Rammstein Stunts at Live Shows
If you’ve been to a Rammstein concert, you will know how truly special they are. Rammstein pull out all the stops and their live shows are some of the most spectacular ever. The most important part of the shows is the pyrotechnics. Till is fire mad and Rammstein have been known to cancel gigs (e.g. London Astoria) because authorities have told them to cut a percentage of their pyrotechnics. A normal Rammstein gig is not possible. It is always breath-taking and extraordinary.
The following list shows the stunts that you are likely to see at a Rammstein gig. If you get the chance to go to one then take it, there is nothing better!
Pyrotechnics:
Flamming keyboard:
The keyboard is smeared with a fire paste which sets it alight. There is a ‘Whoo!’ song that is
heard at the same time, simply a recording of Till saying ‘Whoo!’
Flamming mic:
When Guitarists Paul and Richard sing backing vocals to ‘Asche zu asche’ the mics are set on
fire. They are wrapped in silver foil and have a long fuse poking out of them. The fuse is lit and the mics are engulfed.
Flamming coat:
This stunt starts with
Till emerging from the floor. He wears a special fire-proof coat which is engulfed in flames. The coat stops Till getting burnt whilst this is performed during the playing of ‘Rammstein’
Firethrower:
Paul, Richard and Oliver
have flamethrowers strapped to their guitars, which let out a burning concoction of air and petroleum and a high pressure. These flamthrowers were used to ignite Till’s coat, but it is very dangerous, as they may ignite the wrong things, so they don’t do that anymore.
Footspalkers:
During ‘Weisses Fleisch’
Till has aluminium tubes strapped to both feet. To set them off he stomps on a speaker and then jumps down onto the stage.
Fireworks
At the beginning of ‘Du
Riechst so Gut’ the fire elbow shoots a firework/rocket along a thin wire above the audience, which sprays sparks out.
Flamme-bow
A bow loaded with fireworks which are shot out by a member of the band.
Firethrower mouth
Rammstein blow into tubes which spread fire from their mouths!
Flash Pots:
Pots are loaded into the stage which spray flames up
Special drumsticks
During ‘Engel’ Christoph uses special drumsticks, packed with magnesium tubes like the ones used for Till’s foot sparklers. They let out loads of sparks which spray over the stage. Now, you don’t get that at a Backstreet Boy’s concert, do you???
Explosives:
Till throws firework bangers up into the air.
BANG BANG!:
At the end of ‘Fire frei’
there are two big explosions out of the flash pots on stage when Till sings ‘Bang bang’ for the final time.
Smoking
Smoke seaps out of Till’s clothes
Subventions:
Blood:
This Masochist stunt,
performed in ‘Sehnsucht’ involves Till hitting himself in the head, bursting a packet of blood which drips and splashes down his head.
Masks
Oliver often wears a mask on stage.
Laser googles:
Till has a Laser pointer attatched to his goggles which points a red laser out into the crowd.
Whip:
During ‘Bestrafe Mich’
(The translation is ‘Punish me’, so you can see the relevance of the whip!) Till hits himself with a ‘Cat O nine tales’ the original whips had little fragments of glass embedded in them and were used mainly to punish slaves. Till’s version, however, isn’t as dangerous.
Didlo:
Rammstein are very famous for this stunt, and some magazines criticise them for it, simply
because it’s a bit different. During ‘Buch dich’ (‘Bend down’) Till whips this out of his trousers. It has a hose running through it and Till sprays the audience and Flake with it! So what is the liquid that sprays out? ‘Now it’s Pernod [a French liqueur] and water,’ laughs Flake. ‘It smells good. Last year, we got milk and it was horrible–it created quite an odor. And then he tried a powdered mix, but that, shall we say, clogged the pipe. As much as he tried, nothing came out.
And we know how embarrassing it is when nothing comes out!’
Crowd sailing:
If Rammstein are gonna crowd surf, they’re bloody well gonna do it in style! They have a big
inflatable dingy and the members take it in turns each night to sail across the crowd, then back onto the stage. Not particularly spectacular, but a nice touch all the same!
Other
Flake’s dance:
This is the most dangerous stunt on the Rammstein set. Flake, the keyboardist, runs around the stage acting nuts… doing some strange, crazy moves!
Laser beams:
There are 6 little UFO shaped discs at the top of the stage they shoot down lasers to shine on the band or the audience
42 Responses to “Rammstein Stunts at Live Shows”
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Josh
11:22 pm on July 18th, 2007awesome
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kat
3:43 am on August 1st, 2007i love ur band
im only 14 but i still love u guys!!!
ur the best band.long side
slipkot,p.o.d and heeps more
i love u
from charlie-may -
3:46 pm on September 3rd, 2007love it!
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Stuart Smith
1:50 am on September 9th, 2007you guys are legends.. i firth started listening to you when i was like 10-13 now im 17 i’ve listened to u for so long i’ve actually learn some german keep up the good work ich will more!
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Ben
11:54 pm on September 25th, 2007The stunts I’ve seen you guys perform outrank Jackass! You guys know what ur doing and thats good, keep it going. RAMMSTEIN-4-LIFE
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2:47 am on November 4th, 2007this is hot!
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3:29 am on November 6th, 2007man what tha fuck u like pod and slipknot pod and slipknot are to totally different bands what tha fuck are you on you poser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ich versteh euch nicht!!!!!!!!
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Oliver
9:19 am on December 2nd, 2007Rammstein rocks!
the Flamme-bow stunt is extremely awsome!
