Emigrate is a
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
band based in
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, led by Richard Z. Kruspe, the lead guitarist of the
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band
RammsteinRammstein is a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
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Kruspe started the band in 2005, when Rammstein decided to take a year off from touring and recording. In many interviews, Kruspe says the idea for Emigrate came to him around Rammstein’s
MutterMutter is the German industrial metal band Rammstein's third album. It was released on 2 April 2001.-Track listing:All tracks written by Rammstein.# "Mein Herz brennt" – 4:40...
era.
On September 5, 2006, members of the Rammstein.de newsletter were sent an invitation to the Emigrate newsletter and given the chance to download the song “Wake Up", a sneak peek of the upcoming album.
Emigrate is a
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
band based in
New YorkNew York is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, led by Richard Z. Kruspe, the lead guitarist of the
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
band
RammsteinRammstein is a German rock band from Berlin, formed in 1994. The band consists of members Till Lindemann , Richard Z. Kruspe , Paul H. Landers , Oliver "Ollie" Riedel , Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz...
.
History
Kruspe started the band in 2005, when Rammstein decided to take a year off from touring and recording. In many interviews, Kruspe says the idea for Emigrate came to him around Rammstein’s
MutterMutter is the German industrial metal band Rammstein's third album. It was released on 2 April 2001.-Track listing:All tracks written by Rammstein.# "Mein Herz brennt" – 4:40...
era.
On September 5, 2006, members of the Rammstein.de newsletter were sent an invitation to the Emigrate newsletter and given the chance to download the song “Wake Up", a sneak peek of the upcoming album. Three song samples were also posted on Emigrate’s website: “My World”, “Babe”, and “Temptation”. Fans voted “My World” as being their favorite, and newsletter recipients were allowed to download “My World” in its entirety starting November 29, 2006. On May 21, 2007 the Emigrate Official Website opened and “My World” was made available for download, in its entirety, to newsletter subscribers.
The video for “My World” has been released and can be viewed on the official website. The video will also be included on the limited edition release of the album Emigrate. In addition to the video, My World is featured on the soundtrack to the third Resident Evil movie,
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. The soundtracks to the previous two movies contained “Hallelujah” and “Mein Teil” from Rammstein, respectively. On July 27, 2007 Richard made an appearance on
Bruce DickinsonPaul Bruce Dickinson is an English singer, TV presenter, airline pilot, radio show host, record producer, fencer, author, and songwriter best known as the vocalist of the metal band Iron Maiden...
rock show on BBC. A video for
New York City"New York City" is the first single by the musical group Emigrate. The promo version of the single has an alternate cover. The Gas mask has a burning building instead of a woman reflected in lenses. It has been considered the band's most successful song, so far. Richard, in the music video, can be...
has been released and can be watched on
Emigrate.eu. Richard has since left the Emigrate project aside due to Rammstein reuniting in the fall of 2007 to start work on their new album
Liebe ist für alle daLiebe ist für alle da is the sixth studio album by German rock band Rammstein, which was released in the larger part of Europe on 16 October, 2009, and in the United States on 20 October, 2009...
due for release in October 2009.
"My World" is currently featured at
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games at the
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Members
- Richard Z. Kruspe – vocals
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. A person who sings is called a singer or vocalist...
, lead guitarA lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock, heavy metal, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays...
- Olsen Involtini – rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chordal accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the acoustic, country, blues, rock or metal genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the...
- Arnaud Giroux – bass
The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum....
, backing vocalsA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
- Henka Johansson
Henka Johansson is the drummer of Swedish music band, Clawfinger. He was born February 28, 1973 and got his first drumkit when he was four years old. He is also the drummer of Rammstein founder, Richard Kruspe's side project Emigrate....
– drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
Singles
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| UK Singles Chart The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video...
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UK Rock Chart The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video...
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UK Indie Chart The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video...
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Emigrate Emigrate is the first full-length self titled studio album by the American band Emigrate. This album was released August 31, 2007 in Europe and was released in the United States and in Australia on January 29, 2008 but still has no Worldwide release dates....
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| New York City "New York City" is the first single by the musical group Emigrate. The promo version of the single has an alternate cover. The Gas mask has a burning building instead of a woman reflected in lenses. It has been considered the band's most successful song, so far. Richard, in the music video, can be...
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Temptation "Temptation" is the third single by the music group Emigrate. It was released on March 7, 2008.The Single can easily be looked at as an Emigrate hit-compilation, as it contains the title track, "Temptation" as well as the previous radio singles "My World" and "New York City" and their two...
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Videography
- My World (Released August 2 at 11:05 PM, MTV Germany)
- In this video, Joe Letz, the live drummer of Combichrist
Combichrist was formed in 2003 by Norwegian Andy LaPlegua as an aggrotech project.-Formation:The first material LaPlegua wrote was a few powernoise/techno crossover tracks under the moniker DRIVE. The band name was later changed to Combichrist before the debut album The Joy Of Gunz was released on...
is seen to replace Henka JohanssonHenka Johansson is the drummer of Swedish music band, Clawfinger. He was born February 28, 1973 and got his first drumkit when he was four years old. He is also the drummer of Rammstein founder, Richard Kruspe's side project Emigrate....
on drumsA drum set is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person . The term "drum kit" first became used in the 1700s in Britain...
and Margaux Bossieux of New York punk-band Dirty Mary was on second guitarThe guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that adapts readily to a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six strings, but four-, seven-, eight-, ten-, eleven-, twelve-, thirteen- and eighteen-string guitars also exist. The size and shape of the neck and the base of the guitar...
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- New York City
"New York City" is the first single by the musical group Emigrate. The promo version of the single has an alternate cover. The Gas mask has a burning building instead of a woman reflected in lenses. It has been considered the band's most successful song, so far. Richard, in the music video, can be...
- Directed by the same director of “My World”.
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