Paul: the name refers to a place called Ramstein, where 76 people died in an aeroplane accident. We also liked the sound of the word Rammstein (the two M's etc.). When I'm in America I alsways say it's a brand of beer.
Schneider: From an airport with the same name.
Interviewer: Why do you think Rammstein is the only popular German band in America?
Flake: We know we are very successful in America at the moment. A reason could be that we are not copying American music.
Schneider: To cut it short: We are great, original and outstanding!
Interviewer: Where and when are you touring next?
Flake: When the album has been released we are going on a long tour. Apart form Germany and big European countries we will also visit Asia, Australia, North and South America. It'll be a real worldtour.
Interviewer: Are you going to record an album in English?
Flake: we are not planning to record an album in English.
Schneider: No.
Interviewer: How did it come about that Emu became your manager?
Flake: We asked him and after he had seen us in concert he agreed.
Schneider: It was love at second sight.
Interviewer: Did Kraftwerk make a statement about the cover version of "Das Model"?
Flake: Check out the Kraftwerk book "Kraftwerk ich war ein Roboter".
Schneider: They think it was a terrible version. The worst they've ever heard.
Interviewer: What do you think of Mambo Kurt's Engel Remix?
Flake: I think the Mambo Kurt version is good. The video too.
Schneider: It's good.
Interviewer: Who sings the female parts in Engel?
Flake: Bobo, the former singer from "Bob in white wooden houses"
Interviewer: Is it true you wanted to record a song with Helge Schneider?
Flake: We would love to sing with Helge Schneider but we haven't asked him yet.
Schneider: Yes. *smiles*
Interviewer: Does Richard do the whistling himself on Engel?
Flake: When we play live Riachard and Paul whistle together.
Interviewer: What are your infuences? Teh song "Klavier" in particular: who is it by and wich idea is it based on?
Paul: We like red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pantera, Metallica, Progidy and the Sex Pistols. "Klavier" tells the story of a man who murders his piano teacher, leaves her sitting at the piano and locks the room. In the song her death is discovered years later.
Interviewer: What do you think of the USA?
Schneider: There are many reasons why I like America. Everything is bigger, you feel like there's space. People are talkative and things are less complicated. Life in general appears to be more relaxed over there. I like touring in the US a lot. It's great that our German music is so successful in America, people even try to understand our lyrics. We've travelled the whole counrty with the band. It' better than being on holiday. I've met kots of people there and we were able to play together with good bands (Korn, Limp Biscuit and KMFDM). The US is most definitly acompletely controlled police state however, contrary to all talk of freedom. I really don't know what ot make of American morality. I could imagine living there for a while, but would never apply for American sitizenship.
Flake: It's a sick and decatent country with no culture.