CHRISTIAN "FLAKE" LORENZ

Christian "Flake" Lorenz Biography

Christian "Flake" Lorenz (born 16 November 1966) is a German musician. He is best known as the keyboardist in Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein, as well as the main composer of the band's songs along with guitarist Richard Kruspe. He was also a member of the East German punk band Feeling B.

Lorenz has released a solo album named Flake feiert Weihnachten ("Flake celebrates Christmas"), which consists of covers of popular Christmas songs.

In 1983, at age 16, Lorenz began to play in the band Feeling B with Paul Landers and Aljoscha Rompe, a Swiss singer living in East Berlin. He stayed with the band for about ten years. Feeling B started out firmly grounded in the underground punk scene.

Lorenz lived in an apartment with Landers during their early years. When they were not playing gigs, they would sell jackets made from cut-up bed sheets and dusters on the black market. Two jackets a month meant as much money as an average salaried worker. "It was quite easy to make a living; not to work and stay out of trouble," said Landers, "You only got problems if you were caught."

The group disbanded in the mid-1990s. On special occasions, the band members would get together for concerts at punk festivals, until Rompe died in November 2000 of an asthma attack.

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