Band name origin

Up to that point, the band was called Tempelprayers. The name Rammstein comes from an early idea of Schneider, Flake and Paul. They called themselves Rammstein-Flugschau (Rammstein Airshow) after the 1988 Ramstein air show disaster . They had that name already written inside their Robur LO during their time in Feeling B. Guitarist Paul Landers said the spelling of Ramstein with the extra “m” was a mistake. After the band became popular, the band members denied the connection to the air show disaster and said that their name was inspired by the giant doorstop-type devices found on old gates, called Rammsteine. The extra “m” in the band’s name makes it translate literally as “ramming stone”. In a 2019 feature, Metal Hammer explained that the band was named after one of their earliest songs, “Ramstein”, written after the air show disaster at the American airbase in Ramstein. According to the band, people started to refer to them as “the band with the ‘Ramstein song’” and later as the “Ramstein band”. Before agreeing on the name “Rammstein”, the band also had other names in mind: Milch (milk), Erde (earth) or Mutter (mother).