Amateur band contest win

The band co-existed with the members’ previous projects for about a year and a half. Members would invest the money raised with Feeling B shows in new project. They recorded their first songs in a building that had been squatted by Feeling B frontman Aljoscha Rompe . A contest was held in Berlin for amateur bands in 1994, the winner of which would receive access to a professional recording studio for a whole week. Kruspe, Riedel, Schneider, and Lindemann entered and won the contest with a 4-track demo tape with demo versions of songs from Herzeleid , written in English. This sparked Paul Landers’ attention, who wanted in on the project upon hearing their demo. To complete their sound, Rammstein attempted to recruit Christian “Flake” Lorenz , who had played with Landers in Feeling B . Though initially hesitant, Lorenz eventually agreed to join the band.