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| Paul Landers | |
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 © Bryan Adams | |
| Guitarist | |
| CAE / IPI: | 00252550878 (Landers, Heiko) 00252551091 (Landers, Heiko Paul) 00462346655 (Landers, Paul) |
| Birth: | 9 December 1964 East Berlin, German Democratic Republic  |
| Member of: | Rammstein |
| Former member of: | Magdalene Keibel Combo Happy Straps Die Firma Feeling B |
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Paul Landers (born as Heiko Paul Hiersche, 9 December 1964, East Berlin) is the rhythm guitarist for the band Rammstein.
Life
Early life
Paul Landers was born in East Berlin. His mother was born in Poland and his father came from the former German areas of Czechoslovakia. He lived in Moscow for a short time as a young child. Landers can speak Russian but he can't read or write it.
Music career
In 1983, Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, together with Flake and Aljoscha Rompe, in which Christoph Schneider would later also play. In 1986, Landers formed First Arsch with Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe. He also played in a number of other bands including Die Firma and Magdalene Keibel Combo.
Lindemann, Kruspe, Schneider, and bassist Oliver Riedel entered and won the Berlin Senate Metro Beat Contest in 1994 that enabled them to have a four-track demo professionally recorded. Landers and Flake soon followed suit to join the band which became known as Rammstein.
Oddly, he has stated that he does not like rock, but "with Rammstein, it seems to work".
Personal life
When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of 20), he took his wife's surname and switched his middle and first name, thus making his name Paul Landers. After their divorce in 1987, he kept her last name.
He lived with his Feeling B band mate Flake for a number of years.
Works
Music
Previous bands
- 1983 - 1993: Die Firma (guitar)
- 1983 - 1994: Feeling B (guitar)
- 1987 - 1989: Törnen[1]
- 1988 - 1988: New Affaire (drums)[2]
- 198? - 19??: Gesichter
- 19?? - 19??: Aponeuron
- 19?? - 19??: B.R.O.N.X.[3][4]
- 19?? - 19??: Doom Desaster (guitar)[5]
- 19?? - 19??: First Arsch (guitar, vocals)
- 19?? - 19??: Kashmir[6]
- 19?? - 19??: Magdalene Keibel Combo (guitar)
- 19?? - 19??: ScHappy
- 19?? - 19??: Tacheles[7]
- 19?? - 19??: Tschaka lebt (drums)
Production
- 1988: Die 3 von der Tankstelle - The Best of Die 3 von der Tankstelle
- 1990: Die Art - Fear
- 1993: Die Firma - Kinder der Maschinenrepublik
Guesting
- 1993: Bolschewistische Kurkapelle schwarz-rot - Kasakka (guitar)
- 2003: Hanzel und Gretyl - Intermission (vocals)
Remixes
- 2003: Marilyn Manson - mOBSCENE (Sauerkraut Remix)
- 2003: Knorkator - Ich hasse Musik (APUL Remix)
- 2003: Knorkator - Mai khao djai (APUL Remix)
Solo
Literature
Books
- 2022: Dann sind wir Helden
Television
Movies
- 1999: The Debtors
- 2002: xXx
Documentaries
- 2016: Jarocin. Po co wolność
- 2019: Lugau City Lights
Signature
Guitars
Straps
Rigs
Sources
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 402
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 403
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 403
- ↑ Parocktikum
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 402
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 403
- ↑ Mix mir einen Drink, page 402