Rammstein was formed in 1993 by an assembly of factory-weary proletarians raised in East Germany. They took their name (adding an "m") from the location of a German tragedy where 80 people were hurt and killed, as the result of a crash during an American Air Force flight show. The literal translation of "ram-stein" is a battering ram made of stone. Word of RAMMSTEIN's horror romanticist blend of theater and music spread like wildfire. Till Lindemann would sing entire songs engulfed in flames from head to toe. The band's first album, Herzeleid (or Heartache), built on the grounds created by…
