Why Rammstein's Richard Kruspe Escaped From East to West Germany
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- Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe tells the story of being arrested and interrogated for six days before escaping from East to West Germany. Taken from "Rammstein's Richard Kruspe - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?": • Rammstein's Richard Kr...
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"To make music you'll always be lonely" damn, something about that resonated
my thoughts exactly
@freya forest ,ohh yeah. he knows.that hit me too.
Yes - 100%
My friend grew up with the Rammstein guys in East Germany. East Germany was very isolated from the developed West. They had to aim radio antennas a certain direction in secret to pick up signals. This is when they heard rock and roll for the first time. The rest is history.
Love this guy. Always seems so chill and down to earth.
I met him randomly in a bar after a Rammstein show in Tampa. He was super friendly. The minute I spoke the tiniest bit of my broken German, his eyes lit up and he smiled. Just such a humble and nice human. We talked at length about music and how video games were an art form.
It’s funny because he is probably the only rammstein member who isn’t chill and down to earth 😂
But indeed he is a very friendly person
@@corey1845 yes, i have often heard him take credit for founding the band.
@@corey1845 he is controll freak
He had a fucked up upbringing.
This is the first time I've ever heard any member of Rammstein speak English. It felt so odd hearing him speak English. I've only ever watched German language interviews before.
You can find some snippets here and there. Till speaks fluent English, but doesn't do it often. Flake is not as eloquent, but he almost never steps out of character so it's harder to figure out when he's NOT trolling.
Richard speaks English beautifully. Check out his band Emigrate!!!
@@roxycauldwell544Richard speaks the best English in the band but it's American English not British English.
"somebody was strangling me and I felt I couldn't breathe anymore."
yeah that's how you feel when you're living under a dictatorship. that's how me and my people feel everyday. I hope that one day all the walls collapse and we all be free.
Hello friend, where do you live?
@@brad3 iran
same with another m-e country
@@amin-le5jp I hope your situation improves. But I hope for a better future for all.
@@amin-le5jp It still amazes me how there can be here today around the world so many dictatorships like yours. I really hope this kind of shit goes down as soon as possible. People deserve freedom once and for all.
I grew up with these guys. They're so cool and as a German American I really latched onto them early. This story is crazy interesting.
You’re American. Not German, just American.
@@VictorLugosi lol
@@cembaturkemikkiran4109 Because Americans need to stop dividing themselves...that's part of where so many of our problems come from. Divide and conquer, you know? If we allow ourselves to become split up into hundreds of little fractured sub-groups then we have no unity. That's the point he's trying to make. Many people here in the States believe that you need to claim your identity as an American, and stick with just that. None of this "African" American, "Indian" American, etc...etc...just be American and be proud of it...what's wrong with that?
@@cembaturkemikkiran4109 Okay, I can agree with that point.I myself have pride in my heritage as well. Perhaps there is some kind of "happy medium" to this whole issue? This whole things has been turned into a very divisive "hot bed" issue, quite intentionally by a lot of bad actors. Sorry for coming off like I was attacking you if that was how it seemed.
@@VictorLugosi We are not a bunch of inbred people like in homogenized societies. Your not 100% DNA anything... if you are, medically your inbred. It's heritage + citizenship. Sometimes multiple. America will never be defined by one race. Ever.
Huge respect for rammstein
Thank this man and his band mates for years of great everlasting music art and honesty. these guys have filled a void in my life for some time now and their art music just makes me happy. I am glad they are still able to work with each other and make new tunes. I hope to see them live one day.
you should, live performances by them are pretty wild :D
Rammstein is the stuff carved out of hardship. They really have a lot to offer.
All of these guys are just awesome. Would LOVE to see a Fact or Fiction with Till!
I would also like to see Till doing that
id like till to do anything 😂😂
never gonna happen, as he enjoys is private life way too much and doesn't give a shit about such things.
After a story like that I have to wonder if Kruspe gets annoyed by his band mates, like Flake, who say that they "miss" or are in some ways nostalgic for life in the old days in East Germany.
I think what they miss are certain aspects of life back then. I can’t remember who said it, but one member said one thing they miss was the feeling of community in the GDR, like “we’re all in this together.” Whereas the culture now is more “every man for himself.”
@@TheHeartlessFour They where dirt poor and relied on each other.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
i really believe non-germans should stfu about this more.
I am from the west, but have many friends from the east - and also know the wall times close and personal, as i visited the east side while the regime was still in place.
