Christian Lorenz

Flake Lorenz (born November 6, 1966 as Christian Lorenz and sometimes called "Doktor Lorenz") is a German musician, best known as keyboardist in the German industrial metal band Rammstein. He is also known for his role in the band Feeling B.

Biography

Early Years

His family background is vague. It is said Lorenz has a brother who is three years older. As well, there are some rumours of him being adopted into the Lorenz family. He was brought up and still lives in the former Prenzlauer Berg area of Berlin (now a part of the borough of Pankow), where he still passes his old school building on the way to band rehearsals.

Related Topics:
Adopted - Prenzlauer Berg - Berlin - Borough - Pankow

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Lorenz learned the piano after being given one for his 15th birthday, and he is consequently a well-educated pianist, though he doesn't consider himself very good. Flake says he chose to play the piano because a childhood friend of his did.

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At the age of sixteen, he apprenticed as a toolmaker, an apparently short-lived career.

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Feeling B

In 1983, at age seventeen, he began to play in the band Feeling B with Paul Landers and Aljoscha Rompe, a Swiss living in East Berlin. He stayed with the band for about ten years.

Related Topics:
1983 - Feeling B - Paul Landers - Aljoscha Rompe - Swiss - East Berlin

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Feeling B started out firmly grounded in the underground punk scene. Over time, Feeling B's popularity grew greatly and at the end of the German Democratic Republic, it was one of the most respected and influencial Eastern German bands despite their underground status.

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Flake squatted/lived in an apartment with Paul during their early years. When they weren't playing gigs, Landers and Flake would sell jackets made from cut-up bed sheets and dusters on the black market. Two jackets a month meant as much money as an average salaried worker. "It was quite easy to make a living; not to work and stay out of trouble," says Landers, "You only got problems if you were caught."

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The group disbanded in the mid-1990's. On special occasions, the band members would get together for individual concerts at punk festivals, until Rompe died in November 2000.

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There is a book available about Feeling B.

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http://www1.buch24.de/1040-0/3-483562-1.htmlhttp://www.ostmusik.de/feeling_b.htm

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Rammstein

For general information on Rammstein, see the Rammstein article.

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In 1994, Till Lindemann, Richard Kruspe-Bernstein, Oliver Riedel and Christoph "Doom" Schneider entered and won the Berlin Senate Metro beat contest that allowed them to professionally record a four track demo. Paul Landers formally joined the band, then finally Flake. He was initially reluctant to join his five bandmates and had to be pestered into becoming a member of Rammstein. He thought they would be too boring. Eventually he agreed to join, and the group began work their first album, Herzeleid (Heartache).

Related Topics:
Till Lindemann - Richard Kruspe-Bernstein - Oliver Riedel - Christoph "Doom" Schneider - Paul Landers - Herzeleid

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Flake is probably best known for his part in the controversial live performance of the song Bück Dich (Bend Down), where he and vocalist Till Lindemann would engage in simulated sodomy with a water-squirting dildo. On 1999-06-05 in Worcester, Massachusetts (USA) Lindemann and Flake Lorenz were arrested and charged with lewd and lascivious behavior. A statement from Sergeant Thomas Radula of the Worcester Police Department stated that Lindemann was simulating sex with Flake onstage "using a phallic object that shot water over the crowd." They were held and released the following day on $25 bail. After months of legal debate, they were eventually fined $100.

Related Topics:
Bück Dich - Dildo - 1999-06-05 - Worcester, Massachusetts

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His role in Bück Dich is not the only live act he is known for. Up until 2002, Flake would surf the audience in a boat during the performance of Seemann (Seamen). Olli took his place in 2002. The reason for the change is unknown. During a 2001 concert in St. Petersburg, Flake was tipped out of the boat by the crowd and almost completely undressed. When performing Mein Teil (My Part or My Penis), Flake is "cooked" with a flamethrower by Till in a giant cauldron. Flake used to do a dance during Weißes Fleisch (White Flesh). On the video for Keine Lust (No Desire), Flake is seen in an electric wheelchair.

Related Topics:
2002 - Seemann - 2001 - St. Petersburg - Mein Teil - Flamethrower - Weißes Fleisch - Video - Keine Lust

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During a concert in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 30, 2005, Till Lindemann suffered a knee injury when Flake accidentally ran into him with the Segway he rides during the performance of Amerika. This caused concerts scheduled in Asia to be canceled.

Related Topics:
Gothenburg - Sweden - July 30 - 2005 - Segway - Amerika - Asia

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Marriage and Children

Flake has been divorced once and has three children. One of these children is a girl named Annie. His current marital state is unknown, since there is very little information available about his personal life outside of his musical career.

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