Richard Kruspe
Name: Richard Zven Kruspe Bernstein
Date of birth: 24th Juni 1967
Place of birth: Wittenberg, Germany
Height: 1,76 m
Weight: 88 kg
Color of eyes: Blue
Natural hair color: Brown
Distinguishing marks: pierced ears; smokes
Place in group: Guitarist
Usual place on scene: On the front, on the right
Previous group: Orgasm Death Gimmicks (guitarist, vocalist)
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Richard Kruspe played in his old band Orgasm Death Gimmick. Divorced but re-married to actress Caren Bernstein on October 29th, 1999. One daughter, Khira Li Lindemann. No, she’s not related to Till Lindemann. Lindemann was the last name of Richard’s first wife, who was also Till’s first wife. Sven is his Christian name. Wrote the song Engel by himself. Did not get along well with his step-father. Loved Kiss when he was younger, but his step-father tore down his Kiss poster in his room and Richard put it back together and hung it back up. Very protective of his family. Smokes and drinks.
Lead guitarist and co-founder of German industrial band “Rammstein” along with drummer Christoph “Doom” Schneider.
Former member of Orgasm Death Gimmicks formed in the West after he escaped over the green border between Austria an Hungary.
Sometime in 2001 he moved from Berlin to New York where he now resides.
Speaks fluent English.
Parents divorced while he was a child, mother remarried and he continued to live in his difficult childhood home with his brother and two sisters.
Daughter: Khira Li Lindemann (b. 1992)
He was born in Wittenburg, Germany. He has two older sisters and an older brother. His parents divorced when he was young. His mother remarried, and he did not get along with his step-father. They moved to the village of Weisen when he was young.
As a child, Kruspe was a fan of Kiss. According to him, Kiss ‘represented capitalism in its purest sense, and every child was Kiss infected because they were so big. Kids wrote Kiss on their notebooks, and if the teachers saw it they could get kicked out of school just for having it written on their books.’ When he was twelve, he had a Kiss poster in his room, but his step-father tore it down and destroyed it, and Richard was up all night putting it back together.
Richard was a wrestler as a teenager.
At the age of sixteen, Richard Kruspe and some friends visited Czechoslovakia, where he bought a guitar. He had originally planned to sell it, because they were very expensive and thought he could make a nice profit. However, once he got back to East Germany, a girl at a campground he was staying at asked him to play. He told her that he couldn’t play, but she kept insisting, and Kruspe got mad and starting strumming the strings. ‘The harder I played,’ Richard said, ‘the more excited she got. Something clicked in my head and I realized girls like guys who play guitars.’ This got him interested in playing the guitar, and as a result, he began playing every day and night for the next two years.
At the age of nineteen, bored with the apathetic music scene in his home town, he moved to East Berlin and lived on the Lychener Straße and “made music all day’. For two years, Richard lived in an apartment with a drum kit and a guitar, and he made music by himself because he did not know anybody there. ‘It was a lonely time’ according to Kruspe, but he used it to explore music.
On 10 October 1989, prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, he was riding through the subway. When he came above ground, Richard found himself in the middle of a political demonstration. He was hit on the head and arrested just for being there, and thrown in jail for six days. Once out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany. In those days, one couldn’t just leave East Germany, so he entered West Germany through Czechoslovakia. When the wall came down, he moved back east.
Around 1991, Richard started the band Orgasm Death Gimmick.
In 1992 or 1993, his daughter, Khira Li Lindemann, was born. She is the daughter of Till Lindemann’s ex-wife.
In this year, Richard made his first trip to the USA with Till Lindemann and Oliver Riedel. He realizes that he doesn’t want to make American music and concentrates on creating a unique German sound.
The band Rammstein was “born” in January of 1994 when Till, Ollie, Christoph Schneider and Richard won a Berlin Music Competition, the prize of which was a professional demo or four songs, presumably to get them a record deal. They asked Paul Landers and Christian ‘Flake’ Lorenz of Feeling B to join them. Flake was the last to join. After that, the group began work on their first album, Herzeleid.
Richard married South African actress Caron Bernstein in 1999. The ceremony was Jewish and Richard composed the music for it. Richard took on the named Richard Kruspe-Bernstein during their marriage. They are believed to have divorced sometime in 2003 or 2004.
Richard began work on a solo project around this time, called Emigrate and work continues on it to this day. He has said he wants to record an album in 2005. No other Rammstein band members are involved.
