Biography
German Drummer Christoph Schneider in the 1990s became one of the founders of the famous Industrial Metal Rammstein Group. Since then, he has participated in all studio albums, concerts and video clips and was present in the film "Paul X" ("Pierre, or ambiguity") and independent teams of Die Firma, Feeling B and Frechheit.Childhood and youth
Christophe Schneider was born on May 11, 1966 in East Germany, and his childhood years passed in Big Berlin, and more precisely - in his district called Pankov.
Parents were representatives of the intelligent professions: Mother - teacher of the game for the piano, and Father - Opera Director, director and director. Therefore, the early biography of the boy turned out to be related to creativity, and he from childhood he went to the music school.
Having mastered the tools such as Piano and Piano, Christophe spoke for some time in the orchestra, but after the family moved to another city, the concert activity stopped by itself. By this time, a passion for rock and metal, and Schneider, smearing from the buckets of High-Hat and drums, under the accompaniment of tape recorder "Radded" close to their own game.
This led to the fact that the parents presented the Son a real shock installation, having mastered which he joined one of the youth groups. And after the end of courses of telecommunications and radio mechanics, Christoph went to serve in the army and acquired discipline and life experience.
Music
In his youth, Schneider worked in a number of German teams and was the drummer Keine Ahnung, Die Firma and other independent groups. Together with the musicians, including the Kristian Lorenz keyboard player, he worked on the album Feeling B "Die Maske Des Roten Todes" and, like all young performers of his age, traveling around the cities with tour, gladly played music and dreamed of conquering the whole world.At this time, the Schneider took an apartment in East Berlin and was entertained by Jams with a bassist Oliver Ridel and Guitarist Richard Kropa. And after the joining of Tille Lindemann, formerly a good vocalist, the drummer decided to cross the past and, together with the new acquaintances, organized the industrial design of the TempelPrayers.
In 1994, after the victory in the competition of young performers, armed with the installation made by the famous American firm, Christoph and the company went to the studio, and after the release of the demo, their group began to be called Rammstein.
Embed from getty imagesIn 2000, the German team released the Mutter, Reise, Reise, Rosenrot, Reise, Reise, Rosenrot and Liebe Ist Für Alle DA, which allowed Schneider to earn money on the drums of Tama Drums and Roland Meinl Musikinstrumente. And in 2018, after a series of enchanting speeches and world tour, DW, which is the world-famous music manufacturer, entered into an agreement for the supply of equipment and, taking into account all the wishes of the drummer asked only their brand.
Personal life
Due to the fact that Christophe's childhood passed in the society of Mother, younger brother and sister Constance, which was a bitter and costume at Rammstein for some time, a dark-haired giant, whose height reached 187 cm, did not experience difficulties in communicating with women. But, obeying the instinct of self-preservation, he thoroughly hid the details of his personal life, and fans together with musical journalists still be fighting over the disclosure of family secrets.
Showing a rapid research activity, they learned from a few interviews that before the start of the musical career Schneider was combined with a marriage in Punk, but the name of the first wife could not find out.
About the second spouse, translator Regina Gizatatulina, information was available in Russian editions, which wrote that the couple met during the Moscow tour. And then a gorgeous wedding took place in the ancient castle of Germany, but this time, due to the difference in the mentalite, the family happiness of the drummer did not work out.
After the divorce that occurred in 2010 by mutual agreement of the spouses, Christof, finally managed to meet the love of the whole life - the German beauty who wished to raise children. The third wife of the drummer became Ulric Schmidt, working as a psychologist, and perhaps in instagram drummer will soon have a photo of sons.
Christoph Schneider now
In 2019, Christoph, along with colleagues, finished work on the seventh studio album "Rammstein" and after the presentation of the Single "Deutschland" together with the team went to the global tour. Now the group announces new dates of speeches, which in the spring of 2020 will open the 2nd part of the scheduled tour, in addition to famous festival sites, and will be held in the cities of Leipzig, Belfast, Berlin and Klagenfurt.Discography
- 1995 - Herzeleid
- 1997 - "Sehnsucht"
- 2001 - "Mutter"
- 2004 - "Reise, Reise"
- 2005 - "Rosenrot"
- 2009 - "Liebe IST Für Alle Da"
- 2019 - "Rammstein"