie reads in the toilet

I won't pay 25 euros a year, just for being on a forum. All the info those people get, is only minutes later to be found elsewhere on the web + I almost never buy from their stores + for the Belgian venues tickets are never easier to obtain, so for me there's little mirth in joining their offical board. And maybe the try-outs would be nice (although I'd have to be very lucky), but I wouldn't go without my partner who won't join either so...

And I too don't know which magazine Ollie reads on the toilet... And I don't care too much, fankly !

[Maya]

You knew it? I should have asked you, you should become a LIFAD member, you'll love these contests. And the Germán forum is more active, maybe it worth it for you. Without leaving us....

I fail this one, the other about the model and one asking about what Magazine Ollie reads in the toilet

[Waidmann]

^Wow, I only knew the last one !!! I knew there was another idea for Stripped, but not what it was exactly. Thank you! I'll look up some stuff to add to this thread myself.

[Maya]

At what concert on the US/Canada-Tour in 1999 did Till twist his knee so bad that he could only continue touring under medical supervision?
During the concert Toronto on June 7. 1999, Till twisted his knee really bad, combined with a car accident a few weeks later, he had to have knee surgery in Januar 2000.

If you watch videos of the concerts after 7th June, he had leg braces.



What plot had Rammstein originally planned for the video for the song "Stripped"?
Rammstein originally had the idea to film Till Lindemann when he was diving in a Freibad in East Berlin. When the band presented the idea to the director the next day, they had made a cinematic presentation which contained footage of people diving from the Riefenstahl film.

This one was funny because in an interview for Rolling Stone in 2011 Till said something different:

ROLLING STONE: Is it true that the original video would be something different, and most controversial images Riefenstahl had been taken only as an example - mixed with many others - but eventually ended up being almost an integral part?

Lindemann: Yes. Stölzl, the director, showed us a rough first cut, and had never worked with the band, so he stayed with the review: "It looks great" He had the entire assembly in a single day, using a wizard. The concept developed, it would have images of 20s to 40s of life in the field and references to artists, even Einstein ....

It took me a lot of time, but finally I found the answer in an interview in 2009.



What is the name of the group of artists that Flake Lorenz founded together with Paulo San Martin and Christian Beck in Berlin? The group arranged exhibitions and musical exhibition openings together.

With this one I discovered Christian Beck made the cover art for the Grun & Blau CD (http://christian-beck.eu/)
Paulo San Martin is his friend since they were six years old and the tour assistant of the band, we had read one or two interviews.



How did Richard get his nickname «Scholle»?
Taken from the childrens book by Benno Pludra "Bootsmann auf der Scholle".
Richard used to run away from home a lot when he was a child, and felt at home everywhere like the little dog in the book, who always jumped from one ice flake to the next (ice flake = Scholle). That is why his father gave him the nickname "Scholle"

^I used a random function to answer this one, no idea.

[Maya]

^I was tempted to ask you some of the questions, but I thought I should do it by myself.

[Waidmann]

Thx, Maya! Glad to have some other contributions as I know that many people are well-informed about the band, with knowledge that somehow never reached my hungry, searching . Like in this case: I didn't know the helicopter fact!

[Maya]

@Snake With the Wuhlheide question, I gave your answer, so it was right.

[Maya]

Some of the questions for the LIFAD contest:

The german model Nadja Auermann was originally casted for a role in the music video „Du riechst so gut“ (1995), but she didn't couldn't make time in her schedule.

In the beginning of the two shows in Berlin, Wuhlheide in the year 1998, Rammstein wanted to show a special effect, that wasn`t realizable for legal reasons by German authorities. For both Wuhlheide concerts in August 1998 was supposed to start with inflying helicopters bathing everything in a sea of light. According to the law, helicopters must keep a minimum hight of 200 meters over the audience, so it was cancelled because it would not have the wanted effect.

In the animated Rammstein video „Links 2-3-4“ ants are playing football. To get the ants to move so that it looks like they are playing a game, they had to use 2 special means/agents. Which ones are we talking about?
Zoran Bihac placed sugar water, cloves juice and ammonia around to get the ants to move.
(sugar water where they were supposed to go, and cloves juice and ammonia where they weren't supposed to go).

(more coming soon) :P

[Waidmann]

^ In the Making of . . . Reise Reise, Ollie is the only one who says the that that is what the album should be called. So he got his will in the end ;-)

I totally forgot about that, but you're right !

[The Rose]

^ In the Making of . . . Reise Reise, Ollie is the only one who says the that that is what the album should be called. So he got his will in the end ;-)

[Waidmann]

^Oh, it's not just from the book. I managed to lay my hand on quite a few interviews with the band as well, especially from the period 2005 - 2006. Some things I can add:

- The making of the video Sonne lasted two days. The first day ended very late and therefore the band members didn't feel like driving home all the way from Babelsberg. So the six of them decided to let themselves be locked in the studio for the night and sleep together in the little dwarfs house form the video.

- One of the conditions of the reluctant Flake to join the band was that there wouldn't be any english singing. We all know later on he turned more flexible about that.

- For the album Reise, reise the band really struggled several months with coming up with a title. It was hard for them as no song on the album really seemed to have a powerfull title to mark the entire album, like with the previous records. First the title was going to be Amore, than Rosenrot and than just Rot (the first working title was in fact Das Rote Album). In the beginning of 2004 Richard even says that they had the title Reise, Reise, but that didn't sound well, even ridiculous, if you compare to the previous ones, so for the moment Reise, reise would just be the working title. In september 2004 Richard stated that they will use Reise, Reise after all, as it actually doesn't sound bad and it has many interpretations, offers many perspectives.

[The Rose]

It sounds like an interesting book, keep quoting, I like the little tit-bits

[Waidmann]

^Thx. It's hard though to make up what's already well known and what isn't. Usually I dig very deep just to make sure at least most people haven't heard it yet.