As Rammstein celebrates the release of their first retrospective album, Made in Germany 1995 – 2011 (the 16-track, re-mastered collection is available tomorrow, Dec. 13, via Universal Germany through a distribution deal with Vagrant Records), guitarist Paul Landers hints at what fans can expect from the stage savvy band’s forthcoming North American tour.
“It’s always a major challenge for us to build a new show,” explains Landers. “It starts with a tiny crew and ends up with 23 trucks. We do try to keep it minimal, but it always becomes more rather than less. It’s not our fault, we’re natural show-offs. ”
Rammstein has become known the world over for their incendiary and decadent live performances. Fans by the tens of thousands regularly fill arenas and stadiums to take part in what is a wholly unique experience that blends the band’s bombastic music with a pyrotechnic-laden, rock music wonderland. The Los Angeles Times smartly described a Rammstein show as “… epic stagecraft on a Wagnerian scale, several notches up from most arena rock.”
A glimpse of Rammstein’s live performances and the full tour dates for the Made in Germany 2012 tour: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuzELOfzhYY
With Made in Germany 1995 – 2011‘s track list (available below) opening up a number of live possibilities, Landers was coy about what songs would be included: “If I tell you, there won’t be any surprises… all I can say is, we tried to incorporate a good mix of all of our work. The band is really enjoying what we are doing and it’s kind of scary how well everything is going. We are looking forward to the American audience because…” Tour dates are listed below with all shows on-sale now.
Made in Germany 1995 – 2011 is available in three different editions:
* Standard Edition: CD Digipak – Best of Album
* Special Edition: 2-CD Digipak – Best of Album and Best of Remixes
* Super Deluxe Edition: 2-CD (Best of Album and Best of Remixes) as well as 3 DVDs (including the full Rammstein video catalog, all previously available “Making of” and 8 unreleased “Making of” videos) packaged in a steel box complete with a 240-page booklet. Limited to 1200 copies in the US.
Made in Germany 1995-2011 also includes the new single “Mein Land.” A video for the song was released mid-November and finds Rammstein embracing and then modernizing the beach party film genre.
Rammstein Made In Germany 1995-2011 North American Tour Dates
April
20 Ft. Lauderdale, FL BankAtlantic Center
21 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
23 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
25 Baltimore, MD 1st Marina Arena
26 Philadelphia, PA Wells Fargo Center
28 Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
29 Worcester, MA DCU Center
May
1 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
3 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
4 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
6 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
8 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
10 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
13 Vancouver, BC Rogers Arena
14 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
17 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
18 Glendale, AZ Jobing.com Arena
20 Denver, CO Denver Coliseum
22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
24 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
25 Houston, TX Toyota Center
Made In Germany 1995 – 2011 track list
01 ENGEL
02 LINKS 2 3 4
03 KEINE LUST
04 MEIN TEIL
05 DU HAST
06 DU RIECHST SO GUT
07 ICH WILL
08 MEIN HERZ BRENNT
09 MUTTER
10 PUSSY
11 ROSENROT
12 HAIFISCH
13 AMERIKA
14 SONNE
15 OHNE DICH
16 MEIN LAND
Made in Germany 1995-2011 Remixes track list (available only with the Special and Super Deluxe editions)
01 DU RIECHST SO GUT – REMIX BY FAITH NO MORE
02 DU HAST – REMIX BY JACOB HELLNER
03 STRIPPED – REMIX BY JOHAN EDLUND (TIAMAT)
04 SONNE – REMIX BY CLAWFINGER
05 LINKS 2 3 4 – REMIX BY WESTBAM
06 MUTTER – REMIX BY SONO
07 FEUER FREI – REMIX BY JUNKIE XL
08 MEIN TEIL – REMIX BY PET SHOP BOYS
09 AMERIKA – REMIX BY OLSEN INVOLTINI
10 OHNE DICH – REMIX BY LAIBACH
11 KEINE LUST – REMIX BY BLACK STROBE
12 BENZIN – REMIX BY MESHUGGAH
13 ROSENROT – REMIX BY NORTHERN LITE
14 PUSSY – REMIX BY SCOOTER
15 RAMMLIED – REMIX BY DEVIN TOWNSEND
16 ICH TU DIR WEH – REMIX BY FUKKK OFFF
17 HAIFISCH – REMIX BY HURTS