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Paul Landers (born 9 December 1964) is a German musician, notable as guitarist for the Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein.
Paul was born in East Berlin, Germany. His mother was born in Poland and his father came from the former German areas of Czechoslovakia. He lived in Moscow for a short time as a child. Landers can speak Russian a little however he can not read or write it.
In 1983, Paul Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, together with Christian "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".
When he married Nikki Landers in 1984 (at the age of 20), he took his wife's surname and switched his middle and first name, thus making his name Paul Landers. After their divorce in 1987, he kept her last name. Paul also has a son from a previous marriage, Emile Reinke (b. 20 June 1990), who is an actor.
After his divorce with Nikki Landers, he lived with his Feeling B bandmate Christian "Flake" Lorenz for a number of years.
His favorite bands are Pantera, Metallica, and The Sex Pistols.
He is the shortest member of the band at 5'8"(1.73m)
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Berlin, Iron Maiden, Pyrotechnics, Neue Deutsche Härte, Universal Music Group
London, Germany, Paris, United Kingdom, Amsterdam
Berlin, Punk rock, Rammstein, Germany, Moscow
Megadeth, Slayer, Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, California, Iron Maiden
Rammstein, Feeling B, East Germany, Berlin, East Berlin
Rammstein, Herzeleid, VG-lista, Live aus Berlin, Ultratop
Rammstein, Industrial metal, Germany, Herzeleid, David Lynch