Rammstein Frontman Talks About Gays

posted Oct 21, 2005 at 8:09 PM by darkstar. (65 Comments)

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Rammstein discuss the controversial single "Mann Gegen Mann" ("Man Against Man") from their new album "Rosenrot" in the latest issue of the Swedish magazine Close-Up. In the chorus, the word "schwule" (German for "faggot") is uttered repeatedly.

In the article, Rammstein vocalist Till Lindemann asks the reporter: "Do you think it's homophobic?" When the reporter tells him that it easy to make that assumption, Lindemann responds: "It's natural [to perceive it that way], but it's just a song. It’s about gay men and the fact that they're lucky in a way. They never had to strut in front of girls and bring them ridiculous gifts or make dinner invitations. They just look at each other and decide to go home together. They're in a strange situation, but it's very easy for them to get laid. I write about this in a more poetic fashion. If you just hear the word [schwule] taken out of context it's provocative, but if you really listen to the lyrics you realize that it's not at all meant to be derogatory.

"I'm not going to give out any name, but an English band that we [Rammstein] are friends with has two gay members. We made a bet about something and if I were to lose I had to take the two of them out in Berlin one night and visit all the gay clubs in my neighborhood. Of course, I lost the bet, just like I always do. When we went out, I just thought: 'Wow! This is happening fast!' One glance and then both of them knew exactly what to do. I was jealous. I would love to walk up to a strange woman and go: 'Hi, you're hot. Wanna come back to my place?"

"Rosenrot" also marks Rammstein's first attempt at doing a song entirely in Spanish, "Te Quiero Puta" ("I Want You Whore"). Lindemann explains the lyrical theme: "Some guys, maybe us in the band, ride on to a whorehouse. Some 'puta' opens the door and says, 'Hey, gringos!' These ladies don't do any poetic stuff. It's all about men, women, sex and partying. The story is about this guy who falls in love with one of the women. She tells him: 'I like you, but don't come here with that emotional stuff. I only like your 'fruita,' so let me taste it."

Source: Ultimate-Guitar.com

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1. slayerdisciple writes:

rammstein sux harry elephant balls

# Oct 21, 2005 @ 11:05 PM ET | IP Logged

2. damn there gay writes:

rammstein suck d*** and rapes a$$ hole you f***in homos f*** you u f***in liar

death to gay men because their are damned and just die muther fucers

# Oct 21, 2005 @ 11:51 PM ET | IP Logged

3. Spiritus writes:

Yikes!

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 12:09 AM ET | IP Logged

4. gay bar writes:

blar blar no way i dont swing that way bob

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 1:36 AM ET | IP Logged

5. key to nothing writes:

i honestly cant believe that whoever did 4-16 just had a conversation with himself,get a f***in life you dumb sh** redneck

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 11:14 AM ET | IP Logged

6. bob + uranate is gay with him self writes:

that posibly the dumbest shi t ever you fuc kin retarded homo fagit

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 11:20 AM ET | IP Logged

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7. asianfetish writes:

dude, f*** you all that diss rammstein, you all suck you homophobes! you only wanna call 'em fags cuz you're actually gay deep down! ADMIT IT!!!!!

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 1:18 PM ET | IP Logged

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8. slayerdisciple writes:

rammstein sucks and just cause i hate rammstine and listen to good music
doesnt mean im gay

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:16 PM ET | IP Logged

9. Symbolic writes:

Almost each memeber of rammstein is/was married. Although this site is usefull that you dont need to sign up to post, sometimes i wish you did because 90 percent of the people who post are bored f***ing losers who have nothing else to do but ruin a very enjoyable site.

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:21 PM ET | IP Logged

10. heavymetal fuckin sucks writes:

HEY THIS WHOLE f***ING WEBSITE IS SOOO STUPID YALL WILL ALL BURN IN HELL.........I MEAN IT IS SOOO STUPID TOO YELL AT THE TOP OF UR LUNGS JUSS FOR A f***IN SONG I MEAN MY GOSH GET A LIFE U LOOSERS WHO GIVES A sh** IF HE LIKES GUYS....I MEAN HALF OF YALL PROLLY DO TOO

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:24 PM ET | IP Logged

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11. slayerdisciple writes:

never said they were gay i just said there music sux

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:25 PM ET | IP Logged

12. bob writes:

well I reckon yall can all go to hell....stupid a$$ gothic folks....by the way GIT R DONE....GEORGE JONESSSSSSSS FOREVER....o yea and yall notice that like no one likes heavy metal....I mean there is ppl who would pick classic music with the violins over this kinda music......kinda pathetic

