December 22, 2002
Lilja 4-Ever
Added a page to the releases section for the soundtrack of the movie Lilja 4-Ever which has Mein Herz Brennt on it. Thanks to Frode and SwedishEngel for the information.
December 21, 2002
Site Troubles
The forum is down at the moment. I'm working on getting it fixed. Even my webhosts page is down, so either they have serious technical problems or they're gone. The link has been changed to the old EzBoard forum which we'll use until something is worked out.
December 19, 2002
Messer signing dates
According to WOM (World of Music), the Messer signing dates in January 2003 have been cancelled because "because rammstein will be in the studio in january -- recording a new album." The dates for February have not been confirmed yet.Thanks to Hunter for this information.
December 18, 2002
Rammstein Contest
The official Rammstein site is
running a raffle for fanarea members only. CHRISTMAS
TOMBOLA IN THE FANAREA:
Christmas is right around the corner.
Exclusively in the Fanarea we raffle:
The Ultimative Main Prize (for all members):
Rammstein invite one fan to Berlin, + take over travel costs and accomodation
for 3 nights. The cherry on top will be a Meet & Greet with one or
more members of Rammstein who you will interview with chosen questions
from Fanarea Members (we will chose these questions from your mails,
details in January). If you feel ready to face this journey to Berlin,
please write a mail to [edited out] and give a BRIEF unique explanatory
statement why you and nobody else should be the one to win this prize
until January, 31st 2003. Legal actions and selling of souls are excluded.
The winner will be announced in February.
2nd Prize - for all Rammstein-Veterans:
Among all members who paid their annual membership fee three times in
a row, we draw 6 who will get their next year in the Fanarea for free
plus a rare poster of the Family Values Tour, which Rammstein were a
part of in 1998. The poster can be viewed here>>>
3rd Prize - for all Fanarea Members:
Among ALL members, we raffle 3 jackets and 2 hats from the Russian Tour
2001. These jackets and hats are extremely limited and were only made
for Band and Crew Members. Photos can be viewed here>>>
4th Prize - for all Fanarea Members:
Furthermore we raffle among all members:
- 5 copies of "Messer" signed by Till
- 5 copies of "Mix Mir Einen Drink" The Feeling B - Bandbiography signed
by Paul and Flake
- 5 copies of the DVD "Flüstern und Schreien" among others about Feeling
B - signed by Paul & Flake
All winners of the tombala (main prize excluded) will be announced in
the Fanarea on Friday dec. 20th, the prizes will leave Berlin beginning
of January.
Have Fun!
More False Rumors
The rumor about the "Mutter Fan Edition single" still hasn't died, but it IS NOT TRUE.
December 15, 2002
New Press Articles
Added some "new" old interviews and a press article. They're all from
the German edition of Break Out, the press article from March
1997, a Richard interview from June
1998, and a Flake interview from April
2001.
Also added new Flake interview from Berliner Zeitung, December
2002 in German. Thanks to Maija for
the interview.
Fan Submissions
Added two poems by Peter Caroll and one by tillluver_fürimmer to the
fanarea/poetry section.
Added two pictures by Stephen and Justin to the fanarea/art section.
Added two wallpapers and one AIM buddy icon by Justin and another AIM
buddy icon to the downloads section.
November 25, 2002
Rammstein Stage for sale
Rammstein are selling part of the Mutter stage set. Up for bids right now are the "sun beds" that held the vertical lights behind the band. The lights are not included since they were rentals. Basically, unless you run a club or something, these are pretty worthless. Right now, bids are only being accepted from fanarea members.
Messer signings
According to www.wom.de, Till will be doing signings for his book of poems, Messer. He will be at the Leipzig branch of WOM on December 16 and the Berlin branch on December 17th. There will also be more dates in Germany during January.
More False Rumors
There is a rumor that Rammstein will be releasing a final single from Mutter around Christmas time. This is not true.
November 10, 2002
New Audio Interview
Uploaded an mp3 of a Rammstein interview on Ultra Radio in Moscow to the multimedia/audio interview section. Also added a transcript of it in English.Thanks to RammsteinFan.ru for the interview and transcript.
November 9, 2002
Christoph Remixing Slick Idiot Song
Christoph's remix of the Slick Idiot song, Xcess, has finally been released. Slick Idiot's album, Dicknity, was released last month and can be purchased from their official site. The song can also be found on a $6 goth compilation called Graver's Paradise in Hot Topic in the US.
November 5, 2002
Fan Submissions
Added 1 poem from Derek, 1 fan fic from Karen Bembry, 3 fan arts from NiNMaNsOn69 and 2 fan arts from Das Schicksal to the fanarea.
October 27, 2002
Fan Submissions
Added 6 links.
Added a review of the Cleveland, Ohio show from July of 2001 in the
fanarea.
October 24, 2002
Mutter Tour Book
There is a new Rammstein book! This one can be bought ONLY at the Official Rammstein Shop (which just re-opened today). It is a paperback with 53 pages of pictures from the Mutter tour through Germany 2001. It has live shots and backstage shots. It doesn't appear that there is any text in the book. The book costs 15 Euros (~$15) for non-Fanarea members and 10 Euros (~$10) for fanarea members. For orders outside of Germany, you WILL need to order another item as there is an approximately 25 Euro minimum.
Album News
On the Select show on MTV, one of the band members, either Paul or Christoph, stated that they have slowly begun writing new songs. It could still take a while to see anything substantial from them.
October 21, 2002
Rammstein on TV
Rammstein will be on Select on MTV in Germany on the 23rd, 2-4pm German time.
October 17, 2002
Interview Translation
Added a translation of the Making of Du Riechst so Gut '98 video.Thanks to X DerWahnsinn X for the translation.
October 3, 2002
New Interview
Added an interview from Kaista, July 2001, in Finnish and an English translation.Thanks to Aisling for the translation.
October 1, 2002
New Pictures
Added some new pics.
Thanks to Devlyn for the Manchester pics, Aisling
for the Roskilde pics, and Planet
Rammstein for the Till First Arsch pics.
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