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1994

January: Founding of Rammstein initiated by Richard Kruspe

1995

March: The album Herzeleid is cut
August: The single Du Riechst so Gut is released as a limited scented digi pack
September: Herzeleid is released
October: Tour with Project Pitchfork
November: Tour with Clawfinger
December: Rammstein headline a tour in Germany

1996

January: The single Seemann is released
January: Tour with Clawfinger
January: Tour with Ramones
February-March: Tour Germany
March: First live appearance on MTV
June-July: Tour Germany
July-August: Rammstein plays at Summer Festival '96 in Germany
August: David Lynch includes Heirate Mich and Rammstein for Lost Highway
Soundtrack
September: 100 Years Rammstein Jubilee concert in Berlin
September-October: Tour Germany, Austria, and Sweden
November: The album Sehnsucht is cut

1997

April: The single Engel is released
May: Tour Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
May: Pinkpop Festival in Holland
May: Gold Award for Engel (sold more than 250,000 copies)
May: The single Engel: Fan Edition is released
May: Gold Award for Herzeleid
June-July: Summer Festivals '97
July: The single Du Hast is released
August: Herzeleid and Engel go double gold (450,000 copies)
August: More Summer Festivals '97
August: The album Sehnsucht is released
September-October: Tour Germany, Austria, Switzerland
November: European Tour
November: The single Das Modell is released
December: US tour with KMFDM

1998

March: Echo Award for Engel
April-May: First headlining tour in US
May: Tour Southern Europe
May: The re-release of Du Riechst so Gut ('98)
May: Summer Festivals '98
June: Original Singles Kollektion
July-August: More Summer Festivals '98
August: The Depeche Mode cover song Stripped is released
August: The Wuhlheide Festival in Berlin (Live Aus Berlin)
September: Family Values Tour '98
November: Sehnsucht goes gold

1999

February: Nominated for a grammy
March: Echo Award for Most Successful German Artist Abroad
April: Tour with KISS in Middle and South America
June: Tour North America
August: VHS of Live Aus Berlin is released
September: DVD of Live Aus Berlin is released

2000

May: New album recorded

2001

January-February: Big Day Out Tour in Australia/New Zealand
February: The single Sonne is released
April: The album Mutter is released
May: The single Links 2 3 4 is released
May-June: Germany, Switzerland, and Austria tour with Clawfinger
June: Europe tour with Clawfinger
June-July: US and Canadian tour with Crossbreed and Godhead
August: Mexican tour with Hocico
September: The single Ich Will is released
September-October: The Pledge of Allegiance tour in the US
October: The Rammstein book is released
November: Rammstein perform on the European Video Music Awards
November: European and Russian tour with Clawfinger

2002

March: Rammstein win the Echo award for "Best Nu-Metal Band"
March: Mutter single released
May-July: European Festival tour
August: Rammstein win a Kerrang award for "Best International Live
Band" at Kerrang Awards.
August: The movie xXx with Rammstein's Feuer frei! scene was shown in theatres.
October: Feuer frei! single released.
November: Rammstein nominated for "Best National Act" at the MTVE Awards.
November: Till's poetry book, Messer, released.

2003

December: Lichtspielhaus released

2004

February: Torsten Rasch's Mein Herz Brennt, a collection of Rammstein songs performed in a classical style, was released.
July: The single Mein Teil is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.
September: The single Amerika is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.
September: The album Reise, Reise is released in most of Europe.
October-December: Rammstein toured Europe and Russia with Exilia the tour support.
November: The single Ohne dich is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.

2005

February: The single Keine Lust is released.
February: Rammstein toured Europe.
May - August: Rammstein toured Europe and Asia.
October: Rammstein cancelled South American/Mexican tour.
October: Rosenrot album is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.
December: The single Rosenrot is released in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.

2006

March: The single Mann gegen Mann is released.
November: The three editions of the Völkerball CD/DVD/book were released.

2007

August: Richard's side project, Emigrate, released their debut album.

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