Personal
He speaks excellent English with a strong American accent. Richard Kruspe is always immaculately dressed.
He lost a large ornate ring while on tour in 2001; it has never been found. One of the more unusual (but ever-increasing) characteristics are his painted fingernails.
When asked if he believes in God, Richard says, “No. I believe in life justice, that everything that you do, you get back. It’s justice and it’s what I believe in.” Still, he is spiritual saying he “practices the 5 Tibetan rejuvenating rites each day.”
Richard likes Kiss, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Big Black, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Suicidal Tendencies, and Pantera. He has worked as a cashier and a salesman, and cleaning the apartment for an older woman who had her pet poodles stuffed (one for every year).
101 Responses to “Richard Kruspe”
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Misha
10:41 pm on July 27th, 2007Richar Kruspe is my favorite guitarist. He is very cool!!!!!!!
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6:33 am on August 16th, 2007You’re great at playing guitar and you’re so sexy!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!
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6:14 am on August 21st, 2007OMG…RIC U TOTALY ROCK…STARING THE BAND…GIVING THE WORLD A GR8, REAL SOUND OF MUSIC…I LOVE UR WORK SO MUCH…I CNT WAIT 4 EMIGRATE 2 COME OUT…LOVE YA BOI…NEVA STOP WAT UR DOING…
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4:26 am on August 30th, 2007i love u guys…
plz come to australia…
i dnt care from the price…
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Daniel
4:10 pm on September 14th, 2007Hey Richard, we’re waiting for you guys over here in NYC. Rammstein kicks ass, and ive GOT to see you in concert.
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Artemis
1:07 am on September 16th, 2007i love rammstein. by far the best music forever ever. i will travel a long way to see them if I have to.
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Kristina
7:03 pm on September 23rd, 2007Hey guys, i would absolutely love to see you live!! Coming to Atlanta, Georgie, anytime soon?
Rammstein kicks ass!! -
Ben
12:35 am on September 24th, 2007Best Lead Guitarist in the world f’kin awesome. Good call with the white contacts in Live aus Berlin! Amazing Talent as well as the others plain awesime my favorite band ever no questioins asked hands down, no second thoughts, my favorite ever.
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7:05 am on September 28th, 2007Is there any chance of Emigrate coming to New Zealand ever?
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7:24 am on September 28th, 2007oh and his hair is just…. EWUBVRLADCY(*&@… thats how good it is
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texis
9:03 pm on November 5th, 2007hello richard! én vagyok a legnagyobb rajongótok a földön. te vagy a világ legjobb gitárosa ás te meg till vagytok a kedvenc embereim.
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9:54 am on November 11th, 2007Ich liebe dich RICHARD Zven KRUSPE BERNSTEIN!!!!!!!!
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11:31 pm on November 15th, 2007OMG!! you are the reason i started guitar lol, you gotta tour england sumtime it would be the gr8test
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2:58 am on November 25th, 20071 of da best guitarists around
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8:52 pm on November 25th, 2007Richard, you’re a great guitar player and you’re so sexy!! Keep goin, good luck on Emigrate!
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9:57 pm on December 27th, 2007Richard Kruspe rocks!!!!!
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5:06 am on December 29th, 2007Richard Kruspe is my favorite guitarist man i love your emigrate c.d. you should do a concert in chicago you music rocks i would go see a 100 times
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2:36 pm on December 30th, 2007Richard is the best guitarist, and your the hottest best guitarist. No one is sexier than you in this whole world, luv ya. Rammstein rocks, please come to australia, you can crash at my place, my family can sleep in the car, lol.
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herzeleid
11:15 pm on January 4th, 2008oooooooooooooooooooomfucking christ hottest man in the world, also amazin guitarist of course
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heathlindemann
8:37 pm on January 9th, 2008Yeah, TOTALLY! Without Rich, Rammstein wouldn’t have been! OMG!!!
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WACEY
2:38 am on January 12th, 2008Dang, RICHARD your my favorite guitarist cuz you play fucken kick ass!!!!! dang and me and you have the same birthday!!!! i was born on JUNE 24,1992!!!!hope you and the rammstein crew makes a new album for 2008!!!! you guys should come have a show in PHEONIX,AZ!!!!!!!!!!!