And seriously guys, stop speculating about those feelings and situation you really know not a fart about.
They dont miss "communism"; they dont miss the one-party system, they dont miss the stasi.... i know what theyre missing, and i know the disappointment many had
when beeing rushed from 0 to 100 into the ellbow-society. But frankly, i dont even attempt to expllain, its none of your business.
Enjoy the music guys. That is your only role when it comes to rammstein.
@@brownwrench And when we remember times when we were young, we are remembering when we were young, not just remembering those times.
I used to think, frontman syndrome, that Till was the guy I had the most in common with. Thought he was cool. Then as I grew older and listen to interviews, I love Richard to death. I admire his intelligence and patience and style. Rammstein 4 ever
Rammstein forever! Fell in love at 12, 31 now and still going strong.
I love Richard too, he is so charming, talented, humble and handsome, what a man 🥰 my dream is to meet him. Till also has his thing but maybe he doesn't come across as such a charismatic frontman, because of his shyness off stage, but he's also nice, just very shy
i like his style especially those gorgeous nail polish
German, a language i wish i knew
Es ist nie zu spät, diese schöne Sprache zu lernen.
First line to learn: Ich bin Ausländer und spreche nicht gut Deutsch.. ;-P
Es ist villeicht schwer, aber auf jeden fall machbar
(It might be hard, but it's most certainly possible)
Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache
@@meineomakenntdieroten was hat Hackfleisch dir getan?
Richard looks like he stopped aging at 40......I hope I look as good as he does in my 50s
he can easily pass as 38 even. yeah no way someone at random to guess his age lmao.
Plastic surgery bro nothing special
this was from 8 years ago but still he looks good nowadays too
I lived in West Berlin from 84-88 as a young child (born in 83) both my parents were USAF, both my older and younger sisters were born in Germany (on US military bases), I don't have many memories from then, but my parents have some fucked up stories from having to travel through the communist side, Stazi and KGB trying to glean intel or become friends. Craziest one my dad told me was a "German" guard was chatting him up while he was detained awaiting clearance to pass back through the corridor, when my dad was debriefed after getting back (he was intel comms), it turned out the guard was a high ranking KGB officer. My dad was instructed to try and not let the guy know he knew the truth if he saw him again, as they would get my dad restationed over diplomatic antics, my dad did see him a few more times. Crazy shit. My mom has some pretty weird stories too.
Love to hear em!
A gift from heaven... RZK content
I'm always impressed when someone speaks a second language so fluently.
Most of Europe does.
you are aware that its his mothers tongue?
@@PalleRasmussen I was aware it isn't uncommon for Europeans to be bilingual, but I didn't know that most folks speak two languages fluently.
@@Crucent I wasn't. Growing up with each parent having a different native tongue would be the ideal way to learn two languages. 😂
We are taught english from like age 10 in school.
My favourite band beautiful man beautiful soul
"to make music, you'll always be lonely", that hit me hard.
His English is great, love rammstein
almost all Germans speak english
@@willallen7757 living in Germany I can say that is not true. Even the English teachers often have a level that is measly to begin with.
He lived in NYC.
@@aaronhiggs well that doesnt matter, some people live in america and have very flawed english
Yea hes been learning english for a while now, I think you find interviews from lime 1998 - 2001 and his English isnt great lol
his nails are on point
I know a lot of younger kids that listen to this band and just the pure insanity gets me into listening. Don’t understand the lyrics but it’s fun to listen. I really wish these guys would come do a free concert in Borough Park or Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We’d love to have’m for a day or 2 or 50?
I love his story about living in East Berlin, it was a dangerous lonely place to live.
They got sent to prison in the states because of a dildo during a live show. dangerous in a different way.
And that's the one thing that hit me with what this guy said as a musician myself I always felt that make music and to be a musician is a lonely life.
I've even had women try to tell me to stop.
How do you just stop being creative.
Just be you and the universe will work itself out.
But it's just refreshing to hear an established musician echo what I've been feeling myself.
I love Richard interviews ❤️
Imagine being a prisoner under open sky. That's exactly how these people have been kept.
Richard has the RAREST German accent I've ever heard.
I can't even categorize it properly, and I am Austrian 😂
It's got an American influence on it as he'd lived in New York for a while
@@youngdumbguitarist5348 No, no... no.
@@youngdumbguitarist5348 Yeah and he sings in English in the band Emigrate.