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:29 PM ET | IP Logged

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13. slayerdisciple writes:

heavymetal f***in sucks y dont u f*** ur self

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:30 PM ET | IP Logged

14. Rulin Kmadd writes:

Hey look a postive comment from me. I find that kind of shocking that Tim and Co.
are open minded about the subject being that they're originally from East Germany
but I guess the Eastren Bloc must have changed quite a bit in the past few years.
Rammstien is not bad for what it is industrial metal but there are better bands like
Die Krupps and Frontline Assembly to name a couple.

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:32 PM ET | IP Logged

15. Rulin Kmadd writes:

Kill yourself please and go back to the korn threads.

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:36 PM ET | IP Logged

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16. slayerdisciple writes:

rob zombie is the only good industrial metal band

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 5:36 PM ET | IP Logged

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17. slayerdisciple writes:

industrial metal sux

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 6:11 PM ET | IP Logged

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18. RememberMetal? writes:

Frontline Assembly are better but I like Ramstein all the same....Still havent managed to pick up their 2 newest albums.... Is there anyone who isnt a raging biased fan or anti-fan how good the 2 most recent albums stack up to the 2 before them?

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 8:45 PM ET | IP Logged

19. greendayrockssss writes:

GREEN DAY IS AWESOME.......PUNK ROCK ALL THE WAY.......YAY!!!!!! FALL OUT BOY, BOWLING 4 SOUP, AND THE USED

# Oct 22, 2005 @ 11:41 PM ET | IP Logged

20. your a writes:

gay gay gay a$$ hole

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 5:42 AM ET | IP Logged

21. theresshitonthewalls writes:

'Is there anyone who isnt a raging biased fan or anti-fan how good the 2 most recent albums stack up to the 2 before them?'

Glad to be of service. I don't mind Rammstein, but they're something I can take or leave. The last two aren't as good as the first two. They've kind of evolved into a bloated Wagnerian rock sound compared to the harsher, industrial rock sound they had before.

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 8:05 AM ET | IP Logged

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22. slayerdisciple writes:

greendayrockssss should stay off this site and go back to f****** greendays gay a**

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 11:52 AM ET | IP Logged

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23. deathbringer writes:

BTW - don't bother replying to spam or people having their own conversations with themselves, as they will be removed and those comments referencing them will no longer make sense... I'll be adding that "tip" to the comments form as well.

# Oct 23, 2005 @ 12:31 PM ET | IP Logged

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24. unluckoftheirish writes:

uh...ya.........again.................you people let your opinions get to you. f*** you guys. this sh** is ri-god-damn-diculous..........if you don't like rammstein (check it out).......don't post your stupid sh** on here!!!! why the f*** are you posting on a band you don't even like? just to start sh**?! quit instigating.............you people are a waste of f***ing time. if that's all you're about is talking sh**, then do us all a favor and blow your f***ing head off. there's no room for ignorant people such as yourselves on here. you know who you are. i, myself think rammstein is an awsome band. but do i go on stupid korn news posts and f*** with everoyne in there? no.......oh, and slayerdisciple, if you really knew music, you wouldn't be mouthin' off all your stupid sh** in here. you'd be open-minded. you've evidently proved yourself an idiot.........GET A f***ING LIFE sh**FACE!!!!!

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 2:51 PM ET | IP Logged

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25. unluckoftheirish writes:

oh, and post 10, do you feel better now that you've said that? just had to get that off your chest, did you? what kind of "music" do you listen to? anyways, i'll get to my point. you're an idiot! your name says a lot about you. we listen to metal because we like it. that's just what most of us on here like. do we b**** about what you listen to? why are you even on this site? what point are you trying to make? what do you think you're proving? get the f*** off this site if you hate it so much!!! you think we're all idiots, yet, you're one of the only ones on here who doesn't like anything the site is about..........go to a site that has your sh** on there. again, there's no room for your idiocy..........

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 2:58 PM ET | IP Logged

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26. slayerdisciple writes:

unluckoftheirish y dont u f*** ur self and die u a$$hole

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 3:12 PM ET | IP Logged

27. Rulin Kmadd writes:

If you like Rammstein check out a band from NY called BILE you will not be disappointed.

