Till Lindemann

Till Lindemann (German pronunciation: [tɪl ˈlɪndəman]; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer, songwriter, musician, actor, poet, and pyrotechnician. He is the lead vocalist of the German band Rammstein and the German-Swedish duo Lindemann. He is noted for his muscular stature, bass voice, and unique stage performances (which includes the use of pyrotechnics and a specific move known as "The Till Hammer"). He is also known for his lyrics, some of which have caused controversy.\n', ' Rammstein has sold over 45 million records worldwide, with five of their albums receiving platinum status. Lindemann has been listed among the "50 Greatest Metal Frontmen of All Time" by Roadrunner Records. He has appeared in minor roles in films and has also two published books of poetry, one titled Messer (2002) and the other In stillen Nächten (2013). He has presented some of his original poems and scripts to galleries.\n', ' Lindemann was born on 4 January 1963 in Leipzig (then in East Germany), the son of children\'s poet Werner Lindemann and journalist and writer Brigitte Hildegard "Gitta" Lindemann, who worked for Norddeutscher Rundfunk from 1992 until her retirement in 2002. His parents first met at a conference in Bitterfeld in 1959. Lindemann has a younger sister named Saskia. He grew up in Wendisch-Rambow. At age 11, he went to a sports school at the Empor Rostock Sport Club, and he attended a boarding school from 1977 to 1980. His parents lived separately for career reasons after 1975, and divorced when Lindemann was still young. Lindemann lived with his father for a short time, but the relationship was unhealthy; in the book Mike Oldfield im Schaukelstuhl, Lindemann\'s father wrote about his own problems with alcoholism and the difficulties of being a father to a teenage Lindemann.\n', '