In April 2001, Rammstein appeared on the cover of Kerrang! for the first time. Decked out in leather, PVC and muscle, the image focused mainly on frontman Till Lindemann holding a Union Flag-clad Richard Z. Kruspe on the end of a dog lead (in the guitarist’s mouth, natch), under the headline ‘Freaks Unleashed’. Under that, we promised to take you ‘Inside the world’s most perverse band’. As far as fulfilling that last bit went, it was all how you defined ‘inside’. Although they understood questions in English well enough, Richard and drummer Christoph Schneider spoke through a translator. Till Lindemann didn’t speak to us at all. They made some jokes – “Munich architecture is very impressive, especially the parts you English didn’t bomb,” being a particula...