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 4:34 PM ET | IP Logged

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28. kirkfan writes:

Erm, anyone have any idea who the English band is?

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 6:57 PM ET | IP Logged

29. theresshitonthewalls writes:

Kmadd is right, Bile is BETTER than Rammstein.

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 8:08 PM ET | IP Logged

30. 666 fuck everyone, die now!!!!!! writes:

bile is the band

# Oct 24, 2005 @ 9:42 PM ET | IP Logged

31. rap sucks writes:

rap sucks big hairy fat f***in balls, this is aimed at whoever said rap is the best or whateva, f***n homo

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 2:56 AM ET | IP Logged

32. rap sucks writes:

and btw slayer rules, rammsteins pretty good too, but slayer are the gods of metal

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 3:00 AM ET | IP Logged

33. Angel of Death writes:

f*** rap it suck ass. long live slayer f*** yea

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 3:34 AM ET | IP Logged

34. ADD writes:

what the f*** would make someone wanna write a song about f***in faggs

# Oct 25, 2005 @ 7:59 PM ET | IP Logged

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35. unluckoftheirish writes:

Oh, that's really mature..........f*** myself and die........not a chance f***head.......get a MEANINGFUL life you f***head......and learn some new vocab while you're at it.....you've killed all those "f***" and "a$$hole" words........grow up b****.

# Oct 27, 2005 @ 2:59 PM ET | IP Logged

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36. unluckoftheirish writes:

'scuse me, didn't realize i used the word "f***head" twice. slayerdisciple's idiocy has overwhelmed me.............

# Oct 27, 2005 @ 3:01 PM ET | IP Logged

37. key to nothing writes:

i'm definitly there with ya on this one,if "slayerdisciple" wants to be heard maybe he should write something thats actually worth reading,i see far to much of these sad little poser boys who are incapable of putting up an arguement

# Oct 27, 2005 @ 3:35 PM ET | IP Logged

38. Slaytanic Slaughter writes:

who the FU( K gives a sh** if rammstein sings about gays, they sing in freakin german, noone can understand it anyway (unless ur german, sorry all u germans). Have any of u actually checked the translations of the other songs!? Theyr about almost total bullsh** (they make sense but its sh**ty subject matter). Everyone listens to rammstein cause of the way ther music sounds, not what ther lyrics are.

PS: rap sucks bit fat hairy muthafu(kin ballsacks, \m/ slayer forever

# Oct 27, 2005 @ 10:00 PM ET | IP Logged

39. theresshitonthewalls writes:

'Everyone listens to rammstein cause of the way ther music sounds, not what ther lyrics are.'

Never a truer thing was said. Their lyrics are a joke.

# Oct 28, 2005 @ 3:36 AM ET | IP Logged

40. wtf??????? !@#$%^&*()_+:"<>?*/-~ writes:

get f***ed u wanker ramsteine is just a joke and so is theu[ fhrnrfgn9org[rig

# Oct 28, 2005 @ 6:08 AM ET | IP Logged

41. theresshitonthewalls writes:

Wow, that's quite an interesting language you've come up with there...

# Oct 30, 2005 @ 12:13 AM ET | IP Logged

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42. dinnertableelitest writes:

my arent we all chirpy today!

# Oct 30, 2005 @ 1:51 AM ET | IP Logged

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43. dinnertableelitest writes:

i luv this site because it reminds me of one of those jerry springer episodees with the gay midget and one legged goat, any questions?

# Oct 30, 2005 @ 1:52 AM ET | IP Logged

44. heteroMann writes:

this track sounds good, but i kinda prefer to hear about elephants f***ing horses (for example). im sure thats the point.... ill only play it with confidence when my girlfriend is here... lol

# Nov 2, 2005 @ 8:01 PM ET | IP Logged

45. psythe writes:

anything in German sounds cool. why? because the German language sounds cool. Rammstein thus sound cool...Music is supposed to be listened to, not read - it's not a goddamn closet-drama. If you read the lyrics, you deserve to feel mentally violated. Mutter is still Rammstein's best album to date, by my ears.

...and as a side-note, Bile really are a whole lot better than Rammstein, Slayer are okay - that's OKAY - and rap, whilst amusing in it's themes and dipictions - is a waste of human potential.

# Nov 2, 2005 @ 9:02 PM ET | IP Logged

46. psythe writes:

oh, and by the way - it's not the freakin' dark ages, guys, you can stop being scared of homosexuals now...i mean, it's not like they're trying to frighten you or anything. homophobes are a bunch of p***ies.

