History YMMV / Rammstein

** A demo version of "The Vampire Strikes Back" from Music/DieKrupps was uploaded years ago on Youtube, under the title "Vampire", as a Rammstein song. Even disergarding the English language, the voice sounds ''nothing'' like Till Lindemann. Still, there's still a few people misattributing the song.

** a false album named Dem Regen has been circulating on the web since the year 2014 which includes a song by the Spnaish band Blood under the name of Dem Regen.

* SignatureSong: "Du hast".

* FandomEnragingMisconception:
** Calling the band Nazis simply for being a band from Germany is an easy way to get the wrath of the fandom down on your head. While the band ''does'' appropriate totalitarian iconography for [[PoesLaw satirical purposes]], they've also been nothing but vocal about their hatred for Nazis anytime the accusation comes up, with "Links 2-3-4" being written as a direct response.[[note]]For the record, there ''have'' been good-faith critics of this practice in and of itself, arguing that the band are knowingly exploiting problematic symbolism while being careful to verbally disassociate itself from its associations (or, in layman's terms, they want to have their cake and eat it too)[[/note]]

** As of 2023, mentioning the unsubstantiated sexual assault allegations against Till Lindemann is a good way to make yourself unpopular.

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the band Nazis simply for being a band from Germany is an easy way to get the wrath of the fandom down on your head. While the band ''does'' appropriate totalitarian iconography for [[PoesLaw satirical purposes]], they've also been nothing but vocal about their hatred for Nazis anytime the accusation comes up, with "Links 2-3-4" being written as a direct response.[[note]]For the record, there ''have'' been good-faith critics of this practice in and of itself, arguing that the band are knowingly exploiting problematic symbolism while being careful to verbally disassociate itself from its associations (or, in layman's terms, they want to have their cake and eat it too)[[/note]]

** The USA fandom is especially notable given how insanely difficult it is for bands and artists that sing in any other language besides English (and to a ''much'' lesser extent, Spanish) to break out beyond a tiny niche market. The Madison Square Garden show was sold out ''thirty minutes'' after tickets went on sale, making Rammstein the first German band in history to accomplish that feat. Basically, there's a good reason for why [[TropeNamers the German name]] for the GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff trope is called [[De/AmerikanerLiebenRammstein "Americans Love Rammstein"]].

** Rammstein haa also served as an intro to HeavyMetal for several metalheads.

** Rammstein haa also served as an intro to HeavyMetal for several metalheads,

* Songassociation: "Feuer Frei!" will always be the theme song related to ''Film/{{XxX}}''. The video itself featuring clips from the movie surely helps the notion.

* GatewaySeries: Whenever you meet a non-German fan of [=NDH=] or German metal music in general, it's practically impossible that Rammstein weren't their first love. Bonus points if Rammstein was their first in listening to metal in general.

* EvenBetterSequel: ''Sehnsucht'' is considered one to ''Herzelied'' due to its more streamlined and tighter sound and being where the band was really starting to figure itself out.

* GatewaySeries: Whenever you meet a non-German fan of [=NDH=] or German metal music in general, it's practically impossible that Rammstein weren't their first love.

** On a more dramatic note, a remix of "Sonne" called "Hitler", which is really a guy with a [[EvilSoundsRaspy raspy voice]] yelling random words related to nazism (such as "Auschwitz", "Reich"), got somehow mistook for an actual Rammstein song. In any case, the song's quality is so abysmal, it's mostly a source of BileFascination.

** Their self-titled album has run into similar problems after its release. Besides the fact that it took them a decade to release it, fans are split as to how strong it is musically.

** The band's emphasis on singing in German led to many people to learn how to speak it.
** "Deutschland", especially its video,sparked many people's interest in learning about Germany's history.

* TheWoobie: One reason why Flake is a fan favorite. He gets put through so much both on stage and in the music videos, he is either TheChewToy or the Woobie to fans.

** Jonas Akerlund, who directed the videos for "Pussy" and "Ich tu dir weh", has directed [[NotableMusicVideos some pretty damn good music videos]] in his career, such as Metallica's videos for their covers of "Turn the Page" and "Whiskey in the Jar," as well as Prodigy's infamous "Smack My Bitch Up" video. However, some fans of the band just didn't feel either of those videos were up to the quality expected of Rammstein music videos and blamed him. Granted, there is the mitigating circumstance that neither "Pussy" or "Ich tu dir weh" were that widely distributed, relegated to being hosted on a porn site ("Pussy" for obvious reasons, "Ich tu dir weh" because of the indexing), but this isn't the point.

* {{Mondegreen}}:
** "Links 2-3-4"'s title can be misheard as "Links to drive fear" in the song.
** The band have mentioned in interviews that English-speaking fans often used to hear "Sehnsucht" as "Chainsaw" during live performances.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: See [[Funny/{{Rammstein}} the page]].

* FandomEnragingMisconception: Calling the band Nazis simply for being a band from Germany is an easy way to get the wrath of the fandom down on your head. While the band ''does'' appropriate totalitarian iconography for [[PoesLaw satirical purposes]], they've also been nothing but vocal about their hatred for Nazis anytime the accusation comes up, with "Links 2-3-4" being written as a direct response.[[note]]For the record, there ''have'' been good-faith critics of this practice in and of itself, arguing that the band are knowingly exploiting problematic symbolism while being careful to verbally disassociate itself from its associations (or, in layman's terms, they want to have their cake and eat it too).[[/note]]

* OlderThanTheyThink: Rammstein may be the very first name that comes to mind when you think of German metal music (and likely the only one when you hear of German IndustrialMetal), but their peculiar genre stems from a tradition of mixed [=EBM=] and Industrial bands that became popular in Germany during the 90s, culminating with the Music/{{Oomph}} band, whose second album ''Sperm'' is generally considered the UrExample of Neue Deutsche Härte (or [=NDH=]). Nonetheless, it was Rammstein's success that managed to popularize the genre worldwide, helping several lesser-known German metal bands, even those they took inspiration from.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Rammstein may be the very first name that comes to mind when you think of German metal music (and likely the only one when you hear of German IndustrialMetal), but they actually took inspiration from Music/{{Oomph}}, a trio founded in 1989 and still active. The latter have the credit of establishing the Neue Deutsche Härte (or [=NDH=]) genre, but it was Rammstein's success that managed to popularize the genre worldwide, helping several lesser-known German metal bands, including Oomph! themselves.

* MisaimedFandom: The band has a lot of white supremacist fans who don't see (or, more likely, [[DeathOfTheAuthor choose to ignore]]) the irony with which the band uses visual elements of totalitarian symbolism.
** Before comments on their Website/YouTube videos were disabled, a noticeable portion of the comments on the “Mein Land” video came from nationalists who had either taken the song at face value or knowingly ignored its message.