Here comes the translation of the interview from previous post. Translated by das kamikaze-zopfgummi. Thank you very much!
FRAGE: „Mr. Kruspe, you are known as the guitarist of RAMMSTEIN. Recently you have often found positive words about the work of your friend and musical colleague EMIGRATE, who is publishing his new album with “Emigrate” at the moment. How long did you know each other?”
RICHARD Z. KRUSPE: „Actually we’ve known each other for a pretty long time because we come from the same neighbourhood. However, in the past we haven’t had too much contact. Someday he came to me directly because he had some ideas and wanted to know my opinion.”
FRAGE: „EMIGRATE, how did your encounter with RICHARD Z. KRUSPE come off?”
EMIGRATE: „RAMMSTEIN is a great band and I respect Richard as a guitarist and songwriter. I hoped that he could help me to put my own projects into action and so I came to him. He was very open and interested towards the things I do.“
FRAGE: „Yet when people see you together they are a little bit irritated…“
EMIGRATE: „People often say we’d look alike. I don’t think so, anyhow. But we were often on the move together, I was like his shadow, that’s how Richard wanted things to be.”
RICHARD Z. KRUSPE: „Some people might find him a little bit creepy at first sight. Often he just stands beside and looks at you darkly. Often you feel him before you see him, his energy, his restlessness. In course of time he turned up more and more often and we heard music and discussed very much. I found EMIGRATE interesting as a person and right away I noticed that he knows a lot about music.”
FRAGE: „Which musical mutualities do you have?“
RICHARD Z. KRUSPE: „We both like the rather dark music, the early years of Swans, Big Black, Ministry, but also classical rock bands such as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC or Black Sabbath have had influence on us.“
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