Tool, Rammstein, Stooges to rock Big Day Out

Big Day Out has announced its heaviest headliners in more than a decade with Tool, Rammstein and Iggy And The Stooges preparing to rock next year's festivals.

Bloody Beetroots, Death Crew 77, Deftones and The Black Keys are also to take part in the popular 2011 summer shows.
Not since 1997 - when Sepultura, Soundgarden and The Offspring headlined Big Day Out - has the line-up been so rock-heavy.
Primal Scream will perform their classic 1991 album Screamadelica in its entirety for the first time on Australian soil.
Lupe Fiasco, Grinderman and Edward Sharp And The Magnetic Zeroes are also on the bill, while the inclusion of MIA, LCD Soundsystem, Booka Shade, Vitalic and CSS should appease fans of dance and electro music.
There is also a strong showing of Australian artists including the John Butler Trio, Wolfmother, Angus And Julia Stone, Birds Of Tokyo, Bliss N Eso and Gyroscope.
The festival will play in Auckland, the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth across dates in January and February.

Rammstein return to America

Though Rammstein is soon returning to Australia for the Big Day Out it’s been a decade since the band last played a show in America, partiality because their pyrotechnic-heavy show can’t be granted a permit in most venues in America (and maybe because German metal bands who side line in dildo modeling aren’t exactly mom and pop favourties).
However, according to the band’s website [and a rough Google translation] in December “Rammstein to come to the desire of tens of thousands to U.S. fans, the band, to be able to do 10 years after their last appearance in the U.S., in their own country once again live” with a one-off show in New York City on December 11th at Madison Square Garden.
Guitarist Richard Kruspe recently told the Seattle Gay News that “One of my dreams is Madison Square Garden – just to play one show and to feel out, like, if there is a need for us, are people waiting for us, what can we do, what would be the next step?”
Kruspe also explained why the band hasn’t played in America for ten years “We’re not 20 anymore, so things have changed for us. At the moment, it looks like America is the only market where we cannot provide the same show as we play in the rest of the world. [Due largely to permits regarding pyrotechnics.] So, we have to be balanced, like, what makes financial sense?”
Rammstein played at the Quebec City Summer Festival in July this year, prompting “a wave of thousands” to travel to Canada, according to the band’s website which claim that the audience for the Canadian show was in excess of 130,000 people.

Rammstein Announce Only US Performance

Rammstein announced their only US live performance at Madison Square Garden in New York City is scheduled for Saturday, December 11, 2010. This will be the only US show by the Berlin-based six-piece band, who have not performed in the United States since 2001 "Everything for this show is perfect - the timing, the season. We are really pumped to return to the States to play Madison Square Garden - this is one of the most challenging shows for us in 10 years," said bassist Oliver Riedel.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public beginning Friday, October 8 at noon and available at www.ticketmaster.com and www.thegarden.com.
Rammstein first stormed America in 1998, touring with a set based on their Grammy-nominated breakthrough second release, Sehnsucht, featuring "Du hast," the song that brought the world's attention to the band. During their 1998 Family Values tour, praise was high, as well as indignation: band members were jailed in the US on indecency charges due to the highly provocative live show.
"The success of the Rammstein song "Du hast" in the US was certainly one of the essential steps in our career," said drummer Christoph Schneider.

The band's last tour of the US in 2001 was in support of the album "Mutter," where they continued to explore societal and sexual taboos with a deft mix of sonic muscle and visual spectacle. Throughout the last decade they have found themselves embroiled in further controversy, incensing both the left and the right. The band's most recent album, "Liebe ist für alle da" ("Love is there for all"), moved the German government to ban its sale to minors shortly after release, only to have the order rescinded a few months later once the culture war was over. Meanwhile, there was no doubt about fans' appreciation of the work: more than 16 million albums sold worldwide, #1 on many charts across Europe, and entrance on the Billboard Charts at #13 - the highest chart entry for Rammstein in the United States ever.
Rammstein began extensive touring last fall in support of "Liebe ist für alle da." Their formidable live show traversed Europe in twenty 18-wheelers packed with pyrotechnics, flame-throwers, bazookas and enough ordnance to level a small country. The band played to sold-out crowds in 10,000+ seat venues, leading up to a summer filled with headlining slots on all the major European festivals. Now, Rammstein is set to perform in Latin America later this fall, where the band will be playing in some cities for the first time in its history. And at the end of the band's tour of the Americas: New York City's Madison Square Garden.
"The American audience has truly awesome rock fans, and I am ecstatic to return to the place where guitar-music has such a unique and long tradition," said guitarist Richard Z. Kruspe.
Rammstein on tour:

• November 25 - Santiago, Chile
• November 27 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
• November 30 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
• December 3 - Bogota, Colombia
• December 6 - Mexico City, Mexico (Sold Out)
• December 7 - Mexico City, Mexico
• December 11 - New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Rammstein to play the U.S.