# Nov 2, 2005 @ 9:04 PM ET | IP Logged

47. psythe writes:

and i didn't accidently put some *s in the word "pies", it was supposed to say pvssies, but it got censored on me - your bad!

# Nov 2, 2005 @ 9:06 PM ET | IP Logged

48. Heretic writes:

rammstein f***in ROCKS fags

# Nov 2, 2005 @ 9:20 PM ET | IP Logged

49. ICh bIN eIN tIER writes:

What a load of bulls***. Who cares about the lyrics and what it says.just listen to the way it sounds that is the main thing you should do .NOT COMPLAIN .I believe all music is great a part from country western s*** that gay .TEll me people why do insult rammstein when you must listen to it. they have been round since 1995 you've had lots of time to complain... heavy metal rocks and has been round for ages

only Zwitters insult Rammstein und hast kleine pinels

I LOVE RAMMSTEIN
music is just music just like their s***

# Nov 9, 2005 @ 9:14 PM ET | IP Logged

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50. slayerdisciple writes:

watever dude u can keep makin fun of me all u want i dont give a rats ass, i dont like rammstine is the only point i have really tried to make, they r good i will admit that they r better then korn and limp bizkit for sure

# Nov 9, 2005 @ 10:58 PM ET | IP Logged

51. go to hell faggots writes:

ri;gn r

# Nov 9, 2005 @ 11:18 PM ET | IP Logged

52. Angel of Death writes:

you people are all retarded with sexual problems i must this that rammstien dont talk about gays it music. seriously this is worse than the korn threads just die idiots.

# Nov 10, 2005 @ 3:15 AM ET | IP Logged

53. Angel of Death writes:

lol

# Nov 10, 2005 @ 3:17 AM ET | IP Logged

54. muahaha writes:

newcastle beer rocks kabzas!!!!

# Nov 10, 2005 @ 12:14 PM ET | IP Logged

55. muahaha writes:

i mean cabesa!

# Nov 10, 2005 @ 12:25 PM ET | IP Logged

56. Danilov writes:

Wow. The immaturity of alot of you is astounding. This band makes a song about homosexuality, and most of you crap your pants. Also, I really doubt that many of you are bi-lingual in German to even understand what they're saying, so calm the hell down.

Rammstein is my favourite band. I won't preach to you about them, but I don't want to hear you rednecks whining about how "tehy r gaiyyy" (by the way, that was mis-spelled deliberately, incase some of you morons couldn't tell).

If people want to say they like Rammstein, fine. They shouldn't be attacked by you stupid closed-minded hicks.

# Nov 11, 2005 @ 1:55 PM ET | IP Logged

57. Satanatron writes:

Can I get an Amen!?

Amen...Well said Danilov.

I like Rammstein's Mutter is a very good album, very entertaining. German language is very appealing to my ears.

# Nov 11, 2005 @ 4:14 PM ET | IP Logged

58. Leader Of Lost Souls writes:

those dumb a$$ guys are talking sh*t, their lyrics makes no damn sense, all crapp and horse bull dog sh*t, ppl go get a life if ur a Rammestein fan

# Nov 11, 2005 @ 5:14 PM ET | IP Logged

59. Danilov writes:

Talking sh**? Is that what it sounds like to you because you're too much of a moron to even appreciate another language? Pathetic. You are a perfect embodiment of an ignorant American.

# Nov 13, 2005 @ 10:28 AM ET | IP Logged

60. FUCK METAL writes:

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61. will writes:

the only gay guy that is cool is rob helford

# Nov 13, 2005 @ 10:46 AM ET | IP Logged

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62. patientmental writes:

WHAT THE f*** IS UP WITH YOU ALL f***ING MORONS?!?!?!?

f*** YOU ALL.
DON'T f***ING REPLY IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD, YOU f***ING STUPID MOTHERf***ERS.

Rammstein rocks.

# Nov 17, 2005 @ 1:00 PM ET | IP Logged

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63. patientmental writes:

Oh, very well said, Danilov!

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64. slayerdisciple writes:

Danilov go back to Germany or wherever ur from

# Nov 17, 2005 @ 5:40 PM ET | IP Logged

65. Angel of Death writes:

haha Danilov go back to poland you dumb f***?

# Nov 17, 2005 @ 8:14 PM ET | IP Logged

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