RICHARD’S BIGGEST FAN,
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onyx
6:31 am on January 18th, 2008big fan man. i admire your work and want to see y’all in concert when i can. keep up the great riffs!
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bizzeeb
5:31 am on January 19th, 2008You guys are awesome and write better music than any American group I’ve know. My gram is just glad that your music is helping me understand her language and that a German band has become so popular all over the world.
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ivan malekov
5:56 am on January 21st, 2008richard u are my favoirt person in he band and it seems like god(unless u dont belive in him) wanted u guys to become a band
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4:57 pm on January 21st, 2008I’m love Richard is sexi boy
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Punk
9:16 pm on January 21st, 2008RICHARD IS FIT AND IREALLY HOPE RAMMSTEIN OR EMMIGRATE TOUR THIS YEAR!!!!
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3:18 am on January 30th, 2008omg u guys r the bomb rammstein should come to minnesota plzzz come
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Rúnar
4:46 pm on January 30th, 2008hehe, i remember when i first heard a rammstein song, i was 6 years old and it was tier. a boy in my street was playing it and i was mezmerised, i walked into his house and asked him what he was playing. i went and bought Sehnsucht the day after, and since them im a Metal head:)im 16 now BTW,
thanks alot for getting me into metal with your awsome songs and Cd’s.
i also remember the happy feeling when you guys came to Iceland. that concert was the best one ive seen on iceland and ive gone to see Amon amarth, Cannibal corpse, metallica and iron maiden. not one of thoose even compared to Rammstein live. been waching Live aus berlin and Volkerball in school:PKeep it up guys!
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4:30 am on January 31st, 2008I´m from mexico but I can talk inglish you are very very good with the guitarr so this is all me comment when RAMMSTEIN did comes to mexico ehh¡¡¡¡¡¡ Ok see you and HEIL HITLER¡¡¡
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Kerriann Garcia
12:04 am on February 12th, 2008hello!!
Ahhh!! well I’ve wanted to comment you the most!! Your so cool!! i have a picture of you on my school binder and i’m not shy to show it off to the other students i’m proud to!! well i love the way you play guiter! i’ve learned few songs and its fun to play yours!!well im in school now and just not doing my work!..sad. well your awsome!! Hope your life is the best!! -
12:08 am on February 12th, 2008oh yeah..
awsome choice of music!! i’m the classic type also you should jam to Nazarith,HIM,and Billy Idol..awsome well like to say more but the end of school has come so bye bye.. -
6:31 am on February 14th, 2008oh my gosh i love richard! he’s gorgeous!! rammstein and emigrate are my favorite bands, too!
rammstein should come to washington! the tickets would be sold out like, instantly!! i’m not even kidding! i am very excited for rammstein’s upcoming album! ^_^
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Saray
5:22 am on February 19th, 2008The talented and gorgeous RZK has inspired me to learn to play the guitar, and naturally, I’m trying out Rammstein tabs
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imortalrose
7:47 pm on February 27th, 2008omg he’s soooo georgus!!! hope you play in holland or england xxx
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10:31 pm on March 7th, 2008Hey!!!! I REALLY hope Rammstein or Emigrate come to Ireland soon!!!! It would make my year!!!
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10:54 pm on March 27th, 2008ooo richard kruspe je shumm cool , suksesee kisss
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5:19 pm on April 8th, 2008I´m colombian, you are not as famous in my country as I wanted,but we were very sad when you cancelled your vist and now that I am jobless, I have had enough time to dedicate to my idols, because I admired you since you as a band, were born. You are the best! Come to my country we are just enough to fill a stadium!!!!
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3:48 pm on April 15th, 2008this is so poorly written wtf!?!?!
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deichmann
5:48 pm on April 21st, 2008what the fuck? nazism is not only dead, but a darker side of germany that R+ has tried for years not to be associated with!
du bist ein fotze.
just for that remark alone you have proven yourself to be an ignorant idiot and not worthy to be a part of anything rammstein stands for.
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Erin B.
6:56 pm on April 24th, 2008I love love love you, Richard!!!!! You are the most talented guitarst in the world! You ROCK!!!!!
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7:06 pm on April 27th, 2008Come on people…he is not best guitarist in the world…
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7:35 am on April 29th, 2008I love you Richard. you r my hero. You r the meaning of my life. I really love u.
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7:37 am on April 29th, 2008u r handsome and cool. U makes me crazy all the time.