Nah, this is how most Germans who are fluent in English sound, in my experience. They have a bit of a pseudo American accent due to the vast majority of English language media they consume being American. So many of my German friends have a similar accent.
Tak było, panie! Greetings from Poland :)
I’d like to hear about how he actually escaped.
This guy's English is on point. Barely an accent to be heard. This is how I want to sound speaking foreign languages.
Richard is a vampire. What a beautiful man 😍
Hello Thanks for your comment and supports, your comments and constant support has brought me this far. Keep Supporting
I love him and his voice.
I was 20 years old in 1989 and also lived in the GDR. Fleeing was a variant of escaping the GDR dictatorship. The other was to take to the streets and fight for freedom. My friends and I did that together with many GDR citizens. They beat us, they arrested us, they came with dogs. We didn't know if they would shoot too. Thank goodness they didn't. Those who flee set themselves free. Those who stayed and took to the streets to fight set our people free!
Where's the animals friends now? Dog men best friends? Mu ass!
This is how it feels in Iran too: if you manage to flee you set yourself free
I wonder that if I won't be able to get out, will I be as brave and heroic as you guys
Bless ya
Thank you, Richard, for EVERYTHING. Vielen dank!
He seems like Keanu Reeves of metal
"On October 10, 1989.." when I was just over a month old and lived in Germany... crazy...
he kind of looks like a vampire😄
This was moving, good on you...🙂👍☝️🖼☝️🎇🤓
East Berlin was almost empty in the 1980s as the authorities were planning to redevelop the entire (half) city.
Those plans were scrapped after the wall fell, which lead to it becoming the interesting place it is today.
Berlin is still snobby. Nothing has changed apparently.
The *Latte Macchiato* -Strich is still existing . :-)
Thats what I've heard. Berlin is pretentious.
@@aaronhiggs Well it must be true when *you* heard it. How can you be so fucking prejudiced?
@@aaronhiggs Well to be fair that's pretty much the same with every capital in every country. Paris,Rome, Stockholm etc
@@KnozLo yeah but Berlin is the shithole of germany. Economically germany would be better of if we nuked that place.
Great guy, great band, they still freakin' rock!
Rammstein♥ Einer der besten Musiker die die Welt jemals gesehen haben !
This is YEARS old what the hell
I remember the wall going down. I was 12 years old! I would of been in that if I was living there too!!
Richard❤️
one of the hardest bands on earth rn 🎸
Voting with your feet is always a choice.
I remember being at the wall as a kid, I was there sometime around 82-85. I’ll always remember looking into East Germany and thinking it looked so lonely, and it was if the sun was shining bright in Berlin, and it was cold and dreary behind the wall.
We were a bunch of punk ass military kids traveling to Berlin from Stuttgart by train for some reason I can’t remember. So as soon as we were in East Germany we got the bright idea to throw bottles and stuff off the train. Then the train started to stop, we didn’t know why. We pulled into a train station and there were soldiers everywhere with guns, we thought holy crap, they are going to arrest us for throwing bottles off the train and we will be trapped in East Germany forever. The soldiers walked all along the train, some came on board and they were checking who everyone was. Little did we know they were inspecting the train for East Germans trying to escape.
With all that being said, I have a lot of respect for the guys in rammstein and all East Germans, I saw where they lived.
You can basically say that the falling of the Berlin Wall released Rammstein into the world, like opening the Pandora Box in music version hahahaha especially because Rammstein is just so chaotic and shocking, I love em for that.
That is a really short interview.
Creativity, humor, art, everything is stifled in a dictatorship. Eventually you feel being strangled and yearn for freedom for any price.
Wow I didn't know he spoke English so well!
This happened in 1989... not 1689... just 33 years ago.. in Europe.. Germany... not China.. not Russia... not Saudi Arabia... is the same country that now make Tesla model Y... just remember that we are not that far from dictatorship.. and in Eu..CEE.. there are countries where elections and media are pivoted like in east Berlin these days, and now we have a continental war near our home, like in 1991 in jugoslavia... remember? I'm 52...not so old.. i can remember that in Italy when i was 21...they send me with a shotgun on the border.
🖤
Growing up the way he did, he probably has some unique & valuable insight into current American politics & history… I would certainly listen.
