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Paul Landers
Background information
Birth nameHeiko Paul Hiersche
BornDecember 9, 1964 (age 48)
Berlin, Germany
GenresNeue Deutsche Härte
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1983–present
LabelsMotor Music, Republic, Slash, Universal Music Group

Paul H. Landers (born 9 December 1964 in Berlin, East Germany) is a German musician, notable as rhythm guitarist for the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.

Biography

Early life

Paul Landers was born in East Berlin, Germany to a Russian mother. His real name was Heiko Hiersche, which he hated. He lived in East Berlin for a short time as a young child. Landers speaks fluent Russian but he can't read or write it. He moved out of his parents' house at the age of 16 due to fights with his stepfather and subsequently switched his first names, also in honor of his biological father. He soon left out Heiko, making his name Paul Hiersche.

Music career

In 1983, Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, together with Flake Lorenz and Aljoscha Rompe, in which Christoph Schneider would later also play. In 1986, Landers formed First Arsch with Till Lindemann and Richard Kruspe. He also played in a number of other bands including Die Firma and Die Magdalene Keibel Combo.

Lindemann, Kruspe, Schneider and bassist Oliver "Ollie" Riedel entered and won the Berlin Senate Metro Beat Contest in 1994 that enabled them to have a four-track demo professionally recorded. Landers and Flake soon followed suit to join the band which became known as Rammstein.

Oddly, he has stated that he does not like rock, but "with Rammstein it seems to work".

Personal life

When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of 20), he took his wife's surname, thus making his name Paul Landers. After their divorce in 1987, he kept her last name. Paul is currently in a relationship with Arielle Troß, a make-up artist, and has a daughter with her named Lilly. Paul also has a son from a previous marriage, Emile Reinke (b. June 20, 1990), who is an actor.

After his divorce with Nikki Landers, he lived with his Feeling B band mate Christian "Flake" Lorenz for a number of years.

He is the shortest member of the band (1.71m).[1]

Equipment

Guitars[2][3]
All guitars have EMG 81/60 pickups, unless noted

  • Gibson Paul Landers Signature Satin Black with grey binding; has 2 chrome covered EMG pickups, chrome bezels, and one volume knob. Used in Dropped C and D tunings. First used during the Liebe Ist fur Alle Da tour. Was revealed as a signature model and for sale at the 2012 Winter NAMM show. (2009–2012)
  • Gibson Les Paul Studio All black with EMG pickups. Used in Drop C and Standard tuning. Used in Standard tuning only for performing "Rammstein". Only used during the Reise, Reise tour. (2004–2005, Black).
  • Music Man Axis and Van Halen Signature model Orange w/ Quilted maple top (Van Halen Signature), Silver (Van Halen Signature), Silver/Black Pickguard (Van Halen Signature), Maroon w/ Black pickguard, Black w/ White pickguard; Had stock DiMarzio pickups, but later changed for EMG pickups in 2004. Used in Dropped D and Standard tuning. This was his main guitar since the beginning of Rammstein, but was used less often during the Reise, Reise tour, and then completely phased out of his guitar rotation during the Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da Tour.(1994–2005)
  • ESP Eclipse I CTM Paul Landers Signature Satin black with Silver binding, and a recently released version in Satin silver with Black binding, has EMG Pickups. Used in Standard tuning. First used on tour during the Liebe Ist fur Alle Da tour. (2009–2010)
  • Sandberg Custom Plasma Guitar Clear acrylic guitar with unknown pickups (Possibly custom Sandberg pickups) and white LEDs inside of the body. This guitar was only used a few times during the Mutter tour for the song Zwitter, and he hasn't played it since. He can be seen using it on a bootleg DVD which contains a performance in Hamburg during the 2001 Mutter tour[4] and a performance at the London Docklands during the 2002 Mutter tour.[5]
  • Ibanez AXS32 See-thru red with silver pickguard, used in Drop C. Was mostly used during the Reise, Reise tour for "Morgenstern" and "Stein um Stein." Has not been used since.
  • ESP-LTD EC-50 Used as a prop instrument for the music video of "Mann gegen Mann".
  • Fender Jazzmaster Used as a prop instrument for the music video of "Mein Land".

Amps

  • Bogner Uberschall[6][7] (He claims he began to use this amp because of the "Ultrasonic" Uberschall simulator in Native Instruments Guitar Rig)
  • Tech 21 PSA-1 into Mesa/Boogie Strategy 500 Power amp[2]
  • Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier
  • ENGL Powerball Amplifier[8]
  • Rath-Amp Amplification
  • Marshall JCM 800
  • Soldano Avenger

Misc[2]

  • Marshall 4x12 Cabinets
  • Bogner 4x12 "Uberkab" Cabinets
  • Mesa Boogie 4x12 Cabinets
  • Fractal audio Axe Fx
  • Engl 4x12 Cabinets
  • Native Instruments Guitar Rig
  • MXR blue box on "Moskau"
  • Eventide Eclipse
  • Rocktron Velocity 300 (Used as power amp for the axe fx on the LIFAD tour)

His main amp is the Engl Powerblall which he runs with a Sansamp Psa 1.1 into a Mesa Boogie Strategy 5oo

References

  1. ^ "Paul Landers". En.affenknecht.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  2. ^ a b c "Paul Landers Equipment | Rammstein Europe". Affenknecht.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  3. ^ "ESP Eclipse-I CTM Paul Landers". B-Music.com.au. Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Rammstein Hamburg 2001 Zwitter". YouTube. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  5. ^ "Rammstein - Zwitter live London Docklands 2002 Mutter Tour". YouTube. 2011-01-06. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  6. ^ Rammstein (2011). "Pussy (+ Making Of)". Made in Germany 1995-2011 Super Deluxe Edition. {{cite web}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
  7. ^ "Bogner Custom Shop". Bogneramplification.com. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  8. ^ Rammstein (2011). "Keine Lust". Made in Germany 1995-2011 Super Deluxe Edition. {{cite web}}: |format= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)

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