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7:50 am on April 29th, 2008i’m mongolian. Coming Rammstein into Mongolia is just a dream for me. But i’m a real fan of you. I really love rammstein. Rammstein is so cool band. Rammstein gives me energy and power. I listen to rammstein’s songs everytime. Actually i don’t wanna live in this fucking world. But i wanna meet Rammstein’s guys. It’s my aim of life. i’m gonna meet u in your next tour. good luck.
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9:48 pm on June 8th, 2008RICHARD RICHARD RICHARD RICHARD IS FAMOUS ALL OVER THE WORLD AND IS THE BEST GUITARIS IN THE WORLD!!!……………. ___ ___ RICHARD
( V ) I
( ) LOVE
( ) YOU
( ) LIFE WITHOUT YOU
V IS SENSELESS!!!
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8:17 pm on June 12th, 2008i love richard kruspe bernstein he is the sexiest man ever and so is till lindemann
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8:29 am on June 17th, 2008He looks good, he plays good, HE IS THE LEAD GUITAR GOD!!!!!
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7:29 pm on June 22nd, 2008Zuko where are you from?
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7:33 am on June 23rd, 2008Hey richard(tako), i’m from australia,sydney
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1:17 pm on June 23rd, 2008hi zuko!Good to meet you!How are you?
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7:25 am on June 24th, 2008really cool thank you its richards bday 2 day hes 42 i sent dis message on 24 june 2008 so tommorow dont think hey its not his bday 2day
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11:22 am on June 24th, 2008HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. i LOVE YOU SO MUCH. RAMMSTEIN…
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5:14 pm on June 24th, 2008HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR RICHARD .I LOVE YOU VERY VERY MUCH!!! :* :* :* hey zuko how are you?
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9:26 am on June 25th, 2008cool so u noticed it was his bday
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12:01 pm on June 25th, 2008Yes,I noticed that it was his bday.It was happy day for me,I was very cool yesterday.and you?
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7:23 am on June 26th, 2008mnothing could put my hopes down when it was his bday.i was counting down his bday 4 like, 2 weeks? ps how old are you richard (tako)
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3:36 pm on June 26th, 2008hey zuko,how are you?I’m sixteen years old.and you???
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7:25 am on June 30th, 2008man rock music would be kinda boring without R V K B. WHO AGREES? ps me 15 richard(tako)
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8:27 am on June 30th, 2008GEEEERRMANY RAMMSTEIN ====>>> COOL!!! after my country I love germany,because of its cool people,especially members of group rammstein.I think a lot of people agrees with me!!!
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8:05 am on July 3rd, 2008u german richard(tako)?
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10:25 am on July 3rd, 2008Hi zuko.I’m not german.I’m from Georgia,Tbilisi.
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6:31 am on July 4th, 2008no
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6:57 pm on July 20th, 2008heiii people!!!how are you? rammstein is the best!!!!!!
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6:59 pm on July 20th, 2008rammstein please come to georgiaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!
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10:05 am on July 21st, 2008RAMMSTEIN RAMMSTEIN RAMMSTEIN IS FOREVER
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Devin
8:33 am on July 22nd, 2008What is his problem making this EMIGRATE Band It Is Horrible
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8:34 am on July 22nd, 2008EMIGRATE Horrible
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8:37 am on July 22nd, 2008EMIGRATE Is Horrible
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Zuko
11:21 am on August 19th, 2008your right Devin
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7:48 pm on August 20th, 2008[...] a long time of hesitating Richard Kruspe made the final decision: he doesn’t want to cooperate on the new album anymore. After he [...]
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Serena
9:58 pm on September 7th, 2008Ich leibe Dich!u r so great Richard!I love ur giutar playing and you!You and Till are the reason why im glad to be german.
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10:02 pm on September 7th, 2008i love u Richard!you are so great at your guitar playing.Keep it up Richard.I hope i see you on your next tour.
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Serena Shane
4:58 pm on September 22nd, 2008Ich leibe dich!!!!!I love you Richard!!!!
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Catilyn
7:17 pm on October 8th, 2008HAY! I love Emigrate! He has a great voice and I love the guitar solos! I LOVE YOU RICHARD!
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7:19 pm on October 8th, 2008Greatest guitar player in the world! Love you!
