GuitaristRichard Z. Kruspeof German industrial metallersRAMMSTEINspoke toJo SchüftanofHorns Up Rocks!about the band's current status, five years after the release ofRAMMSTEIN's latest studio album,"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da".
Asked if there are plans forRAMMSTEINto do anything in the near future,Kruspesaid: "Not at the moment, actually. We're meeting every year. We come together for a week. We do a lot of eating. Our singer's a hunter, so he hunts a lot of animals, and we eat a lot of animals during the week and talk a lot about things. And this year we met, and we decided to meet another year and see how we feel then. So there's no plans of touring at the moment and no plans of [making a new] record. But that can change every minute. [Laughs]"

Kruspealso spoke about the importance of putting on a great live show in this day and age, especially in light of the fact thatRAMSTEIN's pyro-heavy metal-industrial concerts are considered to be among the best in the world.

"It's very, very, very hard,"Richardsaid. "It's hard for those young guys, those young bands. Because withRAMMSTEIN, it happened really naturally, because nobody really played us on radio - we never had radio power - so what we did, while living in the late '90s and beginning of 2000s, we still were selling records and we took the money of selling records and put it in our live show. So we constantly were aware that the only chance we had was actually putting out a good show. These days, everything becomes a promotional tool - the music becomes a promotional tool, the videos, or scores in movies, or whatever you do, it's promotion. Then those kids should save money and put it in their live show. I mean, it ain't gonna happen. It's very, very difficult."

Krusperecently told UK'sMetalHammermagazine aboutRAMMSTEIN's future plans: "We have a live DVD coming out, we have another live DVD coming out, we have another live DVD! We have so many live DVDs right now that we have to work that through. So, I think, at the moment, everyone does his own thing. I think it's important, because, again,RAMMSTEINwas always a band that took their time, that listened to themselves, listened to what they need, how much time they need between [albums]."

He added: "One good thing about that the music industry changed is that you don't have to do a record every year - it's not necessary - and I think a lot of people that did this put [out] records that weren't that great. So I like that idea, actually, to take breaks. Again, I think we will come back together. I love touring withRAMMSTEIN, and if somebody has a vision for a record, we'll do another record."

RAMMSTEIN's long-awaited retrospective release,"Made InGermany1995 - 2011", was made available in December 2011 throughUniversal Germany's marketing and distribution deal in the U.S. withVagrant Records.

"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da", sold 22,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 13 on The Billboard 200 chart. Previously, the group's best rank came with its 1998 chart debut,"Sehnsucht", which peaked at No. 45 off the strength of its only U.S. radio chart hit,"Du Hast".

"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da"was produced byJacob HellnerandRAMMSTEIN, with recording done at Northern California'sSonomaMountainStudio. The first single from the 11-track release was"Pussy", which was released as a digital single on September 22, 2009 and accompanied by one of the year's most viral videos.

Kruspe'sEMIGRATEproject will release its sophomore album,"Silent So Long", on November 4 viaSpinefarm. The CD, which was produced by theEMIGRATEbandmembers themselves and mixed in February/March byBen Grosse(MARILYN MANSON,DISTURBED), features guest appearances byLemmy Kilmister(MOTÖRHEAD),Jonathan Davis(KORN),Marilyn Manson, Canadian born Berlin-dwellerPeaches, andFrank Delléfrom chart-topping German collectiveSEEED.

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