Rammstein has finally confirmed that they will be performing their first show in 10 years at Madison Square garden on Dec 11. Tickets will go on sale in October through regular ticketing outlets.

 

 

As first reported at The Gauntlet yesterday, Rammstein has confirmed a single U.S. date.

Following their tour of Latin America, Rammstein will play the band's only show on U.S. soil in Manhattan’s legendary MSG Arena on December 11th, 2010.
The band hopes in the process to fulfill the wishes of the many thousands of U.S. fans who have longed to see Rammstein live once more after 10 years away from the land of amber waves of grain.

Rammstein's performance at Quebec's Summer Festival already spurred a huge wave of U.S. travelers to Canada this summer, where the band’s show was seen by 130,000 people.

Now, with this exclusive one-time event, fans from the U.S. and all over the world are given the unique opportunity to see Rammstein in this history-charged venue in the heart of New York’s midtown.

Pre-sale starts October 8th, 2010. Further information to follow shortly.

One of the first Rammstein Rakim

( Photo: Rakim, Aleks de Carvalho, Richard Z. Kruspe - No Mystery Studio - New York City)

Present Music Project “2-GIANTS”

One of the first participants in the project are the famous Richard Z. Kruspe and RAKIM. The composer of the music masterpiece is Aleks de Carvalho. No Mystery Studio – New York City recorded their joint music composition that is one of the sound tracks for the movie UFO that being produced now and will see the world next year. A special edition CD with songs and music of Aleks de Carvalho and all participants of the project “2-GIANTS” will come out next year
The leading Russian TV channels have been informed about the never-before-seen project and are looking forward negotiating the right for broadcasting the full length version of the “2-GIANTS”.There is no doubt that the final musical product is of most importance, but, we can assure you that the process of meeting musicians and sharing time with them starting from the recording studio and finishing with New York City streets is of most interest for viewers and listeners. We would like you to feel all the energy of “2-GIANTS” stars!

We invite musicians, singers and bands from the ex-USSR countries to take part in the project regardless the music style. You are welcome to email your applications but the conditions are tough because participants are Mega-Stars.
You are more than welcome to contact the produser of the project "2-GIANTS" Vitali Alizier vi@nyebs.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Richard Z. Kruspe ( Rammstein )
Rakim
Joe Lynn Turner ( Rainbow, Deep Purple )
Aleks De Carvalho
Iliya Lagytenko ( Mumiy Troll )
Oleg Skripka ( Vopli Vidopliassova )
ARIA .....

Rammstein adds an additional tour date to North American tour

The first Rammstein

show in Mexico sold out after only a few hours. The band

has added a second Show in Mexico City which will be on Dec, 7 at "Palacio de los Deportes". The ticket presale will begin on Sept 10 and further info can be found here.

Native Instruments Rammfire: A Rammstein Guitar Amp Emulation

September 03, 2010

Designed and developed in collaboration with Richard Z. Kruspe (of the German industrial metal band, Rammstein), Native Instruments Rammfire features sounds based on the Pre-500 Dual Rectifier Amp and recording setup of Kruspe himself. Rammfire is a guitar amp emulation ideal for creating heavy room-filling riffs, fast attacks, and crunchy overdrive.
Said to unlock the secrets behind the iconic band's trademark sound, Rammfire has been released for use with the free Guitar Rig 4 Player and Guitar Rig 4 Pro / Essential.
Rammfire features a selection of authentic Kruspe sounds: a Rammfire amp, matched cabinet, and special version of the control room. The Control Room module offers the original channel strips to tweak the blend of different microphones, cabinets, and preamp settings, just like in Kruspe's real studio setup. Furthermore, Rammstein also comes with 21 Rack Presets plus 9 components specially designed for Guitar Rig 4 Pro.
Since the Rammfire amp and cabinet emulation is ready to use in the free Guitar Rig 4 Player, it also comes with Guitar Rig 4 Player's additional features in the Factory Selection, which provide creative, modular effects processing and more.
To make Rammfire, Kruspe's personal recording setup was studied and modeled using the original recording chain, including boutique studio gear, with close assistance from Richard Z. Kruspe. Every detail of his setup was re-created, a task that involved amp modeling, recording real impulse responses from his studio, and designing sounds for both the Matched Cabinet module and the rack presets.
Main features for Rammfire: 

• Product type: Komplete Effect
• For use with: Free Guitar Rig 4 Player, free Komplete 7 Players, Komplete 7, Komplete 7 Elements, Guitar Rig 4 Pro
• Number of Components: Rammfire Amp, Matched Cabinet, and special version of Control Room
• Number of Rack Presets: 21, plus 9 components specially designed for Guitar Rig 4 Pro
• Effect Categories: Amplifier and Cabinet Modeling
• System requirements: Free Guitar Rig 4 Player or Guitar Rig 4 Pro or Essential (version 4.1 or higher)

To learn more about Native Instruments Rammfire ($59 MSRP), please visit the company's Web site at native-instruments.com.

For more information, visit the official Native Instruments Web site.