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9:23 pm on November 3rd, 2008hey people have u listened to emigrate i love the song babe i dedicate that to my fiance and i love richards voice in that song….. ich liebe dich rammstein
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kate
11:04 pm on November 3rd, 2008Greatest guitar player in the world! Love you!=*
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1:53 am on November 6th, 2008RICHARD KRUSPE ES EL MEJOR GUITARRISTA DEL MUDO ASI DE WEBOS
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1:55 am on November 6th, 2008alchile es mi guitarrista favorito y mi grupo favorito es rammstein
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7:40 am on November 17th, 2008i love u so much… big kiss
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10:38 pm on November 22nd, 2008wow..man…u are really cool…does someone knows his e-mail adress or MSN adress????
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4:18 pm on November 23rd, 2008No I don’t know his e-mail address but I’m his friand on MySpace. It’s really him and he is on almost every day!
Here is hie profile link!
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Richard rules
12:31 am on December 6th, 2008you are totally right deichmann, i hate people that think every german is natzi. he doesn’t even deserve rammstein greatness, so screw him!
ALL HAIL RAMMSTEIN! -
1:50 am on December 29th, 2008soy un fan de rammstein y los admiro mucho
me justa la musica -
alena
5:33 pm on January 21st, 2009your realy good looking (;
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5:23 pm on February 16th, 2009Soy una fann de estos Dioses DESDE K TENGO USO DE RAZON,me gustaria SABER COMO PUEDO OBTENER ALGUNO DE LOS LOBROS LLA LANZADOS PERO PARA ENCONRERLOS AKA EN CHILE.MO MAIL http://www.numerodelabestia_666_2006@hotmail.com
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5:24 pm on February 16th, 2009estos son lo mejor k he pòdi2 escuxar.
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5:29 pm on February 16th, 2009I Love You
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8:50 pm on February 18th, 2009whats up richard….
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3:58 pm on March 17th, 2009Hi Richard))))
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7:51 pm on April 20th, 2009Dear Richard,
Your career has inspired me to found and lay dont vocals for the metal band Indeathstrial. You rock man! keep up the good work! -
4:10 am on April 28th, 2009me facina… es mi amor platonico…. RICHARD KRUSPE… EL MEJOR …. I LOVE YOU…
ATTE: LAURA LOZANO… LUZDECARITO HYUGA… -
Richa_Nasty
11:18 am on May 2nd, 2009How do you do expensive Richard,want to report that removing wants ????? you from group and put(deliver) there freak,I you not brooch,and you persuasively ask to answer the question………you wanted to leave from group?
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11:19 am on May 2nd, 2009How do you do expensive Richard,want to report that removing wants ????? you from group and put(deliver) there freak,I you not brooch,and you persuasively ask to answer the question………you wanted to leave from group?
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12:02 pm on June 17th, 2009Richard you’re the best!! love you in rammstein and emigrate!!
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+ Kein Engel +
11:19 pm on June 24th, 2009Before I forget it:
Happy birthday Richard!
42 is no age for a good-looking man like you!
I hate myself for being a fan-girl sometimes.. But WTF, I can’t help it! xD
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6:41 pm on July 9th, 2009Richard is my Guitar Hero, he has the best riffs and it just brings me to an awe when I see him play.
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1:01 am on March 9th, 2010richard i’m mongolian. Coming Rammstein into Mongolia is just a dream for me. But i’m a real fan of you. I really love rammstein. Rammstein is so cool band. Rammstein gives me energy and power. I listen to rammstein’s songs everytime. Actually i don’t wanna live in this fucking world. But i wanna meet Rammstein’s guys. It’s my aim of life. i’m gonna meet u in your next tour. good luck
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Antachrist
9:15 am on March 9th, 2010People! Richard is just a mortal man just like you and me and don’t ask them here to tour wherever, because it tells you the band members don’t look at this site okay? and if they do i’m surprized because they would have better things to be doing other than looking at fan mail on the internet.
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Till Lindemann
vocals
Date of birth: January 4, 1963
Place of birth: Leipzig -
Richard Kruspe
guitar
Date of birth: June 24, 1967
Place of birth: Wittenberg -
Paul Landers
guitar
Date of birth: December 9, 1964
Place of birth: Berlin -
Oliver Riedel
bass
Date of birth: April 11, 1971
Place of birth: Schwerin -
Christian Lorenz
keyboard
Date of birth: Nov 16, 1966
Place of birth: Berlin -
Christoph Schneider
drums
Date of birth: May 11, 1966
Place of birth: Berlin
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