Paul Landers is an internationally renowned musician and rhythm guitarist for the band. Rammstein. Fans know that the artist is not distinguished by the most “smooth” character - he is a rebel and a provocateur. His biography contains a lot of interesting points.
Childhood and youth of Paul Landers
The artist's date of birth is December 9, 1964. He was born on the territory of Berlin. Landers' parents had nothing to do with creativity. But, one way or another, my mother took care of the education of Paul and his sister. The children of the family entered the music school. Landers' sister learned to play the piano, and the guy mastered the clarinet.
Paul spent his childhood in colorful Berlin. Here he attended a secondary school. By the way, the young man studied with a "stretch". He was often sick, so he had to miss classes.
By the way, as a child, Landers also began to study Russian. His parents sent him to study in Moscow, to a school at the embassy of the GDR. He still understands Russian very well, although he is weak at writing and reading in this language.
In his youth, the parents were taken aback by the guy with information about the divorce. At home, quarrels often began to occur, so the father and mother, more than anything else, wanted to save their children from torment. Adults understood that in such an atmosphere, Paul, along with his sister, only suffers.
The children stayed with their mother, and after a while the woman remarried. Paul did not love his stepfather at first sight. He spoke openly about his dislike of Mom's new man. Conflict situations began to occur more and more often in the house. As a result, Landers packed his things and left the house.
At the time of making such a serious decision, he was only 16. For the first time he felt weak, but at the same time, he realized that he had to gather strength.
He got a job and spent his free time playing the guitar. In the same period of time, the young man listened to the best examples of heavy music. Then he first had a desire to join the rock band.
The creative path of Paul Landers
Paul took his first serious step towards creativity when he was only 19 years old. Together with Alyosha Rompe and Christian Lorenz, he creates a musical project. The brainchild of the guys was called Feeling.
Rehearsals gave the ambitious guy a frantic pleasure. But, after a while, he decided to try himself in something new. So, another project was born. We are talking about the First Arsch team. He also played in several other bands.
In the 90s he joined Rammstein. From this moment begins a new round of his creative biography. It took the guys only a few years to glorify the team. The rhythm guitarist captivated the audience not only with his amazing playing, but also with his outrageous image. Fans always admiringly watch the musician, calling him the main provocateur of the band.
Paul Landers: details of the artist's personal life
Even before becoming a world famous musician, Paul met a charming girl named Nikki. In fact, she became his official wife.
He naively believed that this marriage would be the only one in his life. With the growth of popularity, Paul was increasingly absent from home. Nikki exhausted herself with constant jealousy. Soon the woman filed for divorce. Since there were no children in this marriage, the couple divorced quickly.
Landers did not walk in the status of a bachelor for long. Soon the talented musician met Yvonne Reinke. The relationship gave the couple a joint child. The birth of a baby worsened relations in the family.
Yvonne left the musician. He independently took up the upbringing of a common child. Then Paul was taken aback by the news of the birth of another baby. As it turned out, the opportunity to feel like a father for the second time was given to him by the make-up artist of the Rammstein group.
In 2019, they began to talk about the fact that the artist is gay. During one of the performances, the musician kissed Richard Kruspe on the lips. The musicians did not comment on their act, so the public had a lot of questions for the artists.
Paul Landers: present days
Rammstein do not lose popularity, and therefore it is interesting to Paul remains the same as before. In 2019, the musician took part in the recording of the band's LP of the same name, after which he went on tour with the guys.
In February 2020, the team released the provocative video Till The End, which used porn videos. The video was filmed in St. Petersburg. The release of the video received a negative response from the public.
