The German metal band returns with a show equally Gaga and Riefenstahl
Rarely do we get reminded of Leni Riefenstahl and Lady Gaga at the same time, but then again, that's about the best way to describe last night's Rammstein concert at Madison Square Garden. After a decade-long absence from U.S. shores, the German industrial-metal band returned with their strikenly bold, neo-fascist (or more like neo-fetish) hard rock assault. There were explosions, fire, costume changes, fey techno dancing by keyboardist Christian "Flake" Lorenz (who also crowd surfed on an inflatiable raft) and the sound of 20,000 fans chanting in German...and freaking out when the band launched showers of white fluff out of a cylindrical, flesh-colored cannon. By the time the show closed with frontman Till Lindemann emerging from beneath the stage with giant mechanical angel wings that shot fire, we were delightfully confused. Don't wait another ten years to blow our minds with weirdness, Rammstein! With Combichrist.
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