History Music / Rammstein

* IntentionallyAwkwardTitle: "Pussy".

* AGoodNameForARockBand: The band took their name from the Ramstein airshow disaster in 1988 and added an extra M.

* RefugeInAudacity: Several of their videos, especially "Pussy" and "Mann Gegen Mann".

* RefugeInAudacity: Quite often. ''Bück dich'' live is one of the more memorable examples.

* AttractiveBentGender: Schneider, Ollie and Paul all make alarmingly attractive women: http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e86/soniecikal/Rammstein%20-%20group/Rammstein/2722ec3.jpg

* ''Videos 1995 - 2012'' - contains all of their music videos and making of-documentaries.

* AllGermansAreNazis: They are frequent victims of this.

** "Laichzeit" mixes this with SiblingIncest and, in the third verse, ButYouScrewOneGoat.

* PrecisionFStrike: From "Das Alte Leid": "Weiss ich endlich... ICH WILL FICKEN"--"I know at last, I want to fuck". Punctuated in the early live shows with a firework launched from Till's crotch for further emphasis. Especially jarring when one remembers that the man himself rarely swears in interviews and the band's catalog, for all its rampant innuendo, contains little to no profanity.

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Fairly common, usually wound up in IntercourseWithYou. "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" has a bridge chant of "Sex ist ein Schlacht!/Liebe ist Krieg!" ([[SexIsViolence Sex is a battle!/Love is war!"]]).

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Fairly common, usually wound up in IntercourseWithYou. "Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen?" has a bridge chant of "Sex ist ein Schlacht!/Liebe ist Krieg!" ([[SexIsViolence Sex is a battle!/Love is war!").

* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Fairly common, usually wound up in IntercourseWithYou.

* PrecisionFStrike: "Weiss ich endlich... ICH WILL FICKEN"--"I know at last, I want to fuck". Punctuated in the early live shows with a firework launched from Till's crotch for further emphasis. Especially jarring when one remembers that the man himself rarely swears in interviews and the band's catalog, for all its rampant innuendo, contains little to no profanity.

* SopranoAndGravel: "Engel", "Moskau", to some extent "Spieluhr" (which features vocals from [[RealLifeRelative Khira Li, Richard's daughter]]), and "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir (Don't Die Before I Do)" (featuring vocals from Sharleen Spiteri of Texas). Also "Halleluja", the hidden track from Mutter.

* GuestStar: Several of Rammstein's songs include additional [[SopranoAndGravel vocals]] from Christiane "Bobo" Herbold, like "Engel", "Nebel" and "Stirb Nicht Von Mir".

* StarsAreSouls: [[http://herzeleid.com/en/lyrics/sehnsucht#engel "Engel"]] (Angel) is about this.
-->Wer zu Lebzeit gut auf Erden[[note]]Who in their lifetime is good on Earth[[/note]]
-->wird nach dem Tod ein Engel werden[[note]]will become an angel after death[[/note]]
-->den Blick gen Himmel fragst du dann[[note]]you look to the sky and ask[[/note]]
-->warum man sie nicht sehen kann[[note]]why you can't see them[[/note]]
-->Erst wenn die Wolken schlafengehn[[note]]only once the clouds have gone to sleep[[/note]]
-->kann man uns am Himmel sehn[[note]]can you see us in the sky[[/note]]
-->wir haben Angst und sind allein[[note]]we're afraid and alone[[/note]]

* StarsAreSouls: Rammstein's Engel (Angel) is about this.
--> Who in their lifetime is good on Earth
--> will become an angel after death (...)
--> Once the clouds have gone to sleep
--> you can see us in God's keep
--> we are afraid and alone.

* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The sun shining is referenced in some way in "Rammstein," "Engel," "Küss Mich (Fellfrosch)," "Mein Herz Brennt," "[[CaptainObvious Sonne]]," "Mutter," "[[CaptainObvious Morgenstern]]," "Mann Gegen Mann" and "Hilf Mir." ''Liebe Ist Für Alle Da'' is the only album where this theme does not come up.

* BilingualBonus: "Moskau" has parts sung in Russian; "Amerika", "Pussy" and "Stirb Nicht Vor Mir" have parts sung in English; (there're also English versions of "Du Hast", "Engel" and "Amerika" among the singles) "Amour" and "Frühling in Paris" have some parts sung in French; and "Te Quiero Puta!" is sung entirely in Spanish.

* CallAndResponseSong: "Ich Will".

* PrecisionFStrike: "Weiss ich endlich... ICH WILL FICKEN"--"I know at last, I want to fuck". Punctuated in the early live shows with a firework launched from Till's crotch for [[SarcasmMode extra subtlety]]. Especially jarring when one remembers that the man himself rarely swears in interviews and the band's catalog, for all its rampant innuendo, contains little to no profanity.

** The songs "Halleluja" and "Mein Teil" have been featured on the soundtracks for the first two live-action ''ResidentEvil'' movies, respectively. The soundtrack to the third ''ResidentEvil'' movie featured Emigrate's "My World".

