Paul Landers

Paul H. Landers (born Henry Hirsch) is a German musician, most notable as one of the two guitarists for the tanz-metal band Rammstein.

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"Paul" is after his biological father and "Landers" after his ex-wife Nikki. The "H" stands for his original name.

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Early Life

Paul Landers, the second oldest member of Rammstein, was born on December 9, 1964 in Brest-Litovsk, Belarus. According to Landers, he lived in Moscow for a short time during his childhood. His father was a language teacher, and his mother was a teacher at a special school. It is rumoured that Landers did not get along well with his father and left home during his teenage years.

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Music Career

Feeling B

In 1983, when Landers was nineteen, the band Feeling B was formed by Landers, Aljoscha Rompe, and Christian ?Flake? Lorenz in Berlin. Feeling B was one of the first punk bands in Eastern Germany. The band started out firmly grounded in the underground punk scene. The band?s popularity grew over time and they drew large crowds to their concerts

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Landers played in Feeling B and other bands, such as First Arsch and Die Firma, for about ten years.

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Rammstein

In 1994, Till Lindemann, Richard Z. Kruspe-Bernstein, Oliver Riedel, and Christoph Schneider entered and won a contest in Berlin that allowed them to record a four-track demo. Paul Landers joined the group, and Flake Lorenz later decided to join, too.

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Herzeleid, Rammstein?s first album, was released in September 1995. In August 1997, Sehnsucht was released, and in April 2001, Mutter was released.

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Rammstein finished the last date of the European ??Mutter?? tour on July 13, 2002. It has been reported that at this time Rammstein were seriously discussing whether to continue or not. It was decided that they should all take time off and then consider whether to continue or not. Paul was missing for a couple of dates during the tour; the reason is unknown.

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In 2003, Rammstein started working on fourth album, which proved to be a turning point in Rammstein's sound and maturity. The result was Reise, Reise. The album was released in September 2004 and the Reise, Reise tour began in November. It was followed by hugely successful sold out European tour of ten countries, lasting four months.

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Rammstein are scheduled to release a new album (Rosenrot), containing new songs and songs remaining from the recording of Reise Reise, in late 2005 or early 2006.

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Personal Life

In 1984 ,at the age of twenty, Paul married Nikki Landers. He took her surname and began to use his middle name. They had a son, Emil, whose date of birth is unknown but was probably around 1985.

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Miscellaneous

Former jobs include working as a boilermaker and a telecommunications mechanic.

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