Till leaves Rammstein?!

[Rac]

RAMMSTEIN Parts Ways With Singer, Announces Replacement - July 16, 2007

Emanuel Fialik of Pilgrim Management GmbH, which represents German industrial metal pioneers RAMMSTEIN, has issued the following press release:

"On the 13th of July 2007 the industrial gothic top act RAMMSTEIN announces that after the release of the next studio album, which is about to get finished, the current singer and frontman Till Lindemann will leave the band.

"Till's decision is mainly based on the increasing inharmoniousness within the band and was well deliberated. He will head now for other challenges which can be a solo career or maybe a new project (as of his own words).

"The band decided not to quit but announce a new singer. There is a clear statement coming from Richard Kruspe and Christoph Schneider that 'nobody ever can replace Till Lindemann' but since 'we have still so much fun doing RAMMSTEIN we looked for a new singer which is charismatic in his own way without copying Till.'

"The new singer which was found and signed to be the new RAMMSTEIN frontman is the co-founder and ex-member of the electro industrial act KMFDM and current singer of SLICK IDIOT — En Esch — who recently moved to Berlin to join the band.

"We all will miss Till Lindemann who gave us many years of joy by listening to his unique grinding voice. Please welcome the talented En Esch — Till's footsteps are big, but maybe he can dry our tears rapidly."

RAMMSTEIN will issue its "Völkerball" DVD in the U.S. in September. The exact release date will be announced soon.

RAMMSTEIN's latest album, "Rosenrot", received its long-overdue U.S. release in March 2006 via Universal Music. The CD, which was certified platinum in Germany for sales in excess of 200,000 copies within two weeks of release in October 2005, topped the official album chart in Germany, Austria and Finland, and landed at No. 2 in Sweden and Denmark, No. 4 in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, No. 5 in France, No. 6 in Mexico, No. 11 in Italy and No. 29 in the U.K. In addition, "Rosenrot" achieved gold status in Austria, the Czech Republic and Switzerland.

RAMMSTEIN's track "Mein Teil" was nominated in the "Best Metal Performance" category at the 2006 Grammy Awards.

This one's gotta be a joke...

 

[Super Kal]

that sucks...

 

[AhabTheArab]

they were all doing solo stuff anyway.... no big news. however i would have liked to see them live, probably the craziest show ever.

 

[jaguarr]

they were all doing solo stuff anyway.... no big news. however i would have liked to see them live, probably the craziest show ever.

I'd say the Flaming Lips own that title. Those guys do a live show that is almost indescribable there's so much insane sh1t going on.

jag

 

[Ice-man]

NOOOOOO me and my friends were just talking about seeing them if they ever came around....

i heard there shows are sick, like gwar kinda sick.. i missed them too, few nights back.. fack

 

[AhabTheArab]

I'd say the Flaming Lips own that title. Those guys do a live show that is almost indescribable there's so much insane sh1t going on.

jag

could be true, wouldnt it put it past the lips, but rammstein's live shows were known for their lunacy. i just hope theres a reunion tour.... FRIER FREI!

 

[black_dust]

NOOOOOO me and my friends were just talking about seeing them if they ever came around....

i heard there shows are sick, like gwar kinda sick.. i missed them too, few nights back.. fack

Missed them where.....

 

[Ice-man]

Missed them where.....

in new jersey.

 

[odiin]

Wha, En Esch? Really? Dude's got a deeper voice than Barry White.

 

[black_dust]

in new jersey.

When? i thought they werent touring all of 2007

 

[Ice-man]

When? i thought they werent touring all of 2007

i think they are, theres Gwar and like 7-8 other decent bands, the closest they came to ware i live was jersey i wanted to go but i missed it, i think it was on Friday or Saturday.

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Kritish is gonna be mad.

 

[Motown Marvel]

im more shocked that apparently the band still existed!!!

 

[Rac]

NOOOOOO me and my friends were just talking about seeing them if they ever came around....

i heard there shows are sick, like gwar kinda sick.. i missed them too, few nights back.. fack

Me and my friends saw 'em couple of years ago when they were playing at Ruisrock. One of the best gigs I've ever been. We've been wanting to see them again after that, but not anymore.

 

[Addendum]

Well, the good thing is I finally have an idear when Völkerball comes out stateside.

It does suck a little if Till leaves but En Esch should be a solid replacement. I enjoyed KMFDM and am starting to get into Pigface.

Has the band officially issued anything?

 

[Kritish]

I'd say the Flaming Lips own that title. Those guys do a live show that is almost indescribable there's so much insane sh1t going on.

jag

You obviously haven’t been to a Rammstien concert, they make Marylyn Manson look boring. Not to mention they suck less. I can Till do this to us? Rammstein, best band ever.

 

[Kritish]

Kritish is gonna be mad.

I knew I fealt the Krit Signal!

 

[Rac]

This one's gotta be a joke...

Was I right? Check below...

Till leaving the band? Hoax!

July 16, 2007

It has not been confirmed that Rammstein's management actually sent out a press release. It seems all of this may have started on Blabbermouth and everyone is getting their information from them or other sources that also got their information from them. If this were a real press release (which strangely cannot be found on either Pilgrim-management.de or Rammstein.de), you would expect at least one major German news source to have picked up on the news as well. But none have. This seems to be a hoax and in fact, Blabbermouth has now pulled the story.

Plot thickens...

 

[Armand Z Trip]

Good call Rac!!!

I can start the hoax again.

Till leaves Rammstein! Armand Z Trip News 12 minutes ago - The lead singer of Rammstein has quit the band to follow his dream of becoming an orthodontist. When asked about his bandmates Till stated: they, they hate, they hate me, they, they hate, they hate me, Till then played some industrial guitar.

 

[jaguarr]

You obviously haven’t been to a Rammstien concert, they make Marylyn Manson look boring. Not to mention they suck less. I can Till do this to us? Rammstein, best band ever.

I'm not trying to take anything away from their live show at all. It's top notch and definitely crazy. It's very macbre. The Lips are just widely considered the most insane live show going at the moment. Of course, Alice Cooper just smiles and laughs at what he started.

jag

 

[Rac]

Rammstein Management Sets The Record Straight On Rammstein Frontman's Departure

Rammstein's Management, Pilgrim Management, has commented exclusively to The Gauntlet and dismissed the news of vocalist Till's Linndemann departure. The management stated to The Gauntlet "that [news of Till's departure] is not true and was not released by either band or management. We have no idea where this comes from. The band is [currently] writing a new album at present."

Date: 2007-07-17
As Reported by: jason

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]July 17, 2007

IT'S NEWS TO ME.

SINCE I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY MANY FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES ABOUT THE NEWS THAT I'M THE NEW SINGER OF RAMMSTEIN I THINK I NEED TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDS INTERESTING, IT IS NOT TRUE.

I'M WORKING ON NEW SLICK IDIOT MATERIAL AND AM IN THE MIDST OF MIXING TRACKS FOR MONA MUR.

RAMMSTEIN AND I ARE AND WILL STAY FRIENDS AND I WISH THEM THE BEST IN THEIR FUTURE ENDEAVOURS.

HOPE YOU'RE ALL HAVING A GREAT SUMMER,

LATER,
ESCH [/FONT]

I knew it!

 

[WTFimVENOM]

Dam, they had a good run tho....
Still think they could have made a few more albums

 

[black_dust]

Dam, they had a good run tho....
Still think they could have made a few more albums

hu? did you even read any of the thread

 

[PLAS]

at first I was upset, but it's all okay now

I guess

 

[WTFimVENOM]

hu? did you even read any of the thread

They aren't really Ram without him IMO
After he leaves I consider them done