Biography

Lost his father and his brother two days before his 17th birthday.

Just before his 16th birthday he met his mother again and began working in her restaurant.

Recently became a Father for the first time, his daughter is called Emma.

Bass guitarist for German rock band Rammstein

Band before Rammstein: 'The Inchtabokatables'

I was very shy. I didn't even dare to talk to a dog!

We've always been a band with a sense of humour. We don't really know how people see us, but we don't take it that seriously...

[But you did learn something (at school)?] Not much. My mother thought it was ridiculous that I had such terrible teachers and she knew I hated school. I didn't need to do my homework for her, isn't that great! Instead of that I played sports.

[Did you have a lot of problems with your parents?] Not a lot at all. My parents are quite young, which is good. Because the age difference isn't that big, we had it good with each other. My father and mother also liked the same music as me. We were almost more like friends the family. [But of course you did tease your brothers and sisters...] No, because I don't have any, too bad. But if I would have had them, I would definitely have teased them!

The situation was quite wild [in the 90s]. A large part of the people and the media did not understand us either. Of course, we provoked as best we could. Till emphasised the letter R in his song and so on... But still, all kinds of far-right accusations seemed incomprehensible. After all, we are clearly on the left, even though we stay out of politics per se.