Richard Kruspe

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Richard Kruspe ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born Sven Kruspe;<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Loudwire"/> 24 June 1967) is a German musician. He is best known as one of the founders and the lead guitarist of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} band Rammstein, as well as the frontman of the industrial metal band Emigrate. Kruspe has released eight studio albums with Rammstein and four albums with Emigrate.

Early life

Sven Kruspe was born in Wittenberge, then part of East Germany.<ref name="Loudwire" /> He later changed his first name to Richard, believing that anyone should be able to change their name if they want to.<ref name="Loudwire">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> Kruspe has a younger sister and an older brother. His parents divorced when he was young, and his mother remarried.<ref name=":3">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The family moved from the village of Weisen to Schwerin when Kruspe was young.<ref name=":3" /> He did not get along with his stepfather, who would be physically abusive, and Kruspe often ran away from home in his early teens.<ref name=":9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> During his youth, Kruspe was a wrestler for seven years.<ref name=":4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In a 2014 interview with Metal Hammer, Kruspe commented on life in East Germany, stating: "The thing about East Germany is that it was great to grow up there until you were 12. You were presented with the illusion of a very healthy society, which worked unless you asked questions – and you don't ask questions until you're 12."<ref name="MHfeature">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At age 16, Kruspe and some friends visited Czechoslovakia, where he bought a guitar, originally planning to sell it.<ref name="Loudwire"/> He then met a girl who saw him with the guitar and insisted he play something.<ref name=":0" /> When Kruspe hit random notes in frustration, the girl commented that it sounded "beautiful" and the moment would inspire him to learn how to play guitar.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kruspe later studied jazz guitar at the conservatorium in Schwerin for four years.<ref name=":10">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="Loudwire" />

Career

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Kruspe during a performance of the Rammstein song "Feuer frei!"

In the late 1980s, Kruspe moved to East Berlin.<ref name="Loudwire" /><ref name=":9" /> For two years, he lived in an apartment with a drum kit and a guitar and made music by himself as he was not familiar with the local music scene.<ref name="Loudwire" /> On 10 October 1989, Kruspe found himself in the middle of a political demonstration after exiting a subway station.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite AV media</ref> He was then hit on the head by police and arrested.<ref name=":1" /> Kruspe spent the next six days in jail where he was interrogated and beaten by authorities.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Once out of jail, he decided to leave East Germany.<ref name=":1" /> Because of the Eastern Bloc, he entered West Germany by traveling through Hungary.<ref name=":9" /> When the Berlin Wall came down, he moved back to Schwerin in East Germany.<ref name=":2" />

Kruspe's first band, Das Elegante Chaos, was formed in 1987.<ref name=":5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band recorded material in 1989 that were later released on the album Lyrik in 2011. Following the break-up of Das Elegante Chaos in 1989, Kruspe formed Orgasm Death Gimmick in 1991.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band released three demo tapes before disbanding in 1993.<ref name=":6" /> Kruspe was also a member of First Arsch with singer and drummer Till Lindemann and guitarist Paul Landers.<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band released their debut album, Saddle Up, in 1992.<ref name=":5" />

In 1992, Kruspe traveled to the southwest of the United States together with Lindemann and bassist Oliver Riedel.<ref name=":8">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Upon returning to Germany, he decided to pursue a new style of music that combined machine-like sounds with heavy guitars.<ref name=":8" /><ref name=":2" /> In 1993, Kruspe formed a new project with roommates Riedel and drummer Christoph Schneider named Tempelprayers.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" /> Together with singer Lindemann, they entered the Berlin Senate Metrobeat contest with a demo tape in 1994 and won a recording session in a professional studio.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> That same year, the band was joined by guitarist Landers and keyboardist Christian Lorenz, and changed their name to Rammstein.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" />

Personal life

Kruspe has three children, two daughters and one son.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He married South African actress Caron Bernstein on 29 October 1999. The ceremony was Jewish, and Kruspe composed the music for it.<ref name=":11" /><ref name="Loudwire" /> He took the last name Kruspe-Bernstein during their marriage.<ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kruspe moved from Berlin to New York in 2001 to live closer to Bernstein and work on his side-project Emigrate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They separated in 2004, and he reverted to his original last name. Kruspe moved back to Berlin in 2011.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Equipment

Kruspe has been an endorser of ESP Guitars since 1996.<ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He bought his first ESP guitar, a sunburst 901 model, in 1990.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":10" /> Kruspe primarily used 901 models and Kirk Hammett signature model guitars for recording and touring until ESP produced his signature model guitars the ESP RZK-I in the mid-2000s and the RZK-II in the early 2010s.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":14">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also uses other ESP guitars, including Eclipse models and a Ron Wood signature model, in the studio.<ref>Template:Cite AV media</ref> Kruspe was previously endorsed by EMG and was a long-time user of EMG 81 pickups before switching to Fishman in 2018 and joining their Fluence artist roster in 2023.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also has a signature Fluence pickup set.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Kruspe mainly uses Mesa/Boogie amplifiers and cabinets, notably the Mark II C+ and Dual Rectifiers amps and 4×12 cabinets, in addition to Friedman and Soldano amps.<ref name=":13" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":10" /><ref name=":14" /> He also uses the Kemper Profiler in the studio and live.<ref name=":13" /> Kruspe has a signature guitar pick and a signature string set through Dunlop and SIT Strings respectively.

Discography

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Rammstein
Emigrate

First Arsch

Das Elegante Chaos

  • Lyrik (2011)

Other appearances

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