I remember his face. I think I saw it in a documentary
mein Opa hatte das selbe :( er wollte seine sterbenskranke Mutter besuchen im Westen wurde von der Stasi geschnappt in einen Käfig gesteckt der mit Wasser gefluttet wurde gefoltert usw da sie dachten er sei ein Spion :(
his english is so good
Rammsteim Respect
Seine Fingernägel sind sooooo toll.. 💯🥰❤
It's crazy how still there's people who say that communism/socialism should be the way.
I mean, even in his band, you have Flake who has fond feelings of Communist East Germany. Its such a strange juxtaposition.
Ah yes let's compare U.S. politics to German politics because they have so much in common.
Didn't rammstein themselves proclaim them as socialists?
Russia was a dictatorship, it was NEVER communist.
The USA is a socialist democracy, get a clue and grow up. You're probably a Trump cultist too.
Like Klaus 'ze great rezet' Swab you mean? 6uild 6ack 6etter
Why upload a many years old clip again??
Why not?
And people here in the West are trying to say we should give that system a try. Canada is close to it now.
I highly doubt anyone is advocating for a GDR style Soviet puppet system of government.
No one is saying that, go to bed
Loudwire's running out of ideas. Now they're just re-releasing old clips
I had no idea any of them spoke English so well.
Damn, his English pronunciation is amazing
I never knew he was this fluent in English.
hope i look like that at 54
Yeah, he looks amazing, still handsome at his age ❤
“Somebody was strangling me….”, that’s how it’s starting to feel in Canada, too!
Not even close...
Legend.
Love him ♥️♥️
Is there a interview that till spoke english or some sort?
😍❤️🔥
💞
He speaks like an American. You would never think that he's German.
Richard's English is better than many Americans I know here in the U.S.
Wow...his English is Superb. No doubt....a very, very smart fellow. Hence, the guy is IN Rammstein. So there we go! Lol!
Isn’t Richard the only member of the band who didn’t like East Germany?
No, all of them said the GDR had good and bad sides. Paul called Erich Honecker an evil man and so on. Flake was the most pro GDR.
But, but, but...it wasn't real communism...
damn right because: "A communist society is characterized by common ownership of the means of production with free access to the articles of consumption and is classless, stateless, and moneyless, implying the end of the exploitation of labour."
I mean it was, and it wasn’t. They didn’t abolish money, or the class system, of even the state. The means of production belonged to a different type of elites, instead of the workers. As far as I’m concerned the Soviet Union, and it’s puppet states were more like fascistic state capitalist, with some red paint splashed on it.
@@TheHeartlessFour Bottom line is, communism looks like a beautiful utopia on paper but it's never worked and never will because it completely ignores the Human Nature factor. Democracy and free trade, free enterprise Capitalism might not be perfect but it seems to be the only system that has worked so far. If there is a new way that's actually works better for everyone, I'll be the first in line.
What do you mean ?
@@Ivan_Mikhaylov I was being sarcastic. Mocking those who condone/ validate communism.
Dont worry Richard - i went from W to E and already revenged you.
Lit a BOSS
Everybody should spend at least a few months of their life squatting. Keeps you humble.
You mean the workout?..
@ Daniel Duvalle It also keeps your quads and glutes strong!
Even his english is better than mine... and I cant speak German
❤️✅
He looks a lot like Carl who is 1 week older than myself. My ex partner if gorgeous and my stalker isn't the same standard
👍
This guy is the worst interviewer ever.
He really should have been fired years ago
Because he couldn’t have his pudding without having his meat
Um, is thus dude even old enough to have had to escape East Germany??
ofcourse
it was only 30 years ago
He's 55, so yes.
This interviewer is the perfect example of nepotism.
Is the worst in the world, yet he doesn't get fired
It clearly wasn't for a natural-looking dye job. Dude, highlights.
So many people suffered and had to escape regimes and ideologies... but today still, those ideology are still supported and followed by people. worst of all, most o the people live and enjoy their life in a free country. Sad. Freedom is the only this you should vote or fight for, the rest come with it.
stupid question for postsoviet people
dk
Bro but the kid with Lenin as his profile photo told me Communism wasn’t that bad.
Love Rammstein and now you get to live in Syria thanks to Angela!
So in conclusion, communism is great. Lol.
nyet
Lol
It is, my country was much better under socialism, now it is capitalist and a shithole
"Why Rammstein's Richard Kruspe Escaped From East to West Germany"... uh... really? STASI for a start. And the VoPo's were complete shits.
And yet they are leftards.
they got sent to prison in the states because of a dildo during a live show by the conservatives. lol
Left =/= Communism