You guys seriously know how to outrank every metal band in the world! -
9:53 pm on December 9th, 2007Awesome! I seen the BANG BANG one live, and seen an awesome photo of the fire breather one in Kerrang! aswell. Im only 13, but I love the way the voice’s in Rammstien are – they sound awesome!
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4:04 am on January 23rd, 2008VICKEN die ambessten!!! You guys fucking ROCK!!! Your music is great!! It actually helps me with my german class.
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10:57 pm on February 5th, 2008Germans are damn sexy!
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10:58 pm on February 5th, 2008javol
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RAMMQWQ
2:01 pm on March 28th, 2008not every pyro is there
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Silver
4:58 am on May 3rd, 2008I saw sites that said the blood, when Till bashes himself with the mic, is rea;.. o_O
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4:59 am on May 3rd, 2008Real*
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9:15 pm on June 2nd, 2008hey i love you guys. Your music rox.
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6:38 pm on June 4th, 2008sehr gut i want a flametrower now
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5:20 pm on June 8th, 2008hmmmmm thought Till reayct his head opeenn on Live Aus Berlin oh well he still the man !!!!!!
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5:23 pm on June 8th, 2008hmmmmm thought Till really cut his head open on Live Aus Berlin oh well he still the man !!!!!!But I think it’s real cos he hits himself various times it had to leave some sought of damage
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6:24 pm on June 11th, 2008YOU ALL SUCK CUZ THE RIGHT WORD FOR RAMMSTEIN IS !GOD!
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8:27 am on June 17th, 2008BEST BAND EVAAA!!!!
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Callum
12:43 am on June 29th, 2008My friends always mock rammstein because there differnet.
UP YOURS ASHOLES RAMMSTEIN RULE -
8:23 pm on July 1st, 2008awesome…
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2:39 am on August 3rd, 2008LOL…They do some crazy stuff…
I heard that those guys even got banned from the US(which is where I’m from(hello British Peoples!!!))for havin sex with a girl up on stage…Which is pretty messed up….
but yeah..
RAMMSTEIN is one of the coolest bands ever… Even if I don’t know what theyre sayin!!YAAAYYY!!! -
3:56 pm on August 16th, 2008This are awsome stuns
i like your group because you are
special in your own way
Long live RAMMSTEIN!!! -
10:50 pm on September 22nd, 2008COOLEST EVER!!! RAMMSTEIN RULZ!!! FOREVA!!!
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10:54 pm on September 22nd, 2008Cooooooooooooool
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9:04 pm on September 26th, 2008i love you rammstein forever richard kruspe is a excelent is my boyfriend
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9:10 pm on September 26th, 2008this are awsome stuns i like your group because you are special in your own way long live RAMMSTEIN.
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Ico
4:38 pm on October 1st, 2008They are Crazy
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7:00 pm on January 30th, 2009You guys are the shit i didnt even know who you guys were until i saw the XXX movie with vin diesel and i always loved the song in the beginning at the club and i started listening to you guys and i was like damn these guys are fuckin ill and they sound much better than all the other shitty bands in the us and im only 15 but i love you guys and your like one of my favorite bands i like you just as much as the psychopathic family ICP,twiztid,abk,dark lotus,and blaze ya dead homie keep fuckin rocking and keep the stunts goin RAMMSTEIN for life bitches!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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5:18 am on April 19th, 2009ich liebe sie kerle! I have listened to you guys from the start! And I will listen to you guys till the end!! But I hope it never ends!!!!! >.< Can’t wait for new music! Keep it coming you guys! WE LOVE YOU!! Ende gut, alles gut!
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Chorenziak
2:55 pm on April 19th, 2009Come to america!!!! You guys FUCKIN RULE!!!!!!!!!
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Miriam
11:49 pm on June 3rd, 2009I love the freaky shows. Can’t wait ’till they come to Denmark, so I can see them live!!
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Rob
8:17 pm on June 6th, 2009Rammstein isn’t able to come to the United States anymore as far as I know. After setting several stages on fire and such they’ve been told not to come. This is what I heard from a friend yet I’m not stating this as a fact just as an opinion of something that I heard. So don’t go bad talking me because it’s not true if it’s not because I didn’t say it was a fact.
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cole
4:30 am on July 27th, 2009My favorite stunts of all time I think would be when Rchard, Till, and Paul used the flamethrower Mouth in Feuer Frie. The next one is probably the Flamethrower-Bow in Du Riechst So Gut. Then the best one to me is probably at the beginning of Weisses Fleisch where Till jumps from a guitar amp. and starts jupmping and rolling around on stage while sparks are coming off of his boots. That to me was how I got into Rammstein.
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LIFAD
7:17 am on September 22nd, 2009The crowd boat pic was from their first official concert in the USA opening for KMFDM at Liberty Lunch right here in Austin, TX.
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12:55 pm on November 5th, 2009I love their stunts, they’re awesome
but I’d like the admins to update this list with the new stunts as well.
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Merlin
10:34 pm on November 22nd, 2009The new stunts is just WOW. Till with flamethrowing wings and whatnot.
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Mark
7:48 pm on December 1st, 2009I seem to remember Ranmmstein were banned from the states after being arrested when Til and Flake simulated a gay sex act on stage.
I’m going to see them here in Birmingham in England in February. I will be 50 years old on the 19th of this month, (December), so I’m a fair bit older than most people here, (though I’m only four years older than Til), but I have to ageree with certain other comments here, Rammstein are fucking gods!
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9:03 pm on January 14th, 2010Awsome things done by rammstein, greatest German bands I know of. Amerika and Feuer Frei are my two most favorites.
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zikke
11:03 pm on March 3rd, 2010Best is firethrower mouths, because it,s so cool and nice
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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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