* CreatorBacklash: Schneider made it clear [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqFvjWBXvic in an interview]] that he finds "Pussy" to be "completely stupid", and, in a 2010 ''Metal Hammer'' interview, he thought the same of the deluxe dildo boxset of ''Liebe ist für alle da''.
* DyeingForYourArt: In the music video ''Ich tu' dir weh'' and during the ''Liebe ist für alle da'' tour, there is an LED light inside Till's mouth. The tech guys and band suggested that they stick a flesh-colored cable to Till's cheek, arguing that the closest the audience would be to him during the tour would be about five meters. Till, however, insisted on having a hole drilled into his cheek so they could put the cable into his mouth through it.

Check them at the [[strike:Character]] [[Characters/{{Rammstein}} Musician sheet]].

* [[BrotherSisterIncest Brother Brother Incest]]: "Spiel Mit Mir".

* EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: "Der Meister", describing a classical biblical apocalypse.

* IntercourseWithYou: Pretty much half of their songs. Special mention for including "Blitzkrieg mit dem Fleischgewehr" and references to putting bratwurst in someone else's sauerkraut in "Pussy". "Rein Raus" also deserves a mention. Some of the DoubleEntendres Till comes up with are impressively creative.

* InterruptedSuicide: Inverted in "Spring", in which [[spoiler:a man climbs onto a bridge to enjoy the view and is mistaken for a jumper--and encouraged by the crowd to kill himself.]]

* PunBasedTitle: "Du Hast" translates to "You Have" (in the song, the line is extended to "Du hast mich gefragt und ich hab nichts gesagt"— "You asked me and I didn't say anything"), but sounds just like "Du Hasst" which means "You Hate." It doesn't help that an English version was recorded under the latter title.

** "[[WeAllLiveInAmerica Amerika]]" can be seen as one towards EagleLand.
** "Pussy" is a mockery of sexual tourism, with lines like "I can't get laid in Germany!".

* TheCameo: MarilynManson (the person) appears in "Haifisch" in a few [[FreezeFrameBonus blink-and-you'll-miss-it shots]].

* PlayingToTheFetishes:
** There's a [[SnakesAreSexy scantily-clad snake-holding woman]] in the "Engel" video, as well as foot fetishism.
** All the band members dropping their trousers and getting spanked by the Snow White character in the "Sonne" video.
** Five sixths of the band leashed, gagged, and on hands and knees and being walked down the streets of Berlin while by a cross-dressed Schneider in the end of "Mein Teil".

--> you can see us in god's keep

* WorstAid: As [[TearJerker tearjerking]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] the "Ohne Dich" video is, it's not always a good idea to move someone with a broken bone.

* RealPersonSlash: [[{{Rule34}} Don't even act surprised.]]

* ShoutOut: The [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Meinland.jpg cover art]] for "Mein Land" is based on the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/SurferGirlCover.jpg cover art]] for TheBeachBoys album ''Surfer Girl''.

* PlayingToTheFetishes: There's a [[SnakesAreSexy scantily-clad snake-holding woman]] in the "Engel" video, as well as foot fetishism.

* ShirtlessScene: "Mann Gegen Mann" is a ''Clothingless'' Scene.

* ShoutOut: All the fantasies the other band members have of killing Till in "Haifisch" are related to previous videos: "Du Hast", "Ohne Dich", "Keine Lust", "Sonne", and "Amerika". Also, the final fantasy appears to be a shout out to the movie ''Se7en''.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The "Mein Land" video is set at a 60s beach party, despite being for an IndustrialMetal song. [[spoiler:The end of the video is more Rammstein-ish, however.]]
* WorstAid: As [[TearJerker tearjerking]] and [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]] the "Ohne Dich" video is, isn't it a ''bad'' idea to move someone with a broken bone? (Come to think of it, what the hell DID he break? Leg? Back?)
** Possibly justified. The video is not particularly clear about the extent of the injuries, only showing a iffy-looking feet at one point which TheOtherWiki claims is gangrene. In any case, leaving someone exposed to the elements is not the best of ideas either, and avoiding leaving Till there to get hypothermic and whatever other complications would probably trump avoiding the possibility of doing anymore damage by moving him somewhere safer. [[spoiler:And with Till dying in the end, it probably doesn't matter too much anyway. Still, radioing for help may have been a nice idea.]] Related, [[CoolClearWater drinking water straight from a mountain stream]] might not be the the thing to do.

* AllGermansAreNazis: The band wrote "Links 2-3-4" as their counterarguement to this accusation. They've even said on interviews that they hate Nazis as well. In addition, actually paying attention to their lyrics reveal that none of their songs contain any fascist or Nazi-sympathising lyrics, but [[DidNotDoTheResearch try telling certain critics that]].

* GlasgowGrin: In "Mein Land", the makeup makes the band members look eerily like [[TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's Joker]].

* GlasgowGrin: In "Mein Land", the makeup makes the band members look eerily like [[DarkKnight Heath Ledger's Joker]].

* BlackSheepHit: "Benzin".