Today we will tell you who Christoph Schneider is. Its growth is 195 centimeters. This is a German musician, best known as the drummer of the industrial metal band Rammstein. He took the nickname Doom.
Biography
So, our today's hero is Christoph Schneider. His biography began in 1966. It was then that on May 11, in East Germany, a Berlin district called Pankov, the future musician was born. Mother was a music teacher, father - director of the Berlin Opera. The family had two children. Constance is the sister of our hero, 2 years younger than him (at the beginning of Rammstein's creative activity, she and her brother sewed costumes for a group that was almost unknown at that time). Parents sent their son to a music school. Thus began his fascination with this art form. At a music school, he was offered a choice of trombone, clarinet and trumpet. Christophe Schneider chose the last instrument. However, he was fascinated by the game of drummers. As a result, he took up the development of drumming. He mastered this art on his own. At first I used a home-made installation. It was made of buckets and cans. Later, at the age of 14, the young man acquired the first installation.
After that, parents, who were supporters of classical music and who had previously resisted the transition of their son to drums, practically approved his passion and calmed down. Christophe began his activities in various courtyard groups. There he performed with friends. The young man tried to learn professional drumming, but failed the entrance exam. He coped with the drums, but the musical notation, singing and piano failed him. As a result, not having mastered the proper education, our hero learned to play the drums on his own. He was guided by his favorite music. In 1984, Schneider became the only member of Rammstein, who went to serve in the army. Returning home, he became an employee of a telecommunications company. After was a handyman. For two years he was a loader at a mountain weather station. He returned to the music. How the drummer played in groups: Feeling B, Frechheit, Keine Ahnung. Together with Richard Kruspe he worked in the Die Firma team. At this time, the musician met with Christian Lorenz and Paul Landers - future colleagues at Rammstein.
Personal life
We have already talked a little about the musical activity that Christoph Schneider does. The personal life of this person will be discussed later. Our hero is negative about his name. He prefers to be called by his last name, or used the nickname Doom. From the English language this word can be translated as
fatum, fate, death or
rock . The musician notes that for the agency it was necessary to pick up some catchy name. Christoph Schneider was considered too common. Then the "brain" of the band - Paul Landers - proposed adding the word Doom to the name of the drummer. Our hero did not mind.
The musician found his second wife in Russia. Their romance began when a young translator Regina Gizatulina accompanied the group on a trip to Moscow. After the tour, Christoph invited the girl to Germany. She went. Now the couple is inseparable. Christophe made a proposal to the girl, and soon their wedding took place. The musician, oddly enough, conquered the girl with intelligence.
Musical preferences
Christoph Schneider prefers to listen: Meshuggah, Motorhead, Ministry, Dimmu Borgir, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple. He, as a drummer, was particularly influenced by Phil Rudd, an AC / DC drummer. Our hero prefers heavy music, but listens to absolutely everything that he considers interesting at a certain point in time, for example, Madonna or Coldplay. In addition, Nicole Scherzinger loves. He is fond of the work of this singer. In his performances he uses the following equipment: microphones, pedals, drum sticks Vic Firth SCS, drum kit Sonor, cymbals Meinl and Sabian.
Rammstein
Christoph Schneider is best known for participating in this group, so you should talk about it in more detail. Rammstein is a German metal team formed in 1994 in Berlin. She appeared in January. The musical style of the band refers to industrial metal. The main features of the team’s creativity are the shocking lyrics of the compositions and the specific rhythm characteristic of most of the works. Particularly famous for the team brought among other things stage performances, which are often accompanied by pyrotechnic effects.
Discography
Christoph Schneider has contributed to many of Rammstein's studio albums, in particular Herzeleid's debut album. It was released in 1995. The album cover shows the band members standing against a huge flower. The musicians were waist-deep without clothes. Critics accused the collective of attempting to demonstrate themselves as a "dominant race." The album was later released in a different cover.
The songs Rammstein and Heirate Mich are in David Lynch's Highway to Nowhere. All compositions from this record were performed live. The songs Das alte Leid and Der Meister mainly played in the first round of the band. Other compositions were also performed during subsequent tours. On a tour called Made in Germany, they played Asche zu Asche, Wollt ihr das Bett in Flammen sehen and Du riechst so gut. Not included in the album songs Biest and Jeder Lacht. It is known that they were played in Saalfeld at a concert.