Rammstein Heirate Mich - Multicam Collaboration - Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

L.A., this is going to be so Anti-Chill’. . . RAMMSTEIN definitely has a sense of humor, dark, yes, but the fact remains that pyrotechnics is part of the live experience with a RAMMSTEIN show, end of story. And when I say ‘pyrotechnics’ I’m not talking like KISS, no offense. RAMMSTEIN takes it much further, over to the near danger zone as fans gasp at the excitement and sheer ‘whew’ of it all. In the event you have never heard of RAMMSTEIN before, they are a German band who formed in 1994 and released their first album in 1995. They are a mix of Heavy Metal, Groove metal, combining that with elements of Industrial and Techno. There is a slight classical hint as well as operatic feel to the music as well. The six-piece band are the original members, have released eight studio albums in addition to several live records and DVD’s and in my opinion far beyond anything out there musically today. I have never heard them on the radio and after record sales of over twenty-five million with five albums platinum, they command large audiences all over the globe. They sing in German but no worries because the fans sing right along with them even though it may not be their native language. Every band has their fans but RAMMSTEIN’s fans go the extra mile by learning the lyrics from listening to the records. That is real dedication.
So on this day in Los Angeles, it was the first night of two sold-out shows in a row and with their large stage that was more of a massive structure with the back about six stories in height, the back and sides behind the front of the stage of the coliseum were closed off because you wouldn’t be able to see the entire show. The Coliseum normally holds approximately 78,500 that includes the suites so over a two night period RAMMSTEIN played to 110,000 fans. The RAMMSTEIN crew is a bit over 150 people and it takes four days to build the stage on this their North American Stadium Tour that ended in Mexico with three sold-out stadium shows in Mexico City. These guys don’t fool around. They hire 150-250 locals at each stop to assist the crew in unloading, building, tearing down and loading the stage and structure.
After getting a glimpse at the massive stage with all attached the thought ran through my mind before I arrived of, ‘how are they going to outdo their last tour’? Ha! No worries RAMMSTEIN fans as the band never disappoints. Their 21-song set ran two hours and 25 minutes and everybody got their well-spent monies’ worth with more pyro, two new studio albums of which they played nine songs from all on a much bigger platform than previously. RAMMSTEIN doesn’t just perform songs but they also have a staging, a skit to enhance some songs maybe just so the audience will get an idea what the song is about involving just the lead vocalist TILL LINDEMANN and sometimes including keyboardist CHRISTIAN “FLAKE” LORENZ, so a RAMMSTEIN show is very visual as well, especially with the pyro and outrageous excellent lighting.