28 Facts About Till Lindemann

Till Lindemann is the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Harte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann.

Rammstein has sold over 25 million records worldwide, with five of their albums receiving platinum status, and Lindemann has been listed among the "50 Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time" by Roadrunner Records.

Till Lindemann has appeared in minor roles in films and has published three books of poetry.

Till Lindemann has presented some of his original poems and scripts to galleries.

Till Lindemann grew up in Wendisch-Rambow alongside his younger sister, Saskia.

At age 11, Till Lindemann went to a sports school at the sports club SC Empor Rostock, and attended a boarding school from 1977 to 1980.

Till Lindemann's parents lived separately for career reasons after 1975, and divorced when Lindemann was still young.

Till Lindemann lived with his father for a short time, but the relationship was unhealthy; in the book Mike Oldfield im Schaukelstuhl, his father wrote about his own problems with alcoholism and the difficulties of being a father to a teenage Lindemann.

In 1978, Till Lindemann participated in the European Junior Swimming Championships in Florence, finishing 11th in the freestyle and 7th in the freestyle, swimming a time of ; he was shortlisted to go to the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but left the sport due to an injury.

Till Lindemann's mother dedicated a letter titled Mein Sohn, der Frontmann von Rammstein to Lindemann in 2009.

Till Lindemann started to play drums for Schwerin-based experimental rock band First Arsch in 1986, who released an album titled Saddle Up in 1992, and played one song with a punk band called Feeling B, which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul Landers, Christoph Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz in 1989.

Till Lindemann is not a stranger to injury, as he mentioned in Rammstein's early career that he'd gotten burned several times with unprofessionally rigged pyrotechnics.

Till Lindemann refused, and instead opted to have a surgical incision in his left cheek, so that a light could be fed into his mouth directly, and largely out of sight.

Unlike most frontmen, Till Lindemann stated in an interview that he does not like being looked at while on stage, and would wear sunglasses to block out views of the audience.

The main purpose of the band's signature pyrotechnics has been stated to actually be a tool in taking the audience's attention away from Till Lindemann, whilst doubling as a spectacle for the audience.

Till Lindemann often opts to just look directly at the mixing booth in the center of the crowd, except when directly interacting with an audience member.

On his 52nd birthday, it was announced that Till Lindemann would start a new project with Peter Tagtgren named Till Lindemann.

In 2018, Till Lindemann embarked on a book signing tour across Russia for Messer, originally released in German and then translated into Russian and re-released to the Russian market.

Till Lindemann showed up to his book signing in Moscow with an unknown person in a gimp costume.

Till Lindemann has played minor roles in some films, appearing with his bandmate Christoph Schneider as musicians in the 1999 film Pola X, playing a character named Viktor in the children's comedy film Amundsen der Pinguin, and appearing as an animal rights activist in the 2004 film Vinzent.

Till Lindemann has featured alongside many other artists throughout his career, such as Feeling B, Apocalyptica, and his bandmate Richard Kruspe's solo project, Emigrate.

Till Lindemann wrote some lyrics in 2014 for German Schlager singer Roland Kaiser for his album Soul Tracks.

Till Lindemann has a tendency to press his voice with force from below and use the alveolar trill, stating in an interview that he sings it out of instinct.

Till Lindemann used elements from Der Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann on "Hilf mir" from the album Rosenrot.

Till Lindemann has used another song composed by Brecht, titled "Mack the Knife", and the chorus was used for the song "Haifisch".

Till Lindemann's oldest child, a daughter, Nele, was born in 1985, and he spent the first seven years of her life as a single father.

Till Lindemann has said that he "hates noise" and often spends time in a small village somewhere in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the name of which he has not disclosed.

Till Lindemann filed a criminal complaint against the German publication Der Spiegel.