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Paul Henry Landers (b. 9 December 1964 Baumschulenweg, Berlin , Germany ) is a German musician, most notable as the Rhythm-guitarist for the Industrial Metal band, Rammstein .

In 1984, Paul married Nikki Landers. He was formerly known as Heiko Paul Hiersche, or Henry Hirsch, and took his wife's surname and changed his christian name to Paul to honor his biological father. Paul and Nikki had a son, Erni. They later divorced (c. 1987) where afterward he lived with his Feeling B band mate Flake Lorenz for a number of years.

Landers formed the East German punk band, Feeling B, in 1983 with Flake Lorenz and Christoph Schneider . 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''.


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  • He lived in Moscow for a short time as a young child.

  • Left home at 16 due to fights with his stepfather.

  • Landers speaks fluent Russian but he can't read or write it.

  • Landers has said that he likes '' Pantera '', '' Metallica '' and '' The Sex Pistols ''.

  • Former jobs include working as a boilermaker and a telecommunications mechanic.

  • Landers is a self-taught guitarist. {Link without Title}



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