Richard Kruspe (Emigrate, Rammstein) discusses the differences in singing in German and English

The Gauntlet caught up with Rammstein guitarist Richard Kruspe who also has a new band titled Emigrate. Richard discussed the difficulties with songwriting in German. "German is a really great language but it is really complicated" stated Kruspe. "Not many people can write in German. I think Till Lindemann does a great job with it. There are a couple others I really like. You need a certain kind of music for the German language. The way we pronounce words is so much more rhythmic. Everything is on a one. The English language is much groovier. Growing up around English music and living in New York it became something I was more comfortable with. It kind of wouldn't make since. I am a big believer in the environment influencing ones songs. For me it was more comfortable to write in English. The English language is less official. The German language doesn't really have the vocabulary to do small talk. It is so much more complicated to do an interview in German. I can talk about politics and other really deep shit, but I can't do the small talk. It is great to use English to meet girls, but it is so difficult in German. You can't say "How is it going?"

Emigrate recently released the self titled "Emigrate" in Europe and the album will be released in the US on January 28th, 2008.